It has not been a good couple of weeks months for Justin Bieber.
When it was announced that he won the Milestone award at Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards, he was interrupted by the sound of booing from the live audience at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Sure, there were a few shrieks from the “Beliebers,” but this might be a signal of sorts that Justin might be ready for a break. It also might mean that Billboard needs to rethink what (and who) they call “milestone.”
Other things that went down at the Tracy Morgan hosted party- Bruno Mars took us “back in time” with a FANTASTIC opening, Madonna showed us what we hope to look like at age 54 (she is in INCREDIBLE shape), Shania Twain presented the Best Rap Artist award (huh?) to Nicki Minaj, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis showed us why they are on fire right now and Prince closed with an awesome rendition of “Let’s Go Crazy.”
Don’t you just “love” awards shows?
Here is the complete list of winners:
Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift
Top Rap Artist: Nicki Minaj
Top Digital Song: “Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen
Top Rap Song: “Thrift Shop,” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Top Touring Artist: Madonna
Top Male Artist: Justin Bieber
Top EDM Artist: David Guetta
Top Hot 100 Song: “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye feat. Kimbra
Top Duo/Group: One Direction
Top New Artist: One Direction
Top Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist: Maroon 5
Top Billboard 200 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 Country Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Rock Artist: fun.
Top Latin Artist: Jenni Rivera
Top Dance Artist: Madonna
Top Christian Artist: tobyMac
Top Pop Album: 21, Adele
Top R&B Album: Unapologetic, Rihanna
Top Rap Album: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj
Top Country Album: Red, Taylor Swift
Top Rock Album: Babel, Mumford & Sons
Top Latin Album: La Misma Gran Señora, Jenni Rivera
Top Dance Album: MDNA, Madonna
Top EDM Album: Bangarang, Skrillex
Top Christian Album: Eye On It, tobyMac
Top Radio Song: “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye feat. Kimbra
Top Streaming Song (Audio): “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye feat. Kimbra
Top Steaming Song (Video): “Gangnam Style,” Psy
Top Pop Song: “Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen
Top R&B Song: “Diamonds,” Rihanna
Top Country Song: “We Are Never Getting Back Together,” Taylor Swift
Top Rock Song: “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye feat. Kimbra
Top Latin Song: “Ai Se Eu Te Pego,” Michel Teló
Top Dance Song: “Harlem Shake,” Baauer
Top EDM Song: “Harlem Shake,” Baauer
Top Christian Song: “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord),” Matt Redman
Milestone Award: Justin Bieber
Icon Award: Prince
