Katy Perry is a singer, songwriter, and television judge from the United States. She is regarded for influencing mainstream music during the 2010s decade. Perry began her gospel music career at the age of 16 when she released Katy Hudson (2001), a commercially unsuccessful debut album on Red Hill Records. Perry rose to prominence with her second album and big label debut, One of the Boys (2008), a pop rock record that featured her first hit "I Kissed a Girl" and follow-up "Hot n Cold", which peaked at number one and number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, respectively. Teenage Dream (2010) scored five number-one singles in the United States, making it the first album by a female performer to do so. Perry became the first artist to have multiple videos on Vevo exceeding one billion views, with music videos for "Roar" and "Dark Horse".

Perry is one of the most successful performers of all time, having sold over 143 million albums worldwide. All of her Capitol-released studio albums have surpassed one billion Spotify streams. She has nine number-one singles in the United States, three number-one albums, and numerous awards, including four Guinness World Records, five Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award. From 2011 to 2019, Perry was named on Forbes' yearly list of the highest-earning women in music. Her halftime performance during Super Bowl XLIX was the most-watched halftime show in television history.

Twitter Handle: @katyperry
Followers: 108,9M

Rihanna is a singer, actor, and businesswoman from Barbados. Rihanna, who was born in Saint Michael and reared in Bridgetown, Barbados, auditioned for Evan Rogers, an American song producer who invited her to record demo tapes in America. Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), featured dance-pop elements and cemented her position as a sex symbol in the music industry. Rihanna received her first Grammy Award for the chart-topping track "Umbrella", which launched her to worldwide fame. Following her departure from Def Jam, her eighth album, Anti (2016), demonstrated a new level of creative autonomy. It was her second number-one album in the US, and it featured the number-one hit "Work".

Rihanna is the world's best-selling female music artist, with over 250 million albums sold globally. In the United States, she has 14 number ones and 31 top 10 singles, as well as 30 top ten entries in the United Kingdom. She has nine Grammy Awards, thirteen American Music Awards (including the Icon Award), twelve Billboard Music Awards, six Guinness World Records, and the NAACP President's Award to her credit. In 2012 and 2018, Time named her one of the world's 100 most influential people. Forbes called her one of the top ten highest-paid celebrities in 2012 and 2014. With a net worth of $1.4 billion as of 2022, she is the richest female artist.

Twitter Handle: @rihanna
Followers: 106,6M

Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter from the United States. Her repertory is diverse, and her narrative composition, which is typically inspired by personal events, has received critical praise and widespread media attention. Her self-titled first album, released in 2006, established her as the first female country artist in the United States to create or co-write every song on a platinum-certified album. The former's hits "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" were the first country songs in the United States to top the mainstream and all-genre airplay charts. She experimented with numerous rock and techno influences on Red (2012), her first US Billboard Hot 100 number-one song.

Swift is one of the most successful artists of all time, having sold over 200 million albums worldwide. Her awards include 11 Grammys, three Album of the Year nominations, 34 American Music Awards, the most ever for an artist, 29 Billboard Music Awards, the most ever for a woman, and an Emmy Award. She has been named to Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time (2015), Billboard's list of the Greatest Artists of All Time (2019), the Time 100, and the Forbes Celebrity 100. Swift, who has been honored Woman of the Decade and Artist of the Decade, is a strong supporter of artists' rights and female empowerment. Her albums are considered as having inspired a new generation of singer-songwriters.

Twitter Handle: @taylorswift13
Followers: 91,2M

Ariana Grande is a singer, songwriter, and actor from the United States. Her four-octave vocal range has received critical acclaim, and her personal life has received much media scrutiny. She has won two Grammys, one Brit Award, one Bambi Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, nine MTV Video Music Awards, and 27 Guinness World Records over her career. Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019), her trap-infused fourth and fifth studio albums, were both critical and economic hits. Thank U, Next smashed the record for the greatest streaming week for a pop album and was nominated for Album of the Year, while Sweetener won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.

