Zoe Ambrozewska
Staff Writer
The prizes were awarded last night (Sunday 19 May) at this year’s Billboard Music Awards, live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas! Tracy Morgan hosted the award show, which saw Taylor Swift and her album ‘Red’ become the undoubted favourites of the night, receiving a massive eight awards. Further honours were presented to acts including Rihanna, British boyband One Direction, American Idol judge Nicki Minaj, the legendary Madonna, and Canadian sensations Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen. The ceremony also featured an appearance by Prince, who closed the show, and performances by a huge number of stars such as Christina Aguilera, Pitbull, Bruno Mars, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Lopez, Ed Sheeran, and Miguel – who miscalculated a jump and accidentally injured a fan! Oops!
And the winners are:
TOP RAP ARTIST – Nicki Minaj
TOP DIGITAL SONG – Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”
TOP RAP SONG – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, “Thrift Shop”
TOP TOURING ARTIST – Madonna
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM – Taylor Swift, Red
TOP MALE ARTIST – Justin Bieber
TOP HOT 100 SONG – Gotye feat. Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
TOP DUP/GROUP – One Direction
TOP NEW ARTIST – One Direction
TOP EDM ARTIST – David Guetta
TOP FEMALE ARTIST – Taylor Swift
TOP HOT 100 ARTIST – Maroon 5
TOP RADIO SONGS ARTIST – Rihanna
TOP SOCIAL ARTIST – Justin Bieber
TOP STREAMING ARTIST – Nicki Minaj
TOP POP ARTIST – One Direction
TOP R&B ARTIST – Rihanna
TOP COUNTRY ARTIST – Taylor Swift
TOP ROCK ARTIST – fun.
TOP LATIN ARTIST – Jenni Rivera
TOP DANCE ARTIST – Madonna
TOP POP ALBUM – Adele, 21
TOP R&B ALBUM – Rihanna, Unapologetic
TOP RAP ALBUM – Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
TOP COUNTRY ALBUM – Taylor Swift, Red
TOP ROCK ALBUM – Mumford & Sons, Babel
TOP LATIN ALBUM – Jenni Rivera, La Misma Gran Senora
TOP DANCE ALBUM – Madonna, MDNA
TOP EDM ALBUM – Skrillex, Bangarang
TOP RADIO SONG – Gotye feat. Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
TOP STREAMING SONG (AUDIO) – Gotye feat. Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
TOP STREAMING SONG (VIDEO) – Psy, “Gangnam Style”
TOP POP SONG – Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”
TOP R&B SONG – Rihanna, “Diamonds”
TOP COUNTRY SONG – Taylor Swift, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
TOP ROCK SONG – Gotye feat. Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
TOP DANCE SONG – Baauer, “Harlem Shake”
TOP EDM SONG – Baauer, “Harlem Shake”
MILESTONE AWARD – Justin Bieber
BILLBOARD ARTIST OF THE YEAR – Taylor Swift
BILLBOARD MUSIC ICON – Prince
Congratulations to all the winners from everyone here at PopWrapped!
