1. Aretha Franklin    
2. Tina Turner    
3. Janis Joplin   
4. Bonnie Raitt   
5. Joni Mitchell  
6. Billie Holiday 
7. Chrissie Hynde 
8. Madonna    
9. Annie Lennox   
10. Carole King 
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. Ricki Lee Jones 
31. Barbara  Streisand  
32. Joan Jett   
33. K.D. Lang   
34. Dolly Parton    
35. Sinead  O'Conner    
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 Morrisette  
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