WME Awards
The Woman's Music Event Awards, or simply WME Awards, is an annual award show to recognize women in music in Brazil.
History
The Woman's Music Event, founded by Claudia Assef and Monique Dardenne in 2016, is a platform dedicated to music, business, and technology, with "the aim of becoming the central hub for events focused on the growing female music scene in Brazil." To recognize, Assef, Dardenne, and Fátima Pissarra teamed up to create the WME Awards, the first Brazilian music award dedicated to women. The first edition, promoted by Vevo Brasil, took place on 28 November 2017, in São Paulo. From 2018 to 2022, the ceremony was promoted by Music2!, a company founded by Pissarra. In 2023, the ceremony began to be promoted by magazine Billboard Brasil.Ceremonies
Categories
Votable categories
Winners of the following categories are chosen by fan votes.- Album
- Singer
- DJ
- Alternative Song
- Latin-American Song
- Mainstream Song
- New Artist
- Show
- Music Video
Professional categories
- Songwriter
- Music Video Director
- Music Entrepreneur
- Instrumentalist
- Music Journalist
- Music Producer
- Radio Presenter
Special awards
- Artist of the Year: Ana Castela
Discontinued categories
- Best Song
- Popular Song
- Listen to the Girls
- Musical Live
- Innovation on the Web
- Girls for Reels!
Honorees
- 2017: Rita Lee and Helena Meirelles
- 2018: Elza Soares and Dona Ivone Lara
- 2019: Gal Costa and Beth Carvalho
- 2020: Alcione and Elis Regina
- 2021: Sandra de Sá and Cássia Eller
- 2022: Elza Soares and Margareth Menezes
- 2023: Dona Onete and Rita Lee
- 2024: Lia de Itamaracá and Nara Leão
- 2025: Preta Gil