2019 Billboard Music Awards

2019 *Billboard* Music Awards
2019 Billboard Music Awards
Date	May 1, 2019
Location	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Hosted by	Kelly Clarkson
Most nominations	Cardi B (21)
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC

The 2019 Billboard Music Awards ceremony will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 1, 2019. It will air live on NBC and will be hosted by Kelly Clarkson.^[1]^[2] Mariah Carey will receive the Icon Award at this year's show.

Performers

Performer(s)	Song
Taylor Swift Brendon Urie	"Me!"^[3]
Kelly Clarkson	Medley: "Meant to Be" "Eastside" Boo'd Up" "Girls Like You" "The Middle" "One Kiss" "I Like It" "Love Lies" "High Hopes" "Tequila" "Material Girl" "Touch My Body"
Halsey	"Without Me"
Ciara	"Thinkin Bout You"^[4]
Dan + Shay Tori Kelly	"Speechless"
Jonas Brothers	"Jealous" "Cake by the Ocean" "Sucker"^[5]
Khalid	"Talk" "Better"^[6]
Ariana Grande	"7 Rings" (Pre-recorded from the Sweetener World Tour at Rogers Arena in Vancouver)^[7]
Madonna Maluma	"Medellín"^[8]
Lauren Daigle	"You Say"
BTS Halsey	"Boy with Luv"^[9]
Mariah Carey
Kelly Clarkson	"Broken & Beautiful"^[6]
Panic! at the Disco	"Hey Look Ma, I Made It"^[6]
Paula Abdul	Greatest Hits Medley^[10]

Nominations

The nominees for the five big categories were announced by Kelly Clarkson and Dan + Shay on April 4, 2019, on The Today Show, after which the remaining categories were revealed on Billboard Music Awards social media channels.^[11]^[12]

