2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards Best Moments

After her “On My Mama” efficiency was launched by JoJo, a shock presenter hit the stage to provide Victoria Monét her Rising Star Award: Her very personal mama. “Hi, I’m L’Tanya Chestang-Cubit, also known as Mommy Monét … [and] tonight is a testament to your remarkable abilities,” L’Tanya instructed her beaming daughter, who marveled in her speech: “It’s one thing to receive an award, but to receive it from someone you’ve known your whole life is really awesome.”

The YouTube Theater crowd positively performed favorites as artists have been both talked about or have been noticed in the group (with our Woman of the Year Karol G particularly drawing a variety of cheers). But no fanbase was louder than NewJeans’ Bunnies, who made themselves recognized all through the night time — largely from the balcony, however judging by the sunshine sticks in the decrease stage, they have been in every single place. “Reflecting back on the past two years, we’ve been so incredibly blessed,” Danielle stated throughout NewJeans’ Group of the Year acceptance speech. “We got to experience so many new and exciting things. It’s just been the best year. All of these things wouldn’t be possible without you guys, Bunnies!”

As she hit the stage to simply accept her Producer of the Year Award, PinkPantheress climbed the steps reverse from the place presenter Coco Jones waited with the prize, which means the U.Ok. artist had an important distance to journey. She didn’t hesitate to jog throughout the stage, leaving her winded for her acceptance speech. “I was at university in a dorm room – oh, my heart’s beating really quickly! – when I decided there was no way graduating university was going to make me happy in the long run,” she stated breathlessly, even dropping an unintended pun.

In accepting her Visionary Award, Maren Morris made positive to thank the internal circle of ladies who helped her by means of a curler coaster of a 12 months, which noticed her breaking ties with the nation music neighborhood and going by means of a divorce from fellow artist Ryan Hurd, her husband of greater than 5 years. “I would not have been able to survive this past year of my life,” she stated. “Not to get too serious, but this year has been a lot, and the women in my life have truly banded around me and held me upright.”

Charli XCX confirmed simply why she was receiving the Powerhouse Award when she live-debuted an emotional new track on the Women in Music stage. “This song is about a person who’s really, really special to me who’s no longer with us,” XCX introduced forward of the efficiency. “It’s called ‘So I.’” The track is devoted to late producer SOPHIE, who died in January 2021 and with whom Charli is credited for creating the hyper-pop style, together with producer A.G. Cook.

Ahead of amassing her Global Force Award, Brazilian singer Luísa Sonza shocked the group with an unannounced Demi Lovato look. The pop star popped as much as be part of Sonza for his or her “Penhasco2” duet. “First of all, thank you Demi Lovato for [joining] me,” Sonza stated following the efficiency, which additionally included an English/Portuguese model of her track “Chico.” “I’m a Brazilian singer, I mostly sing in Portuguese, so this is so crazy, and I’m so nervous right now.”

Tems acquired the Breakthrough Award, and he or she’s prepared to assist each lady have her breakthrough second, by realizing that we’re all in this collectively. “I really want to use this opportunity to say to all the women in the room, in the world, that no matter what you’re going through, you should know you’re not alone,” Tems stated in her acceptance speech. “So even when you’re sad, even when you’re angry, there’s someone that’s angry, too. So uplift everybody around you because they need that like you and somebody’s there for you. It’s the women that got the women, trust me.”

Quite a bit was fabricated from all of the unimaginable achievements of the night time’s honorees, however Icon Award recipient Kylie Minogue needed to ensure to recollect “all the times that were not peak moments. They were no fun. But those challenges, the lows, the stuff we’ve gotta get through sometimes, I wanted to give a big shout-out to all the terrible times. Thank you for teaching us. They were horrendous in the moment, but they happen, and it’s how we navigate them and what we do with them. I’m not looking forward to the next one, but it will come.”

Billboard’s 2024 Woman of the Year Karol G caught to the night time’s empowering theme by inviting an all-female band of dancers, singers and instrumentalists to affix her for a salsa rendition of her 2023 hit “Amargura.” There have been 13 performers in complete onstage, together with Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s daughter Emily Estefan on drums. Everyone was dressed in all white for the shifting efficiency, which put the Colombian famous person’s expertise and allure on full show by stripping all the way down to fundamentals. She understood the task.