This year, Billboard Music Awards acquired a lot of attention.
Where on one hand, Celine Dion’s mega hit single “My Heart Will Go On” celebrated 20 years and Nicki Minaj broke chart records, on the other hand, BTS’ entry into an American award show became an iconic moment for the K-pop world.
It was indeed a great show. Fans got to see a lot of great performances but absence of certain artists like Shawn Mendes left a void in the event. But the big question is, who won what?
Below is the list of winners under different categories:
TOP ARTIST
Drake
TOP NEW ARTIST
Zayn
TOP FEMALE ARTIST
Beyonce
TOP MALE ARTIST
Drake
TOP DUO/GROUP
Twenty One Pilots
BILLBOARD CHART ACHIEVEMENT (Fan Voted)
Twenty One Pilots
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM
Views-Drake
TOP HOT 100 ARTIST
Drake
TOP HOT 100 SONG
Closer- Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
TOP SONG SALES ARTIST
Drake
TOP SELLING SONG
Can’t Stop the Feeling- Justin Timberlake
TOP RADIO SONGS ARTIST
Twenty One Pilots
TOP RADIO SONG
Can’t Stop the Feeling-Justin Timberlake
TOP COLLABORATION
Closer-Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
TOP STREAMING ARTIST
Drake
TOP STREAMING SONG (AUDIO)
One Dance- Drake featuring Wiz Kid and Kyla
TOP STREAMING VIDEO
Panda- Desiigner
TOP TOURING ARTIST
Beyonce
TOP SOCIAL ARTIST (Fan Voted)
BTS
TOP COUNTRY ALBUM
Traveller- Chris Stapleton
TOP COUNTRY COLLABORATION
Setting the world on fire- Kenny Chesney featuring Pink!
TOP COUNTRY TOUR
Kenny Chesney
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST
The Chainsmokers
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC SONG
Closer-The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Brave Enough- Lindsey Sterling
TOP LATIN ARTIST
Juan Gabriel
TOP LATIN SONG
Hasta el Amanecer- Nicky Jam
TOP LATIN ALBUM
Los Duo, Vol.2- Juan Gabriel
TOP R&B ARTIST
Beyonce
TOP R&B SONG
One Dance- Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
TOP R&B ALBUM
Lemonade- Beyonce
TOP R&B COLLABORATION
One Dance- Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
TOP R&B TOUR
Beyonce
TOP RAP ARTIST
Drake
TOP RAP SONG
Panda- Desiigner
TOP RAP ALBUM
Views-Drake
TOP RAP COLLABORATION
Black Beatles- Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane
TOP RAP TOUR
Drake
TOP ROCK ARTIST
Twenty One Pilots
TOP ROCK SONG
Heathens- Twenty One Pilots
TOP ROCK ALBUM
Hardwire to…Self-Destruct- Metallica
TOP ROCK TOUR
Coldplay
TOP SOUNDTRACK/CAST ALBUM
Hamilton: An American Musical
ICON AWARD
Cher
The competition was really tough. With icons like Drake, Beyonce and Rihanna competing against each other for an award, it would have been so difficult to choose the winner.
Hotline Bling hitmaker Drake took home most awards and deservedly so.
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