100 MOST ESSENTIAL WOMEN IN ROCK / POP MUSIC. 
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Caffé Latté presents: The  100 MOST ESSENTIAL WOMEN in POP/ROCK MUSIC The history of rock music is dominated by males: Elvis, The Beatles, The Stones and countless other men. This countdown tells the rest of the story, highlighting the 100 female acts –soloists and groups- that have had a major influence on the evolution of rock & pop music.

- 60 - SHIRLEY MANSON Scottish lead singer of alternative rock group Garbage. She joined the band in 1994 and soon became one of the iconic frontwomen in rock. O✚ - 59 - ALANIS MORISSETTE Canadian singer / songwriter Alanis Morissette shook up the rock scene in 1996 with her influential album ‘Jagged Little Pill’. O✚ - 58 - ADELE English recording artist with powerful vocals has carved out her own niché with a unique blend of blue-eyed soul and pop. O✚ - 57 - KAREN CARPENTER Few singers can match the quality of Karen Carpenter’s sweet and emotive voice. She was the lead vocalist of the pop / adult contemporary duo Carpenters (with her brother Richard). O✚ - 56 - PAT BENATAR During the 1980s, Pat Benatar was a chart force as a female rocker with hits such as: “Love Is A Battlefield”, “Fire And Ice”, “Sex As A Weapon” and “All Fired Up”. O✚ - 55 - THE SPICE GIRLS British group that personified girl power in the late 1990s, beginning with the international smash hit “Wannabe”. O✚ - 54 - AMY WINEHOUSE English singer whose voice was a blend of jazz, neo-soul and pop. Her career took off with the ‘Back To Black’ album before it was tragically cut short. O✚ - 53 - QUEEN LATIFAH American ground-breaking female rapper in the early years of hip hop when the genre was dominated by men and misogyny. O✚ - 52 - BJORK Unique Icelandic recording artist whose music spreads across genres as disparate as electronica, pop and jazz. O✚ - 51 - ANN & NANCY WILSON The Wilson sisters were two of the pioneering female rockers. Ann & Nancy are the lead vocalist and guitarist respectively of the band Heart. In the 1970s they delivered rock staples “Magic Man” and “Barracuda”. O✚