Billboard takes a look back at the past Women Of The Year honorees at Billboard Women In Music event.
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00:00 Thank you Billboard for this honor.
00:03 I'm very humbled, thank you.
00:05 Every year, women in music honor some of the best
00:08 to ever do it, and none more important
00:10 than our woman of the year.
00:11 Today we're discussing a few of them,
00:14 even one who has had it multiple times.
00:16 Let's hear it for the girls.
00:19 ♪ Who run the world ♪
00:20 ♪ Girls, girls ♪
00:21 ♪ Who run the world ♪
00:22 ♪ Girls ♪
00:23 My niche is empowering other women.
00:27 They look up to you for more than just your music.
00:30 The year was 2009, and the woman of the year was Beyonce.
00:35 The superstar stunned at the Pierre Hotel in New York,
00:38 and at the time, she couldn't believe the year
00:40 she was having, and was as humble as ever.
00:43 I can't believe all of the things
00:46 I've been blessed to do this year,
00:49 and I know it would not be possible without my family.
00:53 Madonna is one of our most legendary honorees.
00:55 She grabbed the award in 2016,
00:58 and gave one of the event's most talked about speeches.
01:01 People say that I'm so controversial,
01:04 but I think the most controversial thing
01:05 I have ever done is to stick around.
01:08 (audience cheering)
01:11 Taylor Swift.
01:12 Though the world is currently in their Taylor Swift era,
01:15 we honored her as our woman of the year
01:17 in both 2011 and 2014, but that's not it.
01:21 In 2019, she became our woman of the decade.
01:25 What does it mean to be the woman of this decade?
01:29 Somewhere right now, your future woman of the year
01:32 is probably sitting in a piano lesson,
01:34 or in a girls' choir, and today, right now,
01:37 we need to take care of her.
01:39 What will happen this year when we honor Carol G?
01:41 Tune in to Women in Music March 7th
01:43 at 5 p.m. Pacific time on BillboardWomenInMusic.com.
01:47 (upbeat music)