Ariana Grande has had one crazy, amazing, terrible year, and she opened up about its highs and lows when she accepted her Billboard Woman of the Year award. In her tearful acceptance speech, she reflected on how 2018 was great for her career but terrible for her personal life. Click through the gallery to read her wise words.
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When Ariana, 25, was greeted with a standing ovation, she laughed it off. “You don’t have to stand, that’s so weird, thank you,” she said
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She thanked Billboard for putting together the event to celebrate women in music and try to “even out the playing field.”
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Of the award, the “God Is A Woman” singer said, “I feel completely undeserving.”
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“This is really special,” she continued. “I want to say that I find it interesting that this has been one of the best years in my career and, like, the worst of my life.”
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“I'm not saying that for sympathy,” Ariana explained. “I'm just saying that because I feel like a lot of people would look at someone in my position right now, I guess, like Woman of the Year, an artist that could be at her peak, like reaching her, you know, whatever, and think, ‘She's really got her shit together, you know, like, she's really on it, she's got it all.’”
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“I do, but as far as my personal life goes, I really have no idea what the f— I am doing,” she said as the audience laughed. “So yeah, it's been a very conflicting one. And I just want to say that if you're someone out there who has no idea what this next chapter is going to bring, you're not alone in that.”
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Then, the “No Tears Left To Cry” singer started to tear up and said, “Eww I’m not gonna cry. That’s really stupid. I have to pull back immediately.” The crowd laughed at that, too.
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She also teased her new album, which she promised would be like if First Wives Club were an album.
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The “Breathin” singer finished with some intentions for 2019. “I look forward to hopefully learning to give some of the love and forgiveness that I’ve given away so frivolously and easily to men in the past to myself this year,” she said.
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Her newest song,
“Thank U, Next,” reflected on the men she loved and how far she’s come in the last few years. It became her first
Billboard Hot 100 number one hit.
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What do you think of Ariana’s emotional speech? Sound off in the comments!
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When Ariana, 25, was greeted with a standing ovation, she laughed it off. “You don’t have to stand, that’s so weird, thank you,” she said
Photo credit: Getty Images
She thanked Billboard for putting together the event to celebrate women in music and try to “even out the playing field.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Of the award, the “God Is A Woman” singer said, “I feel completely undeserving.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
“This is really special,” she continued. “I want to say that I find it interesting that this has been one of the best years in my career and, like, the worst of my life.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“I'm not saying that for sympathy,” Ariana explained. “I'm just saying that because I feel like a lot of people would look at someone in my position right now, I guess, like Woman of the Year, an artist that could be at her peak, like reaching her, you know, whatever, and think, ‘She's really got her shit together, you know, like, she's really on it, she's got it all.’”
“I do, but as far as my personal life goes, I really have no idea what the f— I am doing,” she said as the audience laughed. “So yeah, it's been a very conflicting one. And I just want to say that if you're someone out there who has no idea what this next chapter is going to bring, you're not alone in that.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Then, the “No Tears Left To Cry” singer started to tear up and said, “Eww I’m not gonna cry. That’s really stupid. I have to pull back immediately.” The crowd laughed at that, too.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
She also teased her new album, which she promised would be like if First Wives Club were an album.
The “Breathin” singer finished with some intentions for 2019. “I look forward to hopefully learning to give some of the love and forgiveness that I’ve given away so frivolously and easily to men in the past to myself this year,” she said.
Her newest song,
“Thank U, Next,” reflected on the men she loved and how far she’s come in the last few years. It became her first
Billboard Hot 100 number one hit.
What do you think of Ariana’s emotional speech? Sound off in the comments!
Photo credit: INSTARImages