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Billie Eilish has been named 's Hitmaker of the Year, capping off a whirlwind 2019 for the 17-year-old singer and songwriter. The Darkroom/Interscope Records artist will be feted at the third annual Hitmakers Brunch, sponsored by Citi, to be held on Dec. 7 in Los Angeles. Eilish will also grace the cover of Variety 's all-music Dec. 4 issue with an extensive interview and new photo shoot inside.

In addition, Variety has recognized Universal Music Publishing Group chairman/CEO Jody Gerson as executive of the year; Jason Owen, whose clients include Kacey Musgraves and Dan + Shay, as manager of the year; and Republic Records as label of the year. Rounding out the event, Citi and Variety will also present an award to a female artist who has used her influence to support women in the music business.

The Hitmakers franchise celebrates the year in music, recognizing the writers, producers, publishers, managers and executives who helped make - and break - the 25 most consumed songs of the year as compiled by BuzzAngle Music. Eilish's "bad guy" is the fifth most consumed song of the year and has been streamed almost a billion times on Spotify. Eilish writes nearly all of her material in collaboration with her multi-instrumentalist brother and producer Finneas, who is also featured on Variety 's Hitmakers list.

Additional honorees in the print edition include:

Ellie Goulding - Decade Award: From her 2010 hit "Lights" from her debut solo album of the same name to "Love Me Like You Do" from "50 Shades of Grey" to this year's "Close to Me" with Diplo and featuring Swae-Lee, Ellie Goulding 's staying power spans a decade of undeniable hit songs.

Megan Thee Stallion - Breakthrough Artist: The no-holds-barred rapper has grown to become one of hip-hop's buzziest figures on the back of "Hot Girl Summer" featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla Sign.

BTS - Group of the Year: The record-breaking septet has solidified their status as global superstars, rounding out one of the largest stadium tours of the year and releasing a string of top-selling singles.

Swae Lee - Crossover Award: Sharing top billing with Post Malone on "Sunflower," the second-most consumed song of 2019, follows successful turns as a featured artist - Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode," French Montana's "Unforgettable" - and a cross-genre collaborator for Madonna, Diplo and many more.

Ryan Tedder - Songwriter of the Year: With credits on hits by Adele, Beyonce and Taylor Swift, the Grammy-winning songwriter helped orchestrate the Jonas Brothers' comeback with insta-smash "Sucker."

Louis Bell - Producer of the Year: Credited on four of the year's most consumed songs - Post Malone's "Wow." and "Sunflower" with Swae Lee; Halsey's "Without Me;" and Jonas Brothers' "Sucker" - the sound of 2019 is Lou's inescapable production.

YG - Hook of the Year: The smooth Spanish-guitar strut of "Go Loko," featuring Tyga and Jon Z and produced by Mustard, was the soundtrack to the streets and came courtesy of the west coast rapper's faith in his collaborators.

Jody Gerson - Executive of the Year: Just ahead of her five-year anniversary as head of Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry's top-ranking female executive scored the most points on the consumption board in 2019.

Jason Owen - Manager of the Year: From a home base in Nashville, he's launched the careers of award-winning artists Kacey Musgraves, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town and Midland.

Republic Records - Label of the Year: For the third year running, the Universal Music Group company rules song consumption in 2019 as home to Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Drake, The Weeknd, Post Malone and the Jonas Brothers.

The Hitmakers celebration brunch will be hosted by Chris Booker, host of the AMP Morning Show on L.A.'s 97.1 AMP Radio.

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Billie Eilish Named Variety's Hitmaker of the Year; Will Be Honored at 3rd Annual Brunch

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Billie Eilish has been named 's Hitmaker of the Year, capping off a whirlwind 2019 for the 17-year-old singer and songwriter. The Darkroom/Interscope Records artist will be feted at the third annual Hitmakers Brunch, sponsored by Citi, to be held on Dec. 7 in Los Angeles.

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The book club has entered the digital age!

BookTube, YouTube's critically acclaimed book club, launched by featuring interviews with Michelle Obama ( Becoming) and Malcolm Gladwell ( The Tipping Point). In keeping with its iconic authors, the next episode presents Margaret Atwood, who discusses her dystopian novels The Handmaid's Tale and its long-awaited sequel The Testaments.

PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the trailer for the second episode, which will premiere on YouTube.com/Learning on Nov. 21.

"You make the book, you send it out into the world, and it will connect with the people that it's for," says Atwood, 79, while chatting with guest moderator and author Cheryl Strayed.

BookTubers Evelyn and Ariel Bissett, and Amerie, a writer and Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, also join the conversation about Atwood's two novels as the acclaimed author reveals the reason she considers herself an optimist.

"I put nothing in that I didn't have historical references for," Atwood explains. "If you give people unlimited power and no checks and balances, they will behave badly."

