{"id":1305041,"date":"2019-03-07T23:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T06:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1803612"},"modified":"2019-03-07T23:00:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T06:00:35","slug":"top-female-empowerment-anthems-for-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/top-female-empowerment-anthems-for-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Female Empowerment Anthems for International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:669371?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" title=\"Posts by Lauren Tingle\" rel=\"author\">Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">39m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: The following list was compiled by CMT.com contributors <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/bonaguroa\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Alison Bonaguro<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/stephenss\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Samantha Stephens<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Tingle<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t imagine our lives without these songs. Here are a few of our favorite female empowerment anthems that defined the decade in observance of International Women\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listicle-container\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Delta Rae \u201cHands Dirty\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Every woman siblings Brittany and Ian H\u00f6lljes know and love is the leader of her own life despite the adversity they\u2019ve had to overcome. Inspired by the sexism his sister and bandmate Elizabeth Hopkins experienced in Delta Rae\u2019s rise, H\u00f6lljes wanted to give them an anthem that would motivate them to keep pursuing their passions no matter how dirty the business can be. He finished the song with Brittany, and they imply a positive outcome to the #MeToo movement in the bridge. \u201cI\u2019ve just been really inspired by the women in my life,\u201d H\u00f6lljes tells CMT.com. \u201cMy mom was a gay rights advocate, and we\u2019re in this moment where women are leading the country in showing us how to protest and raise our voices for important causes \u2026 and that\u2019s not their profession. They\u2019re having to find extra time in the day in addition to working hard jobs, growing their families, being friends and community members. On top of that, they\u2019re bringing this energy and activism to important issues that further our country.\u201d (LT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Miranda Lambert \u201cMama\u2019s Broken Heart\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>A landmark hit in Lambert and Kacey Musgraves\u2019 careers, \u201cMama\u2019s\u201d marked their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1714015\/miranda-lambert-celebrates-mamas-broken-heart-with-songwriters\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">first hit<\/a> together and Musgraves\u2019 first No. 1 as a songwriter. The two grew up performing on the same Texas music circuit and at one point took lessons from the same guitar instructor. \u201cMama\u2019s\u201d was also the second No. 1 for co-writer Brandy Clark and another chart-topper for Shane McAnally. (LT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood \u201cSomethin\u2019 Bad\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>We learned very quickly just how much trouble Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood can be together\u2026the best kind of trouble, that is. This twosome set country music on fire (are we surprised?) in 2014 when they released their first duet: this deliciously saucy and wicked girl power anthem to just bein\u2019 bad. A runaway bride, a stack of cash, a bunch of whiskey, a poker game, a bank robbery, <em>and<\/em> two amazing wigs? Lambert called it when she sang, \u201cA real-life Thelma and Louise.\u201d We\u2019d post bail for these two any day of the week. (SS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">RaeLynn \u201cGod Made Girls\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Knowing your worth is everything, ladies, and in case you need a reminder, Raelynn has one for you. Written with Nicolle Galyon, Lori McKenna, and Liz Rose, this breezy and sweet single from 2014 is a heartwarming ode to the beauty of womankind and the innocence of the just being a girl. The magic of this song is that no matter your age, you still find meaning in the message: that you are special and full of wonderful purpose. (SS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Maddie &amp; Tae \u201cGirl in a Country Song\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>\u201cWhere did these two spitfires come from?\u201d That was the question most often heard when duo Maddie &amp; Tae first broke on the scene in 2014 with their tongue-in-cheek expose on women in country music, cleverly titled \u201cGirl in a Country Song.