LIPA CURATES IWD PLAYLIST FOR AMAZON

Ahead of International Women’s Day 3/8, Amazon Music has enlisted Grammy winner Dua Lipa to curate an exclusive playlist featuring songs by her favorite female artists, including Missy Elliott, Blondie, Lizzo, Doja Cat, Ariana Grande, Gwen Stefani and more.

Lipa’s playlist is the latest in Amazon Music’s Handpicked series, in which artists curate playlists with personal significance to them. Dua stated, “The world is full of women making incredible music across so many genres. Here are some of my absolute favorite women, who have inspired me and soundtracked my life.”

So far this year, the top-streamed female artists on Amazon Music in the U.S are Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Maren Morris. The most-requested female artists this year on Amazon Music via Alexa are Swift, Eilish and Lizzo.

Amazon Music listeners will additionally be able to find new Amazon Original tracks every week for the month of March, beginning on 3/6 with Carly Pearce’s cover of the Dixie Chicks’ “Cowboy Take Me Away.” Next, AURORA will release a reimagined version of her song, “Apple Tree” on 3/13, followed by a new piano version of Chika’s “On My Way” on 3/20.

“International Women’s Day means celebrating every woman that I know who has had an impact on me and taught me resilience, faith and perseverance,” said Pearce. “I chose to cover the Dixie Chicks because to me, they are visionaries who made 90s country so huge and influential.”