"Hot 100 top 10s in the 2010s decade. The song subsequently rose to number 8 on Streaming Songs and climbed to number 39 on ""Billboard"" Radio Songs that week. It has since reached number six there, earning Grande her ninth top-ten on the Radio Songs chart and giving her the most top 10s among women since her first, ""Problem"" in June 2014, surpassing Taylor Swift who has amassed eight since that date. On the ""Billboard"" Dance Club Songs, ""God Is a Woman"" debuted at number 42 on the issue dated August 25, 2018, climbing to number 31 the following week."
"of having the most number one singles on Billboard's Hot 100 chart than any solo artist in music history, which includes Elvis Presley when ""Touch My Body"" from Mariah's 2008 album ""E=MC2"" became her 18th #1 single. Also for spending the most weeks as the Billboard Hot 100 chart's number one artist, more weeks than any artist in music history. Mariah Carey is the only previous American Music Award of Achievement recipient to receive the award twice. Katy Perry During the 2011 American Music Awards, Katy Perry became the 2nd female recipient of the American Music Award of Achievement for"
"Collaboration. Swift's headlining tour, the 1989 World Tour, running from May to December 2015, grossed over $250 million, and became one of the highest grossing tours of the decade. Swift was named ""Billboard""s Woman of the Year in 2014, becoming the first artist to win the award twice. Also that year, she received the Dick Clark Award for Excellence at the American Music Awards. In 2015, ""Shake It Off"" was nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year and Swift won the Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist. Swift was one of"
"the top music videos of the year. Lauper won one award from 14 nominations, being the first person to win in the category ""Best Female Video"". Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. Her career has spanned over 40 years. Her album ""She's So Unusual"" (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100—""Girls Just Want to Have Fun,"" ""Time After Time,"" ""She Bop,"" and ""All Through the Night""—and earned Lauper the Best New Artist award"
"in history to have five consecutive number ones singles on ""Billboard"" Hot 100 from one album. In 2012, Katy Perry was honored with ""Billboard""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s second Spotlight award for being the second and first female artist in history to have five consecutive number ones singles on ""Billboard"" Hot 100 from one album. The record for most ""Billboard"" Music Awards won is held by Taylor Swift with 25 wins. Since its inception (created by Rick Garson, Paul Flattery & Jim Yukich), the BMAs had been telecast on the Fox network; however due to contractual expirations and other unforeseen circumstances, the awards were"
"year, and her husband Blake Shelton took home male vocalist. The night's top prize, entertainer of the year, went to Taylor Swift, which was her only victory of the evening. New Artist of the Year went to The Band Perry, who was also nominated for Vocal Group of the Year. When Taylor Swift won entertainer of the year in 2011, she became only the second female artist to ever win the honor twice, after Barbara Mandrell won it in 1980 and 1981. Swift is currently one of six female artists to ever win the award. Winners are shown in bold."
"the record for most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist for more than 20 years. Her most recent non-compilation album was ""Tapestry: Live in Hyde Park"" in 2017. Her record sales were estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her songwriting. She is the recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to be so honored. She is also a 2015 Kennedy Center Honoree. King was"
"female recipient of the American Music Award of Achievement. Mariah was honored for being the only artist in music history to have a # 1 single every year in one decade (the 1990s), also for having the most #1 singles than any solo female artist (14 at the time), and for surpassing The Beatles for spending the most weeks as Billboard Hot 100's #1 artist. the honor was presented to Mariah by actress and singer Olivia Newton-John. In November 23, 2008, actor Terrence Howard presented Mariah with the honor of the achievement award once again for her 2008 world record"
"held the top three album spots during one week for the first time in a quarter of a century. Adele became the first female singer to be named Billboard's top artist and have both the number 1 album (""21"") and number 1 single (""Rolling in the Deep"") for the same year By the time 2011 ended Adele had broken various records on the Billboard charts. ""21"" again topped the Billboard 200 album chart in 2012 It was only the second time in the history of the chart an album was number one for two consecutive years. Tinie Tempah became the"
"award is give to a female artist of extraordinary accomplishment, who has made historic contributions to the industry and artistry. Aretha Franklin was the first to be honored with the award in 2014. The Impact Award was given for the first time to Solange Knowles because she ""uses her voice to empower and develop new leaders of tomorrow through their on-air persona, platform, and philanthropic efforts to inspire social change across the masses"". The Innovator Award recognizes female artists who challenge musical convention, create positive change and contribute new ideas both in and outside of their creative work. Billboard Women"
"Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick (; ; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television show host who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization and a United States Ambassador of Health. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era, based on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. She is second only to Aretha Franklin as the most-charted female vocalist of all time, with 56 of her singles making the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998, and 80 singles making all ""Billboard"" charts combined. Marie"