\u201d Young, whip-smart, and beautiful with all the talent to boot, Maddie Marlow and Taelor Dye weren\u2019t afraid to call the situation as they saw it: that there was a real problem with women\u2019s roles and portrayal in the hits of country, and it was high time someone set the record straight. And boy did they\u2014\u201cGirl In A Country Song\u201d became the feisty duo\u2019s first number one hit single on the <em>Billboard Country Airplay Charts<\/em> the year it was released. Fortune truly does favor the bold, doesn\u2019t it? (SS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Sara Evans \u201cLittle Bit Stronger\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Serving up a double dose of woman power, this massive smash for Sara Evans was co-written by Lady Antebellum\u2019s Hillary Scott from a deeply personal and dark place in Scott\u2019s journey. The song became an anthem for women\u2014and anyone really\u2014who needed a reminder that you can overcome, and that though the night is dark, joy always comes in the morning. The movement of comfort and empowerment only grew as the song topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart in 2011, which also bolstered Evans\u2019 already-thriving career. It remains a win-win-win: for Evans, for Scott, and for women everywhere. Sisters helping each other out\u2014the world needs more of that. (SS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Reba McEntire \u201cGoing Out Like That\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>You can\u2019t keep a good woman down. Exhibit A: Reba McEntire. This \u201cAw hell no\u201d anthem for the brokenhearted entered the world in January of 2015 during a very precarious year in McEntire\u2019s musical career and personal life. It marked the first single she\u2019d released since 2011 and preceded the sad news in late 2015 that she and her husband Narvel Blackstock had filed for divorce. Plotline coincidence? Most likely. But still a return to strong, sassy and indomitable Reba? You better believe it. Fun fact: the song was originally recorded by Love &amp; Theft for an album that was never released. But there\u2019s nothing like a woman\u2019s voice on such a declaration, is there? You go, Reebs. (SS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Little Big Town \u201cTornado\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned\u2026 or pissed off or just flat-out done, honey. This is a truth universally acknowledged and put brilliantly into verse and melody in Little Big Town\u2019s hit \u201cTornado,\u201d which debuted in 2013 and cracked the top ten on the country charts. Call it an anthem or a cautionary tale, we call it the perfect storm of a fair warning to any man who can\u2019t recognize a woman\u2019s worth or power. Oh, the damage she can do. Better run for cover, boys. And run fast. (SS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Kalie Shorr \u201cFight Like a Girl\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Shorr, a member of CMT\u2019s Next Women of Country program, is an emphatic songwriter who makes every note count for the sake of her art. \u201cFight Like a Girl\u201d made a statement as one of her releases in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/archive\/charts\/2016\/country-airplay\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">2016<\/a>, a year in which country radio was dominated by male-led collaborations with female artists and saw four hits by Carrie Underwood and Kelsea Ballerini rise to No. 1. Shorr\u2019s \u201cFight Like a Girl\u201d tapped into an inner strength that was definitely needed at the time. (LT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Too often society puts the burden on women to be the change they want to see for themselves. Shorr and rising artist Lacy Green astutely addressed that burden when they <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1790413\/kalie-shorr-talks-times-up-by-song-suffragettes\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">co-wrote<\/a> \u201cTime\u2019s Up\u201d in direct response to the 2018 Hollywood initiative launched to support victims of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct. Contributing vocals on \u201cTimes\u2019 Up\u201d are 23 members of Nashville\u2019s Song Suffragettes songwriting series for women. They are Shorr, Paige, Tasji Bachman, Chloe Gilligan, Savannah Keyes, Mignon, Gracie Schram, Tiera, Jenna Paulette, Emma White, Jordyn Mallory, Emma Lynn White, Regan Stewart, Jenna McDaniel, Madison Kozak, Jenny Ray, Tenille Arts, Tristan McIntosh, Tia Scola, Alexis Gomez, Candi Carpenter, Trannie Stevens and Lena Stone. (LT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Runaway June \u201cBuy My Own Drinks\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Perhaps somewhere out there there\u2019s a list of all the things a woman cannot do without a man by her side. But I\u2019m guessing it\u2019s a very short list. Which is why this Runaway June song \u2014 a refreshingly long list, really, of all the things a woman can do just fine on her own \u2014 is so fitting for any day that puts the entire gender on a pedestal. The band\u2019s Naomi Cooke, Hannah Mulholland and Jennifer Wayne wrote this celebration of self-sufficiency with Hillary Lindsey and Josh Kear. (AB)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Mickey Guyton \u201cBetter Than You Left Me\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Every time I hear this song, I think, \u201cNow she knows better.