Montreal pop singer Charlotte Cardin won Billboard Canada’s inaugural Woman of the Year Award in 2024, and she has just announced Toronto rock band the Beaches as this year’s winner.<\/p>\n
While Billboard has held its Women in Music event annually since 2007, Billboard Canada\u00a0launched its Toronto event last year and\u00a0honourees included Alanis Morissette, Jully Black and Jessie Reyez.<\/p>\n
Nearly a year after winning, Cardin sat down\u00a0for an interview with iHeartRadio host Shannon Burns, where she opened an envelope revealing the Beaches as the recipients of\u00a0the\u00a02025 Billboard Canada Women of the Year honour.<\/p>\n
“I’m so happy for them!” Cardin\u00a0said, opening the envelope and smiling. “It’s so well deserved. They’ve been killing it for a long time. They’re really, really, really awesome girls.”<\/p>\n
Cardin and Burns then called the band members, who thought Cardin was calling to talk to them about their brand new and third album,\u00a0No Hard Feelings, which dropped Aug. 29.\u00a0Instead she broke the Billboard news, which was followed by a lot of excitement and thank yous.<\/p>\n
WATCH | Charlotte Cardin reveals the award\u00a0to the Beaches: \u00a0<\/p>\n
The Beaches \u2014\u00a0which includes members\u00a0Jordan and\u00a0Kylie Miller,\u00a0Eliza Enman-McDaniel and\u00a0Leandra Earl \u2014\u00a0will accept the Billboard Women in Music Award on Oct. 1 in Toronto, about six months after winning\u00a0the Juno Award for group of the year for the second time.<\/p>\n
“If you look at statistics, it’s very apparent that, you know, there’s still a lot of work to be done,” Cardin said in her interview. “There’s less than 15 per cent\u00a0of the industry total that’s represented by women. We’re talking musicians and technicians and producers and artists and managers. That’s quite insane because we represent 50 per cent\u00a0of the population. And so I\u00a0think initiatives like Billboard’s Woman of the Year are just so important and special.”<\/p>\n
The 2025 Billboard Women in\u00a0Music honourees will continue to be announced throughout September.<\/p>\n
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