Billboard Music Award
The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by Billboard magazine, the preeminent publication covering the music business. The Billboard Music Awards show had been held annually in December until it went dormant in 2007, but it returned in May 2011.[1] Janet Jackson has won the most awards.
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[edit] Award process
Unlike other awards, such as the Grammy Award, which determine nominations as a result of the highest votes received, the Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on year-end chart performance according to Nielsen data for sales, downloads and airplay. Awards were given for the top album/artist/single in different genres. Since 1992, the awards also give out a Billboard Century Award—the magazine's highest honor for creative achievement and named for Billboard's centennial in 1994. The award was renamed the Icon Award in 2011.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Categories
From 1990–2006, the show had the same categories and category names every year. In 2011, for the first time, all of the awards were renamed to "Top [award title]". The "of the year" portion of each category title no longer exists, and many of the awards have been further renamed. Other awards, including both "crossover" awards (No. 1 Classical Crossover Artist and No. 1 Classical Crossover Album) were discontinued.
[edit] Current categories
- Album of the Year
- Artist of the Year
- Breakout Artist (Since 2011)
- Century Award (2011: renamed to Icon Award)
- Christian Artist
- Christian Song
- Concert Venue Award
- Country Album
- Country Artist
- Digital Track
- Duo/Group of the Year
- Female Artist of the Year
- Hot 100 Airplay Single of The Year
- Hot 100 Female Artist
- Hot 100 Group
- Hot 100 Male Artist
- Hot 100 Producer
- Hot 100 Single of the Year
- Hot 100 Songwriter
- Latin Album
- Latin Artist
- Latin Song
- Mainstream Top 40 Track
- Male Artist of the Year
- Millennium Award (Since 2011)
- New Male R&B Artist
- New R&B Artist
- R&B Artist
- R&B Producer
- R&B Songwriter
- R&B/Hip-Hop Group
- Rap Artist
- Touring Venue Award
[edit] Defunct categories (1990–2006)
- New Male Artist
- New Female Artist
- New Group of the Year
- Modern Rock Artist
- Modern Rock Track
- No. 1 Classical Crossover Artist
- No. 1 Classical Crossover Album
- Independent Album Artists
- Independent Album
- Bestselling Single
- No. 1 Rhythmic Top 40 Title
- Soundtrack Single
[edit] Recipients
[edit] Artist of the Year awards
- 1990: M.C. Hammer
- 1991: Mariah Carey
- 1993: Garth Brooks
- 1994: Ace of Base
- 1995: TLC
- 1996: Alanis Morissette
- 1997: LeAnn Rimes
- 1998: Usher
- 1999: Backstreet Boys
- 2000: Destiny's Child
- 2001: Britney Spears
- 2002: Nelly
- 2003: 50 Cent
- 2004: Usher
- 2005: 50 Cent
- 2006: Chris Brown
- 2007: Akon*
- 2008: Chris Brown*
- 2009: Taylor Swift*
- 2010: Lady Gaga*
- 2011: Eminem
- * received from Billboard magazine at the end of the year (no award show)
[edit] Billboard Century Awards
- 1992: George Harrison
- 1993: Buddy Guy
- 1994: Billy Joel
- 1995: Joni Mitchell
- 1996: Carlos Santana
- 1997: Chet Atkins
- 1998: James Taylor
- 1999: Emmylou Harris
- 2000: Randy Newman
- 2001: John Mellencamp
- 2002: Annie Lennox
- 2003: Sting
- 2004: Stevie Wonder
- 2005: Tom Petty
- 2006: Tony Bennett
- 2007–2010: no award
[edit] Icon Award
- 2011: Neil Diamond
[edit] Billboard Millennium Award
- 2011: Beyoncé Knowles
[edit] Artist of the Decade