Top Artist	Top New Artist	Billboard Chart Achievement (fan-voted)
Ariana Grande Cardi B Drake Post Malone Travis Scott	Bazzi Dua Lipa Ella Mai Juice Wrld Lil Baby	Ariana Grande Dan + Shay Drake Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper Dua Lipa
Top Male Artist	Top Female Artist	Top Streaming Artist
Drake Ed Sheeran Post Malone Travis Scott XXXTentacion	Ariana Grande Cardi B Ella Mai Halsey Taylor Swift	Ariana Grande Cardi B Drake Post Malone XXXTentacion
Top Duo/Group	Top Billboard 200 Artist	Top Radio Songs Artist
BTS Dan + Shay Imagine Dragons Maroon 5 Panic! at the Disco	Ariana Grande Drake Post Malone Travis Scott XXXTentacion	Ariana Grande Cardi B Drake Post Malone Maroon 5
Top Billboard 200 Album	Top Hot 100 Artist	Top Social Artist (fan-voted)
? – XXXTentacion Astroworld – Travis Scott Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B Scorpion – Drake	Ariana Grande Cardi B Drake Juice Wrld Post Malone	BTS EXO GOT7 Ariana Grande Louis Tomlinson
Top Hot 100 Song	Top Song Sales Artist	Top Touring Artist
"Better Now" – Post Malone "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "Lucid Dreams" – Juice Wrld "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott	Ariana Grande Drake Imagine Dragons Lady Gaga Post Malone	Taylor Swift The Carters Bruno Mars Justin Timberlake Ed Sheeran
Top R&B Artist	Top R&B Male Artist	Top R&B Female Artist
H.E.R. Khalid Ella Mai The Weeknd XXXTentacion	Khalid The Weeknd XXXTentacion	H.E.R. Ella Mai Queen Naija
Top Rap Artist	Top Rap Male Artist	Top Rap Female Artist
Cardi B Drake Juice Wrld Post Malone Travis Scott	Drake Post Malone Travis Scott	Cardi B City Girls Nicki Minaj
Top R&B Tour	Top Rap Tour	Top Rock Tour
Bruno Mars Childish Gambino The Carters	The Carters Travis Scott Drake	Elton John U2 The Rolling Stones
Top Country Artist	Top Country Male Artist	Top Country Female Artist
Kane Brown Jason Aldean Luke Combs Florida Georgia Line Dan + Shay	Kane Brown Jason Aldean Luke Combs	Carrie Underwood Maren Morris Kacey Musgraves
Top Country Tour	Top Country Duo/Group	Top Rock Artist
Shania Twain Kenny Chesney Luke Bryan	Florida Georgia Line Dan + Shay Old Dominion	Panic! At the Disco Queen Imagine Dragons lovelytheband twenty one pilots
Top Dance/Electronic Artist	Top Latin Artist	Top Gospel Artist
Calvin Harris The Chainsmokers Kygo Marshmello ODESZA	J Balvin Romeo Santos Anuel AA Ozuna Bad Bunny	Tori Kelly Tasha Cobbs Leonard Marvin Sapp Koryn Hawthorne Kirk Franklin
Top Christian Artist	Top Soundtrack	Top R&B Album
for KING & COUNTRY Hillsong Worship Lauren Daigle MercyMe Cory Asbury	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bohemian Rhapsody The Greatest Showman A Star Is Born 13 Reasons Why: Season 2	17 – XXXTentacion Ella Mai – Ella Mai My Dear Melancholy – The Weeknd H.E.R. – H.E.R. American Teen – Khalid
Top Gospel Album	Top Country Album	Top Christian Album
Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love – Snoop Dogg & Various Artists Gospel Greats – Aretha Franklin Unstoppable – Koryn Hawthorne ''Hiding Place – Tori Kelly Make Room – Jonathan McReynolds	Rearview Town – Jason Aldean Kane Brown – Kane Brown This One’s For You – Luke Combs Dan + Shay – Dan + Shay Cry Pretty – Carrie Underwood	Reckless Love – Cory Asbury Look Up Child – Lauren Daigle Burn the Ships – for KING & COUNTRY There Is More – Hillsong Worship Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
Top Rap Album	Top Rock Album	Top Latin Album
? – XXXTentacion Astroworld – Travis Scott Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B Scorpion – Drake	Come Tomorrow – Dave Matthews Band Origins – Imagine Dragons Delta – Mumford & Sons Pray For The Wicked – Panic! at the Disco Trench – twenty one pilots	Real Hasta la Muerte – Anuel AA X 100pre – Bad Bunny Vibras – J Balvin F.A.M.E. – Maluma Aura – Ozuna
Top Dance/Electronic Album	Top Streaming Song (Audio)	Top Streaming Song (Video)
What Is Love? – Clean Bandit 7 – David Guetta Kids in Love – Kygo Major Lazer Essentials – Major Lazer Sick Boy – The Chainsmokers	"I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "Lucid Dreams" – Juice Wrld "Better Now" – Post Malone "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott "SAD!" – XXXTentacion	"In My Feelings" – Drake "Lucid Dreams" – Juice Wrld "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott "SAD!" – XXXTentacion
Top Collaboration	Top Radio Song	Top Selling Song
"I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "Love Lies" – Khalid and Normani "Psycho" – Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "Happier" – Marshmello and BΔSTILLE	"Love Lies" – Khalid and Normani "Better Now" – Post Malone "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey	"I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "In My Feelings" – Drake "Without Me" – Halsey "Shallow" – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
Top Rap Song	Top Christian Song	Top Gospel Song
"I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin "In My Feelings" – Drake "Lucid Dreams" – Juice Wrld "Better Now" – Post Malone "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott	"Reckless Love" – Cory Asbury "You Say" – Lauren Daigle "joy." – for KING & COUNTRY "Who You Say I Am" – Hillsong Worship "Known" – Tauren Wells	"Your Great Name" – Todd Dulaney "Won’t He Do It" – Koryn Hawthorne "Never Alone" – Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin "Forever" – Jason Nelson "A Great Work" – Brian Courtney Wilson
Top R&B Song	Top Country Song	Top Rock Song
"No Brainer" – DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper & Quavo "Boo'd Up" – Ella Mai "Trip" – Ella Mai "Better" – Khalid "Freaky Friday" – Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown	"Heaven" – Kane Brown "She Got the Best of Me" – Luke Combs "Speechless" – Dan + Shay "Tequila" – Dan + Shay "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line	"Sit Next to Me" – Foster the People "Natural" – Imagine Dragons "Whatever It Takes" – Imagine Dragons "broken" – lovelytheband "High Hopes" – Panic! at the Disco
Top Latin Song	Top Dance/Electronic Song	Icon Award
"Mia" – Bad Bunny featuring Drake "Dura" – Daddy Yankee "Taki Taki" – DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B "X" – Nicky Jam and J Balvin "Te Boté" – Casper Magico, Nio García and Darell	"Taki Taki" – DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B "One Kiss" – Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa "Happier" – Marshmello and BΔSTILLE "Jackie Chan" – Tiësto and Dzeko feat. Preme and Post Malone "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey	Mariah Carey

