Billboard has put together a list of the Top 10 Female Pop Artists of 2004. Check out the list below.
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Alicia Keys is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress, philanthropist, and author who has won numerous awards, including nine Grammy Awards, eleven Billboard Music Awards, and three American Music Awards
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2

Beyonce Giselle Knowles is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and fashion designer
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3

Britney Jean Spears is an American pop music singer, songwriter, and dancer
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4

Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter, musician and occasional actress
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5

Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist, and songwriter
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6

Jessica Ann Simpson is an American pop singer and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s
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7

Avril Lavigne Whibley, better known by her birth name of Avril Lavigne, is a Canadian rock/punk-pop singer and musician
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8

Ashlee Nicole Simpson is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, and actress, and younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson
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9

Gretchen Frances Wilson is an American country music singer and guitarist
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10

Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress, pop singer and entrepreneur
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