Cardi B will be recognized as Billboard Canada’s first Global Woman of the Year at the organization’s Women In Music event in Toronto on November 24. The ceremony is scheduled for Rebel, with Cardi B returning to Canada after a run of arena dates that included Vancouver, Toronto and Hamilton.

The inaugural label matters. It makes this more than another addition to an already decorated résumé: the award is positioned as the first presentation of a new honor at the Canadian event. Cardi B previously received the U.S. Woman of the Year distinction in 2020, so the Toronto recognition arrives six years after that earlier milestone.

A Canadian chart footprint behind the honor

The announcement credits Cardi B with 46 songs on the Canadian Hot 100, including eight top-10 hits. That is a useful measure of breadth as well as peak success. A chart appearance shows that a song reached the ranking; eight top-10 placements indicate that a substantial portion of that total reached the chart’s highest tier.

Chart performance is not a complete picture of an artist’s influence, but it is one concrete reason a Canada-focused music event can frame the award in international terms. Cardi B’s Canadian record reflects repeated listener engagement across numerous releases rather than a single isolated hit.

Her November appearance also follows the release cycle for Am I the Drama?, her second album, which arrived in September 2025. The Little Miss Drama Tour supported that album and brought the rapper through North American arenas from February through April.

Tour figures put the scale in perspective

Cardi B’s touring year is a central part of the context around the award. Pollstar’s midyear report placed her seventh among the world’s top touring acts, reporting a $72.1 million gross for the Little Miss Drama Tour. In concert business language, gross means total ticket revenue before expenses; it should not be read as an artist’s personal earnings or tour profit.

At the tour’s halfway point, the first 17 shows had sold 209,622 tickets and generated more than $32 million. Those numbers help explain why the Canadian stops are relevant to this particular recognition: the country was part of a wider arena campaign, not a standalone promotional appearance.

The run also included two sold-out Forum shows in Inglewood. Her promoter described that as a first for a female rapper. Taken together with the tour totals, the claim points to both demand at individual venues and a larger-scale ability to move tickets across multiple cities.

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Live performance is a distinct measure from chart placement. Songs on the Canadian Hot 100 reflect recorded-music consumption under the chart’s methodology, while ticket totals show customers committing to a specific show in a specific place. Neither replaces the other. Put side by side, however, they provide a clearer explanation of why an industry award can cite both catalog reach and current touring power.

A return to an earlier Woman of the Year milestone

Cardi B’s first Woman of the Year honor came in 2020, during the period when “WAP,” her collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion, spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100. That ceremony was held virtually amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“I want to be the best I can at anything that I do,” Cardi B said at the 2020 event. “There’s hope for your dreams.”

The 2020 recognition cited her music, performances, cultural reach and activism during that year. The 2026 Canadian award does not simply repeat that moment. It lands in a different phase: following a second album, a substantial arena tour and an established record on the Canadian Hot 100.

That distinction is important when reading the “Global” part of the new title. The available figures do not reduce Cardi B’s case to any one market. Her Canadian chart results, North American routing and worldwide touring ranking all point to activity that crosses a single city or country, while the Toronto ceremony gives that recognition a local setting.

A career with awards and nominations already on the board

Before either Woman of the Year honor, Cardi B won her first Grammy in 2019 for Invasion of Privacy. The album earned Best Rap Album, making her the first solo woman to take that award. Her Grammy record now stands at one win and 11 nominations, with “Outside” receiving a Best Rap Performance nomination in 2026.

The Best Rap Album result and the performance nomination describe different Grammy categories. Album recognition addresses a full project, while Best Rap Performance centers on a recording’s performance category. Together, they show that Cardi B’s awards history has extended from her debut album into later releases.

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What else is on the Toronto program

The Women In Music event will recognize other figures whose work takes place behind the microphone as well as onstage. Melissa Bubb-Clarke of Live Nation Canada is set to receive Executive of the Year. Kristy Fletcher, associated with MusiCounts, CARAS and the Juno Awards, will receive the Impact Award.

Those additional honorees underline the different kinds of work acknowledged at an industry event: an artist’s recorded and live achievements, executive leadership in concerts and music business, and impact work tied to Canadian music institutions. Cardi B’s award is the headline distinction, but the program is not solely a performance award show.

What is confirmed for November 24

  • Cardi B is scheduled to receive the first Global Woman of the Year award at Billboard Canada’s Women In Music event.
  • The event is set for November 24 at Rebel in Toronto.
  • The recognition follows 46 Canadian Hot 100 entries, eight of them top-10 hits.
  • It comes after the Little Miss Drama Tour, reported at $72.1 million in gross revenue in Pollstar’s midyear figures.
  • Tickets for the November 24 event are on sale.

For Cardi B, the Toronto honor links several clearly documented parts of the current moment: Canadian chart reach, a high-grossing arena tour, the Am I the Drama? era and an awards history that began with her earlier Woman of the Year recognition. The ceremony will put those threads on one stage in a city she already visited during the tour.