Megan showed an admirable quantum of resilience and talent this year. She experienced gun violence at the hands of a so-called friend and faced public scrutiny after talking about the traumatizing encounter. But she used it as one of the motivations to speak out against the abuse of Black women.
The Texas native also dominated the music sphere and topped the charts in a historic manner. Her "WAP" team-up with Cardi B debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 list, brought in a record number of first-week streams (93 million, to be exact), and became the first-ever No. 1 female rap collaboration in the UK. Additionally, Megan became the first woman to secure the top spot on Billboard's Rap Songwriters chart and the first woman to have three No. 1 songs within a single year on Billboard's streaming charts ("Body," "WAP," and "Savage Remix," featuring Beyoncé). And, to top things off, she released her debut album, Good News, which is a bona-fide banger.