In Canada: Cardi B Named First-Ever Global Woman of the Year at Billboard Canada Women in Music 2026
Categoria: Musica
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Por Billboard | 16/10/2026
Cardi B will make history at Billboard Canada Women In Music 2026. The global superstar will come to the celebration at Rebel in Toronto to accept Billboard Canada ’s first-ever Global Woman of the Year award on November 24. Cardi B will be a guest of honour at Billboard Canada Women In Music 2026, where she will be honoured for her influence and accomplishments worldwide. She will bring her unmatched charisma and style to the star-studded celebration to accept the award. Related Cardi B Reacts to Historic VMAs Win With Kehlani After Missing 2026 Ceremony: ‘As I Deserve, B—h’ Weezer to Receive Legend of Live Award at 2026 Billboard Live Music Summit Hilary Duff to Receive Outstanding Pop Tour of the Year Award at 2026 Billboard Live Music Summit In less than a decade since her breakout single “Bodak Yellow” shot to the top of the Billboard charts, Cardi has made an undeniable impact on the global music landscape. She’s filled the record books with accomplishments, including in Canada, where she has racked up 46 charting songs on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, including eight top 10 hits. This year’s Little Miss Drama Tour was a completely sold-out arena tour throughout North America, another historic feat for a female rapper, including highlight shows at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena, Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena and Hamilton’s TD Coliseum. In a career full of accolades, she has maintained her unfiltered, vulnerable and often hilarious charisma and her impeccable style — which she will bring to Billboard Canada Women In Music — as well as her unbreakable flow, which merges seamlessly with hard-hitting beats, pop hooks and Latin rhythms. This year’s third edition of Billboard Canada Women In Music will be more global than ever, bringing together Canada’s most exciting musicians with the biggest names across the world — as well as luminaries from across the music industry. Melissa Bubb-Clarke will accept this year’s Executive of the Year award , one of the Canadian music industry’s biggest honours. As chief commercial officer, Bubb-Clarke has been a driving force behind a prosperous period of growth for Live Nation Canada. Since joining the country’s biggest live music and entertainment company in 2024, she has been a key figure in multiple major initiatives through partnerships and commercial strategy: the transformation of RBC Amphitheatre, the second season of Toronto’s biggest concert venue Rogers Stadium, the opening of HISTORY Ottawa and major festivals throughout the country. Kristy Fletcher has been announced as the recipient of this year’s Impact Award . The president of education charity MusiCounts and chief operating officer of CARAS, the academy behind the Juno Awards, Fletcher is dedicated to strengthening Canadian music — not just celebrating the creators of today, but empowering the next generatio