Strange Girls
by 
sssvnnn 
There are some good Charts on BEA with femal artists that inspired me to do a Chart with "Strange Girls"
meaning female artists besides the mainstream and without much public attention.
Most of the picks are somewhere between avantgarde, rock, folk, jazz, worldmusic.
I didn`t notice the big commercial stars (no Lady Gaga, Adele, Shakira, Sade...)
or artists in the BEA top 100 (no Kate Bush, Björk, Joni Mitchell...) or bands with female singers ( no Portishead, Sonic Youth...).
- Chart updated: 12/29/2024 22:45
- (Created: 10/30/2013 00:24).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Nico
[First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
2,699
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Folk
[First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]
3. (=)
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Avantgarde folk
[First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]
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Jazz
[First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]
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Electro performance
[First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]
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Rock
[First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]
Year of Release:
1975
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Rank Score:
7,503
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Nico
[First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]
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Pop
[First added to this chart: 12/09/2013]
Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
1,098
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Lapland folk, jazz
[First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]
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Tuva
[First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Strange Girls composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1970s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1980s | 11 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2010s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2020s | 3 | 3% |
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| Nico | 3 | 3% | |
| Lhasa De Sela | 3 | 3% | |
| Annette Peacock | 2 | 2% | |
| Myra Melford | 2 | 2% | |
| Laurie Anderson | 2 | 2% | |
| Patti Smith | 2 | 2% | |
| Esther Ofarim | 2 | 2% | |
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39 | 39% | |
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10 | 10% | |
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9 | 9% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 08/30/2022 09:45 |  Purplepash | 1,850 | 88/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2022 20:59 |  desh79 | 1,274 | 93/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2022 18:18 |  zwiebel | 190 | 86/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 05/03/2025 08:00 in Chart of the day (#4938): By sssvnnn
BestEverAlbums 05/03/2025 08:00 in Chart of the day (#4938): By sssvnnn“Today's chart of the day Strange Girls by sssvnnn () 1. Chelsea Girl by Nico (1967) 2. The Living Road by Lhasa De Sela (2003) 3. Sky-skating by Annette Peacock (1982) 4. Alive In The House Of Saints by Myra Melford (1993) 5. Live At Town Hall New York City September 19-20, 2001 by Laurie Anderson…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 10/01/2024 08:00 in Chart of the day (#4724): By sssvnnn
BestEverAlbums 10/01/2024 08:00 in Chart of the day (#4724): By sssvnnn“Today's chart of the day Strange Girls by sssvnnn () 1. Chelsea Girl by Nico (1967) 2. The Living Road by Lhasa De Sela (2003) 3. Sky-skating by Annette Peacock (1982) 4. Alive In The House Of Saints by Myra Melford (1993) 5. Live At Town Hall New York City September 19-20, 2001 by Laurie Anderson…”
View forum post →From BestEverAlbums 07/19/2022 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3920): By sssvnnn
BestEverAlbums 07/19/2022 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3920): By sssvnnn“Today's chart of the day Strange Girls by sssvnnn () 1. Chelsea Girl by Nico (1967) 2. The Living Road by Lhasa De Sela (2003) 3. Sky-skating by Annette Peacock (1982) 4. Alive In The House Of Saints by Myra Melford (1993) 5. Live At Town Hall New York City September 19-20, 2001 by Laurie Anderson…”
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SingingPeasant96 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/08/2013 12:17 | #91255
SingingPeasant96 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/08/2013 12:17 | #91255
Nico as Genre is cool :)
/How Joanna Newsome is trip hop??
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JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/28/2018 20:54 | #206707
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/28/2018 20:54 | #206707
is "nico" a genre?
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sssvnnn 08/09/2014 23:09 | #119133
sssvnnn 08/09/2014 23:09 | #119133
Hi Prophiscient,
You may be right: Horses is now considerd to be mainstream.
It´s the same with the Tori Amos albums in the list (millionsellers).
1st Argument: Horses was revolutionary when it was released.
2nd Argument: I just love Tori Amos and Pattie Smith and I think they show that it`s posiible to exceed the limits of Rock and POP.
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Liedzeit 12/15/2019 12:47 | #245706
Liedzeit 12/15/2019 12:47 | #245706
Excellent. So many singers I do not know. There is no need to excuse to leave Lady Gaga out if you do not like her. But leaving out Kate Bush, just because she is in the Top 100 seems a bit eccentric.
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bobbyb5 09/28/2017 04:34 | #198838
bobbyb5 09/28/2017 04:34 | #198838
Could use more Laurie Anderson and Nina Hagen though. They have several more good ones I would have liked to see. I got to try to find out who most of these people are, they sound fascinating
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