Aretha Franklin has found herself in good company on Rolling Stone's list of 50 Women Who Rock. Aretha topped the list, which also features Lady Gaga, Carole King, Lucinda Williams and Taylor Swift.
The list ranks the top 50 albums by female artists of female fronted groups in the rock era. The list includes a diverse mix of arts from various spheres of the rock, pop, country and R&B world. Aretha's album I Never Loved A Man the Way I Love You took the top spot.
Patti Smith, Adele, Missy Elliott, Blondie, The Supremes and Bikini Kill round out the Top 10.
Here's the complete Top 50 of Rolling Stone's List:
1) Aretha Franklin "I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You" (1967)
2) Joni Mitchell "Blue" (1971)
3) Dusty Springfield "Dusty In Memphis" (1969)
4) Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" (1977)
5) Patti Smith "Horses" (1975)
6) Adele "21" (2011)
7) Missy Elliott "Under Construction" (2002)
8) Blondie "Parallel Lines" (1978)
9) The Supremes "Anthology" (2001)
10) Bikini Kill "The Singles" (1998)
11) Lady Gaga "Born This Way" (2011)
12) Janis Joplin "Pearl" (1971)
13) Mary J. Blige "My Life" (1994)
14) The Pretenders "The Pretenders" (1980)
15) Patsy Cline "The Patsy Cline Collection" (1991)
16) Labelle "Nightbirds" (1874)
17) Sleater-Kinney "Call The Doctor" (1996)
18) Madonna "Like a Prayer" (1989)
19) Joan Jett "Bad Reputation" (1981)
20) Etta James "At Last" (1961)
21) Carole King "Tapestry" (1971)
22) Liz Phair "Exile in Guyville" (1993)
23) Donna Summer "Bad Girls" (1979)
24) Hole "Live Through This" (1994)
25) Heart "Little Queen" (1977)
26) Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation 1841" (1989)
27) Dionne Warwick "Presenting...." (1962)
28) Yeah Yeah Yeahs "It's Blitz!" (2009)
29) M.I.A. "Kala" (2007)
30) Alicia Keys "As I Am" (2007)
31) PJ Harvey "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea" (2000)
32) Dolly Parton "Best of Dolly Parton" (1975)
33) Irma Thomas "Soul Queen of New Orleans" (1978)
34) The Go-Gos "Beauty and the Beat" (1981)
35) The Ronettes "Best of the Ronettes" (1992)
36) X-Ray Spex "Germ Free Adolescence" (1978)
37) Beyonce "4" (2011)
38) Bjork "Post" (1995)
39) Fiona Apple "Extraordinary Machine" (2005)
40) Yoko Ono "Walking On This Ice" (1992)
41) Cyndi Lauper "She's So Unusual" (1984)
42) Linda Ronstadt "Heart Like A Wheel" (1974)
43) Lauryn Hill "The Miseducation of Lauren Hill" (1998)
44) Siouxie and the Banshees "Once In A Lifetime" (1981)
45) Taylor Swift "Speak Now" (2011)
46) Salt-N-Pepa "Hot Cool and Vicious" (1986)
47) Lucinda Williams "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" (1998)
48) Bonnie Raitt "Give It Up" (1972)
49) The Breeders "Last Splash" (1993)
50) Alanis Morissette "Jagged Little Pill" (1995)
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