Alicia Keys Honors Gracie Abrams at Women Sharing the Spotlight Event, Praises Her For Having All Female Team

Alicia Keys shared her praises for Gracie Abrams at She Is the Music’s Women Sharing the Spotlight event held at The Peppermint Club on Thursday (March 27) in Los Angeles.

The 44-year-old singer took the stage to honor the 25-year-old singer-songwriter, and praise her all-female team.

“Thursday was such a beautiful night! A dream come true!! An evening dedicated to celebrating exceptional women for their remarkable achievement, contribution and impact in music✨Cheers to all 50 honorees, each one also brought a rising star with them????????????” Alicia shared on Instagram later. “Founded in the ethos that when we make more space for each other, bring more women into the room, we create a vibrant spirit and ecosystem of mentorship, growth and opportunity — together.”

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Alicia shared on stage, “When I found out that she has, like, 40 women who are a part of her team…this is the living embodiment, the walking the walk, the breathing the breath, the doing the thing that we’re talking about. Because it’s one thing to talk about it, it’s another thing to actually live it and breathe it and execute it and be it and believe in it…this all female led team is still an exception in this business, and this is a reminder that we belong in every room, we belong at every table, and we should be leading every conversation.”

While accepting her honor, Gracie shared a quote from Margaret Mead.

“It’s an interesting time to be a woman in America and I firmly believe that the way we survive and thrive is by leading together, by sticking our necks out for each other – especially when it’s difficult – and by being in community as much as possible,” Gracie said. “To improvise off Margaret Mead if you’ll allow: ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed WOMEN can change the world. In fact it’s the only thing that ever has.’”

A couple days later, Gracie received another honor – the Songwriter of the Year award – at Billboard’s 2025 Women In Music.

Back in early February, Alicia received the Global Impact Award at the Grammys, where she defended DEI amid the current administration’s efforts to get rid of it.