Meghan Trainor Invites All the ‘Superwomen’ at 2025 Billboard Women in Music to a Sleepover During Hitmaker Speech

"We should help each other and we should talk about it," Trainor says at Saturday night event.

Mar 31, 2025 - 21:58

Meghan Trainor Invites All the ‘Superwomen’ at 2025 Billboard Women in Music to a Sleepover During Hitmaker Speech

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Thanks to a decade-plus career racking up four Billboard Hot 100 top 10s — including the eight-week No. 1 “All About That Bass” — Meghan Trainor was honored at Saturday night’s 2025 Billboard Women in Music event with our Hitmaker award. But as she told the crowd during her hilarious and touching acceptance speech, she needs the uplifting messages of those upbeat hits just as much as her fans do.

“Everyone asks me: How are you so positive and how you do so much and smile all the time?” Trainor said after accepting the award from friend and fellow pop star Madison Beer. “But the truth is that I write these songs for myself, because I am so insecure and I have therapy a lot. I have a lot of therapy. I’m on medicine. Thank you!” she said as the crowd cheered on her efforts for better mental health. “I I love my medicine! I love my therapist so much! She’s probably watching!”

Trainor added: “I write these songs because I need these positive affirmations for myself. And if it helps anyone else, that’d be amazing too.”

After thanking her husband, actor Daryl Sabara, and her parents — who were all on hand at a table on the floor of the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California — Trainor also called on the support system of all the women entertainers and music executives in the room to help each other feel less alone.

“I feel very alone — I really do — being a woman, putting on these heels, I shaved my face and my nose for this,” she said to big laughs. “I’m a mom and I’m a pop star, and I have no one who truly understands me — except for all the superwomen in this room tonight. So thank you. If anyone wants to do a sleepover at my house, because I don’t leave my house, we can talk about this. Just DM me, and I love you so much. Thank you, Billboard. We should help each other and we should talk about it.”

Other honorees on Saturday night included Woman of the Year recipient Doechii, as well as aespa (Group of the Year), Ángela Aguilar (Breakthrough), ANNA (Billboard Italy Woman of the Year), Charlotte Cardin (Billboard Canada Woman of the Year), Erykah Badu (Icon), GloRilla (Powerhouse), Gracie Abrams (Songwriter of the Year), JENNIE (Global Force), Megan Moroney (Rulebreaker), Muni Long (Rising Star), Tina Knowles (Mother of the Year) and Tyla (Impact).

Video of Trainor’s full speech will be available at 7 p.m. ET Monday night (March 31).