Looking Back At Past Women Of The Year: Beyoncé, Taylor Swift & More| Billboard News

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)