Multiple nominations and awards

The following received multiple nominations:

Twenty one:

Cardi B

Seventeen:

Twelve:

Travis Scott

Ten:

XXXTentacion

Nine:

Ariana Grande

Eight:

Seven:

Six:

Five:

Kane Brown

Four:

Three:

Two:

References

^ Pasquini, Maria (March 1, 2019). "Kelly Clarkson Returns to Host the 2019 Billboard Music Awards: 'I'm Back for More'". People. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
^ "Kelly Clarkson, Dan + Shay to Announce 2019 Billboard Music Award Nominees". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
^ Awards, Billboard Music (2019-04-26). ".@taylorswift13 will open the #BBMAs with the worldwide premiere performance of "ME!" featuring Brendon Urie of @PanicAtTheDisco. LIVE May 1 on NBC.pic.twitter.com/Nc3xfQExiI". @BBMAs. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
^ DeSantis, Rachel (April 23, 2019). "Halsey, Dan + Shay, Ciara and Tori Kelly to Perform at 2019 Billboard Music Awards". People. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
^ Billboard Staff (April 18, 2019). "Jonas Brothers to Perform at 2019 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Aniftos, Rania (April 9, 2019). "Kelly Clarkson, Lauren Daigle, Khalid, Panic! at the Disco, Sam Smith & Normani to Perform at 2019 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
^ Aniftos, Rania (April 29, 2019). "Ariana Grande Teams With T-Mobile for '7 Rings' Performance at 2019 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
^ Billboard Staff (April 19, 2019). "Madonna and Maluma to Perform 'Medellin' at 2019 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
^ Oliver, David (April 14, 2019). "'SNL' shines spotlight on K-pop sensation BTS, group to perform at Billboard Music Awards". US Today. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
^ Aniftos, Rania (April 25, 2019). "Paula Abdul to Perform Medley of Her Biggest Hits at 2019 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
^ Warner, Denise (April 4, 2019). "Cardi B Leads 2019 Billboard Music Awards Nominations With 21". billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
^ "Billboard Music Awards: Photos of the 2019 Nominees". billboard. April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2019.

[1] Pasquini, Maria (March 1, 2019). "Kelly Clarkson Returns to Host the 2019 Billboard Music Awards: 'I'm Back for More'". People. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

[2] "Kelly Clarkson, Dan + Shay to Announce 2019 Billboard Music Award Nominees". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.

[3] Awards, Billboard Music (2019-04-26). ".@taylorswift13 will open the #BBMAs with the worldwide premiere performance of "ME!" featuring Brendon Urie of @PanicAtTheDisco. LIVE May 1 on NBC.pic.twitter.com/Nc3xfQExiI". @BBMAs. Retrieved 2019-04-26.

[People-4] DeSantis, Rachel (April 23, 2019). "Halsey, Dan + Shay, Ciara and Tori Kelly to Perform at 2019 Billboard Music Awards". People. Retrieved April 23, 2019.

[5] Billboard Staff (April 18, 2019). "Jonas Brothers to Perform at 2019 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2019.

[Clarkson-6] Aniftos, Rania (April 9, 2019). "Kelly Clarkson, Lauren Daigle, Khalid, Panic! at the Disco, Sam Smith & Normani to Perform at 2019 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2019.

[7] Aniftos, Rania (April 29, 2019). "Ariana Grande Teams With T-Mobile for '7 Rings' Performance at 2019 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2019.

[8] Billboard Staff (April 19, 2019). "Madonna and Maluma to Perform 'Medellin' at 2019 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2019.

[9] Oliver, David (April 14, 2019). "'SNL' shines spotlight on K-pop sensation BTS, group to perform at Billboard Music Awards". US Today. Retrieved April 14, 2019.

[10] Aniftos, Rania (April 25, 2019). "Paula Abdul to Perform Medley of Her Biggest Hits at 2019 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2019.

[11] Warner, Denise (April 4, 2019). "Cardi B Leads 2019 Billboard Music Awards Nominations With 21". billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

[12] "Billboard Music Awards: Photos of the 2019 Nominees". billboard. April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2019.

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