Billboard Women in Music of "her success as a recording artist, contributions to the business, and leadership in embracing the changing music business." Every year since then, "Billboard" has honored a female artist with the award. Taylor Swift is the only woman to be honored twice. The most recent winner of this award is Ariana Grande. In 2008, Colbie Caillat was honored with "Billboard"'s first Rising Star award because of "her ascent in the pop charts and the repercussion that her music caused." Every year since then, "Billboard" has honored a female artist with the award. In 2010, Lea Michele was honored with "Billboard"'s
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2015 2015. The funk track Uptown Funk by British producer Mark Ronson, featuring American singer Bruno Mars, who co-wrote and voiced the lyrics was named the number 1 song of 2015, despite being released in late 2014. It spent the longest time at number 1 for the year, 14 weeks, and spent the entire year in the Top 40 region. This is also the joint-second longest time at number 1 for a single in the 57-year history of the Hot 100 post-1958 inception, after Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's One Sweet Day, which spent 16 weeks atop the Hot 100