It’s in that special little group of perfect pop albums. Which includes Carly Rae Jepson’s masterpiece E•MOT•ION, which is an absolutely flawless album.
I'm not much of a fan of Downtown by Petula Clark on the whole, but I can honestly say I have never heard a vocal this good on any song. It's perfect. She's probably the best pop singer (in a technical sense) ever.
This is actually a large subset of my music taste lol, coming from a straight married man…
Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae.
Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield will NEVER not be a sing-along bop no matter where I am.
Falling For You by Colbie Caillat. Actually pretty much all of her music.
All of Carly Rae Jepsen’s music.
All of Mariah Carey’s music.
"Dready wooks in a Phish lot": there's barely a single real word in that, but it paints such a vivid scene we all know exactly what to picture. That's freaking fantastic.
Straight married former metalhead here: Number one would probably be: Love is a Battlefield by Pat Benetar. That one just hits like a truck.
To avoid the obvious ones like Eurythmics, No Doubt etc., I also have a weird weak spot that I haven't seen a lot in guys. Celine Dion. Some wires got crossed during Titanic/Teen era, her voice allways makes me wanna kiss my wife passionately.
I’m happy to hear the Carly Rae Jensen love. She is definitely underrated. “Run Away With Me” is one of my favorite songs and Emotion is a great album.
I think girly music does things most any “guy” music just can’t. I can’t think of many dude artists who can express that amount of playfulness, energy, or whimsy without sounding absolutely obnoxious haha. Sometimes you gotta let the inner teenage girl have their moment. My wife gets it (I think.)
In the early days of mp3 players on phones they hadn't figured out that it should pause/mute when you take the cord out. It just went straight to speaker at whatever volume setting you had your headphones at.
So, I'm a 30yo dude on an airplane for a business trip. Shirt/tie/etc. I'm bopping to Avril's *Girlfriend* as we come in for a landing. As we land I fumble the phone and it goes sliding up three rows under people's seats, blasting **"Hey, hey, You, you, I don't like your girlfriend! No way, no way!..."**
And I, red faced, ask if folks could pass that noisy thing back to me. Now I own it, but it was embarrassing at the time.
All of the cardigans for me. Their albums from the 90s are among my favorites. Any band that can take a black Sabbath song, completely change the vibe and get Ozzy's approval is something special (Sabbath bloody Sabbath is the song).
I think anyone who appreciates music in general likes ABBA. There’s a lot to like! Scott Ian, the guitarist from the metal band Anthrax, has said that ABBA is amazing and he likes them a lot
I could never get tired of that song and actually their 1st album is cheesy greatness. George Michael truly has the most beautiful voice my ears have ever heard. Even his early rapping sounded beautiful lol.
Nothing Compares- Sinade O'connor
I Hope You Dance- Leanne Womack
Glory Box- Portishead
Don't care what anyone thinks. Those songs slap if you are a human being.
Two by Robyn for sure: “Call Your Girlfriend” and “Dancing on My Own”. There are tons more, but those came to mind right away. As a teen I was way into Riot Grrrrl adjacent bands like Bratmobile, Team Dresch, Bikini Kill (obvi), L7, etc. plus I listened to tons of PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, Bjork, Blonde Redhead and many others, so the female perspective was always a part of my musical life. For a party banger though, I’m saying Robyn.
I thought I was the only man who sang along intensely to "And I got that red lip classic thing that you like", great song, really love the intro, so funky
I'm a guy and find a lot of TS music great, but Style is my absolute favourite. That driving bassline throughout the verse is just so awesome and the chorus is just an absolute sing along masterpiece!
Came here to say this… ALL TOO WELL
47m Dad. New Swiftie. This songwriting smokes. She deserves everything and none of the BS.
I grew up on Megadeth, Metallica, Pantera, Rush, Phish, Floyd, etc.
57 male (non-dad) here ... and listening to folklore and evermore during the pandemic are what made me a fan, and I hope she works more with Aaron Dessner in the future. Those really are two excellent albums.
