Music Features

Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes performs at Coachella in 2015. Alabama Shakes' song "Hold On" is on our Turning the Tables: 21st Century Edition list.

Music & Culture

Stream NPR Music's List Of The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+

3:23pm July 30, 2018

by Marissa Lorusso

This list, with everyone from M.I.A. to Alabama Shakes to Esperanza Spalding to Taylor Swift, celebrates how women and non-binary musicians are shaping the sound of music today.

St. Vincent performs at O2 Apollo Manchester in October 2017 in Manchester, England.

Music & Culture

The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+

12:49pm July 30, 2018

This list tackles history in the making, celebrating women and non-binary musicians whose songs are redefining genres and attitudes and changing our sense of what popular music can be in this century.

Robyn performs at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on February 5, 2011.

Music & Culture

Women Are The Fabric Of 21st Century Pop

12:48pm July 30, 2018

by Marissa Lorusso

Our new canon is a celebration of the women and non-binary musicians shaping the sound of this century, and an attempt to interrupt the history-making process before it's calcified by the status quo.

Beyonce and Nicki Minaj on stage in Brooklyn in October 2015.

Music & Culture

The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+

10:28am July 30, 2018

This list tackles history in the making, celebrating women and non-binary musicians whose songs are redefining genres and attitudes and changing our sense of what popular music can be in this century.

Jenny Lewis performs at Piedmont Park during Music Midtown in Atlanta, Ga. in Sept. 2015.

Music & Culture

The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+

8:11am July 30, 2018

This list tackles history in the making, celebrating women and non-binary musicians whose songs are redefining genres and attitudes and changing our sense of what popular music can be in this century.

New Orleans Bounce rapper Big Freedia performs during the Bounce Shakedown at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 6, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Music & Culture

The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+

8:07am July 30, 2018

This list tackles history in the making, celebrating women and non-binary musicians whose songs are redefining genres and attitudes and changing our sense of what popular music can be in this century.

Kali Uchis performs onstage during the 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 20, 2018 in Indio, California.

Music & Culture

The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+

8:02am July 30, 2018

This list tackles history in the making, celebrating women and non-binary musicians whose songs are redefining genres and attitudes and changing our sense of what popular music can be in this century.

DJ Sprinkles, Midtown 120 Blues

Music & Culture

The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+

7:53am July 30, 2018

This list tackles history in the making, celebrating women and non-binary musicians whose songs are redefining genres and attitudes and changing our sense of what popular music can be in this century.

Noname performs at RBC Bluesfest at LeBreton Flats in Ottawa, Canada in July 2018.

Music & Culture

The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+

7:50am July 30, 2018

This list tackles history in the making, celebrating women and non-binary musicians whose songs are redefining genres and attitudes and changing our sense of what popular music can be in this century.

Rhiannon Giddens

Music & Culture

The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+

2:29am July 30, 2018

This list tackles history in the making, celebrating women and non-binary musicians whose songs are redefining genres and attitudes and changing our sense of what popular music can be in this century.