Grande is a pop superstar and triple-threat performer who is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Her studio albums have all been certified platinum or higher, and she has sold over 85 million copies worldwide. She is the first artist and only woman to have five number-one debuts, to have three number-one debuts in a calendar year, to have the lead singles from each of her studio albums premiere in the top 10, and to have their first five number-one singles debut at the top. Grande is the most streamed female artist of all time, as well as the most streamed female artist on Spotify (also in the 2010s decade) and Apple Music, as well as the most followed female artist on Spotify and the most subscribed female artist on YouTube. She has been named to Time's annual list of the world's 100 most important people (in 2016 and 2019) as well as the Forbes Celebrity 100 (2019–2020). Billboard named Grande Woman of the Year (2018), the greatest pop star of 2019, and the most successful female artist to launch in the 2010s.

Twitter Handle: @ArianaGrande
Followers: 85,3M

Lady Gaga is a singer, songwriter, and actor from the United States. She is well-known for her visual transformations and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a child by singing at open mic nights and acting in school plays. Gaga's five consecutive studio albums all debuted at the top of the US Billboard 200. Born This Way (2011), her second full-length album explored electronic rock and techno-pop and sold more than one million copies in its first week. The title tune became the iTunes Store's fastest-selling song in less than a week, with over one million downloads in less than a week. Her contributions to the latter's soundtrack, culminating in the chart-topping single "Shallow," made her the only woman to win an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy Award all in the same year.

Gaga is among the best-selling musicians in the world, with an estimated 170 million records sold globally. In addition, she is the first female artist whose four singles have sold at least 10 million copies abroad. Her honors include 13 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, 18 MTV Video Music Awards, induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and distinction as Billboard's Artist of the Year (2010) and Woman of the Year (2010). She has also been on multiple Forbes power lists and was placed fourth on VH1's Greatest Women in Music (2012). Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010 and 2019 and placed her on their All-Time 100 Fashion Icons list.

Twitter Handle: @ladygaga
Followers: 84,9M

Ellen DeGeneres is a comedian, television host, actor, writer, and producer from the United States. She appeared in the comedy Ellen from 1994 to 1998, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for "The Puppy Episode." She also served as the host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show from 2003 until 2022, for which she won 33 Daytime Emmy Awards. Her stand-up career began in the early 1980s, and she had an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1986. As a film actress, DeGeneres starred in Mr. Wrong (1996), EDtv (1999), and The Love Letter (1999), and provided the voice of Dory in the Disney/Pixar animated films Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016).

DeGeneres has hosted the Academy, Grammy, and Primetime Emmy Awards. She has four novels to her credit and has her own record label, Eleveneleven, as well as a production company, A Very Good Production. She has received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, 20 People's Choice Awards (the most of any person), and countless other honors for her work and philanthropic initiatives. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. DeGeneres received the Carol Burnett Award for her contributions to television at the Golden Globes in January 2020, becoming the first recipient after its namesake Carol Burnett.

Twitter Handle: @TheEllenShow

Followers: 77.3M

Kim Kardashian (born October 21, 1980) is a media celebrity, socialite, and businesswoman from the United States. She first earned media prominence as a friend and stylist to Paris Hilton, but she gained wider attention with the 2003 sex tape Kim Kardashian, Superstar. Later that year, she and her family started appearing on the E! reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–2021). Its popularity spawned the spin-off series Kourtney and Kim Take New York (2011-2012), Kourtney and Kim Take Miami (2009-2013), and Hulu's The Kardashians (2022). Kardashian has a significant online and social media following, with hundreds of millions of Twitter and Instagram followers alone. Kardashian has acted in films such as Disaster Movie (2008), Deep in the Valley (2009), and Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013).