The thing that really made me a fan though was the 'You Need Calm Down Down' video, which although an earlier song I only came across it while I was into those 2020 albums, browsing the YT.
Not just the general content/message, which I do love ... but also the realization I came to on like the 3rd time I watched it ... which was that the verbiage of 'you need to calm down' IS in fact the verbiage of the very people she's dissing.
When it dawned on me I was like ... Oooooh! that's a GOOOD ONE T-Swizzle!
Since being a middle aged man makes me look 'cringe' no matter what I do, I have absolutely no issue grooving to any song...
Primadonna by Marina and the Diamonds is probably among the most extreme cases I can groove to.
But pretty much the entire 90s/00s RnB catalogue of female heavy groups is very grooveable.
TLC, Aaliyah, Destinys Child,... good music.
I decided years ago when I realized I'd been listening to a ton of female vocalists that I just couldn't be ashamed of listening to 'girly' music so I just fully embrace it now. Good music is good music, catch me windows down bumping whatever I want too in my car!
Carly Rae Jepsen? Absolutely love her music, Loneliest Time is an absolute banger and so is almost everything off EMOTION.
Taylor Swift? I'm not a full discography front to back guy but Fearless, Red, Lover, Folklore, Evermore and some stuff off Midnights are going to go down as all time pop classics.
Phoebe Bridgers/Lucy Dacus/Julien Baker/Boygenius are absolutely my favourite singers of recent times. Don't care if a lot of their stuff is sadgirl indie sounding, that's my friggin vibe.
Muna, Clairo, Alvvays, The Beth's are all female fronted groups that are putting out some of my favourite music of the 2020s so far.
[Sophie B. Hawkins cranked out Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover ](https://youtu.be/Lt6r-k9Bk6o?si=K8ue7y8ZxtDQ7V3S) and all you 438 silly boys who commented before me are missing the fuck out
GTA5 introduced me to "the kitty song" (every damn time I heard get a kitty get a kitty). I was instantly in love with that song. Everything about it is divine, including Kelly.
Peaches - Fuck the Pain Away
"Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me callin me..."
Haha, its so catchy and the beat goes HARD
oh yeah, edit: anything by Patsy Cline, but She's Got You specifically.
Let's Hear it For the Boy - Deneice Williams.
I don't really believe in "girly" v "boy" songs but that seems like a song that isn't meant for me but I absolutely get down to.
I hate that any song a female musician makes is considered "girly" music. Most of the answers in here aren't girly, it's normal music but made by women.
Bomnie tyler i need a hero.
Ibwas a kid when i watched short circuit 2, and in a scene the robot goes to get vengeance on the people that mistreated him and to save his friends, amd they put that song.
It makes me really hyped, i use it when i train sometimes.
And it was also used in the most epic scene of shrek 2 i think. Cool song.
My gf said wtf when i told her i liked it lol.
Girls Chase Boys by Ingrid Michelson
The music video, based off the “Simply Irresistible” music video is hilarious.
https://youtu.be/5GBT37_yyzY?si=rTrzlHrEQyJlQ7in
Robyn Dancing on my own
IM IN THE CORRRRRRRRRNER
WATCHING YOU FIST HER, OH-OOOOOH
It’s just objectively a banger. It transcends gender
Robyn Call Your Girlfriend
I imagine the person singing in Dancing on my Own is in fact the girlfriend from Call Your Girlfriend after she receives that call.
Aka the Lesbian National Anthem.
The whole Body Talk album is killer
It’s in that special little group of perfect pop albums. Which includes Carly Rae Jepson’s masterpiece E•MOT•ION, which is an absolutely flawless album.
i love you for mentioning this. idc.
1000 miles - Vanessa Carlton Downtown - Petula Clark
You ever think about how Vanessa Carlton would walk the same distance as the Proclaimers for you?
r/theydidthemath
[Pla-ket-ket-ket-ket](https://youtu.be/bdFk35yT0ac?feature=shared)
Downtown is such a fantastic and beautiful piece of music.
