Some of the music industry's most powerful women gathered last week for Billboard's Women in Music Awards. Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Aretha Franklin attended the ceremony while some of 2014's standout ladies took home awards. Ariana Grande's speech for her Rising Star Award was a talking point from the night, but mostly due to her brother Frankie.
The most confusing part of the speech was Frankie's involvement. Why wouldn't a female artist present the award to her? And if there is going to be a family member involved, why not ask two of the women Grande mentions in her speech: her mother and grandmother? It was nice that Frankie was excited about the win, but tone it down a bit. Your sister can handle this by herself. Check out the awkward moment below and head to the 2:25 mark to see the Queen of Soul's reaction.
Paramore's Hayley Williams took home the Trailblazer of the Year Award, joking that she wrote down her speech because if she caught Queen Bey's eye, she might have forgotten everything.
"This the greatest honor I could receive, because this is the legacy I want to leave. To be in a band with my two best friends and never do anything that was something we didn't want to do," she said.
Idina Menzel won the Breakthrough of the Year Award for her hit "Let It Go" from Disney's Frozen. Charli XCX took the Hitmaker honor while Swift won the big one: Woman of the Year.
"Everyone, in and out of the music business, kept telling me that my opinion and my viewpoint was naive and overly optimistic — even my own label," Swift said about 1989. "But when we got those first-day numbers in, all of a sudden, I didn't look so naive anymore."
