IWD – Musical Icons

25 Female Icons of Music

Artists that have blazed the way for others, inspired, provoked, made us laugh, cry or just made fantastic music.

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  1

  Respect

  Aretha Franklin
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  2

  We Belong Together

  Mariah Carey
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  3

  Material Girl

  Madonna
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  4

  Someone Like You

  Adele
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  5

  Roar

  Katy Perry
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  6

  It's All Coming Back To Me Now

  Celion Dion
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  7

  Diamonds

  Rihanna
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  8

  I Wanna Dance With Somebody

  Whitney Houston
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  9

  Crazy in Love

  Beyonce
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  10

  Wuthering Heights

  Kate Bush
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  11

  Believe

  Cher
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  12

  Ain't Got No, Got Life

  Nina Simone
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  13

  Every time we say goodbye

  Ella Fitzgerald
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  14

  Chain Reaction

  Diana Ross
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  15

  Rhiannon

  Stevie Nicks
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  16

  Piece of my Heart

  Janis Joplin
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  17

  9 to 5

  Dolly Parton
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  18

  Rehab

  Amy Winehouse
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  19

  Both Sides Now

  Joni Mitchell
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  20

  You Make me feel like a natural woman

  Carole King
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  21

  Spinning Around

  Kylie
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  22

  What's Love Got to do With It

  Tina Turner
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  23

  Atomic

  Blondie

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  Big Time Sensuality

  Bjork

• 25

  You don't have to say you love me

  Dusty Springfield