I want Lipa among 50 most influential women in the world.

The Independent has made a deliberate decision not to exclude women with whom readers may disagree or disapprove. The influence does not mean worship, and some of the most influential figures in history are not very controversial, if at all.

At the top of the list is Esther Ghey, who is not broken by the brutal murder of her daughter Brianna, but has used her to campaign for good and for change.

She joins the sports titan Mary Earps, who helped lead the lionesses in a World Cup final and inspired a nation, host Chancellor Rachel Reves and actress Hannah Waddingham, who has triumphed on stage and screen in the past 12 months.

But the singer of Albanian origin Dou Lipa, who is at the height of her success, is not missing on this list.

At the age of 25, Gen Z's pop queen, I want Lipa, has become famous in a landscape quite pleased with the idea of powerful women but it is certainly not something she has taken for granted. Her life, she admitted earlier this year, has been shaped by the fact that her parents were forced to leave the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s Kosovo War. It has previously criticised government policies for immigration and called for a ceasefire in Gaza, and earlier this year expressed disappointment with restrictions imposed on pop stars. They don't want you to be political. They don't want you to be smart”, she said about Rolling Stone. I want Lipa is as smart as political; she has her book club, where she interviews authors like Hanya Yanagialhara and Brit Bennett and spoke at last year's Hay Festival. But let's not forget that it makes even noise: the global phenomenon that was “Barby” would not have been the same without its perfect discotheque “Dance the Night”,”, says the description The Independent joined the photograph of Love Lip. / KultPhoto. com