Over the weekend, the highly anticipated 2015 Billboard Music Awards went down at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and saw the gathering of who’s who in the American entertainment scene.
As expected, there were lot of it moments during the show, some of which include Nicki Minaj’s electrifying performance with David Guetta, Mariah Carey’s performance which reminded us that she’s still Queen, when Sam Smith received his award all the way from New York, Taylor Swift’s many moments including the premier of her Bad Blood video. Kanye West gave what can be classified only as a Kanye performance as he went raw in his full Yeezuz mode (censor be damned) performing All Day and Black Skinhead (if you weren’t on the look out for his album, you should be!)
It kinda hard to decide what to call the highlight of the show. Was it when See You Again collaborators Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth and Lindsey Stirling gave a tribute performance to fast and furious fallen hero Paul Walker which was prefaced by Furious cast Ludacris and Tyrese, who shouted out the late, great Paul Walker or when Empire went live on stage with a medley of performances from cast of the hit series. Gary (Hakeem) and Smollett (Jamal) performed You’re So Beautiful, but not before Smollett and Estelle killed their duet Conqueror.
Check out the full list of winners of the night:
TOP ARTIST
Ariana Grande
One Direction
Katy Perry
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift — WINNER
TOP COUNTRY ARTIST
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line — WINNER
Brantley Gilbert
Blake Shelton
BILLBOARD CHART ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG GALAXY (FAN-VOTED)
Iggy Azalea
Taylor Swift — WINNER
Meghan Trainor
TOP TOURING ARTIST
Lady Gaga
One Direction — WINNER
Katy Perry
The Rolling Stones
Justin Timberlake
TOP FEMALE ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
Ariana Grande
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift — WINNER
Meghan Trainor
TOP RADIO SONG
John Legend, All of Me — WINNER
MAGIC!, Rude
Nico & Vinz, Am I Wrong
Sam Smith, Stay With Me
Pharrell Williams, Happy
TOP MALE ARTIST
Drake
Pharrell Williams
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith — WINNER
Justin Timberlake
TOP RAP SONG
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, Fancy — WINNER
Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora, Black Widow
Big Sean feat. E-40, I Don’t F— With You
Nicki Minaj, Anaconda
Bobby Shmurda, Hot Boy
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM
Maroon 5, V
Pentatonix, That’s Christmas to Me
Ed Sheeran, x
Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
Taylor Swift, 1989 — WINNER
TOP DUO/GROUP
5 Seconds of Summer
Florida Georgia Line
MAGIC!
Maroon 5
One Direction — WINNER
TOP NEW ARTIST
5 Seconds of Summer
Iggy Azalea
Hozier
Sam Smith — WINNER
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TOP BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST
One Direction
Pentatonix
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift — WINNER
TOP HOT 100 ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
Ariana Grande
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift — WINNER
Meghan Trainor
TOP DIGITAL SONGS ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift — WINNER
Meghan Trainor
TOP RADIO SONGS ARTIST
John Legend
Maroon 5
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith — WINNER
Taylor Swift
TOP SOCIAL ARTIST
Justin Bieber — WINNER
Miley Cyrus
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
Taylor Swift
TOP STREAMING ARTIST
Iggy Azalea — WINNER
Ariana Grande
Nicki Minaj
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
TOP R&B ARTIST
Beyoncé
Chris Brown
John Legend
Trey Songz
Pharrell Williams — WINNER
TOP RAP ARTIST
Iggy Azalea — WINNER
J. Cole
