A womanly reign awaits with Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Icona Pop albums

When Katy Perry’s “Roar� reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 this month, it not only ended months of domination by Robin Thicke and such slick soul-man peers as Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars and Daft Punk. It also set the stage for a resurgence this fall of female pop stars.

At the forefront of that charge are Perry, whose album “Prism� is due out Oct. 22, and Lady Gaga, who’s set to release her latest, “Artpop,� on Nov. 11. (“Applause,� the lead single from Lady Gaga’s album, cracked the top 5 last month.) But a feisty crew of other acts looms right behind those titans: On Oct. 8, Miley Cyrus, whose recent performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards actually drew more notice than either Perry’s or Lady Gaga’s, will unleash “Bangerz,� which promises to complete her transition from Disney Channel sweetheart to twerk-happy enfant terrible. And M.I.A., the globe-tripping digital-punk agitator, is to return Nov. 5 with “Matangi,� her follow-up to 2010’s polarizing “Maya.�

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Slightly lower profile but no less energetic, the Swedish duo Icona Pop — known to American listeners for its gleefully profane electro-rave hit “I Love It� — has a U.S. debut set to arrive in stores Sept. 24 that includes at least one cut in which Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt threaten to “smash the club.� In April, Icona Pop’s London-based pal Charli XCX (who co-wrote and appears on “I Love It�) released her own stateside debut, the lurid “True Romance�; on Nov. 4, she’ll stop by L.A.’s El Rey Theatre, not long after Sky Ferreira, whose beguiling “Ghost� EP came out late last year, plays the same venue Sept. 29.

It’s perhaps a mistake to lump these artists together, given their disparate views and varied sounds; Ferreira’s mournful “Everything Is Embarrassing,� for instance, feels about as far away from the chaotic merrymaking of “I Love It� as you’re likely to get (at least until you hear Ferreira’s folky singer-songwriter stuff). But with the kings of summer freshly dethroned, a womanly reign almost certainly awaits.

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