Green Posted May 22, 2022 Posted May 22, 2022 This is basically an update of the Top Female list published by Billboard. At that time they included songs by females as lead artists, co-lead artists, female groups and female fronted bands: 1. LeAnn Rimes | How Do I Live 2. Olivia Newton-John | Physical 3. Dua Lipa | Levitating 4. Debby Boone | You Light Up My Life 5. Mariah Carey | We Belong Together 6. Toni Braxton | Un-Break My Heart 7. Kim Carnes | Bette Davis Eyes 8. Diana Ross & Lionel Richie | Endless Love 9. Jewel | Foolish Games/You Were Meant For Me 10. Chic | Le Freak 11. Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris | We Found Love 12. Irene Cara | Flashdance...What A Feeling 13. Adele | Rolling In The Deep 14. Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men | One Sweet Day 15. Carly Rae Jepsen | Call Me Maybe 16. Alicia Keys | No One 17. Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You 18. Blondie | Call Me 19. Ke$ha | TiK ToK 20. Ace Of Base | The Sign 21. Meghan Trainor | All About That Bass 22. Lorde | Royals 23. Brandy & Monica | The Boy Is Mine 24. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | I Love Rock 'N Roll 25. Paula Abdul | Rush Rush 26. Dionne & Friends | That's What Friends Are For 27. Diana Ross | Upside Down 28. The Weeknd & Ariana Grande | Save Your Tears 29. Shania Twain | You're Still The One 30. Donna Summer | Hot Stuff 31. Carly Simon | You're So Vain 32. Sinead O'Connor | Nothing Compares 2 U 33. Mary J. Blige | Family Affair 34. Halsey | Without Me 35. Roberta Flack | Killing Me Softly With His Song 36. Katy Perry ft. Juicy J | Dark Horse 37. The Emotions | Best Of My Love 38. Fergie | Big Girls Don't Cry 39. Barbra Streisand | The Way We Were 40. Captain & Tennille | Do That To Me One More Time 41. Madonna | Like A Virgin 42. Gloria Gaynor | I Will Survive 43. Leona Lewis | Bleeding Love 44. Destiny's Child | Independent Women Part I 45. Ashanti | Foolish 46. Taylor Swift | Shake It Off 47. Roberta Flack | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 48. Adele | Someone Like You 49. Billie Eilish | Bad Guy 50. Celine Dion | Because You Loved Me (From "Up Close & Personal") 51. Faith Hill | Breathe 52. Brenda Lee | I'm Sorry 53. Adele | Easy On Me 54. Beyoncé | Irreplaceable 55. Bonnie Tyler | Total Eclipse Of The Heart 56. The Bangles | Walk Like An Egyptian 57. Katy Perry ft. Kanye West | E.T. 58. The Teddy Bears | To Know Him, Is To Love Him 59. Alicia Keys | Fallin' 60. TLC | Creep 61. Barbra Streisand | Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born") 62. Jennifer Lopez ft. Ja Rule | I'm Real 63. Ciara ft. Petey Pablo | Goodies 64. TLC | Waterfalls 65. Mariah Carey | All I Want For Christmas Is You 66. A Taste Of Honey | Boogie Oogie Oogie 67. Barbra Streisand | Woman In Love 68. Lady Gaga ft. Colby O'Donis | Just Dance 69. Madonna | Vogue 70. Mariah Carey | Love Takes Time 71. Usher And Alicia Keys | My Boo 72. Beyonce ft. Sean Paul | Baby Boy 73. Katy Perry | Firework 74. Olivia Rodrigo | Good 4 U 75. Mariah Carey | Vision Of Love 76. Donna Summer | Bad Girls 77. Janet Jackson | Miss You Much 78. Lulu | To Sir With Love 79. Wilson Phillips | Hold On 80. Kenny Rogers Duet With Dolly Parton | Islands In The Stream 81. Toni Braxton | You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow 82. Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg | California Gurls 83. Elton John & Kiki Dee | Don't Go Breaking My Heart 84. Beyonce ft. Jay Z | Crazy In Love 85. Carole King | It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move 86. Bette Midler | From A Distance 87. Heart | Alone 88. Carpenters | (They Long To Be) Close To You 89. Gwen Stefani | Hollaback Girl 90. Captain & Tennille | Love Will Keep Us Together 91. Mariah Carey | Fantasy 92. Whitney Houston | I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) 93. Lady Gaga | Poker Face 94. Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald | On My Own 95. Madonna | Crazy For You 96. Madonna | Take A Bow 97. Diana Ross & The Supremes | Love Child 98. Tina Turner | What's Love Got To Do With It 99. Adele | Hello 100. Gladys Knight And The Pips | Midnight Train To Georgia Source: https://pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/189425/billboard-2020s-decade-list-lists?page=42
