It was a massive night for the Billboard Music Awards on May 18. Justin Timberlake walked home with seven awards throughout the night, Robin Thicke debuted a love song for his wife on stage, oh… and Michael Jackson returned. Well, sort of.
The award show handed out 19 awards throughout the night, including the Milestone Award (to Carrie Underwood) and the Icon Award (to Jennifer Lopez.) Imagine Dragons raked up five awards for Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Duo/Group and Top Rock Artist. The summer hit “Blurred Lines” earned four awards, including Top Radio Song and Top Hot 100 Song.
The night was full of rare performances including the use of hologram technology to bring Michael Jackson back to life. The King of Pop performed “Slave to the Rhythm” with backup dancers and an elaborate stage set up. Other performances included a satellite-streamed “Birthday” performance from Katy Perry, a Carrie Underwood/Miranda Lambert duet for “Somethin’ Bad” and a trippy rendition of “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” from Miley Cyrus. OneRepublic played their last TV performance of “Counting Stars,” after Ryan Tedder admitted the song is being retired from their live TV repertoire.
On the country side, Luke Bryan performed his hit “Play it Again” and teamed up with Florida Georgia Line for a “This is How We Roll” duet.
Top Artist:
Miley Cyrus
Imagine Dragons
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Justin Timberlake
Top New Artist:
Bastille
Capital Cities
Ariana Grande
Lorde
Passenger
Top Male Artist:
Luke Bryan
Drake
Eminem
Bruno Mars
Justin Timberlake
Top Female Artist:
Beyonce
Miley Cyrus
Lorde
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Duo/Group:
Florida Georgia Line
Imagine Dragons
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
One Direction
OneRepublic
Top Billboard 200 Artist:
Beyonce
Luke Bryan
Eminem
One Direction
Justin Timberlake
Top Hot 100 Artist:
Miley Cyrus
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Katy Perry
Justin Timberlake
Top Digital Songs Artist:
Miley Cyrus
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Katy Perry
Top Radio Songs Artist:
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Justin Timberlake
Top Touring Artist:
Beyonce
Bon Jovi
P!nk
Rihanna
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Top Social Artist:
Justin Bieber
Miley Cyrus
One Direction
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Top Streaming Artist:
Miley Cyrus
Imagine Dragons
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Katy Perry
PSY
Top R&B Artist:
Beyonce
Pharrell Williams
Rihanna
Robin Thicke
Justin Timberlake
Top Rap Artist:
Drake
Eminem
Jay Z
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Pitbull
Top Country Artist:
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line
Darius Rucker
Blake Shelton
Taylor Swift
Top Rock Artist:
Capital Cities
Fall Out Boy
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Passenger
Top Latin Artist:
Marc Anthony
Gerardo Ortiz
Jenni Rivera
Prince Royce
Romeo Santos
Top Dance/Electronic Artist:
Avicii
Daft Punk
Calvin Harris
Lady Gaga
Zedd
Top Billboard 200 Album:
Beyonce, Beyonce
Luke Bryan, Crash My Party
Drake, Nothing Was The Same
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience
Top R&B Album:
Beyonce, Beyonce
R. Kelly, Black Panties
Robin Thicke, Blurred Lines
Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience
Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience (2 of 2)
Top Rap Album:
J. Cole, Born Sinner
Drake, Nothing Was The Same
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Jay Z, Magna Carta…Holy Grail
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Heist
Top Country Album:
Garth Brooks, Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences
Luke Bryan, Crash My Party
Florida Georgia Line, Here’s To The Good Time
The Robertsons, Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas
Blake Shelton, Based On A True Story
Top Rock Album:
Lana Del Rey, Born To Die
Fall Out Boy, Save Rock And Roll
Imagine Dragons, Night Visions
Lorde, Pure Heroine
Mumford & Sons, Babel
Top Hot 100 Aong:
Miley Cyrus, Wrecking Ball
Imagine Dragons, Radioactive
Lorde, Royals
Katy Perry, Roar
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams, Blurred Lines
Top Digital Song:
Imagine Dragons, Radioactive
Lorde, Royals
OneRepublic, Counting Stars
Katy Perry, Roar
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams, Blurred Lines
Top Radio Song:
Avicii, Wake Me Up!
Lorde, Royals
Katy Perry, Roar
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams, Blurred Lines
Justin Timberlake, Mirrors
Top R&B Song:
Beyonce Feat. Jay Z, Drunk In Love
Drake Featuring Majid Jordan, Hold On, We’re Going Home
Pharrell Williams, Happy
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams, Blurred Lines
Justin Timberlake Feat. Jay Z, Suit & Tie
Top Rap Song:
Eminem Featuring Rihanna, The Monster
Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake, Holy Grail
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Ray Dalton, Can’t Hold Us
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz, Thrift Shop
Pitbull Featuring Ke$ha, Timber
Top Country Song:
Luke Bryan, Crash My Party
Luke Bryan, That’s My Kind Of Night
Florida Georgia Line Featuring Nelly, Cruise
Darius Rucker, Wagon Wheel
Blake Shelton Featuring Pistol Annies & Friends, Boys ‘Round Here
Top Rock Song:
Capital Cities, Safe And Sound
Imagine Dragons, Demons
Imagine Dragons, Radioactive
Lorde, Royals
Passenger, Let Her Go
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