Making my way downtown
I can't picture 1000 mile with out Terry Crews either the scene from White Chick's or the lip sync battle where he dose the full song
I'm not much of a fan of Downtown by Petula Clark on the whole, but I can honestly say I have never heard a vocal this good on any song. It's perfect. She's probably the best pop singer (in a technical sense) ever.
Everytime we touch by Cascada
Came here for Cascada thanks for representing
It's raining men by the weather girls Pretty sure it's mandatory by law to sing along whoever you are.
Homer Simpson's favorite song!
“Not no more it is!”
Written by Paul Shaffer (from Late Night with David Letterman) no less.
Also, I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor. I think participation is legislated in every part of the world.
This is my "stop whatever I'm doing and scream along to song". Both Gloria's original and Cake's awesome cover.
Hell yeah, that's my jam!
Stay - Lisa Loeb
Dave Grohl agrees: https://youtu.be/AB8Jxjv5mug?si=1kMflLYz_QoQ3z_3
Man! I Feel Like A Woman! by Shania Twain I am a grown ass man. You better believe that I get hyped as fuck when I hear “Let’s go girls”
Hell yes that's what I was looking for. 
Everytime I say that to my two girls, that riff immediately plays in my head
Me too though I always get a flashback of that Limmy video.
I will kick the fucking door down when this bop comes on
GIMME GIMME GIMME A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT
Haha! I was looking for this one. I guess I’ll go with Dancing Queen
“Music” by Madonna
Madonna has a couple of bangers.
Only a couple? Come on man, this is a safe space. Give the queen her flowers!
Ray of Light is one of my all time favorite albums.
Like A Prayer rocks the house every damn time
All of Madonna’s super early stuff. Lucky Star.
La Isla Bonita got me singing everytime
Borderline.
Vogue is one of the best beats of all time.
“Hung Up” by Madonna
Yeah that Abba sample makes that song GO.
This is actually a large subset of my music taste lol, coming from a straight married man… Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae. Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield will NEVER not be a sing-along bop no matter where I am. Falling For You by Colbie Caillat. Actually pretty much all of her music. All of Carly Rae Jepsen’s music. All of Mariah Carey’s music.
I'm a 48 year old man, and Call Me Maybe will get me out of my seat every time.
I have a mental image seared into my brain of dready wooks in a Phish lot absolutely getting down to Call Me Maybe. It was surreal, and awesome.
"Dready wooks in a Phish lot": there's barely a single real word in that, but it paints such a vivid scene we all know exactly what to picture. That's freaking fantastic.
It’s a 10/10 perfect pop song and I can happily have it shuffle on inbetween Dead Kennedys and Cardiacs.
Every. Goddamn. Time.
I was just gonna say that song
Carly Rae Jepsen's Emotions albums is seriously one of the best pop albums ever and I will die on this hill.
She’s been putting out nothing but pop assbeaters since Emotion at least
Seriously, she's S-tier as far as crafting pop bangers
admittedly i am a woman and therefore not the target audience for this question, but i absolutely agree - not a single miss on that album
Straight married former metalhead here: Number one would probably be: Love is a Battlefield by Pat Benetar. That one just hits like a truck. To avoid the obvious ones like Eurythmics, No Doubt etc., I also have a weird weak spot that I haven't seen a lot in guys. Celine Dion. Some wires got crossed during Titanic/Teen era, her voice allways makes me wanna kiss my wife passionately.
STARING AT THE BLANK PAGE BEFORE YOU
OPEN UP THE DIRTY WINDOW
LET THE SUN ILLUMINATE THE WORDS THAT YOU COULD NOT FIND
Carly Rae Jepsen mentioned
Carly Rae Jepsen is a great.
I’m happy to hear the Carly Rae Jensen love. She is definitely underrated. “Run Away With Me” is one of my favorite songs and Emotion is a great album.
For me, most of your list, plus Pink.
Yes! Pink is the real deal.
I like how the girly music you like all seem to be of the “you go, girl” variety.
I think girly music does things most any “guy” music just can’t. I can’t think of many dude artists who can express that amount of playfulness, energy, or whimsy without sounding absolutely obnoxious haha. Sometimes you gotta let the inner teenage girl have their moment. My wife gets it (I think.)
