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 2014 the first time in eight years that a male artist topped the chart with a non-collaboration. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2014 The "Billboard" Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by "Billboard" magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming. Throughout a year, "Billboard" will publish an annual list of the 100 most successful songs throughout that year on the Hot 100 chart based on the information. For 2014, the list was published