you had reba mcentire, martina mcbride, shelly wright, the dixie chicks, shania twain -- ♪ >> i remembert, i just wanted to be her best friend. ♪ best thing about being a woman is the prerogative to have a little fun yeah ♪ ♪ oh oh oh ♪ >> in all fields in our society now women i wouldn't say dominating, i think that they're just rising to their true place. ♪ i feel like a woman ♪ [ cheers ] >> as things wore on, it became a great decade to be a girl. ♪ >> after years of singing backup for such stars as michael jackson and rod stewart, she exploded on to the music scene in 1993 with her album "tuesday night music club." a ♪ all i wanna do is have some fun i got a feeling i'm not the only one ♪ >> radio has been so long in coming, playing female artists. so it's definitely a different sort of environment and attitude. female artists like sheryl crow or liz phair, even though they had success they were routinely marginalized within every aspect of the industry. there was not a lot of space in pop culture for young women's thoughts, feelings, voices were respected or taken seriously. ♪ >> t