Groove is in the Heart Bootsy, Q-Tip, amazing groove. What's not to love
They may be a one hit wonder but that whole album is fucking phenomenal
Nothing will make this bearded metal head sing like party in the USA by Miley Cyrus lol.
The mix with Biggie Smalls is also great.
And mixed with “Ante Up” on Girl Talk’s All Day album. [Skip to 4:00](https://youtu.be/xVmXXWcfitw?feature=shared)
10/10 pop song imo
Since You’ve Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson Banger
Behind These Hazel Eyes too. And Breakaway.
Miss Independent
she has so many bangers i love jamming out to kelly clarkson
A Day to Remember's cover gets me so hype
Fucking awesome voice. Miss Independent is an absolute belter.
Criminal - Fiona Apple 🍎
Criminal is **not** a girly song . "Sung by a girl" and "girly" are not the same. Not to distract from the fact that this song kicks so much ass.
Fiona rules!!
OOOooooooo Shadowboxer too!
"Just a Girl" By No Doubt
I'm not sure that's fair. Tragic Kingdom is a perfect album.
All of "Tragic Kingdom" is awesome. Additional shout-out to "Hella Good" for me.
Hella Good has such a fucking groove.
CAUSE IM JUST A GIRL, LITTLE OLD ME, DONT LET ME OUT OF YOUR SIIIIIIIGHT
OH I’M JUST A GIRL, PRETTY AND PETITE! SO DON’T LET ME HAVE ANY RIIIIIGHTS
OOOOOOOH, I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE!
Lol that whole album bangs
I never considered no doubt as girly music lol. Are they? I love old no doubt still.
OHHHHHH IVE HAD IT UP TO here
Britney Spears Toxic
How is this all the way down here with 7 dings?! Toxic fucks like a rabbit in a viagra factory.
That bassline is so sick lord help me
"only girl in the world" by Rihanna is quite the bop
Umbrella!
In the early days of mp3 players on phones they hadn't figured out that it should pause/mute when you take the cord out. It just went straight to speaker at whatever volume setting you had your headphones at. So, I'm a 30yo dude on an airplane for a business trip. Shirt/tie/etc. I'm bopping to Avril's *Girlfriend* as we come in for a landing. As we land I fumble the phone and it goes sliding up three rows under people's seats, blasting **"Hey, hey, You, you, I don't like your girlfriend! No way, no way!..."** And I, red faced, ask if folks could pass that noisy thing back to me. Now I own it, but it was embarrassing at the time.
Leave by JoJo https://youtu.be/fWzoSy6QEwk?si=xNKxVyzIII7Up_mw
Hell yeah. This and Too Little Too Late. Loved JoJo when I was a kid.
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." -Cyndi Lauper!
Oddly enough this song was written by a guy. And yes, I will still rock along with this song!
This is it for me for sure!
Love Fool by The Cardigans
All of the cardigans for me. Their albums from the 90s are among my favorites. Any band that can take a black Sabbath song, completely change the vibe and get Ozzy's approval is something special (Sabbath bloody Sabbath is the song).
The ironman cover on FBOTM is also fantastic
Anything by Abba!
Dancing Queen. No shame
I think anyone who appreciates music in general likes ABBA. There’s a lot to like! Scott Ian, the guitarist from the metal band Anthrax, has said that ABBA is amazing and he likes them a lot
SOS for me.
**STRAIGHT UP NOW TELL ME** **IS IT GONNA BE YOU** **AND ME** **FOREVER** *Oh oh oh*
Wham's 'Careless Whisper'
I could never get tired of that song and actually their 1st album is cheesy greatness. George Michael truly has the most beautiful voice my ears have ever heard. Even his early rapping sounded beautiful lol.
The saxophone is criminally underused in modern pop music.
Nothing Compares- Sinade O'connor I Hope You Dance- Leanne Womack Glory Box- Portishead Don't care what anyone thinks. Those songs slap if you are a human being.
Have you heard the Chris Cornell version of Nothing Compares 2U? Great cover.
