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Meghan Trainor accepts the Hitmaker award at Billboard Women In Music 2025. Meghan Trainor: Thank you. Hi! Oh, I’m gonna throw up. Thank you, Madison Beer—I love you so much. That was so good. You shouldn’t be nervous; you’re perfect. Thank you so much, Billboard, for this incredible honor. I have been so scared all […]
Madison Beer presents Meghan Trainor with the Hitmaker Award at Billboard Women In Music 2025. Madison Beer: Hi. Hello. Oh my God. Hi. Okay. Ten years ago, tonight’s hitmaker started her career with a song that wasn’t just a hit. It was a cultural moment. “All About That Bass” spent eight weeks at No. 1. […]
Julia Michaels presents Muni Long with the Rising Star Award presented by Honda at Billboard Women In Music 2025. Julia Michaels: Hello! Billboard Women in Music, I had so much fun shooting that video. And now I am so happy to be here with all of you. Now, you might be wondering, why is a […]
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On Saturday night, Billboard Women In Music returned to YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, to celebrate some of the biggest, brightest names in the industry, including high-profile executives and superstar artists across genres.
This year, Gracie Abrams was honored with the inaugural Songwriter of the Year award, which was presented to her by Victoria Monét. “This incredible artist is, at a minimum, a quadruple threat,” Abrams said about her presenter, who was honored at last year’s Women in Music event as the Rising Star. “She’s an insane writer, unparalleled vocalist, inventive producer and amazing dancer. I’m just in awe of you every day.”
Prior to being presented with the honor, Abrams performed her emotive hit “I Love, I’m Sorry,” off her second album, The Secret of Us. Abrams wrote the album with her best friend, Audrey Hobert, who was in attendance seated at a table alongside Abrams’ mom and her manager (and fellow Women in Music honoree) Alex DePersia.
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“To my best friend and the most clever Audrey Hobert — for every single reason, I am me because of you,” said Abrams. “And our album is what it is because of you. Having never written a song prior to The Secret of Us, you helped me translate every single feeling I was itching to articulate on this album.”
Abrams also thanked songwriter Sarah Aarons and, of course, “the incomparable Miss Taylor Swift,” with whom she earned a Grammy nomination for their collaboration “Us.” from the same album. “I will never stop thanking her for the gift of her pen,” said Abrams, “which very much raised me.”
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Thanks to a decade-plus career racking up four Billboard Hot 100 top 10s — including the eight-week No. 1 “All About That Bass” — Meghan Trainor was honored at Saturday night’s 2025 Billboard Women in Music event with our Hitmaker award. But as she told the crowd during her hilarious and touching acceptance speech, she needs the uplifting messages of those upbeat hits just as much as her fans do.
“Everyone asks me: How are you so positive and how you do so much and smile all the time?” Trainor said after accepting the award from friend and fellow pop star Madison Beer. “But the truth is that I write these songs for myself, because I am so insecure and I have therapy a lot. I have a lot of therapy. I’m on medicine. Thank you!” she said as the crowd cheered on her efforts for better mental health. “I I love my medicine! I love my therapist so much! She’s probably watching!”
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Trainor added: “I write these songs because I need these positive affirmations for myself. And if it helps anyone else, that’d be amazing too.”
After thanking her husband, actor Daryl Sabara, and her parents — who were all on hand at a table on the floor of the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California — Trainor also called on the support system of all the women entertainers and music executives in the room to help each other feel less alone.
“I feel very alone — I really do — being a woman, putting on these heels, I shaved my face and my nose for this,” she said to big laughs. “I’m a mom and I’m a pop star, and I have no one who truly understands me — except for all the superwomen in this room tonight. So thank you. If anyone wants to do a sleepover at my house, because I don’t leave my house, we can talk about this. Just DM me, and I love you so much. Thank you, Billboard. We should help each other and we should talk about it.”
