In past decades, alternative female artists often struggled to find a place for themselves in the music industry, but that changed during the 2010s. They suddenly started dominating the charts, and delivering one hit after another, while carefully walking the line between many different genres.

Here are 5 albums that contributed to this change:

Florence
and the Machine – Ceremonials

Florence’s debut album Lungs put this indie-pop group on the map, but its follow-up proved they’re not a one-hit-wonder and things only got better from there.

Lana
Del Rey – Born to Die

Lana Del Rey is one of the alternative pop artist who defined the 2010s as we know it, and it all started with her major-label debut Born to Die.

St.
Vincent – St. Vincent

St.
Vincent is only one of two solo female artist to ever win a Grammy for best
alternative music album, and her eponymous record from 2014 made this possible.

Billie
Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Billie
Eilish’s star is still on the rise, but if her debut album is any indication of
what awaits in the future, she’s got many amazing things in store for us.

Halsey
– Badlands

Halsey shifted to pop as her career progressed, but she always identified as an alternative artist, and her debut album from 2015 clearly falls under this genre.