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“…Bohemian rhapsodies -- Kate Bush, Stevie Nicks, Heart, Lene Lovich, Cyndi Lauper, the Roches, Kristin Hersh, Jane Siberry, Diamanda Galas, Bjork, Sarah McLachlan, and others / Ann Powers ; Madonna / Mim Udovitch ; Beyond sucker MCs : hip-hop women -- Roxanne Shante, Salt-n-Pepa, Queen Latifah, Monie Love, MC Lyte, and others / Mimi Valdes ; The singer and the song -- Rickie Lee Jones, Annie Lennox, Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, Natalie Merchant, k.d. lang, Melissa Etheridge, Sam Phillips, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Joan Osborne / Elysa Gardner ; Sinead O'Connor / Ann Powers ; Janet Jackson / Danyel Smith ; Smooth operators : contemporary R & B -- Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Jody Watley, Mary J. …”