I was rearranging my lps in their racks when i stumbled upon two female singers;namely Tanita Tikaram and Lisa Stansfield.
Tanita came onto my music radar when i heard her first hit "Twist in My Sobriety" and "Good Tradition" from her 1988 debut album, Ancient Heart. Her songs are of the folk genre, very nice to listen on cold mornings. Her voice is quite nasal but soothing. She is the daughter of a Malaysian mother and an Indo-Fijian father. Her father's military career meant that she spent her early life in Germany before moving to England in her teens. I have a couple of her vinyl:
World outside your window 
Sweet Keeper
Ancient Heart album
I recommend her Ancient Heart as a good start to enjoying her music. Its also her debut album.
She has very interesting website and blogsite
The other husky femme fatale is Lisa Stansfield. Her debut album "Affection" spawned a few hits like "All Around the World" and "This Is the Right Time". Her voice is more soul and when i first heard the song All around the word, it was hard to believe that a white woman was actually the singer, not a black femme fatale.
I only have her debut album "Affection", which i got in KL whilst shopping for lps.
Affection
I happened to check her website and an amazed that she looks not a day older since her debut album in 1989
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