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King Bey has sparked a resurgence on a higher level of expressing female sexuality in music — specifically black women’s sexuality.  And since we’re dedicated to black women, we thought it be cool to highlight female artists who have explicitly expressed themselves sexually in their music to much controversy and praise. Regardless of how critics debate it, these female artists didn’t promote unsafe sex, but they promoted exploring your sensual side, which men are privileged and praised to do without the double standard.

Here’s to celebrating female sexual empowerment with these iconic pop divas and 15 moments in pop culture history.

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