Taylor Swift, 1D & Rihanna Triumph At Billboard Awards
See the full winners list here
Taylor Swift, One Direction and Rihanna were among the big winners at the Billboard Awards in Las Vegas last night (19th May).
Dominating the ceremony, Taylor Swift was the biggest winner at the MGM Grand bash taking home eight awards including Top Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album for her 3.9million selling record ‘Red’.
One Direction were triple winners scooping the Top New Artist, Top Duo/Group and Top Pop Artist honours, while Rihanna’s four awards included Top Radio Songs Artist and Top R&B Song for ‘Diamonds’.
Other multiple winners on the night included Adele, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, Madonna and Gotye who won an incredible four awards for his Kimbra collaboration ‘Somebody That I Used To Know.’
Prince was one of 16 live performers at the three-hour ceremony playing a medley of ‘Let's Go Crazy’, Edgar Winter's instrumental ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Fix Ur Life Up’.
Other performers included Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, will.i.am and Justin Bieber, Pitbull and Christina Aguilera, Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Lopez and David Guetta.
The full winners list is as follows:
Top Artist Taylor Swift
Top New Artist One Direction
Top Male Artist Justin Bieber
Top Female Artist Taylor Swift
Top Duo/Group One Direction
Top Billboard 200 Artist Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist Maroon 5
Top Digital Songs Artist Taylor Swift
Top Radio Songs Artist Rihanna
Top Touring Artist Madonna
Top Social Artist Justin Bieber
Top Streaming Artist Nicki Minaj
Top Pop Artist One Direction
Top R&B Artist Rihanna
Top Rap Artist Nicki Minaj
Top Country Artist Taylor Swift
Top Rock Artist fun.
Top Latin Artist Jenni Rivera
Top Dance Artist Madonna
Top EDM Artist David Guetta
Top Christian Artist tobyMac
Top Billboard 200 Album Taylor Swift, "Red"
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 & Son "Babel"
Top Latin Album Jenni Rivera "Las Misma Gran Senora"
Top Dance Album Madonna "MDNA"
Top EDM Album Skrillex "Bangarang"
Top Christian Album tobyMac "Eye On It"
Top Hot 100 Song Gotye Featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Top Digital Song Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe"
Top Radio Song Gotye Featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Top Streaming Song (Audio) Gotye Featuring 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 Rap Song Macklemore & Ryan Lewis "Thrift Shop"
Top Country Song Taylor Swift "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
Top Rock Song Gotye Featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Top Latin Song Michel Telo "Ai Se Eu Te Pego"
Top Dance Song Baauer "Harlem Shake"
Top EDM Song Baauer "Harlem Shake"
Top Christian Song Matt Redman "10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)"