Billboard announces recipients of 2026 Women in Music Awards

[TaylorSwift 162,446]

Hitmaker Award: Tate McRae
Breakthrough Award: Zara Larsson
Icon Award: Thalia
Powerhouse Award: Ella Langley
Impact Award: Kehlani
Innovator Award: Laufey
Rising Star Award: Mariah the Scientist
Visionary Award: Teyana Taylor

This year's Women in Music celebration will take place April 29 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.

The recipient of the Woman of the Year prize will be announced in the coming weeks.

https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/billboard-women-in-music-2026-awards-honorees-1236185133/

Edited February 24 by Teletubby

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

Hitmaker Award: Tate McRae

Wtf, where’s Goddison 

[TheFrenchGuy 5,624]

3 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

Hitmaker Award: Tate McRae

[River 127,459]

In other words: no big names confirmed attendance so we chose whatever came up on google

[TaylorSwift 162,446]

4 minutes ago, elsamars said:

Wtf, where’s Goddison 

on Bubbling under

[TheFrenchGuy 5,624]

5 minutes ago, elsamars said:

Wtf, where’s Goddison 

nowhere to be seen, right where she belongs

[TaylorSwift 162,446]

1 minute ago, River said:

In other words: no big names confirmed attendance so we chose whatever came up on google

you just old 

[River 127,459]

1 minute ago, Teletubby said:

you just old 

I'm not old, I just have a superior taste in music, it's THAT simple.

Go listen to Aviva Maxima die queen die bitch just die with another sample of whatever hit she's hitchhiking to have some fake hit on spitify  

[weed 78,952]

Breakthrough and Visionary I agree, Innovator I can understand, the rest is bupkis down

[Red 99,113]

Watch the Woman of the Year be Taylor again, I wouldn’t be surprised looking at the other names 

[Ziggy 14,040]

what hit? 

[Ashley 10,236]

I can’t think of any hits from Tate McRae 

[Ladle Ghoulash 53,032]

1 hour ago, TheFrenchGuy said:

nowhere to be seen, right where she belongs

Tate should join her, tbh 

[Ladle Ghoulash 53,032]

25 minutes ago, Ziggy said:

what hit? 

She hit me (with her sports car)

[TheFrenchGuy 5,624]

1 hour ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Tate should join her, tbh 

They are both hanging out in the Khia Asylum