The fourth annual Billboard Latin Women in Music gathered a wave of artists celebrating the achievements and excellence of female artists in the industry.
Taking place on Thursday (April 23) at the Telemundo Center in Miami, the pink carpet gathered this year’s honorees as well as a wave of notable presenters including Feid, Natti Natasha, Natalia Lafourcade, Villano Anitllano, and David Bisbal, among others.
The Class of 2026 honorees include Rosalía (Woman of the Year, who was not present at the event), Becky G (Global Impact Award), Gloria Trevi (Lifetime Achievement Award), Ivy Queen (Pioneer Award), Joy (Spirit of Change Award), Julieta Venegas (Artistic Excellence Award), Lola Indigo (Evolution Award) and Young Miko (Unstoppable Award).
On the eve of the 2026 awards gala, Billboard hosted an intimate, invite-only cocktail party at Miami’s Casa D, recognizing the female executives in the Latin music realm.
“This is an event we started four years ago, and people kept telling me: ‘There aren’t enough women to sustain this for four years,’” Leila Cobo, Co-Chief Content Officer at Billboard, said at the reception. “What we’ve found is that, over these four years, there are more women in executive positions and more female artists on the charts; for us, it is a pleasure to continue celebrating them year after year. We hope this group continues to grow.”
The 2026 Billboard Latin Women in Music event was hosted by Chiquis and aired live on Telemundo. While fans back home tuned in to the televised spectacle, Billboard was at the pink carpet catching all the backstage action.
Below, read more about moments from the event that you didn’t see on TV.
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Chiquis on How Becky G Played Cupid
Ahead of making her solo hosting debut at Latin Women in Music, Chiquis stopped by the Billboard Livestream presented by Lexus to talk about her very good friend — and Global Impact honoree — Becky G. “If it weren’t for Becky, I would have never met my husband…they’re cousins,” the Mexican-American singer said off the bat. “Even before, we were friends, but now we’re family.” Chiquis also took time to spill the details on her forthcoming album Janney, which will offer fans a personal and stripped-down version of herself.
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Feid & Ivy Bond Backstage
Image Credit: Zachary Quintana After Ivy Queen received the Pioneer Award from Feid during the televised show, the two headed backstage for the official photos. There, the Puerto Rican icon and Colombian star continued expressing their admiration for each other, and even exchanged phone numbers to keep in touch.
On TV, Feid described Ivy as “the woman who dared to defy everything: transgressive lyrics, a distinct image entirely her own, who took the urban genre by storm and positioned herself — facing us men — as the powerhouse she is.” Now all that’s left after their backstage mingle is a future collaboration.
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Young Miko Gushes Over Feid
Speaking of Feid, this year’s Unstoppable Award honoree Young Miko did not hold back from expressing her love and admiration for the Colombian act, who penned a sweet as-told-to essay about her. “I love you to the moon and back; thank you for those words — they touched my heart,” she said during the Billboard livestream. “Nowadays, there are so many things that help me keep going. I feel that when you do things that fill your heart, life simply won’t let you stop,” she added, also shouting out her team and fans for being great motivators.
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Becky G Reflects on Karolchella
Ahead of going onstage to receive the Global Impact award, Becky G spoke to Billboard about the epic “MAMIII” reunion with Karol G at Coachella. “It’s always epic cuando the G’s get together,” she said. “She was the first one to bless the Coachella stage in 2022 when we performed ‘MAMIII’ together for the first time… we had to repeat it.”
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Julieta Venegas Crashes a Billboard Party
Image Credit: Diego Aponte On the eve of the Billboard Latin Women in Music awards, Billboard hosted an intimate and invite-only cocktail party in Miami’s Casa D. The night celebrated the female executives powering the Latin music industry. One of the most notable moments of the two-hour gathering was when Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas joined the celebration. There, she mingled with the power players as well as the Billboard team.
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