Charlotte Church has criticised the music industry as she said young women were being coerced into using sexual imagery to sell their records.
The singer said she was put under considerable pressure to market her own music in ever more suggestive outfits.
In a keynote speech, Church said the music industry must take responsibility for playing artists who relied on "soft porn" to boost their profile as she backed calls for an age-rated system for music videos.
Her address to radio executives comes as there is increasing concern about sexual imagery to sell music with singer Miley Cyrus appearing naked in her video for the single Wrecking Ball.
"The irony behind this is that the women generally filling these roles are very young, often previous child stars or Disney-tweens, who are simply interested in getting along in an industry glamourised to be the most desirable career for young women,” she said as she delivered the John Peel Lecture at the annual Radio Festival in Salford.
"They are encouraged to present themselves as hyper-sexualised, unrealistic, cartoonish, as objects, reducing female sexuality to a prize you can win."
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