In honor of Women's History Month and International Women's Day (March 8), we're celebrating women this week with seven awesome songs from seven awesome females.
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Workin' Woman Blues is from Valerie June's fourth studio album, Pushin' Against a Stone (2013). The song has a blend of folk, blues, gospel, soul, country, Appalachian, and bluegrass and June's distinctive voice shines in this simple tune about a woman's work.
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Superwoman is the last single released from Alicia Keys's third studio album, As I Am (2007). The song earned Keys a second Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and is the opening song at WNBA games. In interviews, Keys says it's her favorite track from the album.
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Intended for Tina Turner but released with Aretha Franklin in 1985, Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves was written by Eurythmics' Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart. The song's been covered by Lisa Simpson, Lucy Lawless as Xena: Warrior Princess, the Pointer Sisters, and the Spice Girls.
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Ladies First is from Queen Latifah’s debut album, All Hail the Queen (1989). The song features British emcee, Monie Love and hit the top spot on the charts in both the UK and US. Ladies First helped inspire the rise of the all-female posse, which was rare in hip hop culture at the time.
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Independent Women, Pt. 1 is by Destiny's Child. It was originally released on the Charlie's Angels soundtrack (2000) before the group's album, Survivor (2001). It was the first single with Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams on vocals and spent 11 consecutive weeks at number one.
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Man! I Feel Like a Woman! is from Shania Twain’s third studio album, Come On Over (1997). Written by Twain, the song was released in 1999 as the seventh single from that album. It hit the Top 10 in six countries and won a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
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A Woman's Rant is from Jo Dee Messina's fifth studio album, Me (2014). Completely crowd-funded, the album was Messina's first since splitting with her label, Curb Records. A Woman's Rant was released as the second single, and Messina performed it live to launch the Kickstarter campaign.
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