{"id":639502,"date":"2026-04-30T22:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639502\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T22:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:26:16","slug":"ejae-audrey-nuna-rei-amis-golden-streak-continues-with-women-of-the-year-honour-at-billboards-women-in-music-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639502\/","title":{"rendered":"EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami’s \u201cGolden\u201d streak continues with Women of the Year honour at Billboard\u2019s Women in Music event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Billboard\u2019s Women in Music event was last night in LA and their \u201cGolden\u201d streak continues, because EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami were there to receive the Women of the Year honour which, honestly, not that it\u2019s about me but I\u2019ve been emotional about this since it was announced because, well, it\u2019s not often that we see Asian women being recognised by western music institutions.<\/p>\n

EJAE, Audrey, and Rei have been picking up trophies non-stop for months and the year before Ros\u00e9 was also a huge presence with \u201cAPT\u201d so the table is getting bigger, these artists are taking up more space and making more space.<\/p>\n

This has been the power of music, the power of that song, a song that was inescapable since its release not even a year ago, and continues to flex its influence now. They performed it last night at the event, after an outfit change, of course, coordinating in all\u00a0black on stage in outfits that also highlighted their individuality.<\/p>\n

Those red carpet looks though. I\u2019m basically ripping off EJAE\u2019s hairstyle today \u2013 the middle part to a high textured pony, fat enough so that from the front you can see hair coming down the sides, it\u2019s SO good. And I\u2019m obsessed with the skirt.<\/p>\n

As for Audrey, this is basically my uniform so obviously I co-sign: a baggy sweater over a tutu, you really can\u2019t go wrong. And her commitment to braids is a constant mood board for me.<\/p>\n

And Rei Ami in Iris Van Herpen SS19 was a perfect pull \u2013 so suited to her personality, the colours and the shapes and the imagination\u2026 my only note is that I\u2019m not sold on the boots.<\/p>\n

\"\"Rei Ami attends the 2026 Billboard Women in Music at Hollywood Palladium on April 29, 2026 in Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n

I am, however, sold on what they each had to say when they accepted their award. You can read the full transcript here<\/a>. As EJAE said:<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up in the U.S., I rarely saw artists who look like me on Western stages. So I pursued becoming a K-pop idol. And when that didn\u2019t work out, I thought I was done. But when I found songwriting, I realized that music itself never questioned me. Because music doesn\u2019t see race or gender. It only asks for the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

And on that note, Laufey was also at the event last night and named Billboard\u2019s Women in Music Innovator in such a pretty Chlo\u00e9 dress that also looks like her music sounds. Laufey on SNL, when?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Audrey Nuna, EJAE, and Rei Ami attend the 2026 Billboard Women in Music at Hollywood Palladium on April 29, 2026 in Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n

Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami attend the 2026 Billboard Women in Music at Hollywood Palladium on April 29, 2026 in Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n

Photo credits: LISA OConnor\/AFF-USA.com\/MEGA\/WENN, Matt Baron\/BEI\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billboard\u2019s Women in Music event was last night in LA and their \u201cGolden\u201d streak continues, because EJAE, Audrey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-639502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}