Drake
Nicki Minaj
Rae Sremmurd
TOP ROCK ARTIST
Bastille
Coldplay
Fall Out Boy
Hozier — WINNER
Lorde
TOP LATIN ARTIST
J Balvin
Juan Gabriel
Enrique Iglesias
Prince Royce
Romeo Santos — WINNER
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST
Avicii
Clean Bandit
Disclosure
Calvin Harris — WINNER
Lindsey Stirling
TOP CHRISTIAN ARTIST
Casting Crowns
Hillsong United — WINNER
Lecrae
MercyMe
Newsboys
TOP SOUNDTRACK
The Fault in Our Stars
Fifty Shades of Grey
Frozen — WINNER
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix: Vol. 1
Into the Woods
TOP R&B ALBUM
Beyoncé, Beyoncé
Chris Brown, X
Michael Jackson, Xscape
John Legend, Love in the Future
Pharrell Williams, G I R L — WINNER
TOP RAP ALBUM
J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive — WINNER
Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint
Iggy Azalea, The New Classic
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2
TOP COUNTRY ALBUM
Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt — WINNER
Garth Brooks, Man Against Machine
Luke Bryan, Crash My Party
Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am
Miranda Lambert, Platinum
TOP ROCK ALBUM
AC/DC, Rock or Bust
The Black Keys, Turn Blue
Coldplay, Ghost Stories — WINNER
Hozier, Hozier
Lorde, Pure Heroine
TOP LATIN ALBUM
Juan Gabriel, Los Dúo
Enrique Iglesias, Sex and Love — WINNER
Romeo Santos, Formula: Vol. 2
Santana, Corazon
Marc Anthony, 3.0
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Avicii, True
Disclosure, Settle
Calvin Harris, Motion
Skrillex, Recess
Lindsey Stirling, Shatter Me — WINNER
TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUM
Lecrae, Anomaly — WINNER
Casting Crowns, Thrive
MercyMe, Welcome to the New
NEEDTOBREATHE, Rivers in the Wasteland
Chris Tomlin, Love Ran Red
TOP HOT 100 SONG
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, Fancy
John Legend, All of Me
Sam Smith, Stay With Me
Taylor Swift, Shake It Off
Meghan Trainor, All About That Bass
TOP DIGITAL SONG
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk!
Sam Smith, Stay With Me
Taylor Swift, Shake It Off
Meghan Trainor, All About That Bass — WINNER
Pharrell Williams, Happy
TOP STREAMING SONG (AUDIO)
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, Fancy
Hozier, Take Me to Church
John Legend, All of Me — WINNER
Sam Smith, Stay With Me
Tove Lo, Habits (Stay High)
TOP STREAMING SONG (VIDEO)
Idina Menzel, Let It Go
Bobby Shmurda, Hot Boy
Taylor Swift, Blank Space
Taylor Swift, Shake It Off — WINNER
Meghan Trainor, All About That Bass
TOP R&B SONG
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne, French Montana, Too $hort & Tyga, Loyal
Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz, Talk Dirty
Jeremih feat. YG, Don’t Tell ‘Em
John Legend, All of Me
Pharrell Williams, Happy — WINNER
TOP COUNTRY SONG
Jason Aldean, Burnin’ It Down — WINNER
Luke Bryan, Play It Again
Sam Hunt, Leave the Night On
Florida Georgia Line feat. Luke Bryan, This Is How We Roll
Florida Georgia Line, Dirt
TOP ROCK SONG
Bastille, Pompeii
Coldplay, A Sky Full of Stars
Fall Out Boy, Centuries
Hozier, Take Me to Church — WINNER
Paramore, Ain’t It Fun
TOP LATIN SONG
J Balvin feat. Farruko, 6 AM
Enrique Iglesias feat. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona, Bailando — WINNER
Romeo Santos, Eres MÃa
Romeo Santos feat. Drake, Odio
Romeo Santos, Propuesta Indecente
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC SONG
Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne, Rather Be
Disclosure feat. Sam Smith, Latch
DJ Snake & Lil Jon, Turn Down For What — WINNER
Ariana Grande feat. Zedd, Break Free
Calvin Harris, Summer
TOP CHRISTIAN SONG
Francesca Battistelli, He Knows My Name
Hillsong United, Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)
MercyMe, Greater
Newsboys, We Believe
Carrie Underwood, Something in the Water — WINNER