"and Beyoncé, are the only women to have made the list every year for 10 years in a row. Beyoncé in a 2011 Harper's Bazaar interview named Bündchen as one of her fashion inspirations stating that ""I always admire Victoria Beckham and Gisele [Bündchen]. Their style is modern but always classic."" A designer from the Tibi Spring/Summer 2012 fashion show at New York Fashion week in fall 2011 explained, ""The inspiration is taken heavily from the '90s—a freshly scrubbed Gisele from the pages of Vogue—clean, crisp, sporty looks and relaxed styles you want to live in."" ""Vogue"" editor Anna Wintour"
"and Sherron Watkins in 2002), Melinda Gates (jointly with Bill Gates and Bono, in 2005), Angela Merkel in 2015 and ""The Silence Breakers"" in 2017. Prior to 1999, four women were granted the title as individuals: three as ""Woman of the Year""—Wallis Simpson (1936), Queen Elizabeth II (1952), and Corazon Aquino (1986)—and one as half of the ""Man and Wife of the Year"", Soong Mei-ling (1937). ""American Women"" were recognized as a group in 1975. Other classes of people recognized comprise both men and women, such as ""Hungarian Freedom Fighters"" (1956), ""U.S. Scientists"" (1960), ""The Inheritors"" (1966), ""The Middle Americans"""
"group or duo to win this award. Billboard Music Award for Top Latin Artist The ""Billboard"" Music Award for Top Latin Artist recognizes the most successful Latin artists over the past year. Colombian performer Shakira was the first female artist to win the accolade in 2011 and also won the following year in 2012, and her and Romeo Santos the only artists to have won the accolade twice. American performer Jenni Rivera is the only artist to win the award posthumously, following her death in 2012. American performer Prince Royce is the most nominated artist without a win, with five"
"one year, the only woman to achieve this since King in 1971 and Carey in 1991. In February 2010, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) listed ""Irreplaceable"" as the highest certified master ringtone by a female solo artist of the 2000s. By August 2011, the single had sold over three million digital downloads in the United States. Spanish version of the song ""Irreemplazable"" charted equally well, peaking at number four on the Hot Latin Songs. Spanish version of the song ""Irreemplazable"" charted equally well, peaking at number four on the Hot Latin Songs. The extended play (EP) of the"
"2014, Touch of Seduction in 2015, Glam X in 2016 and Definition in 2017. Christina Aguilera Christina María Aguilera (; born December 18, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. Her work has earned her five Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. In 2009, she ranked at number 58 on ""Rolling Stone""s list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, thereby becoming the youngest and the only artist under 30"
"is the 3rd and 10th most streamed female singer on YouTube and Spotify of all time respectively. She performs charity work, most notably through her Pies Descalzos Foundation. In 2011, she was appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama to the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics – a four-person group that advises the president and Education Secretary. From 2012 to 2015, she was listed among world's top 100 most powerful women in the world by ""Forbes"". In 2017, she was listed as one of the world's greatest leaders by Fortune, ranked at 27th. She is a goodwill ambassador"
"the greatest female of all time on its ""Billboard"" 200 chart and one of the greatest artists of all time on its ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. She has had No. 1 albums in each of the last six decades, a record not matched by any other artist. Her 2014 Columbia Records album, ""Partners"" became her tenth No. 1 album. With a total of 34 ""Billboard"" Top 10 albums to her credit since 1963, Streisand holds the records for the most Top 10 albums by a female artist and for the widest span (52 years) between first and latest Top 10"
"and earnings rankings. She was ranked at number four on VH1's Greatest Women in Music in 2012, finished second on ""Time""s 2011 readers' poll of the most influential people of the past ten years, and was named ""Billboard""s Woman of the Year in 2015. She is known for her philanthropy and social activism, including LGBT rights, and for her non-profit organization, the Born This Way Foundation, which focuses on promoting youth empowerment and combating bullying. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on March 28, 1986, at the Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, to a Catholic family. Her"
"one for a duet album. McCartney and Simon are the only artists with nominations in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s. The first woman to win the award was Judy Garland in 1962, for ""Judy at Carnegie Hall"". Taylor Swift and Adele are the only women to win the award more than once for their own albums (winning for ""Fearless"" and ""1989"" and "" 21"" and ""25"", respectively; Swift was also nominated for ""Red""). In addition, Lauryn Hill, Norah Jones and Alison Krauss are all tied with Swift and Adele with two wins overall, each winning as lead"
"of Fame in 1988, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994, and entered into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2004, ""Rolling Stone"" placed the group at number 96 on their list of the ""100 Greatest Artists of All Time"". As lead singer of the Supremes and as a solo artist, Ross has earned 18 number-one singles (12 as lead singer of the Supremes and 6 as a solo artist). While Mariah Carey is the only solo female artist to have 18 number-one U.S. singles, Ms. Ross is the only female artist to"
"the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. The album remained on the Billboard charts for 313 weeks (second only to Pink Floyd's 724 weeks with ""The Dark Side of the Moon""). ""Tapestry"" was number one on the ""Billboard"" 200 for 15 consecutive weeks, and held the record for most weeks at number one by a female solo artist for over 20 years until surpassed by Whitney Houston's """" in 1993, which spent 20 weeks at number one. It still holds the record for most consecutive weeks at number one by a female solo artist."
"Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. She was cited as the most awarded female artist of all time by ""Guinness World Records"" and remains one of the best-selling music artists of all time with 200 million records sold worldwide. She released seven studio albums and two soundtrack albums, all of which have been certified diamond, multi-platinum, platinum, or gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts—as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for ""How Will"
"Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan ""Barbra"" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. In a career spanning six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment and has been recognized with two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Kennedy Center Honors prize, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes. She is among a small group of entertainers who have been"
"years. It is also one of only four albums in the Nielsen SoundScan era to sell over 4 million copies in each of two calendar years. Due to these successes, ""Billboard"" declared Adele the Artist of the Year for the second year in a row, making her the first artist to receive the honour twice. In February 2013, it was announced that ""21"" had spent two full years on the ""Billboard"" 200, never charting lower than number 35 on the chart. This makes ""21"" the best-selling album of the past 10 years and the fifth best-selling album released since January"
"Billboard Music Award for Top Latin Artist The ""Billboard"" Music Award for Top Latin Artist recognizes the most successful Latin artists over the past year. Colombian performer Shakira was the first female artist to win the accolade in 2011 and also won the following year in 2012, and her and Romeo Santos the only artists to have won the accolade twice. American performer Jenni Rivera is the only artist to win the award posthumously, following her death in 2012. American performer Prince Royce is the most nominated artist without a win, with five unsuccessful nominations. LOS 5 are the only"
"Queen and by ""Rolling Stone"" as ""the female vocalist of her generation of any genre"", she was listed by ""Time"" as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2014. Underwood is the top country artist of all-time on the RIAA's Digital Singles ranking and the highest certified country album artist to debut in the 21st century. She is the only solo country artist in the 2000s to have a number-one hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, the only country artist to debut at number one on the Hot 100, and the woman with most number-one hits"
"Greatest Songwriters of All Time, and as one of the world's top ""100 Greatest Singers of All Time"" by ""Rolling Stone"". As a member of Fleetwood Mac, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, and will be inducted as a solo artist in 2019; She will become the first woman to ever be inducted twice into the Hall of Fame. She has garnered eight Grammy Award nominations and two American Music Award nominations as a solo artist. She has won numerous awards with Fleetwood Mac, including a Grammy Award and five Grammy Award nominations."
"Woman of the Year Award by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals society at Harvard University, the Vanguard Award at the 1998 GLAAD Media Awards, the Legend Award at the 1999 World Music Awards, a special award for influence on fashion at the 1999 CFDA Fashion Awards, the Artist Achievement Award at the 2002 ""Billboard"" Music Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 ""Glamour"" Awards, the Legend Award at the 2013 ""Attitude"" Awards, the Award of Inspiration at the 2015 amfAR Gala, the Icon Award at the 2017 ""Billboard"" Music Awards, and the 2018 Kennedy Center Honor. In 2010, Cher received"
"Awards, including British Album of the Year; and three American Music Awards. The album has been certified 17 times platinum in the UK, and is overall the fourth best-selling album in the nation. In the US, it has held the top position longer than any album since 1985, and is certified diamond. The best-selling album worldwide of 2011 and 2012, ""21"" has sold over 31 million copies. The success of ""21"" earned Adele numerous mentions in the ""Guinness Book of World Records."" She was the first female artist to simultaneously have two albums in the top five of the ""Billboard"""
"Young Woman. Tennessee's Katye Brock was Named America's 2011 Distinguished Young Woman. Christina Maxwell of Asheville, North Carolina was named Distinguished Young Woman of America for 2012. Nicole Renard of Washington State was named Distinguished Young Woman of America for 2013. Brooke Rucker of Georgia was the Distinguished Young Woman of America for 2014. On June 27, 2015, Alaska's Máire Nakada was named the Distinguished Young Woman of America for 2015. In 2016, Tara Moore of South Carolina was named Distinguished Young Woman of America. The next year saw Skye Bork of DC named Distinguished Young Woman of 2017. On"
"Year' by ""Billboard Magazine"" in its Women in Music 2015 issue. In 2016 she was named ""Inspiring Woman of the Year"" by the March of Dimes, and named to the ""Variety"" Power of Women L.A. list. She appeared on the ""Billboard"" Power 100 in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Gerson is divorced and has three children: Julian (1994), Luke (2002), and Daisy (2004). She is Jewish. Jody Gerson Jody Gerson is the Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group. Upon assuming the role on January 1, 2015, Gerson became the first female to run a major music publishing company. Gerson"
"align=""center""| 2012<br> ! rowspan=""4"" align=""center""| 2013<br> ! rowspan=""4"" align=""center""| 2014<br> ! rowspan=""4"" align=""center""| 2015<br> ! rowspan=""4"" align=""center""| 2016<br> ! rowspan=""4"" align=""center""| 2017<br> ! rowspan=""4"" align=""center""| 2018<br> American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist The American Music Award for Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock has been awarded since 1974. Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward when awards were handed out on November of the same year). The all-time winners in this category are Whitney Houston and Olivia Newton-John with four wins each. Mariah Carey is the"