Get an Inside Look at Billboard’s Women in Music 2025: Photos

This year’s Billboard Women in Music took over the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday evening (March 29), and it was a celebration of female talent, support and accomplishments over the past year.

Doechii received the prestigious Woman of the Year Award, and when she took the stage to accept the honor, she explained the importance of events like Women in Music. “This is our motherf–king night to rightfully come together to acknowledge each other, support each other and to celebrate,” she explained. “We are the creators, we are the executives, we are the innovators who are just as central to this industry as the men. Clock it.”

Additionally, Tina Knowles accepted the inaugural Mother of the Year award for uplifting and supporting her superstar daughters, Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, throughout the years.

Other star-studded honorees of the evening included aespa (Group of the Year), Ángela Aguilar (Breakthrough Award), Erykah Badu (Icon Award), GloRilla (Powerhouse Award), Gracie Abrams (Songwriter of the Year), JENNIE (Global Force Award), Megan Moroney (Rulebreaker Award presented by Crown Royal Whisky), Meghan Trainor (Hitmaker Award), Muni Long (Rising Star Award Presented by Honda Stage) and Tyla (Impact Award presented by Bose). Global Women of the Year are ANNA (Billboard Italy Woman of the Year) and Charlotte Cardin (Billboard Canada Woman of the Year).

As expected, the night was filled with female empowerment, as the attendees smiled and posed together for pictures during the ceremony. See all the inside look photos exclusively via Billboard below.