NPR Music’s 50 Greatest Albums Made By Women
A love letter to the women who shaped how we listen. NPR’s list of 50 albums isn’t just history, it’s soul, defiance, and reinvention pressed to vinyl. These records carry voices that cracked open whole new worlds.
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Ranked from 1-50 (highest to lowest)
Live Through This
Album · Hole
Pirates
Album · Rickie Lee Jones
Rocks The House
Album · Etta James
Son Con Guaguanco (Remastered 2025)
Album · Celia Cruz
Wrecking Ball
Album · Emmylou Harris
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Dusty In Memphis [Deluxe Edition]
Album · Dusty Springfield
Dreamboat Annie
Album · Heart
Kala
Album · M.I.A.
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Johnny Mercer Song Book
Album · Ella Fitzgerald
Tracy Chapman
Album · Tracy Chapman
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Be Altitude: Respect Yourself [Stax Remasters]
Album · The Staple Singers
Time (The Revelator)
Album · Gillian Welch
It's A Mighty World
Album · Odetta
Hounds Of Love
Album · Kate Bush
Nightclubbing
Album · Grace Jones
Parallel Lines
Album · Blondie
Private Dancer (30th Anniversary Issue)
Album · Tina Turner
All Hail the Queen
Album · Queen Latifah
Post
Album · Björk
Exile In Guyville (2018 Remaster)
Album · Liz Phair
21
Album · Adele
Jagged Little Pill (2015 Remaster)
Album · Alanis Morissette
Nina Simone Sings The Blues (Expanded Edition)
Album · Nina Simone
Little Earthquakes (Deluxe Edition)
Album · Tori Amos
Crazysexycool
Album · TLC
Little Plastic Castle
Album · Ani DiFranco
Coal Miner's Daughter
Album · Loretta Lynn
Amazing Grace (Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, CA, 01/13/72)
Album · Aretha Franklin
Diamond Life
Album · Sade
Rid Of Me
Album · PJ Harvey
Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
Album · The Ronettes
Amor Prohibido
Album · Selena
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Album · Lucinda Williams
Control
Album · Janet Jackson
Rumours
Album · Fleetwood Mac
Where Did Our Love Go
Album · The Supremes
Whitney
Album · Whitney Houston
Like a Prayer
Album · Madonna
Baduizm
Album · Erykah Badu
Coat Of Many Colors
Album · Dolly Parton
Tapestry
Album · Carole King
Back To Black (Deluxe Edition)
Album · Amy Winehouse
Pearl (Legacy Edition)
Album · Janis Joplin
Horses (Legacy Edition)
Album · Patti Smith
Lemonade
Album · Beyoncé
Supa Dupa Fly
Album · Missy Elliott
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Album · Aretha Franklin
I Put A Spell On You
Album · Nina Simone
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Album · Ms. Lauryn Hill
Blue
Album · Joni Mitchell
