Taylor Swift & Nicki Minaj Celebrate Billboard Women In Music Honors

First Published: December 2, 2011 5:47 PM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj attend the Billboards Sixth Annual Women in Music event at the Capitale in NY City on December 2, 2011 LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Fresh off her three Grammy nods, Taylor Swift was honored with Billboard magazines Woman of the Year Award on Friday and the country superstar couldnt hide her excitement. Ive been smiling for like, a few weeks straight cause all these amazing things keep happening, like the CMAs and the AMAs and the Grammy nominations and now this, a newly-coiffed Taylor told Access Hollywood at Billboards sixth annual Women in Music event in NY on Friday. Its crazy! Another reason for Taylors dazzling smile? Her new bangs. I got a haircut and I love it, she told Access. It was on a photo shoot I was doing and they were like, We were thinking about doing maybe some bangs, and I said, Just cut it, you know, cause Ive been wanting to do it for a while and the change is really nice. Hip-hop empress Nicki Minaj was also honored by Billboard as their Rising Star a title that hits home for the Super Bass rapper. This [honor] is a big deal because everything that I do is kind of geared towards being on Billboard, Nicki told Access. So, for them of all people to recognize me and say that Im a rising star, it makes me feel great, like Im doing something right. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.