Women's Empowerment Playlist

These are some songs that I listen to frequently that I believe empower women to know their worth, fight for their position in society, and prove that women can do anything a man can do.

Little Me - Little Mix
This songs is about the girls wanting to go back and tell themselves to that they are beautiful and they can be anything they want to be. This song implies that girls when they are young are not told to be proud and confident in themselves the way that men are and these girls want to be able to go back and tell themselves to speak up, shout out, and not live in anyone's shadow.

Salute - Little Mix
Another song by Little Mix telling women to come together whether in their sneakers, heels, pumps or laced up boots and represent all their women and their strength.

Can't Hold Us Down - Christina Aguilera
This song by Christina Aguilera and Lil Kim back in 2003 captures women standing up to men that are insulting them and putting them down because they will not sleep with them. The song talks about how women should not have to be quiet and sit down because they are female. Also, it talks about a guy having three girls then he's considered "the man" but if a women does then she's a whore. This problem is still around today and these double standards have not let up and, if anything, have gotten worse and more severe since then.

Independent Women - Destiny's Child
This song is still so popular and so relevant as it tells women that they should be independent and buy their own rings, shoes, bags, etc and not to rely on a man to give them any of that. If a woman works hard in her life then she can buy herself all these riches and not get them from a man.

Run the World (Girls) - Beyonce
The name of the song pretty much speaks for itself. Beyonce is always looking for women to feel empowered and beautiful. But this song in particular talks about how the world is nothing without women. Women are strong enough to make money, raise the children and then get back to business. Also, that women have endless and undeniable power.

Ain't Your Mama - Jennifer Lopez
This song that came out about a year or so ago is JLo saying that she won't be cooking or doing a man's laundry for him because she isn't his mother. Instead, she would rather be going to work and making a life for herself rather than staying at home and cooking and cleaning for some man. A lot of men expect women to be housewives and this is exactly the type of men that women need to sing this song to.

Who U R - Jessie J
This song is so beautiful and is telling women that they need to be proud of themselves and love themselves no matter what they look like.

Born This Way - Lady GaGa
It's hard not to know this song and know that GaGa wants everyone regardless of their sexual orientation, race,  or anything else to know that their lives are worth living and that they are not a mistake as God doesn't make mistakes. I believe that this song is so empowering to people that feel different than others or feel as if they are an outcast because they are beautiful the way they are.

There are countless other Women's Empoewrment Songs that I could include on this list, such as Girl on Fire and Superwomen by 'Alicia Keys and also Scars to your Beautiful by Alessia Cara