On Saturday night time, Billboard Ladies In Music returned to YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, to have a good time a few of the largest, brightest names within the business, together with high-profile executives and famous person artists throughout genres.
This 12 months, Gracie Abrams was honored with the inaugural Songwriter of the Yr award, which was offered to her by Victoria Monét. “This unbelievable artist is, at a minimal, a quadruple menace,” Abrams mentioned about her presenter, who was honored ultimately 12 months’s Ladies in Music occasion because the Rising Star. “She’s an insane author, unparalleled vocalist, creative producer and superb dancer. I’m simply in awe of you day by day.”
Previous to being offered with the dignity, Abrams carried out her emotive hit “I Love, I’m Sorry,” off her second album, The Secret of Us. Abrams wrote the album together with her greatest good friend, Audrey Hobert, who was in attendance seated at a desk alongside Abrams’ mother and her supervisor (and fellow Ladies in Music honoree) Alex DePersia.
“To my greatest good friend and probably the most intelligent Audrey Hobert — for each single purpose, I’m me due to you,” mentioned Abrams. “And our album is what it’s due to you. Having by no means written a tune previous to The Secret of Us, you helped me translate each single feeling I used to be itching to articulate on this album.”
Abrams additionally thanked songwriter Sarah Aarons and, after all, “the incomparable Miss Taylor Swift,” with whom she earned a Grammy nomination for his or her collaboration “Us.” from the identical album. “I’ll by no means cease thanking her for the present of her pen,” mentioned Abrams, “which very a lot raised me.”
