2017 Billboard Music Awards

2017 Billboard Music Awards
Date	May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)
Location	T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Hosted by	Ludacris Vanessa Hudgens
Most awards	Drake (13)
Most nominations	The Chainsmokers (22) Drake (22)
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC

The 2017 Billboard Music Awards was held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on May 21, 2017. The list of nominees was announced on April 10, 2017. Non-televised awards were announced on Billboard website the same day as the main ceremony.

Performances

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Nicki Minaj Jason Derulo David Guetta Lil Wayne	"No Frauds" "Light My Body Up" "Swalla" "Regret In Your Tears"
Camila Cabello	"I Have Questions" "Crying in the Club"
The Chainsmokers	"Young"
Julia Michaels	"Issues"
Ed Sheeran	"Castle on the Hill"[a]
Miley Cyrus	"Malibu"
Lorde	"Green Light"
Sam Hunt	"Body Like a Back Road"
Celine Dion	"My Heart Will Go On"
Imagine Dragons	"Believer"
Drake	"Gyalchester"[b]
Halsey	"Now or Never"
Florida Georgia Line John Legend	"Surefire" "H.O.L.Y."
Cher	"Believe" "If I Could Turn Back Time"
Bruno Mars	"Versace on the Floor"[c]

Notes

• ^{^[a]} Sheeran's performance was pre-recorded at Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile
• ^{^[b]} Drake's performance was pre-recorded at The Fountains of Bellagio
• ^{^[c]} Mars' performance was pre-recorded at Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Presenters

• Ed Helms
• Kevin Hart
• G-Eazy
• Ashley Tisdale
• Kate Beckinsale
• Rita Ora
• Bebe Rexha
• DJ Khaled
• Mark Cuban
• Sara Foster
• Rachel Lindsay
• Savvy Shields
• Billy Ray Cyrus
• Noah Cyrus
• Josh Duhamel
• Hailee Steinfeld
• Alexandra Daddario
• Ansel Elgort
• Sean "Diddy" Combs
• Lindsey Stirling
• Logan Paul
• Lea Michele
• Nicole Scherzinger
• Jussie Smollett
• Rachel Platten
• Chris Daughtry
• Olivia Munn
• Dan Reynolds
• Gwen Stefani
• Prince Michael Jackson

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed in bold.

