In February 2012, VH1 released their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music. We decided to create our own twist on their list. We reviewed the top 200 women in music and created our own list of the 17 Greatest Women Wedding Artists. Yes, the artists that have produced the best wedding music.

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Women music artists have produced some of the most memorable wedding songs of all time. We will not only list the top 17 women music artists but also provide their best wedding songs. Who do you think will sit atop our list? Dion, Underwood, Swift, Caillat? Enough teasing, lets get started!

Women Wedding Musicians

17. Taylor Swift
With her broad popularity, we are surprised she is not higher on the lists. However, many of her songs are a medium tempo which creates havoc for many grooms. Although the song Love Story is on the top of many wedding song lists.

16. Carrie Underwood
Many of this Country superstar’s songs are wedding appropriate. Our favorite is Mama’s Song for mother dedications.

15. Colbie Caillat
With her very unique pop voice, she is on wedding song charts as a soloist Bubbly,I Do and as a duo with Jason Mraz – Lucky.

14. Faith Hill
One of the Queens of modern country. She has a list of her own of wedding appropriate songs like There You’ll Be, The Way You Love Me and Like We Never Loved At All.

13. Madonna
Number one on VH1, we have to include dance hits like Holiday and Vogue and the love theme song from Vision Quest – Crazy For You.

12. Shania Twain
Not only does Shania have a great wedding anniversary song, You’re Still The One, but she has a great first dance song, From This Moment On.

11. Mariah Carey
Arguably the best artist of the 90s, she produced mere hit love songs galore such as Hero, I’ll Be There, One Sweet Day, Thank God I Found You and so on!

10. Mary J. Blige
Mary sings with so much emotion. However, our favorite wedding song of hers is Family Affair. Beautiful is also a great wedding love song.

9. Beyoncé
One of the leading women in the music industry. She tops wedding song lists with Crazy In Love and Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It).

8. Rihanna
Rihanna has produced a collection of songs to fill dance floors at wedding receptions like Don’t Stop The Music and We Found Love.

7. Whitney Houston
Not only did Whitney produce a wedding mega- hit I Will Always Love You but she also produced Greatest Love Of All, I Have Nothing and Count On Me.

6. Norah Jones
Known for two great Jazz songs that make great first dance songs and slow songs to fill wedding reception dance floors – Come Away With Me and Don’t Know Why.

5. Alicia Keys
A Soulful R&B powerhouse, Alicia will be played at weddings for years to come with hits like No One, Fallin’ and If I Ain’t Got You.

4. Sarah McLachlan
If your are looking for an offbeat first dance, think about the song Ice Cream. If you are looking for a great in memory of song at a wedding, consider I Will Remember You.

3. Adele
It is amazing how fast Adele has risen to the top. She already has wedding songs like Lovesong, and One And Only.

2. Sade
One of our favorite first dance songs is By Your Side. However, Sade can fill dance floors with her unique voice as a Smooth Operator.

1. Celine Dion
The queen of love songs, Celine will be played at weddings for years to come with pop mega hits such as Because You Loved Me, The Power Of Love and A Mother’s Prayer.

For a complete list of VH1’s 100 Greatest Women in Music, please see below.

100. Pussycat Dolls

99. Demi Lovato

98. Ashanti

97. Grace Potter

96. Mandy Moore

95. Wilson Phillips

94. Colbie Caillat

93. Feist

92. Jordin Sparks

91. Monica

90. Regina Spektor

89. Hillary Scott (Lady Antebellum)

88. SWV

87. Robyn

86. Ingrid Michaelson

85. Faith Evans

84. Avril Lavigne

83. Meg White (The White Stripes)

82. Miley Cyrus

81. Spice Girls

80. Sara Bareilles

79. PJ Harvey

78. Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)

77. Hayley Williams (Paramore)

76. Leona Lewis

75. Kim Deal (The Breeders, The Pixies)

74. Paula Abdul

73. Dido

72. Brandy

71. Natalie Merchant

70. Macy Gray

69. Courtney Love

68. Indigo Girls

67. M.I.A.

66. Natasha Bedingfield

65. Liz Phair

64. Eve

63. Jill Scott

62. Leann Rimes

61. Shirley Manson (Garbage)

60. Florence + The Machine

59. Destiny’s Child

58. Miranda Lambert

57. Ke$ha

56. Gloria Estefan

55. Fiona Apple

54. Tori Amos

53. Sarah McLachlan

52. En Vogue

51. Nelly Furtado

50. Lauryn Hill

49. Amy Lee (Evanescence)

48. Aaliyah

47. Kylie Minogue

46. Toni Braxton

45. Lil’ Kim

44. Erykah Badu

43. Taylor Swift

42. Melissa Etheridge

41. Jewel

40. Nicki Minaj

39. Dixie Chicks

38. Salt N Pepa

37. Faith Hill

36. Shakira

35. Shania Twain

34. Queen Latifah

33. Norah Jones

32. Fantasia

31. Cher

30. Sade

29. Bjork

28. k.d. Lang

27. Fergie

26. Amy Winehouse

25. Sheryl Crow

24. Jennifer Hudson

23. Carrie Underwood

22. Annie Lennox

21. Celine Dion

20. Rihanna

19. Kelly Clarkson

18. Missy Elliott

17. Katy Perry

16. Jennifer Lopez

15. Alanis Morissette

14. Alicia Keys

13. Gwen Stefani

12. TLC

11. Britney Spears

10. P!nk

09. Mary J. Blige

08. Christina Aguilera

07. Janet Jackson

06. Whitney Houston

05. Adele

04. Lady Gaga

03. Beyoncé

02. Mariah Carey

01. Madonna

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Matthew Campbell

Founder at My Wedding Songs

Matt loves listening to any music style he can understand the words. He lives in the wedding capital of the world, Las Vegas, with his wife Sharon. Matt's other likes include craft beer, baseball, and traveling.