- Film And TV
- 24 May 21
'Blinding Lights' singer The Weeknd took home an impressive 10 awards last night.
The Weeknd, BTS and Bad Bunny went home with their hands full after last night's Billboard Music Awards.
The show was hosted by Nick Jonas, and was broadcast live from the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles.
The evening featured buzzworthy performances by The Weeknd, Doja Cat and SZA, amongst others.
The 'Save Your Tears' singer picked up 10 awards last night, including the biggest win of the occasion for Top Artist.
Pink was presented with the Icon Award by her "childhood crush," Jon Bon Jovi after performing a melody of her biggest hits including 'Just Like a Pill,' 'Get the Party Started,' and 'So What'. She also delivered an aerial performance of her new single, 'Cover Me in Sunshine' with her daughter, Willow.
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Check out the Hot Press review of Pink's new Amazon documentary All I Know So Far here.
BTS picked up an award for every category they were nominated in, including Top Duo/Group, Top Song Sales Artist, Top Social Artist, and Top Selling Song, for their hit 'Dynamite'. The K-pop group performed their latest single 'Butter' during the awards ceremony.
Latin American singer Bad Bunny took home 4 awards, including Top Latin Artist, Top Latin Male Artist, Top Latin Album, and Top Latin Song.
Drake picked up the Artist of the Decade awards, accepting the award on stage with his 3-year-old son Adonis.
Michelle Obama made a virtual appearance at the show to introduce Alicia Keys - who gave a special performance in honour of the 20th anniversary of her debut studio album, Songs in A Minor. The singer sang a medley of her greatest hits including 'Fallin'.
The late rapper Pop Smoke was honoured with five awards out of the record-breaking ten posthumous nominations he was given, including Top Male Rap Artist. His mother, Audrey Jackson, accepted the awards on his behalf.
Here is the full list of winners from the top categories:
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Top Artist
Top New Artist
Top Male Artist
Top Female Artist
Top Duo/Group
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Top Hot 100 Artist
Top Streaming Songs Artist
Top Song Sales Artist
Top Radio Songs Artist
Top Social Artist (Fan Voted)
Top R&B Artist