Lady Gaga was named woman of the year by music magazine Billboard after a 2015 that saw her channel Julie Andrews at the Oscars, tour with Tony Bennett and highlight the problem of college sexual assaults. Janice Min, who oversees Billboard as co-president of parent company Guggenheim Media's Entertainment Group, said in a statement on Tuesday that Gaga was chosen because she has been "a key influential figure who drove the conversation" this year.