VH1's 100 GREATEST WOMEN IN MUSIC (Last 20 Years)

[philly]

It's the last 20 years so it's not so egrerious Linda's not on it, but still, it's got some I've never heard of... and shouldn't Trisha Yearwood and others be on this list?

February 13th, 2012 | 4:35 pm

VH1's 100 Greatest Women In Music [COMPLETE LIST]
by Mark Graham

VH1's is debuting our list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music this evening at 10 p.m. ET/PT. These five, one-hour specials are the latest in our on-going series, The Greatest, and are focused on the last twenty years of music history. Last Friday, we gave you a preview by way of our Almost Greatest list, but now VH1 Tuner is proud to exclusively reveal the entire list for you in advance of tonight's first episode, which will cover #100 (the Pussycat Dolls) through #81 (the Spice Girls).

So, what artist ended up being named the Greatest Woman In Music for their career accomplisments over the last 20 years? Read along to find out!

VH1¡äs 100 GREATEST WOMEN IN MUSIC
100. Pussycat Dolls
99. Demi Lovato
98. Ashanti
97. Grace Potter
96. Mandy Moore
95. Wilson Phillips
94. Colbie Caillat
93. Feist
92. Jordin Sparks
91. Monica
90. Regina Spektor
89. Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum)
88. SWV
87. Robyn
86. Ingrid Michaelson
85. Faith Evans
84. Avril Lavigne
83. Meg White (The White Stripes)
82. Miley Cyrus
81. Spice Girls
80. Sara Bareilles
79. PJ Harvey
78. Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)
77. Hayley Williams (Paramore)
76. Leona Lewis
75. Kim Deal (The Breeders, The Pixies)
74. Paula Abdul
73. Dido
72. Brandy
71. Natalie Merchant
70. Macy Gray
69. Courtney Love
68. Indigo Girls
67. M.I.A.
66. Natasha Bedingfield
65. Liz Phair
64. Eve
63. Jill Scott
62. Leann Rimes
61. Shirley Manson (Garbage)
60. Florence + The Machine
59. Destiny¡¯s Child
58. Miranda Lambert
57. Ke$ha
56. Gloria Estefan
55. Fiona Apple
54. Tori Amos
53. Sarah McLachlan
52. En Vogue
51. Nelly Furtado
50. Lauryn Hill
49. Amy Lee (Evanescence)
48. Aaliyah
47. Kylie Minogue
46. Toni Braxton
45. Lil Kim
44. Erykah Badu
43. Taylor Swift
42. Melissa Etheridge
41. Jewel
40. Nicki Minaj
39. Dixie Chicks
38. Salt N Pepa
37. Faith Hill
36. Shakira
35. Shania Twain
34. Queen Latifah
33. Norah Jones
32. Fantasia
31. Cher
30. Sade
29. Bjork
28. k.d. Lang
27. Fergie
26. Amy Winehouse
25. Sheryl Crow
24. Jennifer Hudson
23. Carrie Underwood
22. Annie Lennox
21. Celine Dion
20. Rihanna
19. Kelly Clarkson
18. Missy Elliott
17. Katy Perry
16. Jennifer Lopez
15. Alanis Morissette
14. Alicia Keys
13. Gwen Stefani
12. TLC
11. Britney Spears
10. P!nk
09. Mary J. Blige
08. Christina Aguilera
07. Janet Jackson
06. Whitney Houston
05. Adele
04. Lady Gaga
03. Beyonce
02. Mariah Carey
01. Madonna

www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2012-02-13/vh1s-100-greatest-women-in-music-complete-list/

[Dianna]

This seems to be a very current list.. No surprise Linda isn't on this list.

[Deleted]

I'm surprised Madonna is #1, wasn't her peak more than 20 years ago?

[erik]

Quote by robertaxel:

I'm surprised Madonna is #1, wasn't her peak more than 20 years ago?

I think it's because of the amount of face time she gets for her movies (which make Elvis' 1960s ones actually look like masterpieces ), and for her continuing ability to shock, for what it's still worth. I still don't care for her, however, or her music, though I do agree with her politics for the most part.

And in answer to philly's query, yes, I think Trisha should have ranked up there--at least at #43...where Taylor Swift is (yuk, yuk).

