The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, which has been celebrated on March 8 since 1913, is #BalanceforBetter. It’s a global call to motivate people to "forge a more gender-balanced world."
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’ve come up with a list of 10 songs about strong, talented women – songs that just happen to have been recorded by strong, talented women.
"I Am Woman" - Helen Reddy
"Run The World (Girls)" - Beyoncé
"I’m Every Woman" - Whitney Houston
"Independent Women" - Destiny’s Child
"Confident" - Demi Lovato
"No" - Meghan Trainor
"Scars To Your Beautiful" - Alessia Cara
"Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves" - Eurythmics
"Beautiful" - Christina Aguilera
"Respect" - Aretha Franklin