On Sunday, May 19, the annual Billboard Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The awards honor creativity and achievement in the music industry. This year's event saw Taylor Swift pick up eight awards and Rihanna dominate R&B; a list of some of the night's big winners can be found below.
One of the night's biggest winners was American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, who picked up eight awards - Artist of the Year, Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Country Artist and Top Digital Songs Artist, and her 2012 LP "Red" won Top Billboard 200 Album and Top Country Album, while her hit single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" from "Red" took Top Country Song.
Elsewhere Rihanna picked up awards in the categories Top Radio Artist and Top R&B Artist, while Gotye received the award for "Top Hot 100 Song" for his hit track "Somebody That I Used To Know (Feat. Kimbra)."
A list of some of the night's biggest winners can be found below and a complete list of all of this year's Billboard Music Award winners can be found at billboard.com/bbma/winners.
Billboard Music Awards 2013
Top artist - Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 song - "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye feat. Kimbra
Top Billboard 200 album - "Red" - Taylor Swift
Top country album - "Red" - Taylor Swift
Top duo/group - One Direction
Top new artist - One Direction
Top touring artist - Madonna
Top male artist - Justin Bieber
Top female artist - Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 artist - Maroon 5
Top Billboard 200 artist - Taylor Swift
Top digital songs artist - Taylor Swift
Top radio songs artist - Rihanna
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
The awards honor creativity and achievement in the music industry. This year's event saw Taylor Swift pick up eight awards and Rihanna dominate R&B; a list of some of the night's big winners can be found below.
One of the night's biggest winners was American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, who picked up eight awards - Artist of the Year, Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Country Artist and Top Digital Songs Artist, and her 2012 LP "Red" won Top Billboard 200 Album and Top Country Album, while her hit single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" from "Red" took Top Country Song.
Elsewhere Rihanna picked up awards in the categories Top Radio Artist and Top R&B Artist, while Gotye received the award for "Top Hot 100 Song" for his hit track "Somebody That I Used To Know (Feat. Kimbra)."
A list of some of the night's biggest winners can be found below and a complete list of all of this year's Billboard Music Award winners can be found at billboard.com/bbma/winners.
Billboard Music Awards 2013
Top artist - Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 song - "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye feat. Kimbra
Top Billboard 200 album - "Red" - Taylor Swift
Top country album - "Red" - Taylor Swift
Top duo/group - One Direction
Top new artist - One Direction
Top touring artist - Madonna
Top male artist - Justin Bieber
Top female artist - Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 artist - Maroon 5
Top Billboard 200 artist - Taylor Swift
Top digital songs artist - Taylor Swift
Top radio songs artist - Rihanna
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
