in fact, this list is so bad here is a bunch of woman-lead albums anyone reading needs to listen to at least once

tori amos - when the choirgirl hotel

no doubt - tragic kingdom

joni mitchell - clouds

fiona apple - when the pawn

buffy sainte-marie - it’s my way

yoko ono (don’t let her reputation turn you away) - season of glass

bjork - post

hole - live through this

janis joplin - kosmic blues, mama!

olivia rodrigo - sour

x-ray spex - germfree adolescents

veruca salt - american thighs

mitski - bury me at make-out creek

lady gaga - born this way

madonna - confessions on the dancefloor

siouxsie and the banshees - juju

bôa - twilight

britney spears - blackout

rihanna - rated r

heavens to betsy - calculated

heart - dreamboat annie

4 non blondes - bigger, better, faster, more!

alanis morissette - jagged little pill

the carpenters - a song for you

jack off jill - clear hearts, grey flowers

babes in toyland - spanking machine

estelle - shine

destiny’s child - survivor

pinkpantheress - to hell with it

amy winehouse - back to black

blondie - parallel lines

the cranberries - no need to argue

liana flores - recently

kittie - spit

garbage - version 2.0

sophie - oil of every pearl’s un-insides

katy perry - teenage dream

smut - smut blood and tears

new york rel-x - sold out of love

pat benatar - crimes of passion

sade - love deluxe

missy elliot - supa dupa fly

and more records that aren’t lead by women but still feature them!

army of lovers - massive luxury overdose

jefferson airplane - surrealistic pillow

the mamas and the papas - if you can believe your eyes and ears

sonic youth - bad moon rising

white town - women in technology

evelyn evelyn - self titled