![Rihanna: There's no denying the similarity between Grace's fierce, striking image and Bajan star Rihanna's. During RiRi's 2010 Last Girl on Earth tour, she donned a mask and cape identical to a set Jones has previously been photographed in.]()
Rihanna: There's no denying the similarity between Grace's fierce, striking image and Bajan star Rihanna's. During RiRi's 2010 Last Girl on Earth tour, she donned a mask and cape identical to a set Jones has previously been photographed in.
![Massive Attack: The trip-hop duo have been inspired by the hybrid of genres Jones merged to perfection in the 80s, backed by her Jamaican rhythm section Sly & Robbie. When Massive Attack curated Meltdown festival in 2008, they enticed Jones out of an almost 20 year break from music to perform at the event, which marked her comeback.]()
Massive Attack: The trip-hop duo have been inspired by the hybrid of genres Jones merged to perfection in the 80s, backed by her Jamaican rhythm section Sly & Robbie. When Massive Attack curated Meltdown festival in 2008, they enticed Jones out of an almost 20 year break from music to perform at the event, which marked her comeback.
![Annie Lennox: Often referred to by the press as]()
Annie Lennox: Often referred to by the press as "the white Grace Jones", Eurythmics star Annie Lennox was one of many women inspired by Grace Jones' "cross-dressing" in the 80s, donning power suits instead of skimpy, feminine get-ups.
![Karen O: It's clear where the Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer gets her inspiration from for her colourful, flamboyant onstage style. In 2009, O described Jones as a]()
Karen O: It's clear where the Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer gets her inspiration from for her colourful, flamboyant onstage style. In 2009, O described Jones as a "living legend". "The presence she exudes and just the other worldliness of her, she is like a living work of art," she told the BBC.
![Todd Terje: The Norwegian producer is another electronic artist influenced by the futuristic tones created by Jones' backing band Sly & Robbie, who crafted a mix of funk, reggae, rock and pop for Jones in the 80s.]()
Todd Terje: The Norwegian producer is another electronic artist influenced by the futuristic tones created by Jones' backing band Sly & Robbie, who crafted a mix of funk, reggae, rock and pop for Jones in the 80s.
![Lady Gaga: Well, duh. Embarrassingly for Gaga, however, in 2010 her idol suggested to the Guardian she wasn't too fond of Gaga. Asked if she had been approached to work with the 'Born This Way' singer, Grace replied:]()
Lady Gaga: Well, duh. Embarrassingly for Gaga, however, in 2010 her idol suggested to the Guardian she wasn't too fond of Gaga. Asked if she had been approached to work with the 'Born This Way' singer, Grace replied: "Yes, she did, but I said no. Id just prefer to work with someone who is more original and someone who is not copying me, actually." Ouch.
![Roisin Murphy: The Irish singer-songwriter wrote a long and gushing ode to Jones in Q in 2008.]()
Roisin Murphy: The Irish singer-songwriter wrote a long and gushing ode to Jones in Q in 2008. "Grace Jones is like no other female artist," she wrote. "The main reason I find her inspiring is the way she transformed herself into a piece of art. I love artists who embrace all aspects of creativityHer image is still fresh today."
![Lulu James: Rising soul artist Lulu James has been dubbed]()
Lulu James: Rising soul artist Lulu James has been dubbed "a Geordie Grace Jones in the making" by one journalist. James' glamorous, striking image and fierce, onstage persona is undoubtedly inspired by Jones, and she channels it very well.