Kardashian launched KKW Beauty and KKW Fragrance in 2017, concentrating recently on her own companies. Additionally, Kardashian has been more politically engaged, pleading with President Trump for prison reform and for the pardon of Alice Marie Johnson. She has pushed for the recognition of the Armenian genocide on several occasions. One of the 100 most influential people of the year, according to Time magazine, is Kim Kardashian. She has been cited as an example of the idea of achieving fame for the sake of achieving fame by both detractors and admirers.

Twitter Handle: @KimKardashian

Followers: 73.5M

Selena Gomez is a singer, songwriter, and actor from the United States. Gomez made her acting debut on the children's television show Barney & Friends (2002–2004). She gained notoriety as Alex Russo in the Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place during her adolescence (2007–2012). Through her production firm, July Moonhead Productions, Gomez executive produced the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why (2017-2020) and Living Undocumented (2019). Selena Gomez & the Scene released three albums, all of which charted in the top ten on the US Billboard 200 and were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America: Kiss & Tell (2009), A Year Without Rain (2010), and When the Sun Goes Down (2011). Revelación (2021), a Spanish-language EP she also published, was nominated for a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album. On the US Billboard Hot 100, many of Gomez's hits have peaked in the top ten. She has a particular, low voice that stands out in many of her songs.

As of 2017, Gomez sold 22 million singles and over seven million albums worldwide, according to Billboard. She has received many accolades, including being named Woman of the Year by Billboard in 2017. She was ranked among the top 100 most powerful persons in the world by Time magazine in 2020. She is the most popular artist and actor on Instagram and has a huge social media following. Gomez also owns apparel, accessory, fragrance, and cosmetics lines. Since the age of 17, she has worked with several charitable organizations and served as a UNICEF ambassador.

Twitter Handle: @selenagomez

Followers: 66.2M

Britney Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a singer, songwriter, and dancer from the United States. She is known as the "Princess of Music" and is credited with inspiring the resurrection of adolescent pop in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Her first two studio albums, ...Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!... I Did It Again (2000), is among the best-selling albums of all time and made Spears the best-selling teenage artist of all time. Spears was the executive producer of her fifth studio album, Blackout (2007), which is widely regarded as her best work. Spears, a pop legend, has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including more than 70 million in the United States, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. She has six number-one albums on the Billboard 200 and four number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. She has received a Grammy Award, 15 Guinness World Records, six MTV Video Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards (including the Millennium Award), the inaugural Radio Disney Icon Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, among many other honors.

Spears was ranked as the 2000s' eighth-biggest performer by Billboard. She is the best-selling female album artist of the 2000s and the fourth best-selling female album artist of the Nielsen SoundScan period in the US. Spears received the most votes in the reader poll and was chosen by Time as one of the 100 most important people in the world in 2021.

Twitter Handle: @britneyspears

Followers: 56M

Demi Lovato is a singer, songwriter, and actress from the United States. After signing with Hollywood Records, Lovato released her debut pop rock album, Don't Forget (2008), which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in the United States. In 2013, she released her fourth album, eponymous, which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and included the top-ten worldwide single "Heart Attack". She was nominated for a Grammy Award for Confident, and "Sorry Not Sorry", the lead single from Tell Me You Love Me, became her highest-charting hit in the United States, peaking at number six. Lovato has appeared as the eponymous character on the sitcom Sonny with a Chance (2009-2011), and as a judge on the music competition series The X Factor USA for its second and third seasons. She also appeared in Princess Protection Program (2009), Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017), and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020).

Lovato has amassed several accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, 14 Teen Choice Awards, five People's Choice Awards, two Latin American Music Awards, a Guinness World Record, and inclusion on the 2017 Time 100 annual list. She has also sold over 24 million albums in the United States. Lovato's struggles with an eating disorder and substance abuse have received significant media attention, prompting her to publish the self-help memoir Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year (2013) and to release the documentaries Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated (2017) and Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil (2021).

Twitter Handle: @ddlovato

Followers: 54.2M