--- title: Michelle Obama Releases Spotify Playlist description: In honor of International Day of the Girl, Michelle Obama released a spotify playlist jam-packed with girl-power anthems. canonical: https://time.com/4070170/michelle-obama-spotify-playlist/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-12T18:05:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:54.401Z og:title: Listen to Michelle Obama's Girl-Power Spotify Playlist og:description: Featuring Queen Bey, of course og:url: https://time.com/4070170/michelle-obama-spotify-playlist/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3625f6631ea67c6/698867e6428a9e4897ccf966/michelle-obama1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1919 og:image:height: 1079 og:image:alt: "Let Girls Learn" Global Conversation og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Listen to Michelle Obama's Girl-Power Spotify Playlist twitter:description: Featuring Queen Bey, of course twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3625f6631ea67c6/698867e6428a9e4897ccf966/michelle-obama1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Listen to Michelle Obama's Girl-Power Spotify Playlist > Sponsored content. 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Dave Kotinsky— Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 12, 2015 6:05 PM UTC In honor of [International Day of the Girl](http://www.dayofthegirl.org/), Michelle Obama released a Spotify playlist jam-packed with girl-power anthems. She created the playlist to celebrate the fourth annual October 11th holiday, a day designated by the United Nations to promote awareness of gender inequality around the world. The First Lady’s music choices include a wide range of songs, from pop hits such as Beyoncé’s “Run the World (Girls)” and Demi Lovato’s “Confident,” to classic soulful tunes like Diana Ross’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and Aretha Franklin’s “Respect.” The White House released the playlist on its Spotify [channel](https://play.spotify.com/user/thewhitehouse) on Sunday and you can listen to it below. ### See Michelle Obama's Best Outfits of 2015  From left: First Lady Michelle Obama, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, President Barack Obama, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan, the Presidential Palace, in New Delhi on Jan. 26, 2015. Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images  President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama gesture as they board Air Force One prior to departing from New Delhi on Jan. 27, 2015. Yasbant Negi—India Today Group/Getty Images  President Barack Obama signs the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act while flanked by First Lady Michelle Obama and members of Congress during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 12, 2015. Mark Wilson—Getty Images  From left: First Lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, Robert J. Bentley and Rep. John Lewis bow their heads for a prayer at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. on March 7, 2015. Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images  First Lady Michelle Obama exits the plane upon her arrival at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo on March 18, 2015. Toshifumi Kitamura—AFP/Getty Images  First Lady Michelle Obama shares a laugh with school girls as she attends the Japan-US Joint Girls Education Event at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on March 19, 2015. Toshifumi Kitamura—AFP/Getty Images  First Lady Michelle Obama plays the Taiko (Japanese traditional drum) with Manaka Hirose and members of the Akutagawa high school Taiko Club while visiting the Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto on March 20, 2015. Toshifumi Kitamura—AFP/Getty Images  First Lady Michelle Obama and Cambodian First Lady Bun Rany gesture to students during their visit to a school in Siem Reap province, Cambodia on March 21, 2015. Tang Chhin Sothy—AFP/Getty Images  First Lady Michelle Obama speaks onstage during 2015 'Black Girls Rock!' BET Special at NJ Performing Arts Center in Newark, N.J., on March 28, 2015. Gilbert Carrasquillo—FilmMagic/Getty Images  First Lady Michelle Obama attends the annual White House Correspondent's Association Gala at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington on April 25, 2015. Getty Images  First Lady Michelle Obama, and Akie Abe, wife of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, meet with students during a tour of the Great Falls Elementary School in Great Falls, Va. on April 28, 2015. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds—AFP/Getty Images  Akie Abe and First Lady Michelle Obama walk to a state dinner at the White House in Washington on April 28, 2015. Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images  From left: Renzo Piano, Neil Bluhm, Brooke Garber Neidich and First Lady Michelle Obama attend the Whitney Museum Of American Art Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City on April 30, 2015. Ben Gabbe—Getty Images  First lady Michelle Obama arrives at the Elizabeth Dole Foundation's 2015 Hidden Heroes Coalition Summit in Washington on May 20, 2015. Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  First Lady Michelle Obama is joined by local students in preparing vegetables that were recently harvested from the White House garden, in the East Room of the White House in Washington on June 3, 2015. Mark Wilson—Getty Images  First Lady Michelle Obama arrives with daughters Malia Obama (C) and Sasha Obama (R) and her mother Marian Robinson at Stanstead airport in London on June 15, 2015. Dan Kitwood—Getty Images  First Lady Michelle Obama speaks with students of the American School at USA Pavilion during the Presidential Delegation at Milan Expo 2015 in Milan on June 18, 2015. 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