INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Karol G made historical past at Wednesday evening’s Billboard Ladies in Tune awards rite.
“This is the first time, ever, a Latina is named woman of the year,” Karol G started her acceptance pronunciation then a fiery efficiency of her reggaetón accident, “Amargura.” And so, in honor of that unbelievable feat, she delivered the residue of her pronunciation in Spanish.
The worldwide celebrity won the award on the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, then a full of life advent from her “Griselda” co-star Sofia Vergara.
After all, Karol G is old to creating historical past at this level. Terminating day, she was the primary girl to win in the most productive música urbana section on the Grammys, a generation that can mirror converting perceptions of reggaetón and Latin hip-hop as completely “males’s track.” Last year, her album “Mañana Será Bonito,” one of The Associated Press’ picks for best of the year, became the first ever Spanish-language album by a female artist to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. (Not only that, but “Mañana Será Bonito” is the first Latin album — by a Latina — to reach No. 1 on the albums chart since Selena Quintanilla’s posthumous “Dreaming of You,” did in 1995 following her high-profile murder.)
When Karol G embarked on a stadium tour in support of the release, she became the first Latina to headline at many of the venues where she performed. To call Karol G’s rise meteoric wouldn’t be hyperbole.
In the crowds above the stage at the YouTube Theater, fans wielded glowing light sticks — official merchandise for the K-pop girl group NewJeans, who attended, performed an animated medley of their viral hits “Super Shy” and “ETA,” and were awarded the title of group of the year.
After, the target market top chants of “Bichota” — an affectionate nickname for Karol G, derived from Puerto Rican slang “bichote,” which refers to a drug broker, however reworked right into a time period of empowerment with the female “a.” It might’ve temporarily confused host Tracee Ellis Ross, who otherwise masterfully guided the crowd throughout the evening, but it certainly underscored a major theme of the evening: to celebrate women in the music business is to celebrate women globally.
A new award category heralding performers who are “global forces” got to girls from all over the world for his or her needle-moving contributions to their house nations, together with Annalisa representing Italy, Sarah Geronimo from the Philippines and Luísa Sonza from Brazil, who carried out and used to be joined by means of Demi Lovato for “Penhasco2,” their Portuguese power ballad.
The second annual producer of the year award was given to PinkPantheress, known for her jungle and UK garage beats woven into songs that avoid easy classification.
“As a woman of color in electronic music — specifically 2-step, drum and bass, it’s taken a lot for the genre to be recognized on a wider scale — a lot of people don’t expect me to look the way I did, making the music I was making,” she said in her speech. “Even now, people don’t want to take my music seriously. But I’m just happy that I have the opportunity to be recognized in a specific field by the Billboard Women in Music Award.”
Performers at the ceremony included Maren Morris, Young Miko, Tems, Victoria Monét — all of whom received awards. Charli XCX debuted a new song titled “So I,” about “a person who is no longer with us,” as she defined in her advent.
Monét led the evening — with a brassy efficiency of her immense accident “On My Mama.” Immediately afterward, her mother presented her with the rising star award. “She didn’t tell me she was coming, y’all!” Monét exclaimed, clutching Mama Monét, as she attempted to read from a teleprompter. In her acceptance speech, Monét shouted out “women doing the thankless jobs” in addition to those “behind the scenes and in front of the curtain.”
Across two and a half hours, Ice Spice and Kylie Minogue were some of the other music artists who were recognized at the event, which celebrated the achievements of top female performers and executives in the music industry.
Presenters included Katy Perry, Coco Jones, Andra Day, Saweetie, Ellie Goulding, GloRilla, Bebe Rexha and Lainey Wilson.
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