With Billboard Women in Music just around the corner, we took to the streets of LA to find out from fans who their favorite powerful woman in the music industry is and why. From Rihanna to Mariah Carey, we find out who the public loves!
Who do you think is a powerful woman in the music industry? Let us know in the comments!
Read the full article about the Top Women Artists of the 21st Century here: https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-women-artists-21st-century-chart/
Who do you think is a powerful woman in the music industry? Let us know in the comments!
Read the full article about the Top Women Artists of the 21st Century here: https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-women-artists-21st-century-chart/
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00:00Ooh, look what you made me do.
00:02Rihanna! Yes, of course, I love RiRi.
00:05I think she's done really great things for women.
00:08Peak woman energy.
00:09What's up, you guys? I'm Lauren Ashley Beck,
00:11and as Billboard's Women in Music quickly approaches,
00:13I had to hit the streets of L.A.
00:15and talk about the top women in music of the 21st century.
00:18Let's hit it.
00:19All right, so we are here talking about
00:20powerful women in music.
00:22Who would you say is one of your favorite
00:23powerful women in the music industry?
00:25Go with a legend like Mariah Carey.
00:27Endless hits, not just with just songs on the radio
00:29or commercial, but also holiday songs,
00:31you know, Christmas songs, Christmas jingles.
00:33She is Miss Christmas.
00:34What's your favorite Mariah Carey song?
00:36Always Be My Baby.
00:37♪ Cause you'll always be my baby ♪
00:41Da-da-da-da-da.
00:42What feeling would you say that you get
00:44when you listen to Mariah?
00:45There's always a feel-good, mature, sexy feel.
00:48It's always classical music, like timeless music.
00:51I feel like our music transcends over to many decades
00:54and generations to come.
00:55What do you think the music industry
00:56would be like without Mariah Carey?
00:58I feel like it'd be a huge piece of influence,
01:01especially somebody who's multi-gifted,
01:03like I was saying, and different genres across.
01:05She's like a hybrid, you know?
01:06They'd be missing a huge piece on how to be diverse
01:09with their music.
01:10I feel like she really influenced the game with that.
01:12So you're here from New York, and you love who?
01:15Lady Gaga.
01:15Lady Gaga.
01:16♪ Baby, you'll be famous, just you tell me till you love me ♪
01:21Papa, papa.
01:23Paparazzi.
01:24You're so good.
01:25Stop being good.
01:27He still wanted to go.
01:28♪ I wanna tell that boy he's mine ♪
01:31I wanna ask you, what do you think the music industry
01:33would be like without someone as impactful as Lady Gaga?
01:36Oh, boring.
01:37I mean, it's also, I think, women.
01:39I think she's done really great things for women.
01:42She's so creative, she's so smart and beautiful,
01:46and she just seems like a good person, too.
01:49Tell me who one of your favorite women in music is.
01:52Rihanna, yes, of course, I love Ri-Ri.
01:56Period, bad girl Ri-Ri.
01:58What would you say is your favorite song by Rihanna?
02:00I have a few.
02:01Okay, Needed Me, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work.
02:05♪ Tell me about that work, work, work, work, work, work, work ♪
02:08How do you feel when you listen to Rihanna's music?
02:10It feels great, it makes me feel good.
02:13I just be feeling real happy, real excited,
02:16in the mood to just turn up.
02:18If Rihanna was not in the music industry,
02:20what do you think it would be like?
02:22I feel like it would be no good music, honestly,
02:25because she brings, and then her accent,
02:27like everything about her is just a vibe.
02:30Who would you say is one of your favorite pop artists
02:32of this century?
02:34♪ We're young and we're reckless ♪
02:36♪ We'll take this way too far ♪
02:39Taylor Swift.
02:39Period.
02:40Do you remember the first time you ever heard Taylor Swift?
02:43Actually, yes, it was blank space in like middle school.
02:46Yeah, what is one of your favorite Taylor Swift songs?
02:49Definitely Look What You Made Me Do.
02:50Let me hear a little bit of it.
02:53Ooh.
02:53♪ Look what you made me do, look what you made me do ♪
02:57♪ Look what you made me do, look what you made me do ♪
03:00What is the feeling that you have
03:02when you listen to Taylor Swift?
03:03Just like peak woman energy, just from all of her songs.
03:07Period, that's all you gotta say, yeah.
03:09I had so much fun out here today.
03:11If I had to say my favorite woman in music,
03:13it is definitely SZA.
03:14She's 30 for 30, isn't she, chat?
03:16If you wanna see the full 100 list,
03:17head over to billboard.com.