Drake Officially the Most-Awarded Artist at the Billboard Music Awards
The Billboard Music Awards took place in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. Hosted by Kelly Clarkson at the MGM Grand Garden, the night was full of big artist wins, especially for Drake who took home 12 awards, which take his BBMA trophy history to 27 and makes him the most-awarded artist in the event's history.
Cardi B lead the nominees with nominations in 18 categories and taking home 8, Mariah Carey received the 2019 ICON Award, Taylor Swift performed her new single "ME!", and Arianna Grande was crowned Top Female Artist.
Check out the full list of Billboard 100 nominees and winners below.
TOP ARTIST Cardi B Drake (WINNER) Ariana Grande Post Malone Travis Scott
TOP HOT 100 SONG Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin, “I Like It” Juice WRLD, “Lucid Dreams” Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B, “Girls Like You” (WINNER) Post Malone, “Better Now” Travis Scott, “SICKO MODE”
TOP COUNTRY SONG Kane Brown, “Heaven” Luke Combs, “She Got the Best of Me” Dan + Shay, “Speechless” Dan + Shay, “Tequila” Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line, “Meant to Be” (WINNER)
TOP ROCK SONG Foster The People, “Sit Next to Me” Imagine Dragons, “Natural” Imagine Dragons, “Whatever It Takes” lovelytheband, “broken” Panic! at the Disco, “High Hopes” (WINNER)
TOP RAP SONG Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin, “I Like It” (WINNER) Drake, “In My Feelings” Juice WRLD, “Lucid Dreams” Post Malone, “Better Now” Travis Scott, “SICKO MODE”
TOP MALE ARTIST Drake (WINNER) Post Malone Travis Scott Ed Sheeran XXXTentacion
TOP DUO/GROUP BTS (WINNER) Dan + Shay Imagine Dragons Maroon 5 Panic! At The Disco
TOP NEW ARTIST Bazzi Juice WRLD (WINNER) Lil Baby Dua Lipa Ella Mai
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy Drake, Scorpion (WINNER) Post Malone, beerbongs & bentleys Travis Scott, ASTROWORLD XXXTentacion, ?
TOP ROCK ARTIST Imagine Dragons (WINNER) lovelytheband Panic! at the Disco Queen twenty one pilots
TOP R&B ARTIST H.E.R. Khalid Ella Mai (WINNER) The Weeknd XXXTentacion
BILLBOARD CHART ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Dan + Shay Drake Ariana Grande (WINNER) Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper Dua Lipa
TOP FEMALE ARTIST Cardi B Ariana Grande (WINNER) Halsey Ella Mai Taylor Swift
Now head over to Billboard for the complete winners list.
