2019 Billboard Music Awards

2019 Billboard Music Awards
Date	May 1, 2019
Location	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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Host	Kelly Clarkson
Most awards	Drake (12)
Most nominations	Cardi B (21)
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Television/Radio coverage
Network	NBC
Viewership	8.01 million
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The 2019 Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 1, 2019. It aired live on NBC and was hosted by Kelly Clarkson for a second year in a row.^[1]^[2] The list of nominees were announced on April 4, 2019.^[3] Mariah Carey received the Icon Award during the show.^[4]

Performers

Performer(s)	Song
Taylor Swift Brendon Urie	"Me!"^[5]
Kelly Clarkson	Medley: "Meant to Be" by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line "Eastside" by Benny Blanco, Halsey, Khalid "Boo'd Up" by Ella Mai "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 and Cardi B "The Middle" by Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey "One Kiss" by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa "I Like It" by Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani "High Hopes" by Panic! at the Disco "Tequila" by Dan + Shay "Material Girl" by Madonna "Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey "Wow." by Post Malone^[6] Later in the show: "Broken & Beautiful"^[7]
Halsey	"Without Me"
Ciara	"Thinkin Bout You"^[8]
Dan + Shay Tori Kelly	"Speechless"
Jonas Brothers	"Jealous" "Cake by the Ocean" "Sucker"^[9]
Khalid	"Talk" "Better"^[7]
Ariana Grande	"7 Rings" (Pre-recorded from the Sweetener World Tour at Rogers Arena in Vancouver)^[10]
Madonna Maluma	"Medellín"^[11]
Lauren Daigle	"You Say"
Mariah Carey	"A No No" "Always Be My Baby" "Emotions" "We Belong Together" "Hero"
Panic! at the Disco	"Hey Look Ma, I Made It"^[7]
BTS Halsey	"Boy with Luv"^[12]
Paula Abdul	"Straight Up" "The Way That You Love Me" "Vibeology" "Opposites Attract" "Cold Hearted" "Forever Your Girl"^[13]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and bold.^[14]