Sheryl Crow is up there, which is good for the soul (IMHO). And a word about Grace Potter (who is at #97)--check out her eponymous 2010 album with her group the Nocturnals.

[Dianna]

Feb 29, 2012 18:28:52 GMT -5 @robertaxel said:

I'm surprised Madonna is #1, wasn't her peak more than 20 years ago?

within the last 20 years she has still remained very popular and current as far as record sales and singles..
Cher is on the list too.. Her last big hit was "Believe" that was around the time Madonna had a pretty big hit with album "Music" I remember a few hits from that album. Madonna has more hits since then tho..

[fabtastique]

These lists are mostly nonsense and this is no exception!

[jeffmeister]

Not to be ugly, but look at the type of singers in the top 10. To be honest, most are highly over rated. Of them all, only Adele, Janet, and Madonna actually attempt to sing a song for the song's sake, rather than just trying to showcase how many notes they can get into a single word.

[jeffmeister]

Oh, and I actually like all of them, including Lady Gaga.

[erik]

Quote by jeffmeister:

Of them all, only Adele, Janet, and Madonna actually attempt to sing a song for the song's sake, rather than just trying to showcase how many notes they can get into a single word.

It's all about trying to draw attention to themselves, as to how much air they can take out of the songs they do. And, while it may not be nice to speak ill of the dead, I'm not going to couch this comment in political correctness: Whitney Houston is at least partly, if not totally, responsible for this terrible trend.

[jeffmeister]

Whitney started the terrible trend in the 90s. All of her 80s hits were actually pretty much sung straight forward, as opposed to her most infamously overwrought 90s hit.

[Deleted]

I think Celine Dion (especially) and to some extent Christina Aguilera are more at fault for this trend to treat ordinary pop songs as Wagnerian operas

[sliderocker]

What I think interesting about this list is that besides being a banal list, how many of the 100 Greatest Women in Music (of the last 20 years) are still hitmakers? Some haven't been heard from in a while. Aaliyah has been dead for what, almost two decades now? I can't recall the last time I heard any of her songs playing on the radio. I've always liked Dido, Jewel, Sarah McLauchlan, Sheryl Crow, Annie Lennox, the Indigo Girls and a few other names on this list I'm okay with but there are others who are headscratchers for me. Adele (who I do happen to like) and Lady Gaga are too recent to be ranked that highly. The list almost seems forced like VH1 even struggled to come up with 100 and that when they did, they ranked them in a haphazrd, almost thoughtless manner. For VH1 (MTV), that's just par for the course, I guess.

[erik]

My opinion, for what it's worth (admittedly, not much [IMHO]), is that this young lady below is the best female singer to have come down the pike this century:



Both very contemporary Americana and old-school country-rock (read: Linda and Emmy), Tift Merritt (no pun intended) merits one's attention (IMHO). And I think Robert would second that.

[Dianna]

Mar 4, 2012 10:30:21 GMT -5 @robertaxel said:

I think Celine Dion (especially) and to some extent Christina Aguilera are more at fault for this trend to treat ordinary pop songs as Wagnerian operas

Did anyone watch "The Voice" last night? , of course, it stars Christina as one of the judges, anyway, Jewel was a guest mentor or "advisor" to team Christina, and , did you hear what she told one of the contestants right in front of christina.. (he sang real good btw) not to use all those trills just to show off. LOL... I thought to myself.. Ground swallow me whole!" lol

[erik]

Quote by dianna:

did you hear what she told one of the contestants right in front of christina.. (he sang real good btw) not to use all those trills just to show off. LOL... I thought to myself.. Ground swallow me whole!" lol

Talk about a dressing-down in front of a national TV audience. What'll they think of next?! (LOL)

[Deleted]

Mar 5, 2012 23:21:01 GMT -5 erik said:

My opinion, for what it's worth (admittedly, not much [IMHO]), is that this young lady below is the best female singer to have come down the pike this century:



Both very contemporary Americana and old-school country-rock (read: Linda and Emmy), Tift Merritt (no pun intended) merits one's attention (IMHO). And I think Robert would second that.

Yes I sure do.. and a delightful young lady to boot!