Billboard Music Awards 2022: Olivia Rodrigo, Drake and BTS win big

While it was The Weeknd and Doja Cat who entered Sunday's Billboard Music Awards as the frontrunners, with 17 and 14 nominations respectively, Drake and Olivia Rodrigo came out on top with top artist and top new artist awards. The ceremony, which was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and hosted by rapper P Diddy, celebrates the music industry's chart-topping artists. It includes material released by artists between April 10, 2021 and March 26, 2022. Big-name celebrities attended the event, although there were some notable absences, including Rodrigo and Kanye West, who now goes by the name of Ye. Awards were presented in 62 categories, with 54 being given out in a non-televised portion via a TikTok live stream. Rodrigo won several more awards, including Top Female Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist and Top Streaming Songs Artist. Top Duo/Group went to K-pop band BTS , who also won Top Song Sales Artist. Doja Cat also did well, winning Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Female Artist and Top R&B Album for Planet Her . Meanwhile, Ye won a handful of gongs, too, with Top Christian Artist, Top Gospel Artist and Top Christian Album for Donda . Doja Cat Drake - WINNER Olivia Rodrigo Taylor Swift The Weeknd Giveon Masked Wolf Olivia Rodrigo - WINNER Pooh Shiesty The Kid LAROI Drake - WINNER Ed Sheeran Justin Bieber Lil Nas X The Weeknd Adele Doja Cat Dua Lipa Olivia Rodrigo - WINNER Taylor Swift BTS - WINNER Glass Animals Imagine Dragons Migos Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) Adele Drake Juice WRLD Morgan Wallen Taylor Swift - WINNER Doja Cat Drake Justin Bieber Olivia Rodrigo - WINNER The Weeknd Doja Cat Drake Lil Nas X Olivia Rodrigo - WINNER The Weeknd Adele BTS - WINNER Dua Lipa Ed Sheeran Walker Hayes Doja Cat Ed Sheeran Justin Bieber Olivia Rodrigo - WINNER The Weeknd Doja Cat Ed Sheeran Justin Bieber Olivia Rodrigo - WINNER The Weeknd BTS Dua Lipa Ed Sheeran - WINNER Olivia Rodrigo The Weeknd 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 Doja Cat - WINNER Givēon Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) Summer Walker The Weeknd Givēon Khalid The Weeknd - WINNER Doja Cat - WINNER Summer Walker SZA Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars at Park MGM) - WINNER Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021) Usher (The Vegas Residency) Drake - WINNER Juice WRLD Lil Baby Moneybagg Yo Polo G Drake - WINNER Juice WRLD Polo G Cardi B Latto Megan Thee Stallion - WINNER J. Cole (The Off-Season Tour) Lil Baby (The Back Outside Tour) Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021) - WINNER Chris Stapleton Luke Combs Morgan Wallen Taylor Swift - WINNER Walker Hayes Chris Stapleton Luke Combs Morgan Wallen - WINNER Carrie Underwood Miranda Lambert Taylor Swift - WINNER Dan + Shay - WINNER Florida Georgia Line Zac Brown Band Luke Bryan (Proud to Be Right Here Tour) Eric Church (Gather Again Tour) - WINNER Chris Stapleton (All-American Road Show Tour) Glass Animals - WINNER Imagine Dragons Machine Gun Kelly Maneskin Twenty one pilots Genesis (The Last Domino? Tour) Green Day, Fall Out Boy & Weezer (The Hella Mega Tour) The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour) - WINNER Bad Bunny - WINNER Farruko Kali Uchis Karol G Rauw Alejandro Bad Bunny - WINNER Farruko Rauw Alejandro Kali Uchis - WINNER Karol G Rosalía Calibre 5 Eslabon Armado - WINNER Grupo Firme Bad Bunny (El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo) Enrique Iglesias & Ricky Martin (Live in Concert) Los Bukis (Una Historia Cantada Tour) - WINNER Calvin Harris David Guetta Lady Gaga - WINNER Marshmello Tiësto Carrie Underwood Elevation Worship for King & Country Lauren Daigle Ye - WINNER CeCe Winans Elevation Worship Kirk Franklin Maverick City Music Ye - WINNER Adele, 3 Doja Cat, Planet Her Drake, Certified Lover Boy Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR - WINNER Arcane League of Legends Encanto - WINNER In The Heights Sing 2 tick, tick…BOOM! Doja Cat, Planet Her - WINNER Givēon, When It’s All Said and Done…Take Time Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak), An Evening With Silk Sonic Summer Walker, Still Over It The Weeknd, Dawn FM Drake, Certified Lover Boy - WINNER Moneybagg Yo, A Gangsta’s Pain Rod Wave, SoulFly The Kid LAROI, F*ck Love Ye, Donda Florida Georgia Line, Life Rolls On Lee Brice, Hey World Taylor Swift, Fearless (Taylor’s Version) Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version) - WINNER Walker Hayes, Country Stuff: The Album AJR, OK Orchestra Coldplay, Music of the Spheres Imagine Dragons, Mercury – Act John Mayer, Sob Rock Twenty one pilots, Scaled and Icy - WINNER Eslabon Armado, Corta Venas J Balvin, Jose Kali Uchis, Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞ Karol G, KG051 - WINNER Rauw Alejandro, Vice Versa C418, Minecraft – Volume Alpha FKA twigs, Caprisongs Illenium, Fallen Embers - WINNER Porter Robinson, Nurture Rüfüs Du Sol, Surrender Carrie Underwood, My Savior CeCe Winans, Believe for It Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music, Old Church Basement Phil Wickham, Hymn of Heaven Ye, Donda - WINNER CeCe Winans, Believe for It Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music, Old Church Basement Maverick City Music, Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition Maverick City Music & Upperroom , move your heart. Ye, Donda - WINNER Doja Cat ft. SZA, Kiss Me More Dua Lipa, Levitating Olivia Rodrigo, good 4 u The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, Stay - WINNER The Weeknd and Ariana Grande, Save Your Tears Dua Lipa, Levitating Glass Animals, Heat Waves Olivia Rodrigo, good 4 u The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, Stay - WINNER The Weeknd and Ariana Grande, Save Your Tears

Billboard Music Awards 2022: Olivia Rodrigo, Drake and BTS win big

The awards ceremony was held on Sunday in Las Vegas