Beyonce
Ariana Grande
Rihanna
Iggy Azalea
Sia

1. Lady Gaga
2. Céline Dion
3. Cher
4. Barbra Streisand
5. Whitney Houston

Thank YOU. I would add Mary J Blige (for her clear and soulful transmission of painful stories through hip hop driven songs which is not easy) and also one female rapper though, Ressti. Hip Hop must be represented.
Missy or Lauryn Hill. I give Nicki the end of the decade to push herself further first.

legend!

1. Madonna
2. Tina Turner
3. Cher
4. Stevie Nicks
5. Whitney

mess no. succesful =/= legendary. Britney is basically under JANET's umbrella; all of faves are under someone umbrella but as long as you don't surpass your umbrella/inspiration you should not be here. Beyoncé surpassed Tina Turner and in a way Diana Ross so yeah she's a legend like them. 40M albums don't make you a legend especially when it's not backed with talent, longevity, real impact.

1. Barbra
2. Aretha
3. Madonna
4. Janet Jackson
5. Whitney

1.Madonna
2.Diana Ross
3.Billie Holiday
4.Kate Bush
5.Janet

I'd put Mariah ahead of Whitney and replace Janet with Celine. Agree with the rest.

Mess. Lauryn Hill has ONE solo album. Yes it was acclaimed and won Grammys but that doesn't make HER a legend.

You want to include someone who has 1 solo album under their belt but not include Britney at all. Stop embarrassing yourself.

Women in hip hop really aren't respected enough.

Lil Kim is legend.

There are so many legendary women in music you cannot put it down to just five.

Madonna
Whitney Houston
Britney Spears
Mariah Carey
Janet Jackson

Beyonces not even on tina turners or dianna rosses level just stop

Beyonces on katy perrys,rihannas,pink level
beyonces not even sold 35 million albums or had a global hit in the best part of 7 years

And britneys the biggest selling female of the last 20 years (album wise) she left all our faves in the dust last decade and shes still unmatched.


My god some people

Madonna
Cher
Aretha Franklin
Diana Ross
Tina Turner


It's hard to name only 5 when there's Barbra Streisand, Tina Turner, Janet Jackson, Kate Bush or even Björk

Madonna, Mariah and Britney but I don't know who else because there are so many. I'll add Katy Perry because everyone is adding their recent faves to their lists anyway

Aretha, Cher, Diana, Madonna, Tina? idk.

that would actually be Céline Dion, who has sold over 140 million albums since 1995. change it to 15 years and you'd be correct.