Barbie Girls were my favorite dolls growing up, but they're kind of stereotyping women pretty badly.
They have been around since March of 1959 and have had a great influence on girls.
Yeah I actually meant the song Barbie Girl by Aqua, my mistake I had a bit of a brain fart and confused barbie girl with barbie doll.
I know how that goes. It's no problem. The song was released in May of 1997 by the band Aqua.