Billboard (June 1st 2002)

Annie Lennox to get 2002 century award

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For No Doubt's Gwen Stefani, Lennox has shone as an artistic beacon. "When I first discovered Annie Lennox, she seemed like a futuristic woman from a different world where men and women merge-a punk who was mysteriously masculine yet feminine and hard yet sexy-and brave enough not to rely on that," Stefani says. "She is a completely unique and mesmerizing artist/songwriter with a delicious voice that continues to inspire me."