Green Posted May 23, 2022 Author Posted May 23, 2022 Artists with most entries: Mariah Carey - 6 Adele - 4 Madonna - 4 Katy Perry - 4
suburbannature Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 Mariah with 6 entries 5. Mariah Carey | We Belong Together 14. Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men | One Sweet Day 65. Mariah Carey | All I Want For Christmas Is You 70. Mariah Carey | Love Takes Time 75. Mariah Carey | Vision Of Love 91. Mariah Carey | Fantasy Others: Madonna - 4 Adele - 4 Katy Perry - 4 Beyonce - 3 Whitney - 2 Toni Braxton - 2 Gaga - 2 Celine - 1 Taylor Swift - 1 Rihanna - 1 Janet Jackson - 1 Jennifer Lopez - 1 Britney Spears - 0 Christina Aguilera - 0
PopKills Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 26 minutes ago, Green said: LeAnn Rimes | How Do I Live Wait she actually was a successful singer? I’m so gagged
Green Posted May 23, 2022 Author Posted May 23, 2022 30 minutes ago, PopKills said: Wait she actually was a successful singer? I’m so gagged Yeah she was really huge at her peak. She was the Billboard top artist of 1997.
PopKills Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 Just now, Green said: Yeah she was really huge at her peak. She was the Billboard top artist of 1997. Damn, that’s crazy. I only know her bc she stole the man & style of a former Real Housewives star so for some reason I assumed she wasn’t a huge singer.
Kyle-x Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 Just now, PopKills said: Damn, that’s crazy. I only know her bc she stole the man & style of a former Real Housewives star so for some reason I assumed she wasn’t a huge singer. She was a big teen country artist that did well on country/adult contemporary radio and her first 3 major label albums were multiplatinum successes. She attempted a pop crossover in the early 00s after scoring a hit with the Coyote Ugly soundtrack but it wasn't sustained when she released her first real pop album and it tanked. She went back to country a few years later with one decently performing album before her success waned.
Power love Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 51 minutes ago, suburbannature said: Britney Spears - 0 Christina Aguilera - 0
Nightingale Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 Love Takes Time being one of Mariah’s biggest chart hits is always so strange
Ms. Togekiss Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 Levitating’s placement/label is disingenuous. They either credit DaBaby or if they just want to credit the solo version then they should take away the points of the remix for it’s true position. It’s giving historical revisionism
umich Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Green said: 53. Adele | Easy On Me Well would you look at that…
mystery Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Ms. Togekiss said: Levitating’s placement/label is disingenuous. They either credit DaBaby or if they just want to credit the solo version then they should take away the points of the remix for it’s true position. It’s giving historical revisionism It is the same song...
mystery Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 5 hours ago, suburbannature said: Britney Spears - 0 Christina Aguilera - 0 So what? Both have songs that are far bigger, relevant and impactful than others on this list.
