25 years old American singer Ariana Grande is Billboard Magazine‘s 2018 woman of the year.
The singer who recently called off her engagement with Pete Davidson will be honoured at Billboard’s 13th annual Women in Music Dinner and Awards Gala in New York on Dec 6.
In a statement Billboard made, they revealed why she was chosen as their woman of the year.
Over the course of her career, Grande has claimed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart three times. Her latest chart-topper was August’s Sweetener, home to the hits “No Tears Left to Cry” and “God Is a Woman” and scoring the largest streaming week ever for a pop album by a female artist upon its release.
Ross Scarano, Billboard’s VP of content said:
Ariana Grande is a star on her own terms, never bending to any particular musical trend or path in the industry. Certain in her convictions, she consistently stands up for herself and her decisions in a world that often isn’t hospitable to that sort of strength in young women. She’s got guts, she’s making some of the best music of her career, and she’s absolutely deserving of Woman of the Year.
Ariana took to Twitter to thank Billboard:
thank u for this honor @billboard 🖤
thank u for this honor @billboard 🖤
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) November 6, 2018
Other women who have been honoured with the award include Selena Gomez, Madonna, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift.
