Drake wins big at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards
At the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, famous rapper Drake won 13 awards, officially beating Adele's previous record of 12 awards.
The 2017 Billboard Music Awards ceremony just took place in Las Vegas, USA. Throughout the awards ceremony were "unbelievably wonderful" performances by many famous singers such as Celina Dion, John Legend, Dan Reynolds...
The awards night was probably a sleepless night for Drake, he received 13 awards in many categories, including Top Artist and Best Male Artist. With 13 awards today, the male rapper officially surpassed the previous record of diva Adele with 12 awards.
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Drake received "awards shower". |
In addition, singer Beyonce and "two pilots" Twenty One Pitots ranked second in the number of awards received. Singer Beyonce received many prestigious awards such as: best female artist, best R&B artist, best R&B album... Meanwhile, Twenty One Pilots won awards such as: best duet, artist with top radio song, best Rock artist...
The two boys The Chainsmokers are not far behind with 4 awards such as: Dance music artist, song topping the Top 100 chart...
Although she has retired from the stage, Honoree Cher still received the Icon Awards for her famous songs such as "Believe" and "If I could turn back time". The singer emotionally shared on stage, "I expected this when I was only 4 years old, but now at 53 years old I have it."
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Singer Gwen Stefani presents the Music Icon Award to singer Honoree Cher |
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Blake Shelton accepts the country music award. |
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Korean boy band BTS received the Favorite Artist award. |
List of award categories that singers and bands won:
Top Artist: Drake
Best New Artist: Zayn
Outstanding Achievement Artist: Twenty One Pitots
Best Male Artist: Drake
Best Female Artist: Beyonce
Best Duo/Group: Twenty One Pitots
Top Billboard 200 Artist: Drake
Top 100 Artist: Drake
Top-selling artist: Drake
Top Radio Song Artist: Twenty One Pilots
Top streaming artist: Drake
Favorite Artist: BTS
Most successful touring artist: Beyonce
Top R&B Artist: Beyonce
Top R&B Touring Artist: Beyonce
Top Rap Artist: Drake
Top Rap Tour Artist: Drake
Outstanding Country Artist: Blake Shelton
Top Touring Country Artist: Kenny Chesney
Top Rock Artist: Twenty One Pilots
Top Rock Touring Artist: Coldplay
Outstanding Latin Artist: Juan Gabriel
Best Dance/Electronic Artist: The Chainsmokers
Billboard 200 Album of the Year: Drake, Views
Best Original Score: Hamilton: An American Musical
R&B Albums: Beyonce, Lemonade
Rap Album: Drake, Views
Country Albums: Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Rock Album: Metallica, Hardwired…To Self Destruct
Latin Music Album: Juan Gabriel, Los Duo 2
Dance/Electronic Album: Lindsey Stirling, Brave Enough
Hot 100 Top Song: The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, "Closer"
Best-selling song: Justin Timberlake, “Can't Stop The Feeling!”
Best Radio Song: Justin Timberlake, “Can't Stop The Feeling!”
Most Streamed Song (Audio): Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance”
Most Streamed Song (Video): Desiigner, "Panda"
Best R&B Song: Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance”
Best R&B Collaboration: Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance”
Best Rap Song: Desiigner, “Panda”
Best Rap Collaboration: Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane, “Black Beatles”
Best Country Song: Florida Georgia Line, “HOLY”
Best Country Collaboration: Kenny Chesney Featuring Pink, “Setting The World On Fire”
Best Rock Song: Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens”
Best Latin Song: Nicky Jam, “Hasta El Amanecer”
Best Dance/Electronic Song: The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey, “Closer”
Christian Music Song: Hillary Scott & The Family, “Thy Will”
Gospel song: Travis Greene, “Made A Way”./.
According to VOV
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