thetea Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 6 hours ago, suburbannature said: 5. Mariah Carey | We Belong Together 14. Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men | One Sweet Day 65. Mariah Carey | All I Want For Christmas Is You 70. Mariah Carey | Love Takes Time 75. Mariah Carey | Vision Of Love 91. Mariah Carey | Fantasy legendary How have I never heard the number one song? I just checked and it has pitiful youtube views and streams for the biggest female song of all time
GoodGuyGoneGhetto Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Ms. Togekiss said: Levitating’s placement/label is disingenuous. They either credit DaBaby or if they just want to credit the solo version then they should take away the points of the remix for it’s true position. It’s giving historical revisionism Exactly! If they were to remove the points from the remix, and just credit the solo version, the song would fall seeing as that’s what contributed more than 50% of its chart run. The controversy surrounding the song and the artist credit is pathetic anyway, and always was. Also, “Levitating” hasn’t actually been added to BB’s list yet. The OP has just updated it accordingly given the estimates made by chart predictors (who are actually very accurate) on other sites.
idkwiam Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, suburbannature said: Mariah with 6 entries 5. Mariah Carey | We Belong Together 14. Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men | One Sweet Day 65. Mariah Carey | All I Want For Christmas Is You 70. Mariah Carey | Love Takes Time 75. Mariah Carey | Vision Of Love 91. Mariah Carey | Fantasy Others: Madonna - 4 Adele - 4 Katy Perry - 4 Beyonce - 3 Whitney - 2 Toni Braxton - 2 Gaga - 2 Celine - 1 Taylor Swift - 1 Rihanna - 1 Janet Jackson - 1 Jennifer Lopez - 1 Britney Spears - 0 Christina Aguilera - 0 Diana Ross - 3. The obsession to put her down. OT: Diana Ross OBLITERATING! Aretha Franklin N/A. Edit: Tina Turner and Dionne present! Edited May 23, 2022 by idkwiam
BnPac Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 Beyoncé only having 3 entries though. Surprised SL didn't make it. Still good, she was such a hot 100 queen before. Destiny's Child also making it.
mystery Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) Saying that Levitating remix points need to be removed if it is credited solo is dumb considering many of these songs on the list have different remixes that contributed to their points and are not credited, should points for all of them be removed just because they are not credited? It is literally all counting towards the same song anyways. A song like Save Your Tears wouldn't even be on this list if we removed the solo points (since it is credited towards the remix) most of its points came from the solo version not the remix. Edited May 23, 2022 by mystery
J-esper Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 7 hours ago, Ms. Togekiss said: Levitating’s placement/label is disingenuous. They either credit DaBaby or if they just want to credit the solo version then they should take away the points of the remix for it’s true position. It’s giving historical revisionism By that flawed logic, a lot of these song placements would be 'disingenuous' The remix and the solo version are the same track. There are plenty of songs on this list who benefited from a slightly altered radio edit to push them further during the hey days of radio, some of these songs benefited from the right B-side added to the CD-single or plenty of versions released during the hey days of physical music. And some of these placements were in the same position like Levitating like Save Your Tears and still made the list.
PrudenceHCharmed Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 55 minutes ago, BnPac said: Beyoncé only having 3 entries though. Surprised SL didn't make it. Still good, she was such a hot 100 queen before. Destiny's Child also making it. Yes exactly. From No No No to Telephone; she always had at least one top 10 entry every year for almost every year since 1997-2010 except maybe 2004/5. Her single runs almost as good as Mariah/Rihanna/Ariana. This doesn't include all the top 20/40 hits that she got as well as hits like Listen or Upgrade You that were huge with low peaks..
ButterflyXIII Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 9 hours ago, suburbannature said: Mariah with 6 entries 5. Mariah Carey | We Belong Together 14. Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men | One Sweet Day 65. Mariah Carey | All I Want For Christmas Is You 70. Mariah Carey | Love Takes Time 75. Mariah Carey | Vision Of Love 91. Mariah Carey | Fantasy Others: Madonna - 4 Adele - 4 Katy Perry - 4 Beyonce - 3 Whitney - 2 Toni Braxton - 2 Gaga - 2 Celine - 1 Taylor Swift - 1 Rihanna - 1 Janet Jackson - 1 Jennifer Lopez - 1 Britney Spears - 0 Christina Aguilera - 0 not xtinct with 0 well done fighters!
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