The Billboard Music Awards 2021 held last night awards the best in the international music industry and it was one star-studded event. The awards took place at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles and was aired live on NBC for viewers to watch.
The night was hosted by Nick Jonas, who was accompanied by wife Priyanka Chopra Jonas. It was The Weeknd‘s night as he won in 10 out of the 16 categories he was nominated in. Rapper Drake took home the Artist Of The Decade title. The K-pop boy band, BTS also won big with 5 awards in their kitty. But the highlight of the evening of course, was their live performance on their latest track, Butter! The BBMAs also saw Pink!, H.E.R, Alicia Keys, DJ Khaled, among others put up some electrifying performances.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Top Artist – The Weeknd
Top New Artist – Pop Smoke
Top Male Artist – The Weeknd
Top Female Artist – Taylor Swift
Top Duo/Group – BTS
Top Billboard 200 Artist – Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist – The Weeknd
Top Billboard 200 Album – Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, Pop Smoke
Top Streaming Songs Artist – Drake
Top Song Sales Artist – BTS
Top Radio Songs Artist – The Weeknd
Top Social Artist (Fan Voted) – BTS
Top R&B Artist – The Weeknd
Top R&B Male Artist – The Weeknd
Top R&B Female Artist – Doja Cat
Top R&B Album – After Hours, The Weeknd
Top Rap Artist – Pop Smoke
Top Rap Male Artist – Pop Smoke
Top Rap Female Artist – Megan Thee Stallion
Top Rap Album – Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, Pop Smoke
Top Country Artist – Morgan Wallen
Top Country Male Artist – Morgan Wallen
Top Country Female Artist – Gabby Barrett
Top Country Duo/Group – Florida Georgia Line
Top Country Album – Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen
Top Latin Artist – Bad Bunny
Top Latin Male Artist – Bad Bunny
Top Latin Female Artist – Karol G
Top Latin Duo/Group – Eslabón Armado
Top Rock Artist – Machine Gun Kelly
Top Dance/Electronic Artist – Lady Gaga
Top Gospel Artist – Kanye West
Top Christian Artist – Elevation Worship
These artists sure did help us get through some great and not-so-great times with their music and I sure am going to be going back and listening to my favourites again.
Congratulations to all the winners!