The Billboard Music Awards 2022 was hosted on Sunday, 15th May MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The music event featured top stars from all genres of music. It was a night full of stars and paparazzi as legends like MachineGunKelly, Maxwell, and BeckyG, Ed sheeran,Travis Scott, Megan thee stallion, performed gracefully on stage. Interestingly, there is a lot to mention and praise to dish out.
First, our very own African giant, Burna boy became the first African artiste to perform at the Billboard Music Awards. He performed ‘Last last’ and ‘Kilometre’ at the show last night.
In addition, Billboard celebrated songs that topped charts such as Gayle’s abcdefu and Charlie Puth’s Lightswitch which went tiktok-viral. Also, many artists went home with several awards. Some for albums and songs and others for songs or albums only.
See the full list of winners at the Billboard Music Awards 2022.
Olivia Rodrigo
The new artist made history as the artist with the most wins for the night with a whooping 7 awards, making her one of the strongest showings by a new artist in BBMA history. Her wins include; Top New Artist, Top Female Artist of 2022, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Streaming song (Sour) Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top Billboard Global 200 Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album
Glass Animals
—Top Rock Artiste
Megan Thee Stallion
—Top Rap Female Artiste
Karol G
Top Latin Album (KGO516)
Dua Lipa
Top Radio Song(Levitating)
Top Dance/Electronic song (Cold Heart-PNAU remix ft Elton John)
Walker Hayes
Top Country song (Fancy Like)
Illenium
—Top Dance/Electronic Album(Fallen Embers)
Ed Sheeran
—Top Billboard Global Artiste
Mane Skin
—Top Rock Song
Twenty One Pilots
—Top Rock Album
The Weeknd
Top R&B Male Artiste
Silk Sonic
Top R&B Song (Leave The Door Open)
LilNasX & Jack Harlow
Top Rap Song(Industry Baby)
Lady Gaga
Top Electronic/Dance Artiste
Eslabon Armado
Top Latin Duo/Group
Kali Uchis
Top Latin Female Artist
Top Latin Song
Bruno Mars
Top R&B Tour
Top R&B song(Leave the door open)
Bad Bunny
Top Latin Artiste
Top Latin Male Artiste
The Kid Laroi
Top Hot 100 song (Stay) , Top Streaming Song , Top Collaboration , Top Billboard Global 200 song and Top Billboard Global (excl. US) song
Justin Bieber
Top Hot 100 song, Top Streaming Song, Top Collaboration , Top Billboard Global 200 song and Top Billboard Global(excl. US) song
Doja Cat
Top R&B female artist.
Top R&B album (Planet Her)
Top Viral Song
SZA
Top Viral Song(Kiss Me More)
Morgan Wallen
—Top Male Country Artist
Bad Bunny
Taylor Swift
Top Billboard 200
Top Country Artists
Top Country Female Artiste
Top Country Album
BTS
BTS won three awards, more than any other group or duo this year.
Top Duo/Group.
Top Selling Artist
Top Song Sales Artist
Dan And Shay
Top Country Duo Group
Drake
Top Artist, Top Male Artist,Top Rap Artist, Top Rap Male Artist and Top Rap Album
Kanye ‘Ye’ West
Kanye won six awards, more than any other male artist this year. This brings Ye’s career BBMA total to 17, which puts him in a tie with Eminem for seventh place on the all-time BBMA leaderboard.
Top Christian Artist, Top Gospel Artist, Top Christian Album, Top Gospel Album, Top Christian Song and Top Gospel Song
Other Awards include;
Changemaker Award for Mari Copeny
Icon Award for Mary J. Blige
Top Latin Tour for Los Bokis
Top Country Tour for Eric Church
Top Soundtrack for Encanto
Top Rap Tour for Bow Wow & Omarion
Top Tour & Top Rock Tour for Rolling Stones