The results of VH1’s Top 100 women in music is in, and Madonna is, perhaps unsurprisingly, at number one - getting 17% of the 750,000 votes cast by VH1 viewers. Also in the top five are Kylie Minogue, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin. The highest rated British star was Kate Bush at 10 - with Annie Lennox at 14, Dido at 21, Gabrielle at 41, Texas’ Sharleen Spiteri at 49 and Sophie Ellis Bextor at 69. Kim Wilde comes in at 70, the late Kirsty MacColl at 74, Lulu at 93, and Bananarama at 95. The Spice Girls as a group are at 44, but only Geri Halliwell (at 44) and Mel C (at 58) got solo listings.
Sep 27, 2002
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Madonna number one
Madonna tops VH1's Top 100 women in music poll with 17% of 750,000 votes, with Kate Bush the highest-placed British artist at number ten.