It was only a few weeks ago that we lined out the nominees for the annual Billboard Music Awards and now that the winners have been announced, I am back once more to alert you to the artists that took home the trophy. Let’s take a look.

Top Artist:
WINNER – Drake
Ariana Grande
Cardi B
Post Malone
Travis Scott

Top New Artist:
WINNER – Juice Wrld
Bazzi
Dua Lipa
Ella Mai
Lil Baby

Billboard Chart Achievement (fan-voted):
WINNER – Ariana Grande
Dan + Shay
Drake
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Dua Lipa

Top Male Artist:
WINNER – Drake
Ed Sheeran
Post Malone
Travis Scott
XXXTentacion

Top Female Artist:
WINNER – Ariana Grande
Cardi B
Ella Mai
Halsey
Taylor Swift

Top Streaming Artist:
WINNER – Drake
Ariana Grande
Cardi B
Post Malone
XXXTentacion

Top Duo/Group:
WINNER – BTS
Dan + Shay
Imagine Dragons
Maroon 5
Panic! at the Disco

Top Billboard 200 Artist:
WINNER – Drake
Ariana Grande
Post Malone
Travis Scott
XXXTentacion

Top Radio Songs Artist:
WINNER – Drake
Ariana Grande
Cardi B
Post Malone
Maroon 5

Top Billboard 200 Album:
WINNER – Scorpion – Drake
? – XXXTentacion
Astroworld – Travis Scott
Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone
Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B

Top Hot 100 Artist:
WINNER – Drake
Ariana Grande
Cardi B
Juice Wrld
Post Malone

Top Social Artist (fan-voted):
WINNER – BTS
EXO
GOT7
Ariana Grande
Louis Tomlinson

Top Hot 100 Song:
WINNER – “Girls Like You” – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
“Better Now” – Post Malone
“I Like It” – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
“Lucid Dreams” – Juice Wrld
“Sicko Mode” – Travis Scott

Top Song Sales Artist:
WINNER – Drake
Ariana Grande
Imagine Dragons
Lady Gaga
Post Malone

Top Touring Artist:
WINNER – Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift
Beyoncé and Jay Z
Bruno Mars
Justin Timberlake

Top R&B Artist:
WINNER – Ella Mai
H.E.R.
Khalid
The Weeknd
XXXTentacion

Top R&B Male Artist:
WINNER – The Weeknd
Khalid
XXXTentacion

Top R&B Female Artist:
WINNER – Ella Mai
H.E.R.
Queen Naija

Top Rap Artist:
WINNER – Drake
Cardi B
Juice Wrld
Post Malone
Travis Scott

Top Rap Male Artist:
WINNER – Drake
Post Malone
Travis Scott

Top Rap Female Artist:
WINNER – Cardi B
City Girls
Nicki Minaj

Top R&B Tour:
WINNER – Beyoncé and Jay Z
Bruno Mars
Childish Gambino

Top Rap Tour:
WINNER – Beyoncé and Jay Z
Travis Scott
Drake

Top Rock Tour:
WINNER – Elton John
U2
The Rolling Stones

Top Country Artist:
WINNER – Luke Combs
Kane Brown
Jason Aldean
Florida Georgia Line
Dan + Shay

Top Country Male Artist:
WINNER – Luke Combs
Kane Brown
Jason Aldean

Top Country Female Artist:
WINNER – Carrie Underwood
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves

Top Country Tour:
WINNER – Kenny Chesney
Shania Twain
Luke Bryan

Top Country Duo/Group:
WINNER – Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion

Top Rock Artist:
WINNER – Imagine Dragons
Panic! At the Disco
Queen
lovelytheband
twenty one pilots

Top Dance/Electronic Artist:
WINNER – The Chainsmokers
Calvin Harris
Kygo
Marshmello
ODESZA

Top Latin Artist:
WINNER – Ozuna
J Balvin
Romeo Santos
Anuel AA
Bad Bunny

Top Gospel Artist:
WINNER – Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Tori Kelly
Marvin Sapp
Koryn Hawthorne
Kirk Franklin

Top Christian Artist:
WINNER – Lauren Daigle
for KING & COUNTRY
Hillsong Worship
MercyMe
Cory Asbury

Top Soundtrack:
WINNER – The Greatest Showman
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Bohemian Rhapsody
A Star Is Born
13 Reasons Why: Season 2

Top R&B Album:
WINNER – 17 – XXXTentacion
Ella Mai – Ella Mai
My Dear Melancholy – The Weeknd
H.E.R. – H.E.R.
American Teen – Khalid

Top Gospel Album:
WINNER – Hiding Place – Tori Kelly
Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love – Snoop Dogg & Various Artists
Gospel Greats – Aretha Franklin
Unstoppable – Koryn Hawthorne
Make Room – Jonathan McReynolds