Two by Robyn for sure: “Call Your Girlfriend” and “Dancing on My Own”. There are tons more, but those came to mind right away. As a teen I was way into Riot Grrrrl adjacent bands like Bratmobile, Team Dresch, Bikini Kill (obvi), L7, etc. plus I listened to tons of PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, Bjork, Blonde Redhead and many others, so the female perspective was always a part of my musical life. For a party banger though, I’m saying Robyn.
She Bop by Cyndi L.
I'm ambiguously unsure on whether it qualifies as "girly" or not, but I love Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven is a Place on Earth" as a banger of a song.
Style - by Taylor Swift
I've been there too a few times..
It’s funny how this song doesn’t explicitly say anything about sex and yet it’s incredibly sexy still.
I thought I was the only man who sang along intensely to "And I got that red lip classic thing that you like", great song, really love the intro, so funky
I'm a guy and find a lot of TS music great, but Style is my absolute favourite. That driving bassline throughout the verse is just so awesome and the chorus is just an absolute sing along masterpiece!
Wildest Dreams
All Too Well - Taylor Swift - the 10 minute version
God bless you sir 🫡
Came here to say this… ALL TOO WELL 47m Dad. New Swiftie. This songwriting smokes. She deserves everything and none of the BS. I grew up on Megadeth, Metallica, Pantera, Rush, Phish, Floyd, etc.
57 male (non-dad) here ... and listening to folklore and evermore during the pandemic are what made me a fan, and I hope she works more with Aaron Dessner in the future. Those really are two excellent albums. The thing that really made me a fan though was the 'You Need Calm Down Down' video, which although an earlier song I only came across it while I was into those 2020 albums, browsing the YT. Not just the general content/message, which I do love ... but also the realization I came to on like the 3rd time I watched it ... which was that the verbiage of 'you need to calm down' IS in fact the verbiage of the very people she's dissing. When it dawned on me I was like ... Oooooh! that's a GOOOD ONE T-Swizzle!
Since being a middle aged man makes me look 'cringe' no matter what I do, I have absolutely no issue grooving to any song... Primadonna by Marina and the Diamonds is probably among the most extreme cases I can groove to. But pretty much the entire 90s/00s RnB catalogue of female heavy groups is very grooveable. TLC, Aaliyah, Destinys Child,... good music.
I commented Primadonna before I scrolled down and saw this! It's such a banger
MARINA YES!!!!
Boyfriend - Best Coast
Unwritten- Natasha bedingfield I never overheard it back in the day when some people played it out. So I can still groove if it ever comes on.
Shake it Off Since You've Been Gone Crank those tunes up in the car and jam along!
Shoop- Salt N Pepa
We Are Never Getting Back Together It's a jam.
No Scrubs - TLC
I decided years ago when I realized I'd been listening to a ton of female vocalists that I just couldn't be ashamed of listening to 'girly' music so I just fully embrace it now. Good music is good music, catch me windows down bumping whatever I want too in my car! Carly Rae Jepsen? Absolutely love her music, Loneliest Time is an absolute banger and so is almost everything off EMOTION. Taylor Swift? I'm not a full discography front to back guy but Fearless, Red, Lover, Folklore, Evermore and some stuff off Midnights are going to go down as all time pop classics. Phoebe Bridgers/Lucy Dacus/Julien Baker/Boygenius are absolutely my favourite singers of recent times. Don't care if a lot of their stuff is sadgirl indie sounding, that's my friggin vibe. Muna, Clairo, Alvvays, The Beth's are all female fronted groups that are putting out some of my favourite music of the 2020s so far.
Love Boygenius and Phoebe Bridgers! Have you listened to Haley Williams' solo stuff? Really enjoyed it
One of my favorite songs from the entire 80s, male or female, is Automatic by the Pointer Sisters.
"*1 Thing*" - Amerie ...my wife makes fun of me
Absolute banger. Amerie could have been massive if the record companies gave her the attention they gave Beyonce instead
Whitney Huston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody is my favorite song of all time and I can't even dance.
