Do you prefer male or female vocals in music?

[PickALilly]

Generally speaking that is. I was having this discussion with a friend prompted by her, and I'm curious If you have a preference which do you prefer?

I prefer male vocalists because I mostly listen to metal/industrial metal and hard rock and for those genres I favour relatively deep and harsh tones.

Female, definitely

Female. Male vocals can be wonderful too but generally can't 'go there', and I love my divas!

I prefer male vocalists,but then my favourite music is very heavy rock/heavy metal,so I suppose that tallies.

Female. I like songs to have a decent narrative I can relate to.

I have no preference but I think it's a matter of horses for courses. For example, I couldn't imagine Noddy Holder singing Send In The Clowns any more than Judy Collins screeching Cum On, Feel The Noyze.

My favourite vocals are where male and female are complementary but so different. Like Deacon Blue. Or the girl that sang with the Style Council.

I don't think I have a preference - it does depend on the genre to some extent though.

Looking at my most-listened-to artists though, it's overwhelmingly men. I guess that's probably not because I prefer men though, but rather because there are just far more male singers in popular music.

Male

Male, or at least a strong, fairly deep female voice. I listen to a lot of rock too.

Male, without a doubt. Especially when they sing about love and heartache. Makes me feel quite emotional

What IndigoSpritz said. Though I now quite fancy a Noddy Holder version of Send In the Clowns. Or Katherine Jenkins doing Pour Some Sugar On Me.

Generally male, and like a previous poster I prefer rock music. Having said that, some female artists have voices that I love. Stevie nicks, lady gaga (after watching Star is Born I was amazed by her vocals having not really noticed them before), Pink, and hazel o’Conner.

For general listening I don't know if I have a preference, but anytime I'm asked to contribute a song to a playlist it's always a female vocalist. Equally when I used to dance all my podium/stage choices were female vocals. Perhaps it's songs I associate with myself that I prefer women's voices on, which I suppose makes sense.

Female

Definitely male but like previous posters I listen to mainly rock and metal which in my opinion is more suited to a male voice.

Female mostly

Male. I really don’t like high pitched folky voices like Joni Mitchell or the dreadful breathy voices that are in vogue these days like Ellie Goulding.

I listen to more male voices, but then like pp I am quite into rock and metal. Although I tend to prefer metal with a good mix of screaming and nice vocals (think System of a Down) or with no screaming.

That being said, I usually go for voices that are a bit distinctive rather than because they are male or female.

I have the exact same answer as you op, before I even read the whole of your op that is exactly what I was going to reply!

Male voices. It's a sex thing. I find male voices more attractive sexually and rock music is about sex.

Having said that, as a feminist I support and value female voices but it is all intellectual.

Definitely male. I can't stand women who screech. I do like First Aid Kit.

It depends on the vocalist. My favourite is a girl or woman now I suppose, I've been a supporter of her since she was 6 but in general I find male voices more soothing.

Male - into rock/metal

Generally male voices because they're more in my range (I'm a contralto) and I listen to music to sing along.

But I much prefer a female soprano to a boy when it comes to classical music.

Male voices. Ville Valo’s voice is perfect.