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Linda Perry wrote "Beautiful" for Christina Aguilera's 2002 album, Stripped .
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Linda Perry also helped write "Superwoman" with Alicia Keys for her 2007 album, As I Am .
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Lauryn Hill wrote "A Rose Is Still a Rose" for Aretha Franklin's 1998 album, A Rose Is Still a Rose .
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Missy Elliott (along with Timbaland) wrote "One in a Million" for Aaliyah's 1996 album, One in a Million .
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Missy Elliott is also responsible for writing a plethora of major hits for singers in the 2000s, like "My Love Is Like...Wo" for Mýa, "Oops (Oh My)" for Tweet, and "So Gone" for Monica.
Listen to "My Love Is Like...Wo" here:
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Listen to "Oops (Oh My)" here:
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Kelly Clarkson wrote "Tell Me a Lie" for One Direction's 2011 album, Up All Night .
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Yoko Ono cowrote "Imagine" for John Lennon's 1971 Imagine , but Lennon didn't give her songwriting credit.
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Alicia Keys (along with Swizz Beatz) wrote "Million Dollar Bill" for Whitney Houston's 2009 album, I Look to You .
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Diane Warren wrote "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" for Aerosmith's 1998 album, Armageddon: The Album .
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Christina Milian wrote "Play" for Jennifer Lopez's 2001 album, J.Lo , and "Baby" for Justin Bieber's 2010 album, My World 2.0 .
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Jessie J wrote "Party in the U.S.A." for Miley Cyrus's 2009 EP, The Time of Our Lives .
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Alicia Keys wrote "Impossible" for Christina Aguilera's 2002 album, Stripped .
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Ester Dean cowrote "S&M" for Rihanna's 2010 album, Loud .
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Tayla Parx co-wrote "Pynk" for Janelle Monáe's 2018 album, Dirty Computer .
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Carole King (along with Gerry Goffin) wrote major hits for famous artists in the '60s, like "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" for Aretha Franklin and "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for The Monkees.
Listen to "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" here:
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Listen to "Pleasant Valley Sunday" here:
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Carole King also rewrote her 1971 hit "Where You Lead" for the Gilmore Girls theme song in 2000.
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Wynter Gordon cowrote "Don't Hurt Yourself," "Sorry," and "Daddy Lessons" for Beyoncé's 2016 album, Lemonade .
Listen to "Don't Hurt Yourself" here:
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Listen to "Sorry" here:
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Listen to "Daddy Lessons" here:
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And Mariah Carey wrote Faith Hill's "Where Are You Christmas?" for the How the Grinch Stole Christmas soundtrack in 2000.
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