Billboard's Top Female Singles List
 

Billboard has compiled a list of the top 100 female singles from solo artists between 1955 and 2007. It is based on the Hot 100 charts, I believe.

Mariah Carey tops the list with 11 entries, almost 3x as many entries as the next most frequent listers.

1. We Belong Together - Mariah Carey
2. Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton
3. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
4. How Do I Live - LeAnn Rimes
5. You're Still The One - Shania Twain
6. Foolish - Ashanti
7. Family Affair - Mary J. Blige
8. Fallin' - Alicia Keys
9. You Light Up My Life - Debbie Boone
10. You Were Meant For Me/Foolish Games - Jewel
11. Breathe - Faith Hill
12. Physical - Olivia Newton-John
13. Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
14. Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
15. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
16. The First Night - Monica
17. Fantasy - Mariah Carey
18. Dreamlover - Mariah Carey
19. That's The Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson
20. All For You - Janet Jackson
21. Take A Bow - Madonna
22. I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis
23. You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow - Toni Braxton
24. Believe - Cher
25. Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
26. Exhale (Shoop Shoop) - Whitney Houston
27. Music - Madonna
28. The Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant
29. Irreplaceable - Beyonce
30. Nobody's Supposed To Be Here - Deborah Cox
31. Flashdance ... What A Feeling - Irene Cara
32. The Power Of Love - Celine Dion
33. Work It - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
34. Hero - Mariah Carey
35. It's All Coming Back To Me Now - Celine Dion
36. Genie In A Bottle - Christina Aguilera
37. Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
38. Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
39. Together Again - Janet Jackson
40. Tammy - Debbie Reynolds
41. Complicated - Avril Lavigne
42. Again - Janet Jackson
43. If You Had My Love - Jennifer Lopez
44. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
45. Angel Of Mine - Monica
46. ... Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
47. Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand
48. Upside Down - Diana Ross
49. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
50. Try Again - Aaliyah
51. All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow
52. Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
53. Bad Girls - Donna Summer
54. Don't Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days) - Monica
55. London Bridge - Fergie
56. Like A Virgin - Madonna
57. To Sir With Love - LuLu
58. It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King
59. Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman
60. You're So Vain - Carly Simon
61. Doesn't Really Matter - Janet Jackson
62. Brand New Key - Melanie
63. Rush Rush - Paula Abdul
64. Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr
65. Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack
66. Shake It Off - Mariah Carey
67. I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee
68. Ode To Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
69. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
70. Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
71. What A Girl Wants - Christina Aguilera
72. Magic - Olivia Newton-John
73. The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
74. Macarthur Park - Donna Summer
75. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
76. What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
77. Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do) - Mya
78. Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!) - Blu Cantrell
79. Dominique - The Singing Nun
80. Breathe Again - Toni Braxton
81. Love Theme From "A Star Is Born" (Evergreen) - Barbra Streisand
82. My Heart Has A Mind Of It's Own - Connie Francis
83. I'll Remember - Madonna
84. He Wasn't Man Enough - Toni Braxton
85. 9 To 5 - Dolly Parton
86. Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Connie Francis
87. I'll Be There - Mariah Carey
88. Have You Ever? - Brandy
89. Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) - Christina Aguilera
90. I'm A ***** - Meredith Brooks
91. Love Takes Time - Mariah Carey
92. Vision Of Love - Mariah Carey
93. Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) - Connie Francis
94. Sittin' Up In My Room - Brandy
95. My All - Mariah Carey
96. If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys
97. Vogue - Madonna
98. Pon De Replay - Rihanna
99. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams
100. Without You/Never Forget You - Mariah Carey

So COME ON, VOGUE! xD

What is it? Longest at #1 or best selling? Yay for 'We Belong Together' and 'Complicated'. <3

I'm not sure exactly how it was calculated, but it was some kind of point-based system regarding the success of the songs.

wow, i never knew that We Belong Together is that popular.