- 1999: Mariah Carey
- 2009: Eminem
[edit] Award record-holders
[edit] Artists with the most total wins
| Artist | Number of awards |
| Janet Jackson | 33 |
| Michael Jackson | 31 |
| Whitney Houston | 30 |
| Mariah Carey | 30 |
| Garth Brooks | 25 |
| Backstreet Boys | 24 |
| Usher | 22 |
| Mary J. Blige | 20 |
| Britney Spears | 20 |
| Destiny's Child | 19 |
| Lady Gaga | 19 |
| Rihanna | 18 |
| Eminem | 17 |
| Madonna | 16 |
| Carrie Underwood | 16 |
| Enrique Iglesias | 16 |
| Taylor Swift | 14 |
| Kelly Clarkson | 12 |
| LeAnn Rimes | 12 |
| Adele | 11 |
| Beyoncé Knowles | 11 |
| Katy Perry | 10 |
| Alicia Keys | 10 |
[edit] Most awards in a single year
| Artist | Number of awards |
Year |
| Usher | 14 | 2004 |
| Michael Jackson | 13 | 1983 |
| Adele | 11 | 2011 |
| Whitney Houston | 11 | 1993 |
| Kelly Clarkson | 11 | 2005 |
| Janet Jackson | 10 | 1990 |
| Destiny's Child | 9 | 2001 |
| Mary J. Blige | 9 | 2006 |
| Lady Gaga | 9 | 2009 |
| Ke$ha | 8 | 2010 |
| Ashanti | 8 | 2002 |
| Britney Spears | 8 | 2011 |
| Alicia Keys | 8 | 2004 |
[edit] Most wins within a category
| Artist | Category |
| Michael Jackson | Male artist |
| Backstreet Boys | Group |
| Rihanna | International artist |
| Garth Brooks | Country artist |
| Eminem | Rap artist |
[edit] The awards show
Since its inception (created by Rick Garson), the BMAs had been telecast on the Fox network; however due to contractual expirations and other unforeseen circumstances, the awards were canceled for 2007. Plans for a new version of the awards in 2008 (in association with AEG Live) fell through, and the BMAs were not held until 2011.
On February 17, 2011, Billboard announced that it would bring the BMAs back to television, moving from its original home on Fox to its new network, ABC, on May 22, 2011.[2]
[edit] Venues
- 1990–1991: The first two years were shot at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, and aired later.
From 1992 onwards, the shows have been live:
- 1992–1994: The Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles
- 1995: The (now demolished) Coliseum in New York City.
Then the BMAs became the first awards show to move to Las Vegas:
- 1996: Center for Performing Arts and the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas
- 1997–2006: MGM Grand Garden Arena.
- 2007–2010: There was no venue for 2007 as that year's ceremony was canceled, and no awards were held until 2011.
- 2011: The awards show returned to the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
[edit] Hosts
- 1990: Paul Shaffer and Morris Day (with Jerome Benton)
- 1991: Paul Shaffer
- 1992: Phil Collins
- 1993: Phil Collins
- 1994: Dennis Miller & Heather Locklear
- 1995: Jon Stewart
- 1996: Chris Rock
- 1997: David Spade
- 1998: Kathy Griffin & Andy Dick
- 1999: Kathy Griffin & Adam Corolla
- 2000: Kathy Griffin & *NSYNC
- 2001: Bernie Mac
- 2002: Cedric the Entertainer
- 2003: Ryan Seacrest with Nick Lachey & Jessica Simpson
- 2004: Ryan Seacrest
- 2005: LL Cool J
- 2006: no host
- 2007–2010: no awards
- 2011: Ken Jeong
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- ^ Nick Goumond (2011-04-14), Rihanna, Eminem, Lady Gaga score double digit Billboard Music Awards noms, goldderby.com, http://www.goldderby.com/music/news/1397/rihanna-eminem-lady-gaga-score-double-digit-billboard-music-awards-noms.html, retrieved 2011-04-16
- ^ Billboard Music Awards To Air Live From Las Vegas On ABC May 22 Billboard (February 17, 2011)
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