The 2022 Billboard Music Awards has been held, honouring artists across genres whose music has received the most fanfare over the past year.
The bulk of the awards were handed out during a TikTok livestream on Sunday night, May 15, while the rest of the winners were revealed at a ceremony held at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena tonight.
The 2022 Billboard Music Awards kicked off without a hitch with Sean “Diddy” Combs hosting the 29th edition of the show.
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The award show gave out trophies to the musicians who have achieved success via album and song sales and streams, radio play, touring, and social engagement.
The BBMAs 2022 featured performances by Megan Thee Stallion, Silk Sonic, Burna Boy, Florence + The Machine, Ed Sheeran and Machine Gun Kelly.
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Olivia Rodrigo, Kanye West and Doja Cat were the big winners at the Billboard Music Awards 2022.
Rodrigo took home the most awards on the night with seven, while West followed on six wins at this year’s BBMAs. The ‘Sour’ star collected Top New Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Female Artst and more.
West picked up trophies including Top Christian Artist, Top Gospel Artist and Top Christian Album and Top Gospel Album, both for ‘Donda’. Doja collected four awards on the night, including Top R&B Female Artist and Top R&B Album for ‘Planet Her’.
Also, Megan Thee Stallion own an award for top rap female artist.
Going into the ceremony, The Weeknd led the pack of nominees with 17 nods. His duet “Save Your Tears (Remix)” with Ariana Grande was up for an impressive six nominations.
The 32-year-old’s future “After Hours Til Dawn” touring partner Doja Cat trailed right behind him with 14 nominations.
Justin Bieber, Kanye West, and Olivia Rodrigo were all up for 13 nominations each.
Drake had 11 chances at a trophy in some of the nights biggest categories including top artist, top male artist, top Billboard 200 artist and top Hot 100 artist
He was also up in the Billboard 200 album category for “Certified Lover Boy.” Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran trailed closely behind him with nine nominations each.
The most-nominated duo/group of the 2022 BBMAs was BTS, who’ve topped the Billboard Hot 100 twice over the past year with “Butter” and “Permission to Dance.”
Additionally, Mary J. Blige was honored with the coveted Billboard Icon Award to celebrate her decades-long success as a musician.
Here is a full list of winners below;
Top Artist
Doja Cat
Drake – WINNER
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd
Top New Artist
Givēon
Masked Wolf
Olivia Rodrigo – WINNER
Pooh Shiesty
The Kid LAROI
Top Male Artist
Drake – WINNER
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Lil Nas X
The Weeknd
Top Female Artist
Adele
Doja Cat
Dua Lipa
Olivia Rodrigo – WINNER
Taylor Swift
Top Duo/Group
BTS – WINNER
Glass Animals
Imagine Dragons
Migos
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Adele
Drake
Juice WRLD
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift – WINNER
Top Hot 100 Artist
Doja Cat
Drake
Justin Bieber
Olivia Rodrigo – WINNER
The Weeknd
Top Streaming Songs Artist
Doja Cat
Drake
Lil Nas X
Olivia Rodrigo – WINNER
The Weeknd
Top Song Sales Artist
Adele
BTS – WINNER
Dua Lipa
Ed Sheeran
Walker Hayes
Top Radio Songs Artist
Doja Cat
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Olivia Rodrigo – WINNER
The Weeknd
Top Billboard Global 200 Artist (NEW)
Doja Cat
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Olivia Rodrigo – WINNER
The Weeknd
Top Billboard Global Artist
BTS
Dua Lipa
Ed Sheeran – WINNER
Olivia Rodrigo
The Weeknd
Top Tour
Eagles (Hotel California Tour)
Genesis (The Last Domino? Tour)
Green Day, Fall Out Boy & Weezer (The Hella Mega Tour)
Harry Styles (Love on Tour)
The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour) – WINNER
Top R&B Artist
Doja Cat – WINNER
Givēon
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)
Summer Walker
The Weeknd
Top R&B Male Artist
Givēon
Khalid
The Weeknd – WINNER
Top R&B Female Artist
Doja Cat – WINNER
Summer Walker
SZA
Top R&B Tour
Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars at Park MGM) – WINNER
Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021)
Usher (The Vegas Residency)
Top Rap Artist
Drake – WINNER
Juice WRLD
Lil Baby
Moneybagg Yo
Polo G
Top Rap Male Artist
Drake – WINNER
Juice WRLD
Polo G
Top Rap Female Artist
Cardi B
Latto
Megan Thee Stallion – WINNER
Top Rap Tour
J. Cole (The Off-Season Tour)
Lil Baby (The Back Outside Tour)
Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021) – WINNER
Top Country Artist
Chris Stapleton
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift – WINNER
Walker Hayes
Top Country Male Artist
Chris Stapleton
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen – WINNER
Top Country Female Artist
Carrie Underwood
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift – WINNER
Top Country Duo/Group
Dan + Shay – WINNER
Florida Georgia Line
Zac Brown Band
Top Country Tour
Luke Bryan (Proud to Be Right Here Tour)
Eric Church (Gather Again Tour) – WINNER
Chris Stapleton (All-American Road Show Tour)
Top Rock Artist
Glass Animals – WINNER
Imagine Dragons
Machine Gun Kelly
Måneskin
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Top Rock Tour
Genesis (The Last Domino? Tour)
Green Day, Fall Out Boy & Weezer (The Hella Mega Tour)
The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour) – WINNER
Top Latin Artist
Bad Bunny – WINNER
Farruko
Kali Uchis
Karol G
Rauw Alejandro
Top Latin Male Artist
Bad Bunny – WINNER
Farruko
Rauw Alejandro
Top Latin Female Artist
Kali Uchis – WINNER
Karol G
Rosalía
Top Latin Duo/Group
Calibre 50
Eslabon Armado – WINNER
Grupo Firme
Top Latin Tour
Bad Bunny (El Último Tour Del Mundo)
Enrique Iglesias & Ricky Martin (Live in Concert)
Los Bukis (Una Historia Cantada Tour) – WINNER
Top Dance/Electronic Artist
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Lady Gaga – WINNER
Marshmello
Tiësto
Top Christian Artist
Carrie Underwood
Elevation Worship
for King & Country
Lauren Daigle
Ye – WINNER
Top Gospel Artist
CeCe Winans
Elevation Worship
Kirk Franklin
Maverick City Music
Ye – WINNER.