From Wikipedia (while not always accurate, I know for a fact that this info is):

The song spent fourteen non-consecutive weeks at number one on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 — after making its debut at number eighty-one — and on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It had major cross-over success, becoming the first song to simultaneously occupy the number-one position on nine Billboard charts on the week ending August 6, 2005: the Hot 100, Hot 100 Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Pop 100 Airplay, the Mainstream Top 40, Rhythmic Top 40, Hot Dance Music/Club Play, and the Hot Ringtones charts. One week earlier, it had become the first song to top eight charts concurrently.[23][24] According to Mediabase and Nielsen BDS, "We Belong Together" broke several airplay records in the United States: it gathered both the largest one-day and one-week audience total in BDS history, reaching 32.8 million and 223 million impressions respectively.

^ Jesus.

^Prolly something like the United WOrld Charts!

I can't believe Ashanti's up that high on the list especially with that overrated crappy song!!!

I'm surprised that Whitney isn't no.1 with I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU! Do you know how good that song is.....It's VERY good! Whitney's vocals where off the chain! Very moving!

Hmmm....We Belong Together is good song but still......It beat I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU!

Yay! Alisha Key's is on there too! Fallin' is my fave song by her....but it's about to get replaced by her new song No One! Woot! Congrats to her though.

It's no surprise that Mary J. Blige is on the list numerous of times. The lady has skill and likable songs! Yay! For Toni Braxton though! Her vocals are outstanding as well! Unbreak My Heart is her song ever! Very impressive song!

Awww.....poor Brit! Only one number 1! This is an outcry! Even though she sold like crazy, I felt that her songs where too underrated and created. C'mon now.....TOXIC was a bad-ass song that was liked by everyone yet it only reached #9 on the charts! Seriously, #9....I don't think so. Now their tryin' to cheat her again with Gimme More! We should protest this...XD! But still, she is being cheated! SHE HAS NOT WON ONE SINGLE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARD! THAT'S A REAL OUTCRY! Everyone knows that Brit is or was the Queen of Music Videos.....Baby One Time, I'm a Slave For You, and Toxic anyone?!!!

Yay for Deborah Cox! I LUV Nobody was suppose to be Here and gawd, the remix to that song was crazy good!


I could go on forever but I'm not.....I shut up now! :laugh

There's no doubt about this list being flawed. I mean, where's Umbrella? LOL, that's the only example I can bring right now, but I'm sure that there are more. :P

LOVE me some Deborah Cox! :luv2

But the Hot 100 list is based off of a couple of things. Airplay and sales. Umbrella was #1 for a few weeks, but the reason why was likely airplay over sales. Depending on how they compiled this list, one might have been worth more points than another.

Regardless, it's compiled by Billboard...the one's in charge of the Hot 100, so I doubt they royally messed up.

OMG OMG OMG OMG KELLY IS THERE! Since U Been Gone rocks a lot! :love Yay for Madonna too.

I agree completely with both statements. We Belong Together was good, but its a far cry from what I would personally consider the number 1 female single of all time. Mariah has so many better ballads I can't even begin. Hero, Without You, My All, etc. ALL BETTER than We Belong Together. But I know this isn't based on the song's merits. If it was, half of these wouldn't be on there. Still, it's a pretty good list, even if Whitney's I Will Always Love You probably deserved number 1.

And whoa: "16. The First Night - Monica"...I thought I was the only one who knew and loved that song. None of my friends remember it. Well, some do, but barely.

Britney's had a very, super successful career, but her singles have never really been chart toppers for some odd reason. Her albums have though. :) And the MTV awards have never done Britney right. Case in point: Beyonce's Naughty Girl beat Britney's Toxic for best female video. Wth? Are you kidding me?

I love her song "Up and Down, In and Out". :) Not the remix featuring Snoop Dogg though.

I know that song and love it also! I also like "Street Symphony". It's so great.

It's a shame that "The Boy is Mine" by Brandy and Monica isn't on the list. That was ****in awesome and it blew up the summer of 98.

^ Yea, but this list is only solo females. Maybe there's another one with duets/groups...but I don't have the publication this was originally put in. Maybe it's on the billboard site somewhere....

waw great mariah carey..
i don't now she's very popular among avril, celine dion, etc..
i think timbaland

YAY go Mariah Carey ^^

why there isn't my heart will go on??hmm

i am surprised that baby one more time is so low down...and even more surprised that my heart will go on is not there.

and i thought madonna should have more songs on it