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Carole King

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this is possibly the only correct answer. the amount of hits that she wrote is insane

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Must be the correct answer. Only other one I can think of is Cynthia Weill.

Actually I can't believe how few of my favorite albums are by female artists.

I kind of like some stuff by Pj Harvey. Same goes for Cat Power/Chan Marshall. I hate Björk. Madonna is ok at times. So is Joni Mitchell. Tracy Chapman's debut was great but that was it for her.
Gillian Welch is someone who is definitely a personal favorite of mine.
Joanna Newsom who so many adore at the moment, should be shot.