Top Artist	Top New Artist	Billboard Chart Achievement (fan-voted)
Drake Ariana Grande Cardi B Post Malone Travis Scott	Juice Wrld Bazzi Dua Lipa Ella Mai Lil Baby	Ariana Grande Dan + Shay Drake Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper Dua Lipa
Top Male Artist	Top Female Artist	Top Streaming Artist
Drake Ed Sheeran Post Malone Travis Scott XXXTentacion	Ariana Grande Cardi B Ella Mai Halsey Taylor Swift	Drake Ariana Grande Cardi B Post Malone XXXTentacion
Top Duo/Group	Top Billboard 200 Artist	Top Radio Songs Artist
BTS Dan + Shay Imagine Dragons Maroon 5 Panic! at the Disco	Drake Ariana Grande Post Malone Travis Scott XXXTentacion	Drake Ariana Grande Cardi B Post Malone Maroon 5
Top Billboard 200 Album	Top Hot 100 Artist	Top Social Artist (fan-voted)
Scorpion – Drake ? – XXXTentacion Astroworld – Travis Scott Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B	Drake Ariana Grande Cardi B Nicki Minaj Post Malone	BTS Exo Got7 Ariana Grande Louis Tomlinson
Top Hot 100 Song	Top Song Sales Artist	Top Touring Artist
"Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "Better Now" – Post Malone "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "Lucid Dreams" – Juice Wrld "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott	Drake Ariana Grande Imagine Dragons Lady Gaga Post Malone	Ed Sheeran Taylor Swift Beyoncé and Jay-Z Bruno Mars Justin Timberlake
Top R&B Artist	Top R&B Male Artist	Top R&B Female Artist
Ella Mai H.E.R. Khalid The Weeknd XXXTentacion	The Weeknd Khalid XXXTentacion	Ella Mai H.E.R. Queen Naija
Top Rap Artist	Top Rap Male Artist	Top Rap Female Artist
Drake Cardi B Juice Wrld Post Malone Travis Scott	Drake Post Malone Travis Scott	Cardi B City Girls Nicki Minaj
Top R&B Tour	Top Rap Tour	Top Rock Tour
Beyoncé and Jay-Z Bruno Mars Childish Gambino	Beyoncé and Jay-Z Travis Scott Drake	Elton John U2 The Rolling Stones
Top Country Artist	Top Country Male Artist	Top Country Female Artist
Luke Combs Kane Brown Jason Aldean Florida Georgia Line Dan + Shay	Luke Combs Kane Brown Jason Aldean	Carrie Underwood Maren Morris Kacey Musgraves
Top Country Tour	Top Country Duo/Group	Top Rock Artist
Kenny Chesney Shania Twain Luke Bryan	Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Old Dominion	Imagine Dragons Panic! at the Disco Queen Lovelytheband Twenty One Pilots
Top Dance/Electronic Artist	Top Latin Artist	Top Gospel Artist
The Chainsmokers Calvin Harris Kygo Marshmello Odesza	Ozuna J Balvin Romeo Santos Anuel AA Bad Bunny	Tasha Cobbs Leonard Tori Kelly Marvin Sapp Koryn Hawthorne Kirk Franklin
Top Christian Artist	Top Soundtrack	Top R&B Album
Lauren Daigle For King & Country Hillsong Worship MercyMe Cory Asbury	The Greatest Showman Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bohemian Rhapsody A Star Is Born 13 Reasons Why: Season 2	17 – XXXTentacion Ella Mai – Ella Mai My Dear Melancholy – The Weeknd H.E.R. – H.E.R. American Teen – Khalid
Top Gospel Album	Top Country Album	Top Christian Album
Hiding Place – Tori Kelly Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love – Snoop Dogg & Various Artists Gospel Greats – Aretha Franklin Unstoppable – Koryn Hawthorne Make Room – Jonathan McReynolds	This One’s For You – Luke Combs Rearview Town – Jason Aldean Kane Brown – Kane Brown Dan + Shay – Dan + Shay Cry Pretty – Carrie Underwood	Look Up Child – Lauren Daigle Reckless Love – Cory Asbury Burn the Ships – For King & Country There Is More – Hillsong Worship Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
Top Rap Album	Top Rock Album	Top Latin Album
Scorpion – Drake ? – XXXTentacion Astroworld – Travis Scott Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B	Pray For The Wicked – Panic! at the Disco Come Tomorrow – Dave Matthews Band Origins – Imagine Dragons Delta – Mumford & Sons Trench – Twenty One Pilots	Aura – Ozuna Real Hasta la Muerte – Anuel AA X 100pre – Bad Bunny Vibras – J Balvin F.A.M.E. – Maluma
Top Dance/Electronic Album	Top Streaming Song (Audio)	Top Streaming Song (Video)
Sick Boy – The Chainsmokers What Is Love? – Clean Bandit 7 – David Guetta Kids in Love – Kygo Major Lazer Essentials – Major Lazer	"Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "Lucid Dreams" – Juice Wrld "Better Now" – Post Malone "SAD!" – XXXTentacion	"In My Feelings" – Drake "Lucid Dreams" – Juice Wrld "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott "SAD!" – XXXTentacion
Top Collaboration	Top Radio Song	Top Selling Song
"Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "Love Lies" – Khalid and Normani "Psycho" – Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign "Happier" – Marshmello and Bastille	"Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "Love Lies" – Khalid and Normani "Better Now" – Post Malone "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey	"Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "In My Feelings" – Drake "Without Me" – Halsey "Shallow" – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Top Rap Song	Top Christian Song	Top Gospel Song
"I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "In My Feelings" – Drake "Lucid Dreams" – Juice Wrld "Better Now" – Post Malone "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott	"You Say" – Lauren Daigle "Reckless Love" – Cory Asbury "Joy" – For King & Country "Who You Say I Am" – Hillsong Worship "Known" – Tauren Wells	"Won't He Do It" – Koryn Hawthorne "Your Great Name" – Todd Dulaney "Never Alone" – Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin "Forever" – Jason Nelson "A Great Work" – Brian Courtney Wilson
Top R&B Song	Top Country Song	Top Rock Song
"Boo'd Up" – Ella Mai "No Brainer" – DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper & Quavo "Trip" – Ella Mai "Better" – Khalid "Freaky Friday" – Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown	"Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line "Heaven" – Kane Brown "She Got the Best of Me" – Luke Combs "Speechless" – Dan + Shay "Tequila" – Dan + Shay	"High Hopes" – Panic! at the Disco "Sit Next to Me" – Foster the People "Natural" – Imagine Dragons "Whatever It Takes" – Imagine Dragons "Broken" – Lovelytheband
Top Latin Song	Top Dance/Electronic Song	Icon Award
"Te Boté" – Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny & Ozuna "Mia" – Bad Bunny featuring Drake "Dura" – Daddy Yankee "Taki Taki" – DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B "X" – Nicky Jam and J Balvin	"The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey "Taki Taki" – DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B "One Kiss" – Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa "Happier" – Marshmello and Bastille "Jackie Chan" – Tiësto and Dzeko feat. Preme and Post Malone	Mariah Carey