Top Artist	Top New Artist
Drake Adele Beyoncé Justin Bieber The Chainsmokers Ariana Grande Shawn Mendes Rihanna Twenty One Pilots The Weeknd	Zayn Alessia Cara Desiigner Lil Uzi Vert Lukas Graham
Top Female Artist	Top Male Artist
Beyoncé Adele Ariana Grande Rihanna Sia	Drake Justin Bieber Future Shawn Mendes The Weeknd
Top Duo/Group	Billboard Chart Achievement (Fan-voted)
Twenty One Pilots The Chainsmokers Coldplay Florida Georgia Line Guns N' Roses	Twenty One Pilots Luke Bryan Nicki Minaj The Chainsmokers The Weeknd
Top Billboard 200 Artist	Top Billboard 200 Album
Drake Beyoncé Prince Twenty One Pilots The Weeknd	Views – Drake Anti – Rihanna Blurryface – Twenty One Pilots Lemonade – Beyoncé Starboy – The Weeknd
Top Hot 100 Artist	Top Hot 100 Song
Drake The Chainsmokers Rihanna Twenty One Pilots The Weeknd	"Closer" – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Can't Stop the Feeling!" – Justin Timberlake "Don't Let Me Down" – The Chainsmokers featuring Daya "Heathens" – Twenty One Pilots "One Dance" – Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
Top Song Sales Artist	Top Selling Song
Drake The Chainsmokers Prince Justin Timberlake Twenty One Pilots	"Can't Stop the Feeling!" – Justin Timberlake "Closer" – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Don't Let Me Down" – The Chainsmokers featuring Daya "Heathens" – Twenty One Pilots "One Dance" – Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
Top Radio Songs Artist	Top Radio Song
Twenty One Pilots Justin Bieber The Chainsmokers Drake Rihanna	"Can't Stop the Feeling!" – Justin Timberlake "Cheap Thrills" – Sia featuring Sean Paul "Closer" – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Don't Let Me Down" – The Chainsmokers featuring Daya "One Dance" – Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
Top Collaboration	Top Streaming Artist
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey, "Closer" The Chainsmokers featuring Daya, "Don’t Let Me Down" Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla, "One Dance" Sia featuring Sean Paul, "Cheap Thrills" The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk, "Starboy"	Drake The Chainsmokers Desiigner Rihanna Twenty One Pilots
Top Streaming Song (Audio)	Top Streaming Song (Video)
"One Dance" – Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla "Broccoli" – D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty "Closer" – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Needed Me" – Rihanna "Starboy" – The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk	Desiigner, "Panda" The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey, "Closer" Zay Hilfigerr & Zayion McCall, "Juju on That Beat (TZ Anthem)" Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane, "Black Beatles" Twenty One Pilots, "Heathens"
Top Touring Artist	Top Social Artist (Fan-voted)
Beyoncé Justin Bieber Coldplay Guns N' Roses Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band	BTS Justin Bieber Ariana Grande Shawn Mendes Selena Gomez
Top Christian Artist	Top Christian Song
Lauren Daigle Hillsong Worship Hillary Scott & the Family Skillet Chris Tomlin	"Thy Will" – Hillary Scott & the Family "Trust In You" – Lauren Daigle "Feel Invincible" – Skillet "Eye of the Storm" – Ryan Stevenson featuring GabeReal "Chain Breaker" – Zach Williams
Top Christian Album	Top Gospel Artist
How Can It Be – Lauren Daigle Hymns That Are Important to Us – Joey + Rory Love Remains – Hillary Scott & the Family The Very Next Thing – Casting Crowns Unleashed – Skillet	Kirk Franklin Jekalyn Carr Travis Greene Tamela Mann Hezekiah Walker
Top Gospel Song	Top Gospel Album
“Made a Way” – Travis Greene “You're Bigger” – Jekalyn Carr "Put a Praise On It" – Tasha Cobbs featuring Kierra Sheard "Wanna Be Happy?" – Kirk Franklin "Better" – Hezekiah Walker	One Way – Tamela Mann Better: Azusa - The Next Generation 2 – Hezekiah Walker Losing My Religion – Kirk Franklin The Hill – Travis Greene One Place Live – Tasha Cobbs
Top Country Artist	Top Country Song
Blake Shelton Florida Georgia Line Keith Urban Chris Stapleton Jason Aldean	Florida Georgia Line, "H.O.L.Y." Kenny Chesney featuring P!nk, "Setting the World on Fire" Florida Georgia Line featuring Tim McGraw, "May We All" Little Big Town, "Better Man" Keith Urban, "Blue Ain't Your Color"
Top Country Album	Top Country Collaboration
Traveller – Chris Stapleton Dig Your Roots – Florida Georgia Line If I'm Honest – Blake Shelton Ripcord – Keith Urban They Don't Know – Jason Aldean	Kenny Chesney featuring P!nk, "Setting the World on Fire" Dierks Bentley featuring Elle King, "Different for Girls" Eric Church featuring Rhiannon Giddens, "Kill a Word" Florida Georgia Line featuring Tim McGraw, "May We All" Chris Young featuring Vince Gill, "Sober Saturday Night"
Top Country Tour	Top Dance/Electronic Artist
Kenny Chesney Luke Bryan Dixie Chicks	The Chainsmokers Calvin Harris Major Lazer DJ Snake Lindsey Stirling
Top Dance/Electronic Song	Top Dance/Electronic Album
"Closer" – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Don’t Let Me Down" – The Chainsmokers featuring Daya "This Is What You Came For" – Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna “Cold Water” – Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber & MØ “Let Me Love You” – DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber	Brave Enough – Lindsey Stirling Bouquet – The Chainsmokers Collage – The Chainsmokers Skin – Flume Cloud Nine – Kygo
Top Latin Artist	Top Latin Song
Juan Gabriel J Balvin Los Plebes del Rancho de Ariel Camacho Maluma Nicky Jam	Nicky Jam, "Hasta el Amanecer" Daddy Yankee, "Shaky Shaky" Enrique Iglesias featuring Wisin, "Duele el Corazón" Shakira featuring Maluma, "Chantaje" Carlos Vives & Shakira, “La Bicicleta”
Top Latin Album	Top R&B Artist
Los Dúo, Vol. 2 – Juan Gabriel Energia – J Balvin Primera Cita – CNCO Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes – Juan Gabriel Recuerden Mi Estilo – Los Plebes del Rancho de Ariel Camacho	Beyoncé Bruno Mars Frank Ocean Rihanna The Weeknd
Top R&B Song	Top R&B Album
Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla, "One Dance" Bruno Mars, “24K Magic” Rihanna, "Needed Me" Rihanna featuring Drake, "Work" The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk, "Starboy"	Lemonade – Beyoncé Anti – Rihanna Blonde – Frank Ocean Starboy – The Weeknd 24K Magic – Bruno Mars
Top R&B Collaboration	Top R&B Tour
Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla, "One Dance" PARTYNEXTDOOR featuring Drake, “Come and See Me” Rihanna featuring Drake, "Work" The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk, "I Feel It Coming" The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk, "Starboy"	Beyoncé Lionel Richie Rihanna
Top Rap Artist	Top Rap Song
Drake J. Cole Desiigner Future Rae Sremmurd	Desiigner, "Panda" Drake, “Fake Love” D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty, "Broccoli" Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert, “Bad and Boujee” Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane, "Black Beatles"
Top Rap Album	Top Rap Collaboration
Views – Drake 4 Your Eyez Only – J. Cole Islah – Kevin Gates Major Key – DJ Khaled We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service – A Tribe Called Quest	Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane, "Black Beatles" D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty, "Broccoli" Zay Hilfigerr & Zayion McCall, "Juju on That Beat (TZ Anthem)" Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello, "Bad Things" Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert, “Bad and Boujee”
Top Rap Tour	Top Rock Artist
Drake Future Kanye West	Twenty One Pilots Coldplay The Lumineers Metallica X Ambassadors
Top Rock Song	Top Rock Album
Twenty One Pilots, "Heathens" Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons with Logic & Ty Dolla $ign featuring X Ambassadors, "Sucker for Pain" Twenty One Pilots, "Ride" Twenty One Pilots, "Stressed Out" X Ambassadors, "Unsteady"	Hardwired... to Self-Destruct – Metallica A Moon Shaped Pool – Radiohead Blurryface – Twenty One Pilots Cleopatra – The Lumineers The Getaway – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Top Rock Tour	Top Soundtrack/Cast Album
Coldplay Guns N' Roses Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band	Hamilton: An American Musical Moana Purple Rain Suicide Squad: The Album Trolls
Icon Award
Cher