Top Country Album:
WINNER – This One’s For You – Luke Combs
Rearview Town – Jason Aldean
Kane Brown – Kane Brown
Dan + Shay – Dan + Shay
Cry Pretty – Carrie Underwood

Top Christian Album:
WINNER – Look Up Child – Lauren Daigle
Reckless Love – Cory Asbury
Burn the Ships – for KING & COUNTRY
There Is More – Hillsong Worship
Chain Breaker – Zach Williams

Top Rap Album:
WINNER – Scorpion – Drake
? – XXXTentacion
Astroworld – Travis Scott
Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone
Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B

Top Rock Album:
WINNER – Pray For The Wicked – Panic! at the Disco
Come Tomorrow – Dave Matthews Band
Origins – Imagine Dragons
Delta – Mumford & Sons
Trench – twenty one pilots

Top Latin Album:
WINNER – Aura – Ozuna
Real Hasta la Muerte – Anuel AA
X 100pre – Bad Bunny
Vibras – J Balvin
F.A.M.E. – Maluma

Top Dance/Electronic Album:
WINNER – Sick Boy – The Chainsmokers
What Is Love? – Clean Bandit
7 – David Guetta
Kids in Love – Kygo
Major Lazer Essentials – Major Lazer

Top Streaming Song (Audio):
WINNER – “Sicko Mode” – Travis Scott
“I Like It” – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
“Lucid Dreams” – Juice Wrld
“Better Now” – Post Malone
“SAD!” – XXXTentacion

Top Streaming Song (Video)
WINNER – “In My Feelings” – Drake
“Lucid Dreams” – Juice Wrld
“Girls Like You” – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
“Sicko Mode” – Travis Scott
“SAD!” – XXXTentacion

Top Collaboration:
WINNER – “Girls Like You” – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
“I Like It” – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
“Love Lies” – Khalid and Normani
“Psycho” – Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign
“Happier” – Marshmello and B?STILLE

Top Radio Song:
WINNER – “Girls Like You” – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
“Love Lies” – Khalid and Normani
“Better Now” – Post Malone
“Meant to Be” – Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line
“The Middle” – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey

Top Selling Song:
WINNER – “Girls Like You” – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
“I Like It” – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
“In My Feelings” – Drake
“Without Me” – Halsey
“Shallow” – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

Top Rap Song:
WINNER – “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

Top Christian Song:
WINNER – “You Say” – Lauren Daigle
“Reckless Love” – Cory Asbury
“joy.” – for KING & COUNTRY
“Who You Say I Am” – Hillsong Worship
“Known” – Tauren Wells

Top Gospel Song:
WINNER – “Won’t He Do It” – Koryn Hawthorne
“Your Great Name” – Todd Dulaney
“Never Alone” – Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin
“Forever” – Jason Nelson
“A Great Work” – Brian Courtney Wilson

Top R&B Song:
WINNER – “Boo’d Up” – Ella Mai
“No Brainer” – DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper & Quavo
“Trip” – Ella Mai
“Better” – Khalid
“Freaky Friday” – Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown

Top Country Song:
WINNER – “Meant to Be” – Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line
“Heaven” – Kane Brown
“She Got the Best of Me” – Luke Combs
“Speechless” – Dan + Shay
“Tequila” – Dan + Shay

Top Rock Song:
WINNER – “High Hopes” – Panic! at the Disco
“Sit Next to Me” – Foster the People
“Natural” – Imagine Dragons
“Whatever It Takes” – Imagine Dragons
“broken” – lovelytheband

Top Latin Song:
WINNER – “Te Boté” –Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny & Ozuna
“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

Top Dance/Electronic Song:
WINNER – “The Middle” – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey
“Taki Taki” – DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B
“One Kiss” – Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa
“Happier” – Marshmello and B?STILLE
“Jackie Chan” – Tiësto and Dzeko feat. Preme and Post Malone

Icon Award:
Mariah Carey

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Piercing Ken Thoughts: So there you have it. Looks like the big winners from the list was Drake with something like “12” awards and then there was Cardi B with “4” for her own work so congratulations to them. I don’t listen to that kind of music at all but I guess those fans are pretty happy about it. I was glad to see Sir Elton win “Best Rock Tour” but he is an artist that I’ve never seen yet. Now since I’ve never paid much mind to Imagine Dragons or Panic! At The Disco I’m not going to say anything about their winning the two other Rock categories. I’ve heard a couple of songs from each over the recent years and it didn’t really strike me as the kind of Rock that I would rally behind but that is just me. I am Old School for sure. That’s all I have for now so I will see you again soon.

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