Taylor Swift and her 3.7 million-selling “Red” dominated the 2013 Billboard Music Awards held last night, by taking home eight trophies as Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” swept four major song categories and Rihanna ruled R&B.
Prince, who performed a medley of his classic “Let’s Go Crazy,” Edgar Winter’s instrumental “Frankenstein” and “Fix Ur Life Up,” was given the Icon Award for a career that includes 10 platinum albums and 30 Top 40 singles. Besides, Gotye, Rihanna was the only other artist to walk away with four awards, winning in the R&B artist, album and song categories, plus Radio Songs Artist. Madonna, Nicki Minaj and One Direction won three each while Justin Bieber, the late Jenni Rivera, Baauer and tobyMac secured two honors apiece.
The Milestone Award, voted on by fans and sponsored by Chevrolet, went to Justin Bieber, who paused for about 20 seconds before speaking his mind about criticisms directed his way. The three-hour show, broadcast on ABC, featured 16 performances and included the TV premieres of Swift’s “22” and the new single from Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull, “Live It Up.” Bruno Mars and his band, decked out in matching crimson suits and black shirts, opened the show with his new single “Treasure.”
Full list of winnersTop 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 (tie)
Carly Rae Jepsen and 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 & Sons – Babel
Top Latin Album
Jenni Rivera – La 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 Featuring Wanz – ‘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)’]]>
