To update: BBMA honors the best artists of the year on the Billboard charts in 62 categories across all genres of music. The remaining categories will be announced tonight when Sean “Big” Combs hosts broadcasts from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, where he says 20 pm ET / 5 pm PT on NBC and Peacock.
Some highlights:
- As a first-time finalist, Olivia Rodrigo won seven Billboard Music Awards, the most ever won by any artist of the night. You finished second with six wins.
- You have won the Best Christian Artist Award for the first time and for the third consecutive year as Best Gospel Artist and Best Gospel Song. This is Ye’s winning Top Gospel album for the second time.
- Drake reigns as the artist with the most Billboard Music Awards of all time, having won five. He continues to hold the record with 34 wins.
- The Kid LAROI first became a Billboard Music Award winner, receiving five wins for his song “Stay” with Justin Bieber for Best Streaming Song, Best Collaboration, Top 200 Billboard Global Songs, Top Billboard Global (excl. USA) and the Top 100 Song Categories. With this win, Justin Bieber’s total earnings jump to 26.
- Doja Cat has won four, including Top R&B Artist and Best R&B Artist for the second consecutive time.
- Taylor Swift has four wins, a third top country album, a fifth Top Billboard 200 record, a third top country record and a first female top country record. This win will bring her a total of 29 Billboard Music Awards, making her the second most successful artist of all time after Drake.
- Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny has won two Billboard Music Awards, Best Latin Artist and Best Latin Male Artist, setting a record for most wins in the Best Latin Artist category, three, ahead of Ozuna, Romeo Santos and Shakir.
- Billboard Music Award winner Kali Uchis earned her first win as Top Latin Female Artist and Top Latin Song.
- R&B duo Silk Sonic received the inaugural Billboard Music Award for Best R&B Song. The duo is also a finalist in the Top R&B Albums and Top R&B Artists category.
- BTS gets the best duo / band, best-selling song artist and best-selling song. With this year’s Top Duo / Group winning, they have a total of three wins in this category, a record that links them to One Direction.
Tonight there will be Becky G (“Baile Con Mi Ex”, “MAMIII”), Burna Boy (“Last Last”, “Kilometer”), Dan + Shay (“You”), Ed Sheeran (“2step”)), The King and Miranda Lambert [“Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home”)], Florence + Car (“My Love”), Lato (“Great Energy”), Maxwell (“The Woman in My Life”), Machine Gun Kelly (“Twin Flame”), Megan T. Stellion (“Piano B”, “The sweetest cake”), Morgan Wallen (“Don’t think about Jesus”, “Often for you”), Rav Alejandro (“Heal me”, “MUSEUM”, “All of you”), Silk Sonic (“Train d ‘ love “) and Travis Scott (” Mafia “). The show also pays tribute to this year’s Icon Award winner Mary J. Bliges and this year’s Billboard Music Award winner Marie Kopen.
The protagonists of the evening include: Alexa, Anita, Chloe Bailey, City Girls, DJ Khaled, Dixie D’Amelio, Dove Cameron, Fat Joe, French Montana, Givēon, Heidi Klum, Lainey Wilson, Liza Koshi, Michael Bublé, Pusha T, Shenseea, Snoop Dogg, Swizz Beatz and Teyana Taylor.
See the full list of winners below:
artist awards
Best Performer: Drake
Best new artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Best Male Artist: Drake
Best Actress: Olivia Rodrigo
Best Duo / Group: BTS
Best Billboard 200 Artist: Taylor Swift
The 100 best artists: Olivia Rodrigo
Best Streaming Singer: Olivia Rodrigo
Best Selling Artist: BTS
Best Radio Singer: Olivia Rodrigo
Billboard Global 200 Top Artist (new): Olivia Rodrigo
Billboard Global Top Artist (excluding USA) (New): Ed Sheeran
Top Tour: Rolling Stones (unfiltered)
Chosen R&B Artist: Doja Cat
Male R&B Artist Choice: The Weeknd
Best Female R&B Artist: Doja Cat
Best R&B Tour: Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars at Park MGM)
Rap artist chosen: Drake
Best Male Rap Artist: Drake
Best Female Rap Artist: Megan T. Stallion
Top Rap Tour: Omarion and Bow Wow (Millennium Tour 2021)
Country interpreter chosen: Taylor Swift
Best Male Country Artist: Morgan Wallen
Best Female Country Artist: Taylor Swift
Best Country Music Duo / Group: Dan + Shay
Top Country Tour: Eric Church (presence tour)
Best Rock Artist: Crystal Animals
Top Rock Tour: The Rolling Stones (unfiltered)
Best Latin Artist: Bad Bunny
Best Latin Male Artist: Bad Bunny
Best Latin Female Performer: Kali Uchis
Best Latin Duo / Group: Eslabon Armado
Best Latin Tour: Los Bukis (A Singing Story Tour)
Electronic / dance artist choice: Lady Gaga
Best Christian Artist: i
Chosen Gospel Artist: Ye
album awards
Billboard 200 Best Album: Olivia Rodrigo “SOUR”
Best Score: “Charm”
Best R&B Album: Doja Cat “Planet Her”
Best Rap Album: Drake “Certified Lover Boy”
Best Country Album: Taylor Swift “Red (Taylor Version)”
Best Rock Album: Twenty-One Pilots “Scaled And Icy”
Best Latin Album: KAROL G “KG0516”
Best Dance / Electronic Album: ILLENIUM “Fallen Embers”
Best Christian Album: Ye “Donda”
Best Gospel Album: Ye “Donda”
song awards
The 100 best songs: “STAY” by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber
Best Song Streaming: The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber “STAY”
Best Selling Song: BTS “Butter”
Best Radio Song: Dua Lipa “Levitating”
Best collaboration: The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber “STAY”
Billboard Global 200 Best Song (New): The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber “STAY”
Billboard Global Top Song (excl. US) (New): The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber “STAY”
Best Viral Song (New): Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss me more”
Best R&B Song: Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Leave The Door Open”
Best Rap Song: Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow “INDUSTRY BABY”
Best Country Song: Walker Hayes “Fancy Like”
Best Rock Song: Måneskin ‘Beggin’ “
Best Latin Song: Kali Uchis “telepathy”
Best Dance / Electronic Song: Elton Johnny and Dua Lipa “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix”
Best Christian Song: Ye “Hurricane”
Best Gospel Song: Ye “Hurricane”
Source: Deadline
