Billboard Women in Music Billboard Women in Music "Billboard" Women in Music is an annual event held by "Billboard". Its main award is titled Woman of the Year, established to recognize "women in the music industry who have made significant contributions to the business and who, through their work and continued success, inspire generations of women to take on increasing responsibilities within the field" according to the magazine. Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez, Janelle Monáe, and Ariana Grande are the only women who have more than one award. In 2007, Reba McEntire was honored with "Billboard"'s first Woman of the Year Award because
2011 Billboard Music Awards television network to air a profanity-laced, S&M sex show on primetime broadcast television", while criticizing the choice to air the performance first, on what they claim is a normally family targeted time slot (the show aired at 8:00 p.m.). 2011 Billboard Music Awards The 2011 "Billboard" Music Awards were held May 22, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and hosted by Ken Jeong. The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums from 2010. Winners are listed in bold. Overall, critics praised the performances in whole. Critics, however, noted Beyoncé as the standout performer of