\u201d As in, better, stronger, deeper, longer, et cetera. It may have only made it to No. 34 on the Billboard\u2019s country airplay chart, but that doesn\u2019t matter to anyone who needs to hear it. It sounds clich\u00e9 to call it empowering, but there\u2019s no better way to describe lyrics that remind you of how strong you really are. Guyton wrote the song with Jennifer Hanson, Jenn Schott and Nathan Chapman. (AB)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Kellie Pickler \u201cTough\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>This song says it better than any lyrical analysis ever could: There ain\u2019t nothin\u2019 wrong with a woman that got a little backbone. Leslie Satcher wrote it, and Kellie Pickler made us believe it. It was one of Pickler\u2019s best chart successes \u2014 it made it to No. 30 \u2014 but more importantly, it painted an autobiographical picture of what Pickler\u2019s childhood might\u2019ve been like in North Carolina with a mom who couldn\u2019t stay put and a dad who couldn\u2019t stay out of prison. And who you become once you outgrow all that adversity. (AB)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Pistol Annies \u201cHell on Heels\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Was the world ready for a post-Dixie Chicks era, all-girl band singing about making deals with the devil and collecting cars, rings, real estate, yachts and guitars from the men they met along the way? Maybe, maybe not. But this song established the Pistol Annies as a force that would survive with or without the traditional barometers of success. The Annies \u2013 Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley \u2014 wrote this one as the lead single from their debut project of the same name. (AB)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Lauren Alaina \u201cRoad Less Traveled\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>It\u2019s impossible to not love this song; especially if you\u2019re a girl from about 4 to about 104. The message here is that universal: don\u2019t let the world decide what\u2019s beautiful, show what you got and just own it, and don\u2019t be afraid to take the road less traveled. Alaina wrote it with Jesse Frasure and Meghan Trainor (who was already winning with her own Love Yourself pop anthem, \u201cAll About That Bass\u201d), and its immense likeability took it all the way to No. 1 on the charts. (AB)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Shania Twain \u201cLife\u2019s About to Get Good\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>She was sad, now she\u2019s not. That\u2019s the gist of this comeback song from Shania Twain: that you need to have the bad to feel the good. It\u2019s a simple premise and one that stands the test of time. But it\u2019s also cathartic on a few different levels for her; both personally and professionally. Twain wrote the tune by herself after a long hiatus from making music. It peaked at No. 33 on the country airplay chart. (AB)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Kelsea Ballerini \u201cMiss Me More\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>If a guy is telling you what kind of lipstick to wear, which records to play, and how high your heels should be, he doesn\u2019t love you. He loves his idea of you. And that\u2019s the <em>you<\/em> you no longer need. So, even though Ballerini is in her happily-ever-after newlywed bliss right now, it\u2019s clear that she knows exactly what it feels like when the real you goes missing. She co-wrote this upside-of-the-breakdown anthem with David Hodges and Brett McLaughlin, and it\u2019s currently No. 14. (AB)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Alison Krauss \u201cYou Don\u2019t Know Me\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>When Eddy Arnold first pitched the title \u201cYou Don\u2019t Know Me\u201d to Cindy Walker, his initial plotline at the time seemed too vague for Walker\u2019s taste. In an interview with the Grammy Foundation https:\/\/youtu.be\/LjJFq-8tVZs, she recalled telling Arnold she\u2019d \u201ccook\u201d on the title for a while. Then one day out of thin air, the first verse came to her, \u201cYou give your hand to me \/ And then you say hello \/ And I can hardly speak \/ My heart is beating so \/ And anyone can tell \/ You think you know me well \/ But you don\u2019t know me.\u201d Arnold later recorded the full track and released it in 1956. Since then, legends like Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Bette Midler and others have released versions of the song. Krauss\u2019 performance is from her latest album, <em>Windy City<\/em>. (LT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Margo Price \u201cPay Gap\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>In the hours leading up to each performance on Price\u2019s most recent three-night run at Nashville\u2019s Ryman Auditorium, her stage crawled with an all-female crew testing equipment and instruments. Hiring women to make her career move is essential to Price to show other rising female music professionals that they have viable futures in music. \u201cI hope to encourage more girls to get out and follow this crazy dream, even if you\u2019re not getting the same radio play, even if you\u2019re not getting the same pay, even if you\u2019re not getting the same festival billing, there is still a way to make a living at it,\u201d she <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1801950\/margo-price-resolves-to-support-more-women-in-music\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told CMT.com<\/a> recently. \u201cAnd it\u2019s a lot of hard work, but it\u2019s rewarding.\u201d \u201cPay Gap\u201d is from Price\u2019s latest album <em>All-American Made<\/em>. (LT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Margo Price \u201cWild Women\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Wild women never worry, and they don\u2019t have time for the blues in Price\u2019s ode to ramblin\u2019 females from <em>All-American Made<\/em>. Price was among the best new artist nominees at the 61st annual Grammy Awards. (LT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Nikki Lane \u201cHighway Queen\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Elements of Lane\u2019s road life can be heard all over her 2017 album of the same title, and it kicks the listener in the teeth from its first \u201cYippee-ki-yay.\u201d \u201c\u2018Highway Queen\u2019 is 100% about me,\u201d Lane said with a laugh during a 2017 CMT.