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The 100 Greatest Women Of Rock
VH1 celebrated the 100 greatest women in
rock during July 2001, from Monday, July 26th
at 9 PM ET.
1. ARETHA FRANKLIN
VH1 has never loved a women the way we love ...
Aretha.
2. TINA TURNER
Simply one place away from the best.
3. JANIS JOPLIN
When God made Janis, he broke the mold. Rock's
been looking for the pieces ever since.
4. BONNIE RAITT
At long last recognition for the woman who is
to the blues guitar what her hairdresser is
to redheads.
5. JONI MITCHELL
Because songs are still like tattoos.
6. BILLIE HOLIDAY
Sex, drugs and never-bluer blues. Billie was
rock 'n' roll before anyone knew what the
phrase meant.
7. CHRISSIE HYNDE
From Ohio she came to save the world from
mediocrity.
8. MADONNA
Is there something more than immaterial about
the material girl? We think so.
9. ANNIE LENNOX
She brought soul to the machine-led music of
the '80s and declared sisters were doin' it
for themselves.
10. CAROLE KING
The prime weaver of rock's Tapestry wrote some
of the best songs of all time and took them to
the stage. The Lilith generation listened.
11. PATSY CLINE
12. DEBBIE HARRY
13. ELLA FITZGERALD
14. STEVIE NICKS
15. PATTI SMITH
16. THE SUPREMES
17. CHAKA KHAN
18. GLADYS KNIGHT
19. ETTA JAMES
20. GRACE SLICK
21. LINDA RONSTADT
22. EMMYLOU HARRIS
23. THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS
24. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
25. MARIANNE FAITHFULL
26. BESSIE SMITH
27. JOAN BAEZ
28. CARLY SIMON
29. KAREN CARPENTER
30. RICKIE LEE JONES
31. BARBRA STREISAND
32. JOAN JETT
33. k d lang
34. DOLLY PARTON
35. SINEAD O'CONNOR
36. BJORK
37. DONNA SUMMER
38. DIANA ROSS
39. PAT BENATAR
40. HEART
41. PATTI LABELLE
42. DIONNE WARWICK
43. CHER
44. SHERYL CROW
45. ROBERTA FLACK
46. KATE BUSH
47. THE B-52S
48. DINAH WASHINGTON
49. MELISSA ETHERIDGE
50. SARAH VAUGHAN
51. BETTE MIDLER
52. LAURA NYRO
53. ALANIS MORISSETTE
54. TRACY CHAPMAN
55. PJ HARVEY
56. MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
57. MAVIS STAPLES
58. CYNDI LAUPER
59. JOAN ARMATRADING
60. RUTH BROWN
61. WHITNEY HOUSTON
62. LENA HORNE
63. CHRISTINE MCVIE
64. THE SHIRELLES
65. LORETTA LYNN
66. SADE
67. THE RONETTES
68. HOLE
69. SARAH MCLACHLAN
70. ABBA
71. TORI AMOS
72. QUEEN LATIFAH
73. TAMMY WYNETTE
74. ANITA BAKER
75. EXENE CERVENKA
76. THE GO-GO'S
77. JANET JACKSON
78. MAHALIA JACKSON
79. INDIGO GIRLS
80. BIG MAMA THORNTON
81. GLORIA ESTEFAN
82. GRACE JONES
83. SALT-N-PEPA
84. YOKO ONO
85. PETULA CLARK
86. LAURIE ANDERSON
87. NICO
88. SHEILA E.
89. EARTHA KITT
90. ANI DIFRANCO
91. KIM GORDON
92. NATALIE COLE
93. PEGGY LEE
94. LIZ PHAIR
95. OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
96. SIOUXSIE SIOUX
97. LUCINDA WILLIAMS
98. KIM DEAL
99. TINA WEYMOUTH
100. ERYKAH BADU
Let's compare VH1's official list
with what the fans think ..
The 100 Greatest Women in Rock as voted by
the VH1.com users...
