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In honor of International Day of the Girl, the First Lady is sharing her first-ever Spotify playlist. Entitled "Day of the Girl," the list primarily includes female power ballads and classics, but our cultured First Lady has also included some Broadway hits.
Among artists like Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Beyonce, the playlist includes "Defying Gravity," from WICKED and "My Shot" from HAMILTON, with the latter being the only song on this list not sung primarily by women.
At the Global Citizens Festival in September, the First Lady launched a campaign to spread awareness of the 62 million girls worldwide who are not in school. Join the First Lady, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Janelle Monae and so many others by tweeting or Instagraming a photo of yourself using the hashtag #62MillionGirls and telling the world what you learned in school: "In school, I learned ____. #62MillionGirls don't have that chance." Visit 62milliongirls.com to see the yearbook, download the Peace Corps toolkit, and learn all the ways that you and your friends can get involved in Let Girls Learn.
The First Lady invites everyone to, "Subscribe to the White House on Spotify, grab your friends and kick off International Day of the Girl like the First Lady." Click here to learn more.
The First Lady's Day of the Girl Playlist
Here's the full list of tracks:
The new musical Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composerLin-Manuel Miranda, who also plays the title role. The musical is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. Hamilton is inspired by Ron Chernow's biography "Alexander Hamilton."
HAMILTON is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary, a loving husband and father, despised by his fellow Founding Fathers and shot to death by Aaron Burr in their legendary duel.
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