Thirty-five years ago, Atwood came to national attention with the publication of The Handmaid's Tale. Since then, she's gained a whole new level of adoration following the 2016 election and the release of the eponymous Hulu series - at least by the part of the population who viewed Donald Trump 's presidential win as a frightening step toward the authoritarian patriarchy the book depicts.

And now she's raising a whole new series of philosophical and political questions with The Testaments. The sequel, which came out in September, took Atwood four years to write and explores the downfall of the novel's repressive Gilead through the stories of three women connected to the original handmaid.

"This fast-paced sequel to The Handmaid's Tale was decades in the making but couldn't feel fresher," reads the PEOPLE review. "In dystopian Gilead, aka the former U.S., 15 years have passed since the Handmaid Offred stepped into a black van outside her Commander's house - and headed for an uncertain future. Now resentments are building in Gilead and in Canada, where a girl with connections to Gilead's patriarchal regime is poised to join the Resistance. Clear your schedule: Atwood has delivered a scary, witty and seriously seductive page-turner."
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While Atwood's speculative fiction has both disturbed and entranced readers since the '80s, she considers herself a positive person.

"I'm just sort of preternaturally cheerful," she told PEOPLE earlier this fall. "It's really annoying to other people. But I'm not cheerful about [humanity's] prospects. I'm not cheerful about the challenges we face - that's a different thing."

"We're losing time on the climate crisis," she continued. "The longer people delay, the worse it's going to get. But I'm very encouraged by the young people, who've got extinction revolution going. They will be voting soon. Everyone should realize climate change is a real thing. And who you should vote for is not the person who says it's not happening."

A new episode of BookTube will air the third Tuesday of each month.

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The book club has entered the digital age! BookTube, YouTube's critically acclaimed book club, launched by featuring interviews with Michelle Obama ( Becoming) and Malcolm Gladwell ( The Tipping Point). In keeping with its iconic authors, the next episode presents Margaret Atwood, who discusses her dystopian novels The Handmaid's Tale and its long-awaited sequel The Testaments .

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Pop star Dua Lipa says social media is a breeding ground for "hate and anxiety".

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, she urged users to "be nicer to one another" online, for the greater good.

The 24-year-old told host Louise Minchin: "Some days I don't read into the comments.

"Some days maybe I feel little bit more vulnerable and I dive in and I almost go looking for things I don't want to see."

Other popular young stars like Selena Gomez have recently expressed their concern about patterns of behaviour on social media, with the actress describing it as being "terrible" for her generation at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Last month, Dua - whose first name means "love" in her mother tongue, Albanian - called for better mental health care in the creative industries.

Now she's admitted while it's still fun and useful for her to use "amazing" platforms such as Twitter and Instagram, she too has to log off as soon as faceless trolls make it a cause of anxiety.

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"Social media can be such an amazing tool and it can be so fun to share things but at the same time it's almost a breeding ground for hate and anxiety," she added.

"People feel like they can say things because they're hiding behind a computer screen and for me it's important to use social media in bite sizes - as long as it makes me feel good, and the second it doesn't, I like to take some time away from it."

'Encourage kindness'

The One Kiss singer declared it should be everybody's mission online to "to share positivity and encourage kindness".

"I feel like that's something we should all do, we should encourage kindness and protect our fans and protect ourselves - just be nicer to one another. I feel like we'd all have a much better experience on social media if that was the case.

"You can't change everyone's mind on that and some people use it as a form of release, in whatever way that may be - sometimes at the expense of others. But it's baby steps. Hopefully we can try and make it a much safer experience for everyone."

The British-Kosovan singer, who has three Brit Awards under her belt, last week opened the MTV VMAs in Seville, Spain, by performing her latest track Don't Start Now complete with more than 40 dancers.

It's the first taste of her forthcoming and "different" second album - out next year - which she says is "still a pop record", with disco elements in it, but is also deeply personal with a live feel.

"It's quite different from the first record and this whole album has a lot more of a theme to it and I'm happy that this is the first introduction to it for everyone.

"I guess it's about experiences," she went on.

"It's really about finding happiness and being confident in that and not allowing anyone to take that away from you."

She also spoke to the BBC show about being "a feminist in the truest form", planning her downtime (watching Gogglebox and cooking dinner for her friends) and the first song she ever wrote aged six, which was sung in her first language and dedicated to her mum.

"Still to this day, when we're at family get-togethers my parents love to remind me of that song and we all still sing it."
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Pop star Dua Lipa says social media is a breeding ground for "hate and anxiety". Speaking to BBC Breakfast, she urged users to "be nicer to one another" online, for the greater good. The 24-year-old told host Louise Minchin: "Some days I don't read into the comments.