1.   A gay, black female singer would never make it.

2.   Among female singers, Jessye Norman has a highly enthusiastic following, in part because opera appearances are rare.

3.   Either that or the better-heeled locals enjoy female singers wailing purposefully at their table and moving away only when handed money.

4.   She became the first female singer to top the festive chart twice.

5.   The worst male singer was Jason Donovan and worst female singer was Dannii Minogue.

6.   ...a sixteen-piece dance band with a female singer.

7.   And I think that freshness and that innocence is something that is missing from a lot of young female singers.

8.   And unlike many such female singers whose material is written and produced by men, this new breed writes its own songs.

9.   Brooks has become the best-selling male solo artist in the history of popular music and Ms. Twain is among the top-selling female singers.

10.   But it has banned female vocalists, told shopkeepers to take down alluring pictures of female singers and jailed some who did not listen.