Women in Music Roundtable: Taylor, Ariana, Aretha & More Discuss Being a Woman in the Industry
“Billboard’s Woman of the Year has always represented the finest in music, and the anointing of a key influential figure who drove the conversation for that year. No one embodies that more than Lady Gaga in 2015,” says Janice Min, co-president and chief creative officer of Guggenheim Media’s entertainment group, which consists of Billboard and THR. “From her show-stopping performance at the Oscars, to her co-headlining tour, to her philanthropic outreach and foundation promoting youth wellbeing and empowerment, to her new role as TV star, there is no woman dominating popular culture tastes and its evolution as much as she is today. What a force.”
Billboard currently has two branded shows on air — the Billboard Music Awards, produced by Dick Clark Productions, and the Billboard Latin Music Awards, produced by Telemundo — which both reached record rating highs in 2015.