These are the 100 Greatest Women of Rock-n-Roll!

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100 Greatest Women
of
Rock-n-Roll

Recently, VH-1 found out who the greatest women of Rock-n-Roll were. I was surprised by some for the women who made it so high on the chart. VH-1 asked women in the music industry to pick their biggest influences and these are the results.

My personal favorites are in red.

100. Erykah Badu
99. Tina Weymouth (of Talking Heads)
98. Kim Deal (of The Breeders/The Amps)
97. Lucinda Williams
96. Siouxsie Sioux (of Siouxsie and the Banshees)
95. Olivia Newton-John
94. Liz Phair
93. Peggy Lee
92. Natalie Cole
91. Kim Gordon (of Sonic Youth)

#100

#89

90. Ani DiFranco
89. Eartha Kitt
88. Sheila E.
87. Nico (of The Velvet Underground)
86. Laurie Anderson
85. Petula Clark
84. Yoko Ono
83. Salt-N-Pepa
82. Grace Jones
81. Gloria Estefan

#82

#83

#79

#77

80. Big Mama Thornton
79. Indigo Girls
78. Mahalia Jackson
77. Janet Jackson
76. The Go-Go's
75. Exene Cervenka (of X)
74. Anita Baker
73. Tammy Wynette
72. Queen Latifah
71. Tori Amos

#76

70. ABBA
69. Sarah McLachlan
68. Hole
67. The Ronettes
66. Sade
65. Loretta Lynn
64. The Shirelles
63. Christine McVie (of Fleetwood Mac)
62. Lena Horne
61. Whitney Houston

#78

#66

60. Ruth Brown
59. Joan Armatrading
58. Cyndi Lauper
57. Mavis Staples (of The Staple Singers)
56. Martha & The Vandellas
55. PJ Harvey
54. Tracy Chapman
53. Alanis Morissette
52. Laura Nyro
51. Bette Midler

#53

#58

#62

50. Sarah Vaughn
49. Melissa Etheridge
48. Dinah Washington
47. The B-52s
46. Kate Bush
45. Roberta Flack
44. Sheryl Crow
43. Cher
42. Dionne Warwick
41. Patti LaBelle

#49

#46

40. Heart
39. Pat Benatar
38. Diana Ross
37. Donna Summer
36. Bjork
35. Sinead O'Connor
34. Dolly Parton
33. k.d. lang
32. Joan Jett
31. Barbra Streisand

#35

#41

30. Rickie Lee Jones
29. Karen Carpenter
28. Carly Simon
27. Joan Baez
26. Bessie Smith
25. Marianne Faithfull
24. Dusty Springfield
23. The Mamas & The Papas
22. Emmylou Harris
21. Linda Ronstadt

#33

20. Grace Slick (of Jefferson Airplane)
19. Etta James
18. Gladys Knight
17. Chaka Khan
16. The Supremes
15. Patti Smith
14. Stevie Nicks
13. Ella Fitzgerald
12. Debbie Harry
11. Patsy Cline

#29

#11

10. Carole King
9. Annie Lennox
8. Madonna
7. Chrissie Hynde (of The Pretenders)
6. Billie Holiday
5. Joni Mitchell
4. Bonnie Raitt
3. Janis Joplin
2. Tina Turner
1. Aretha Franklin