Other honorees on Saturday night included Woman of the Year recipient Doechii, as well as aespa (Group of the Year), Ángela Aguilar (Breakthrough), ANNA (Billboard Italy Woman of the Year), Charlotte Cardin (Billboard Canada Woman of the Year), Erykah Badu (Icon), GloRilla (Powerhouse), Gracie Abrams (Songwriter of the Year), JENNIE (Global Force), Megan Moroney (Rulebreaker), Muni Long (Rising Star), Tina Knowles (Mother of the Year) and Tyla (Impact).
Video of Trainor’s full speech will be available at 7 p.m. ET Monday night (March 31).
ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” adds a record-extending 19th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart. The collaboration first moved into the top floor in November.
Meanwhile, Lady Gaga and Mars’ “Die With a Smile” secures a 14th week atop the Billboard Global 200 chart, dating to its first frame at No. 1 last September.
Plus, Alex Warren’s viral hit “Ordinary” reaches the top 10 of both global charts, marking his first appearance in each list’s top tier, and j-hope’s “Mona Lisa” debuts in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, becoming the BTS member’s first solo top 10.
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The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.
“APT.” holds atop Global Excl. U.S. with 71.2 million streams (down 6% week-over-week) and 5,000 sold (down 14%) outside the U.S. March 21-27.
“Die With a Smile” keeps at No. 2 after 11 weeks atop Global Excl. U.S. beginning last September; JENNIE’s “like JENNIE” rebounds a spot to its No. 3 best; Doechii’s “Anxiety” dips to No. 4 from its No. 3 high; and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” maintains its No. 5 altitude, following three weeks on top in August.
Alex Warren ascends to his first Global Excl. U.S. top 10 as “Ordinary” bounds 15-6 with 32.6 million streams (up 26%) and 4,000 sold (up 42%) outside the U.S. The California singer-songwriter’s viral hit, which he performed earlier in March on Netflix’s Love Is Blind, is one of two songs of his scaling the chart, as “Carry You Home” enters the tally’s top half (122-84). “Ordinary” has also spent two weeks and counting atop the Official UK Singles chart.
Plus j-hope’s “Mona Lisa” begins at No. 9 on Global Excl. U.S., becoming his first solo top 10. Released March 21, the song drew 30.5 million streams and sold 18,000 outside the U.S. in its first week.
Here’s an updated count of BTS members’ Global Excl. U.S. top 10 totals as soloists: Jung Kook (seven), Jimin (five), V (four), JIN (three) and j-hope and Suga (one each). BTS boasts 11 top 10s as a group.
“Die With a Smile” continues atop the Global 200 with 96.3 million streams (down 6%) and 6,000 sold (down 15%) worldwide. At 14 weeks, the song breaks out of a tie with Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” for the third-longest No. 1 run since the chart began. The only hits to lead longer: Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (19 weeks) and Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (15).
“APT.” holds at No. 2 on the Global 200, following 12 weeks at No. 1 starting in November; Doechii’s “Anxiety” repeats at its No. 3 best; and Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” rises 5-4, after reaching No. 3.
Plus, Warren’s “Ordinary” surges 12-5 for its first week in the Global 200’s top 10, with 48.1 million streams (up 25%) and 7,000 sold (up 17%) worldwide. Concurrently, he hits a new high with “Carry You Home” (134-87), while his “Burning Down” pushes 189-154.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated April 5, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, April 1. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.
Morgan Wallen’s “Just In Case” debuts in the top five of the Hot 100. Tetris Kelly: This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week dated April 5. “APT” is back in the top 10 while “Not Like Us” slips to nine. “Beautiful Things” also returns to the top 10, as does “Nokia” […]
Miley Cyrus has released the first song and visual from her upcoming album Something Beautiful, unleashing the cinematic “Prelude” on Monday morning (March 31). As indicated by its title, “Prelude” finds the pop star setting up the themes of her May 30-slated LP. As bright shots of shadows dancing over flowers flash in and out […]
Julia Michaels hits the studio and chats with Muni Long ahead of Billboard Women in Music 2025 and introducing her as the recipient of the Rising Star Award presented by Honda Stage. Julia Michaels: I first discovered my love for music when I was a teenager, and then my mom got me a piano, then […]