Former American Idol winner and country superstar Carrie Underwood has been recognized as one of 'the greatest women in music,' placing number 23 overall on VH1's "100 Greatest Women in Music" list.
The network's weeklong countdown wraps up Friday and features the greatest female artists of the last twenty years (those who have released music from 1990 to today). The top 100 features a slew of influential female artists, including P.J. Harvey, Sheryl Crow, the Spice Girls, Miley Cyrus, Cher, Aaliyah, Ke$ha, Florence and the Machine, Liz Phair, M.I.A. and the White Stripes drummer Meg White, to name a few.
Madonna was named the greatest women in music at number one. Rounding out the top ten of VH1's "100 Greatest Women in Music" is Pink, Christina Aguilera, Whitney Houston, Adele, Lady GaGa, Beyoncé and Mariah Carey.
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