Well, you know this list will be pretty short and contains artists that are pretty recent...given that I'm only 22 and all.

My first cassette tape I remember getting back in elementary school was Debbie Gibson. I had to save up my allowance for that and was just thrilled to get it! Thank goodness that was only a childhood phase and that kind of pop died out in the 80s.

In high school, my first CD was Sheryl Crow's debut album. Throughout those 4 years, I got into chick rock: Sheryl, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Sarah McLachlan...and then I liked Bon Jovi and a myriad of other alternative rock bands that I listened to on occasion.

Gee, my early 20s...that would be what I'm listening to now....still my chick rock...Smashing Pumpkins, Tonic, Stabbing Westward, Coldplay, No Doubt, Staind, Lenny Kravitz, U2...always a broad musical spectrum for me!

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Though dreams can be deceiving, like faces are to hearts; they serve for sweet relieving when fantasy and reality lie too far apart.-Fiona Apple