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Janelle Monae is one of the Glamour Women of the Year

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Danielle LevittJanelle Monae has been selected as one of the 2018 Glamour Women of the Year.

The six-time Grammy nominee appears on one of four print cover of the magazine, along with Chrissy TeigenViola Davis, and The Women of March for Our lives.

Glamour calls the Dirty Computer singer, “The Visionary.”

“From the start, Monae has never allowed herself to be put in a box, stereotyped, or pigeonholed, and now, ten years on, the world is finally ready to embrace her important message: women can be anything they want,” says Glamour.

The 32-year-old entertainer is enjoying success in music and film, including winning a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in Hidden Figures. For her next movie, Monae is voicing the character of Peg in the live-action film Lady and the Tramp. Monae also appears in the movie Welcome to Marwen, opening in December, and is now shooting a Harriet Tubman biopic.

Janelle and all the honorees will be recognized November 12 at the annual Glamour Women of the Year awards in New York City.

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