Overview
Taylor Swift swept the board at last night's Billboard Music Awards.
The country-turned-pop singer scooped a grand total of eight trophies including the coveted Best Female and Top Billboard 200 Album prizes for her record 1989.
She beat out stiff competition in her successful categories, including battling with Iggy Azalea, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry and Meghan Trainor in Best Female category.
As well as taking to the stage to collect her hoard of accolades, the 25-year-old also premiered her hot new song Bad Blood, which features Kendrick Lamar. Taylor has been teasing fans for weeks, with posters being unveiled starring some of Taylor's famous friends. Stars such as Ellie Goulding, Cara Delevingne and Selena Gomez appear in the star-studded video for the track.
While Iggy may have lost out to her singing rival for some of the awards, she didn't go home empty handed. The Australian rapper managed to take gold in the Top Rap Artist, Top Streaming Artist and Top Rap Song categories, along with Charli XCX for their hit song Fancy. For the men, Pharrell Williams fared well at the ceremony. He managed to pick up Top R&B Song for Happy, Top R&B Album for G I R L and Top R&B Artist. However he missed out on Top Male Artist to Sam Smith, with the British star also bagging Top Radio Songs Artist.
2015 Billboard Music Awards winners:
Top Duo/Group
5 Seconds of Summer
Florida Georgia Line
MAGIC!
Maroon 5
WINNER: One Direction
Top Billboard 200 Album
Maroon 5, V
Pentatonix, That's Christmas to Me
Ed Sheeran, x
Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
WINNER: Taylor Swift, 1989
Top Rap Song
Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora, Black Widow
Big Sean feat. E-40, I Don't F— With You
Nicki Minaj, Anaconda
Bobby Shmurda, Hot Boy
WINNER: Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, Fancy
Top Male Artist
Drake
Pharrell Williams
Ed Sheeran
?Justin Timberlake
WINNER: Sam Smith
Top Radio Song
MAGIC!, Rude
Nico & Vinz, Am I Wrong
Sam Smith, Stay With Me
Pharrell Williams, Happy
WINNER: John Legend, All of Me
Top Female Artist
Iggy Azalea
Ariana Grande
Katy Perry
Meghan Trainor
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Top Touring Artist
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry
The Rolling Stones
Justin Timberlake
WINNER: One Direction
Top Hot 100 Song
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, Fancy
John Legend, All of Me
Sam Smith, Stay With Me
Taylor Swift, Shake It Off
WINNER: Meghan Trainor, All About That Bass
Billboard Chart Achievement Award (Fan-voted)
Iggy Azalea
Meghan Trainor
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Top Country Artist
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Brantley Gilbert
Blake Shelton
WINNER: Florida Georgia Line
Top Artist
Ariana Grande
One Direction
Katy Perry
Sam Smith
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Top New Artist
5 Seconds of Summer
Iggy Azalea
Hozier
?Meghan Trainor
WINNER: Sam Smith
Top Billboard 200 Artist
One Direction
Pentatonix
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist
Iggy Azalea
Ariana Grande
Sam Smith
Meghan Trainor
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Top Digital Songs Artist
Iggy Azalea
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Meghan Trainor
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Top Social Artist
Miley Cyrus
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
Taylor Swift
WINNER: Justin Bieber
Top Streaming Artist
Ariana Grande
Nicki Minaj
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
WINNER: Iggy Azalea
Top R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Chris Brown
John Legend
Trey Songz
WINNER: Pharrell Williams
Top Rap Artist
J. Cole
Drake
Nicki Minaj
Rae Sremmurd
WINNER: Iggy Azalea
Top Rock Artist
Bastille
Coldplay
Fall Out Boy
Lorde
WINNER: Hozier
Top Latin Artist
J Balvin
Juan Gabriel
Enrique Iglesias
Prince Royce
WINNER: Romeo Santos
Top Dance/Electronic Artist
Avicii
Clean Bandit
Disclosure
Lindsey Stirling
WINNER: Calvin Harris
Top Christian Artist
Casting Crowns
Lecrae
MercyMe
Newsboys
WINNER: Hillsong United
Top Soundtrack
The Fault in Our Stars
Fifty Shades of Grey
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix: Vol. 1
Into the Woods
WINNER: Frozen
Top R&B Album
Beyoncé, Beyoncé
Chris Brown, X
Michael Jackson, Xscape
John Legend, Love in the Future
WINNER: Pharrell Williams, G I R L
Top Rap Album
Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late
Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint
Iggy Azalea, The New Classic
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2
WINNER: J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Top Country Album
Garth Brooks, Man Against Machine
Luke Bryan, Crash My Party
Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am
Miranda Lambert, Platinum
WINNER: Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt
Top Rock Album
AC/DC, Rock or Bust
The Black Keys, Turn Blue
Hozier, Hozier
Lorde, Pure Heroine
WINNER: Coldplay, Ghost Stories
Top Latin Album
Juan Gabriel, Los Dúo
Romeo Santos, Formula: Vol. 2
Santana, Corazon
Marc Anthony, 3.0
WINNER: Enrique Iglesias, Sex and Love
Top Dance/Electronic Album
Avicii, True
Disclosure, Settle
Calvin Harris, Motion
Skrillex, Recess
WINNER: Lindsey Stirling, Shatter Me
Top Christian Album
Casting Crowns, Thrive
MercyMe, Welcome to the New
NEEDTOBREATHE, Rivers in the Wasteland
Chris Tomlin, Love Ran Red
WINNER: Lecrae, Anomaly
Top Digital Song
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk!
Sam Smith, Stay With Me
Taylor Swift, Shake It Off
Pharrell Williams, Happy
WINNER: Meghan Trainor, All About That Bass
Top Streaming Song (Artist)
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, Fancy
Hozier, Take Me to Church
Sam Smith, Stay With Me
Tove Lo, Habits (Stay High)
WINNER: John Legend, All of Me
Top Streaming Song (Video)
Idina Menzel, Let It Go
Bobby Shmurda, Hot Boy
Taylor Swift, Blank Space
Meghan Trainor, All About That Bass
WINNER: Taylor Swift, Shake It Off
Top R&B Song
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne, French Montana, Too $hort & Tyga, Loyal
Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz, Talk Dirty
Jeremih feat. YG, Don't Tell 'Em
John Legend, All of Me
WINNER: Pharrell Williams, Happy
Top Country Song
Luke Bryan, Play It Again
Sam Hunt, Leave the Night On
Florida Georgia Line feat. Luke Bryan, This Is How We Roll
Florida Georgia Line, Dirt
WINNER: Jason Aldean, Burnin' It Down
Top Rock Song
Bastille, Pompeii
Coldplay, A Sky Full of Stars
Fall Out Boy, Centuries
Paramore, Ain't It Fun
WINNER: Hozier, Take Me to Church
Top Latin Song
J Balvin feat. Farruko, 6 AM
Romeo Santos, Eres Mía
Romeo Santos feat. Drake, Odio
Romeo Santos, Propuesta Indecente
WINNER: Enrique Iglesias feat. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona, Bailando
Top Dance/Electronic Song
Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne, Rather Be
Disclosure feat. Sam Smith, Latch
Ariana Grande feat. Zedd, Break Free
Calvin Harris, Summer
WINNER: DJ Snake & Lil Jon, Turn Down For What
Top Christian Song
Francesca Battistelli, He Knows My Name
Hillsong United, Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)
MercyMe, Greater
Newsboys, We Believe
WINNER: Carrie Underwood, Something in the Water
Top Radio Songs Artist
John Legend
Maroon 5
Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift
WINNER: Sam Smith
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