One of this decade’s most prolific pop singer-songwriters, Ellie Goulding has sold 15 million albums and over 100 million singles, with 13 billion streams worldwide. “This is a watershed piece of legislation for the recording industry, and without our Executives of the Year, it would not have made it into the law books this past October.” “It’s difficult to convey what a herculean task Danielle Aguirre, Dina LaPolt, Jacqueline Charlesworth, and Susan Genco accomplished by seeing through the Music Modernization Act,” says Ross Scarano, Billboard’s VP, Content. Musical artists Ariana Grande - who has been named 2018 Woman of the Year, Janelle Monáe (Trailblazer Award), Cyndi Lauper (Icon Award), SZA (Rule Breaker Award), Kacey Musgraves (Innovator Award), and Hayley Kiyoko (Rising Star Award) will also be honored at the star-studded event held in conjunction with the release of Billboard’s annual Women in Music issue. For the first time, Billboard will present the Executives of the Year Award to four powerhouse females for their incredible leadership in the music industry: Danielle Aguirre, Executive VP/General Counsel for the National Music Publishers Association Dina LaPolt, Founder/Owner of LaPolt Law, who serves as legal counsel to the Songwriters of North America Jacqueline Charlesworth, of counsel, Covington & Burling and Susan Genco, Co-President, Azoff MSG Entertainment.

Quartet of Women Also to Be Honored as Executives of the Year for the Very First Timeīillboard has announced that Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding will host its 13th Annual Women in Music event on December 6th in New York City.

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