Women In Music Awards

07 Mar 2024

Maren Morris Performs ‘Girl’ | Billboard Women In Music 2024

Maren Morris performs “Girl” at Billboard Women In Music Awards 2024.

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Maren Morris’ “Girl” lyrics

Man, this sh–‘s unflatterin’, all up in my head again
I don’t feel myself right now, maybe I should just lay down
If vanity’s my vitamin, well, I don’t feel the difference
I don’t like myself right now, gotta find a way out

What you feel is natural
But I don’t wanna feel this anymore
Pick yourself up off the kitchen floor
What you waitin’ for?

Girl, won’t you stop your cryin’?
I know that you’re tryin’
Everything’s gonna be okay
Baby girl, don’t you hang your head low
Don’t you lose your halo
Everyone’s gonna be okay
Baby girl

Draw your comparisons, tryin’ to find who’s lesser than
I don’t wanna wear your crown, there’s enough to go around

What you feel is natural (natural)
You don’t gotta put up with this anymore (anymore)
Pick yourself up off the kitchen floor (oh)
Tell me, what you waitin’ for?

Girl, won’t you stop your cryin’?
I know that you’re tryin’
Everything’s gonna be okay
Baby girl, don’t you hang your head low
Don’t you lose your halo
Everyone’s gonna be okay
Baby girl

Girl, don’t hang your head low
Don’t lose your halo, don’t lose your halo
Girl, don’t hang your head low
Don’t lose your halo, oh

Girl, don’t you stop your cryin’
I know that you’re tryin’
Everything’s gonna be okay
Baby girl, don’t you hang your head low
Don’t you lose your halo
Everyone’s gonna be okay
Baby girl, won’t you stop your cryin’? (Won’t you stop your cryin’?)
I know that you’re tryin’
Everything’s gonna be okay (everything’s gonna be okay)
Baby girl, don’t you hang your head low
Don’t you lose your halo
Everyone’s gonna be okay (everyone’s gonna be okay)
Baby girl

Everyone’s gonna okay, baby
Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm
Hoo hoo hoo, hoo

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Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing

Written by: Greg Allen Kurstin, Maren Larae Morris, Sarah Paige Aarons

07 Mar 2024

Andra Day Presents the Visionary Award to Maren Morris | Billboard Women In Music 2024

Andra Day presents the Visionary award to Maren Morris at Billboard’s Women In Music 2024.

Andra Day:
Eight years ago, Maren Morris and I were both honored here at the Billboard Women In Music. I received the Powerhouse Award and she was nominated for the Breakthrough Star and I am so happy to be back here to present Maren the Visionary Award in recognition of all that she’s accomplished since then.

Just a few of her achievements 22 Hot Country Songs entries, 12 Hot 100 hits, three Billboard Music Awards, two No. 1 albums on the Top Country Albums Chart and a Grammy for Best Solo Country Performance for “My Church,” not to mention multiple collaborations with noted artists such as Zedd and Grey on the hit single “The Middle” and forming the supergroup, the Highwomen. These are incredible numbers but what really adds up for all of her fans including me, is Maren’s powerful voice, both as an artist and as an advocate for underrepresented performers in country music.

Maren has worked tirelessly to lift up those around her who have yet to be embraced or heard by the mainstream, especially women, queer people and people of color. Not only does she have the vision to create music we love to listen to, she has the foresight to realize that this industry is better when it expands to be more inclusive. Congratulations to this year’s Billboard Women in Music Visionary award winner Maren Morris.

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07 Mar 2024

PinkPantheress Accepts Producer of the Year Award | Billboard Women In Music 2024

PinkPantheress accepts the Producer of the Year award at Billboard Women In Music 2024.

PinkPantheress:
Hi. To show my appreciation for this award, I think it’s important to mention my roots as a producer. I was at university in a dorm room — oh, my hearts beating really quickly — when I decided there was no way graduating university was going to make me happy in the long run. But I was simultaneously too shy to admit that I wanted to be a musician. Because of this, I had to make music in private and not tell anyone.

For my first year as an artist, I was anonymous. I never thought I’d be recognized as a producer, because I didn’t think I was really producing anything because I was writing and singing over drum and bass and jungle beats that were already known in great length in the U.K. Only as my music started to develop did I think of adding my own drums, my own keys, until I was making some beats from scratch. That’s when I finally felt comfortable calling myself a producer.

Oh, girl. OK, sorry, this is the last bit. It’s painful for all of us. Oh, God. Stop, guys, stop! Please! I’m shaking.

OK, as a woman of color in electronic music, specifically two-step, drum and bass, it’s taken a lot for the genre to be recognized on a wider scale. A lot of people didn’t expect me to look the way I did making the music I was making. And nobody, 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 this specific field by the Billboard Women in Music Awards.

I watched Rosalia get this last year and that’s my queen. So I’m just … and as much as this is an event for the women, the girlies tonight, I do need to give a shout-out to Mura Masa, who guided me with my musical direction and who deserves to be recognized for his influence through my music and to his own, so thank you everybody here!

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07 Mar 2024

JoJo Presents Rising Star Award to Victoria Monét | Billboard Women In Music 2024

JoJo presents the Rising Star Award to Victoria Monét at Billboard Women In Music 2024.

JoJo:
Hello, everyone!

Talk about the power of dreams. This year’s Rising Star Award presented by Honda is going to someone who’s had a banger of a year: Victoria Monet just won three Grammy Awards, including best new artist, and her R&B smash “On My Momma” has spent two weeks at No. 1 on both the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and mainstream R&B Hip-Hop Airplay charts.

If all she did was make magic on the stage, performing her own material, that would be enough to celebrate her rise, but Victoria is also a prolific songwriter for others. She’s written or co-written 30 Hot 100 charting songs in her career so far, including writing on two of Ariana Grande’s No. 1 hits, “Thank U, Next” and “7 Rings.”

But beyond all the impressive numbers and stats, she is — and I don’t just say stuff like this — she’s the kindest, sweetest human you’ll ever meet. Most amazingly of all, she’s reached the highest heights of her career thus far while being a mother to beautiful little Hazel, who’s also a Grammy winner now.

Victoria has done things on her own terms, mastering multiple aspects of the evolving music industry while entrusting and empowering those around her winning with her day one team. This is her moment, and I don’t think there’s anyone on the planet more deserving.

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