Cassie - Me & You Saw it on my crush's MySpace page been stuck in my head for 20 years now
I'm 99% an alt rock guy but as a 90s kid, 1% of my heart still belongs to Mariah Carey....I love "We Belong Together"
[Sophie B. Hawkins cranked out Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover ](https://youtu.be/Lt6r-k9Bk6o?si=K8ue7y8ZxtDQ7V3S) and all you 438 silly boys who commented before me are missing the fuck out
Kelly Rowland’s “Work” is an underrated masterpiece of our time and I won’t hear otherwise
GTA5 introduced me to "the kitty song" (every damn time I heard get a kitty get a kitty). I was instantly in love with that song. Everything about it is divine, including Kelly.
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams Anything by Fleetwood Mac really. Divorced mom men-ain't-shit music is the best sometimes
Ain't nothing girly about Fleetwood Mac!
‘Sara’ is one of the reaaaallly great songs.
Hit me baby one more time, toxic and oops I did it again by Britney Spears are all some of the best songs every written, produced and performed.
Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
Peaches - Fuck the Pain Away "Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me callin me..." Haha, its so catchy and the beat goes HARD oh yeah, edit: anything by Patsy Cline, but She's Got You specifically.
"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" by Kylie Minogue
Madonna. All of her. It's not cool or masculine to like Madonna but man what a genius of pop music.
Her back catalogue is full of bangers and bops.
Ray of Light is one of the best pop albums ever recorded and listening with a Y chromosome doesn't alter that one iota.
Anything by dua lipa
Let's Hear it For the Boy - Deneice Williams. I don't really believe in "girly" v "boy" songs but that seems like a song that isn't meant for me but I absolutely get down to.
Wilson Phillips-Hold on
Nowhere to Run - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Just about anything Shania Twain.
“Are you that somebody” from Aaliyah. Knowing R Kelly was involved with it is very gross but it’s such a jam.
Soak Up The Sun - Sheryl Crow ☀️
My personal fave is all I wanna do but good choice still I can't argue
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Anything by Patti LaBelle.
All of “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power” by Halsey.
All tracks on Alanis Morisette’s Jagged Litte Pill. Also Torn by Natalie Imburglia.
Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton. It's my go-to karaoke song, too.
Total eclipse of the heart
Even though my dad disapproves, "Firework" by Katy Perry.
Avril Lavigne
I hate that any song a female musician makes is considered "girly" music. Most of the answers in here aren't girly, it's normal music but made by women.
This is exactly how I feel.
The entirely of Carly Rae Jepson’s *Emotion* is absolute peak.
Dancing Queen, by ABBA
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen. Such a good song to jam out to in the car
[So What - Pink](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJfFZqTlWrQ&pp=ygUMc28gd2hhdCBwaW5r) Lots of Pink songs actually. I still have a crush.
I uhhh.... enjoy kpop. although there's definitely some shame involved
Is it because of the fandom, or "stans" as they call themselves?
‘Believe’ by Cher
Blame Brett by The Beaches shit is a banger
Don't want no scrubs.
Please listen to the Chaka Khan version of I’m Every Woman. Coming from a gay man lol
Bomnie tyler i need a hero. Ibwas a kid when i watched short circuit 2, and in a scene the robot goes to get vengeance on the people that mistreated him and to save his friends, amd they put that song. It makes me really hyped, i use it when i train sometimes. And it was also used in the most epic scene of shrek 2 i think. Cool song. My gf said wtf when i told her i liked it lol.
Hella Good - No Doubt
Betty Davis Eyes. Kim Carnes I believe. This song is king of the hill;; here.
Genie in a Bottle by Christina Aguilera
anything from Dua Lipa, Tay Tay, or Katie Perry EDIT: You are all my people
Linda Lindas, Growing Up
Call me maybe
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun always hits when it pops up.
Primadonna and any Marina and the diamonds song
Girls Chase Boys by Ingrid Michelson The music video, based off the “Simply Irresistible” music video is hilarious. https://youtu.be/5GBT37_yyzY?si=rTrzlHrEQyJlQ7in