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1776080\/nikki-lane-inside-the-life-of-a-highway-queen\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a>. \u201cOr [it\u2019s] about the character that I joke that I became \u2014 touring to survive it if you will. But I don\u2019t break hearts in every town because I don\u2019t date fans.\u201d (LT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Carrie Underwood \u201cGood Girl\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Co-written with Ashley Gorley and Chris DeStefano in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1692841\/carrie-underwood-co-writers-cheer-good-girl\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a>, \u201cGood Girl\u201d was the lead single from 2012\u2019s <em>Blown Away<\/em>. Over fierce and flashy backbeats, Underwood warns a good woman of reconnecting with an ex who is no good for her. She sings, \u201cYou better get to getting\u2019 on your goodbye shoes.\u201d (LT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Ashley McBryde \u201cGirl Going Nowhere\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>If Garth Brooks records a version of your song, you know it\u2019s good. The title song of McBryde\u2019s debut album came from a comment a ninth-grade teacher once said to her when she asked the class what they wanted to be when they grew up. McBryde\u2019s answer involved studying at Arkansas State and then moving to Nashville to be a songwriter. \u201cShe told me I was stupid,\u201d McBryde recalled during a CMT.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1792655\/ashley-mcbryde-girl-going-everywhere\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a>. \u201cMost educators wouldn\u2019t say that. It wouldn\u2019t have mattered what you said to them whether you wanted to be a bug collector. They\u2019d be like, \u2018Oh yes, there\u2019s probably a market for that.\u2019 And then she told me that I better have a really good backup plan.\u201d McBryde never had to fall on a backup plan. <em>Girl Going Nowhere<\/em> was nominated for best country album at the 61st annual Grammy Awards in February. (LT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Brandy Clark \u201cGirl Next Door\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>The main character\u2019s attitude in \u201cGirl Next Door\u201d is everything. The song was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1765204\/brandy-clark-explains-girl-next-door\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">inspired<\/a> by a phone call Clark had with Grammy-nominated songwriter, Jessie Dillon, about a guy she was dating. When they wrote the song with Shane McAnally, their idea was to write a representation of the anti-girl next door; hence the hook, \u201cIf you want the girl next door, then go next door.\u201d (LT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Taylor Swift \u201cMean\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>When Swift released \u201cMean\u201d from <em>Speak Now<\/em>, the world wondered who she was talking about in the song. She <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1660022\/offstage-taylor-swift-tells-off-mean-pathetic-liar\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">explained<\/a> in <em>Speak Now<\/em>\u2019s liner notes, \u201cEach is written with a specific person in mind, telling them what I meant to tell them in person.\u201d She added one person she wrote about was \u201ca mean man\u201d she \u201cused to be afraid of.\u201d Whoever it is, they have a voice like nails on a chalkboard and are at once a liar, pathetic and alone in life. She performed the song at the 54th annual Grammy Awards where she took home two awards for best country song and best country solo performance. (LT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Danielle Bradbery \u201cWorth It\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Bradbery won\u2019t settle for anything less than the love she deserves in \u201cWorth It,\u201d a powerful ballad from her sophomore album, <em>I Don\u2019t Believe We\u2019ve Met<\/em>. Bradbery co-wrote the song with Jeff Pardo and Molly Reed. (LT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Cassadee Pope \u201cI Am Invincible\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Co-written by Brett Boyett and Nash Overstreet, Pope\u2019s \u201cI Am Invincible\u201d was needed in 2015 months after a radio consultant\u2019s comments that compared female artists to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryaircheck.com\/pdfs\/current052615.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tomatoes<\/a> in a salad went viral. Songs like \u201cI Am Invincible\u201d prove people who use unjust comparisons like that wrong, and those comparisons shouldn\u2019t go unchallenged. Pope will headline the sixth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1800742\/little-big-towns-karen-fairchild-inducts-cmts-next-women-of-country\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CMT Next Women of Country<\/a> tour with Clare Dunn and Hannah Ellis starting April 11 in Tampa, Fla.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1803612\/top-female-empowerment-anthems-for-international-womens-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 39m ago Editor\u2019s note: The following list was compiled by CMT.com contributors Alison Bonaguro, Samantha Stephens and Lauren Tingle. We can\u2019t imagine our lives without these songs. Here are a few of our favorite female empowerment anthems that defined the decade in observance of International Women\u2019s Day. 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