Multiple nominations and awards

The following received multiple awards:

Twelve:

Drake

Six:

Cardi B

Four:

Maroon 5

Three:

Two:

The following received multiple nominations:

Twenty one:

Cardi B

Seventeen:

Twelve:

Travis Scott

Ten:

XXXTentacion

Nine:

Ariana Grande

Eight:

Seven:

Six:

Five:

Kane Brown

Four:

Three:

Two:

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v t e Billboard Music Awards
Awards	Top Artist Top New Artist Top Male Artist Top Female Artist Top Duo/Group Top Touring Artist Top Billboard 200 Artist Top Billboard 200 Album Top Hot 100 Artist Top Hot 100 Song Top Radio Songs Artist Top Radio Song Top Selling Song Top Selling Album Top Song Sales Artist Top Streaming Artist Top Streaming Song (Audio) Top Streaming Song (Video) Top Christian Artist Top Christian Song Top Christian Album Top Gospel Artist Top Gospel Song Top Gospel Album Top Country Artist Top Country Song Top Country Album Top Dance/Electronic Artist Top Dance/Electronic Song Top Dance/Electronic Album Top Latin Artist Top Latin Song Top Latin Album Top R&B Artist Top R&B Song Top R&B Album Top Rap Artist Top Rap Female Artist Top Rap Song Top Rap Album Top Rock Artist Top Rock Song Top Rock Album Top Soundtrack Top Social Artist Chart Achievement See full list
Special awards	Spotlight Award Icon Award Millennium Award
Awards ceremony	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Related	Billboard Touring Awards Billboard Women in Music Billboard Latin Music Awards Billboard Japan Music Awards

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2019 Billboard Music Awards
Date	May 1, 2019 (2019-05-01)
Location	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Country	Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 446: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Presented by	Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 446: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Host	Kelly Clarkson
Most awards	Drake (12)
Most nominations	Cardi B (21)
Official website	<strong%20class= "error"><span%20class="scribunto-error"%20id="mw-scribunto-error-2">Lua%20error%20in%20Module:Wikidata%20at%20line%20446:%20attempt%20to%20index%20field%20'wikibase'%20(a%20nil%20value). http://<strong%20class="error"><span%20class="scribunto-error"%20id="mw-scribunto-error-2">Lua%20error%20in%20Module:Wikidata%20at%20line%20446:%20attempt%20to%20index%20field%20'wikibase'%20(a%20nil%20value).
Television/Radio coverage
Network	NBC
Viewership	8.01 million
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