1. STEVIE NICKS
With her unforgettable voice and "Rhiannon"
she cast a spell over our users.
2. DIANA ROSS
The diva we like to call Ms No. 2.
3. TINA TURNER
The woman who put Nutbush on the map and taught
Mick Jagger everything he knows.
4. MARIAH CAREY
The only woman who can show you her vision of
love in five octaves.
5. TORI AMOS
The flame-haired goddess of the Internet and the
piano broke silence to roars of approval.
6. DEBBIE HARRY
Right next to 'incredibly cool' in the dictionary.
7. MADONNA
Right next to spiritual mother Debbie Harry in
our survey.
8. PAT BENATAR
Benatar hit us with her best shot, and we love
her for it.
9. ALANIS MORISSETTE
Plenty of fans for the supposed former infatuation
junkie to mainline on.
10. SHIRLEY MANSON
The flame-haired goddess of the Internet who isn't
Tori Amos.
11. TERRI NUNN [of Berlin]
12. OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
13. TEENA MARIE
14. MELISSA ETHERIDGE
15. JOAN JETT
16. SHERYL CROW
17. JANIS JOPLIN
18. THE INDIGO GIRLS
19. SARAH MCLACHLAN
20. DOLORES O'RIORDAN
21. SADE
22. CYNDI LAUPER
23. CHAKA KHAN
24. BETTE MIDLER
25. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
26. HEART
27. CELINE DION
28. HELIUM [radical feminist punk rock yeah!]
29. JANET JACKSON
30. SOPHIE B HAWKINS
31. PATTI SMITH
32. JONI MITCHELL
33. LIZ PHAIR
34. COURTNEY LOVE
35. JEWEL
36. ANI DIFRANCO
37. DONNA SUMMER
38. ARETHA FRANKLIN
39. BARBRA STREISAND
38. SHANIA TWAIN
41. ANNE BOLEYN [Goth]
42. CHER
43. CHRISSIE HYNDE
44. BJORK
45. CHRISTINE MCVIE
46. LESLEY GORE
47. ANNIE LENNOX
48. PATTY GRIFFIN
49. WHITNEY HOUSTON
50. TLC
51. LITA FORD
52. NATALIE MERCHANT
53. KAREN CARPENTER
54. SIOUXSIE SIOUX
55. KATE BUSH
56. LINDA RONSTADT
57. CAROLE KING
58. EXENE CERVENKA
59. AMY GRANT
60.POISON IVY
61. GRACE SLICK
62. PETULA CLARK
63. LAURA NYRO
64. MELANIE
65. THE MURMURS
66. TAYLOR DAYNE
67. TIFFANY
68. BONNIE RAITT
69. GERI HALLIWELL
70. NANCY SINATRA
71. SELENA
72. GLORIA ESTEFAN
74 & 73. THE GO-GO'S
75. MARTHA DAVIS [of Martha Davis & The Motels]
76. CARLY SIMON
77. HEATHER NOVA
78. MARIANNE FAITHFULL
79. PJ HARVEY
80. DEBBIE GIBSON
81. LAURA BRANIGAN
82. SAMANTHA FOX
83. SUZI QUATRO
84. ANNABELLA LWIN [of Bow Wow Wow]
85. LAURYN HILL
86. NICO
87. ABBA
88. BANGLES
89. BRANDY
90. DONITA SPARKS [of L7]
91. GENYA RAVAN
92. JULIA FORDHAM
93. MELISSA MANCHESTER
94. THE SUPREMES
95. DOLLY PARTON
90. ELLA FITZGERALD
91. JOHNETTE NAPOLITANO [of Concrete Blonde]
92. KIM DEAL
93. MARY WEISS [of the Shangri-Las]
94. PATSY CLINE
95. PATTY SMYTH
96. PAULA ABDUL
97. SHEENA EASTON
98. SPICE GIRLS
99. WENDY O. WILLIAMS
100. WENDY STAPLETON [Australian Hit-maker]
