Green Day had quite a night at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards, taking home six trophies in all--a feat matched only by 50 Cent, whose awards included Artist of the Year trophy and Album of the Year for Massacre.
Green Day kicked off Tuesday night's festivities with a performance of "Holiday." The punk rockers went on to win Rock Artist, Pop Group, Billboard 200 Album Group, Hot 100 Group and Modern Rock Artist of the Year awards, as well as Rock Song of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."
Meanwhile, 50 Cent, who was up in eight categories going into the ceremony, picked up Hot 100 Artist, R&B/Hip-Hop Artist and Rap Artist of the Year awards, as well as the ring tone of the Year for "Candy Shop." The rapper was unable to attend the festivities and accepted the awards via cell phone from Paris.
The Billboard Awards were held at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena and hosted by LL Cool J, while Nicole Richie's fiance, DJ AM, presided over the decks.
The night included performances by Ashlee Simpson, who teamed with Pretty Ricky on a version of her song "L.O.V.E," Ciara, R. Kelly and Gwen Stefani, who also picked up the award for New Artist of the Year.
Predictably enough, Kanye West managed to add some attitude to the night when he took the stage to accept the Artist Achievement Award.
"After all the accolades, the Time covers, the awards, the music connecting with the people...after all that...my greatest achievement still is, I still think I'm the greatest," the "Jesus Walks" singer said.
One of the evening's highlights came when Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong took the stage to present the Century Award to Tom Petty.
The Billboard Awards are determined by sales figures and radio play data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, with the winners determined by the 2005 year-end charts.
Complete rundown of the winners of the 2005 Billboard Music Awards:
Artist of the Year: 50 Cent
Album of the Year: The Massacre, 50 Cent
Hot 100 Artist of the Year: 50 Cent
R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year: 50 Cent
Rap Artist of the Year: 50 Cent
Ring tone of the Year: "Candy Shop," 50 Cent featuring Olivia
Artist Achievement Award: Kanye West
Album Group of the Year: Green Day
Pop Group of the Year: Green Day
Hot 100 Group of the Year: Green Day
Rock Artist of the Year: Green Day
Modern Rock Artist of the Year: Green Day
Rock Song of the Year: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," Green Day
Female Album Artist of the Year: Mariah Carey
Hot 100 Song of the Year: "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey
Hot 100 Airplay of the Year: "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey
Rhythmic Top 40 Title of the Year: "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey
Female R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year: Mariah Carey
New Artist of the Year: Gwen Stefani
Digital Song of the Year: "Hollaback Girl," Gwen Stefani
Latin Song of the Year: "La Tortura," Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz
Latin Pop Album of the Year: Fijacion Oral Vol. 1, Shakira
Latin Pop Album Artist of the Year: Shakira
Latin Album Artist of the Year: Daddy Yankee
Latin Album of the Year: Barrio Fino, Daddy Yankee
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Song of the Year: "Let Me Love You," Mario
R&B/Hip-Hop Song of the Year: "Let Me Love You," Mario
R&B/Hip-Hop Group of the Year: Destiny's Child
Rap Song of the Year: "Lovers & Friends," Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz featuring Usher and Ludacris
Top-Selling Hot 100 Song of the Year: "Inside Your Heaven/Independence Day," Carrie Underwood
Country Single Sales Artist of the Year: Carrie Underwood
Top-Selling Country Single of the Year: "Inside Your Heaven/Independence Day," Carrie Underwood
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