2017 Billboard Music Awards

Date

May 21, 2017

Location

T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Hosted by

Ludacris
Vanessa Hudgens

Most awards

Drake (13)

Most nominations

The Chainsmokers and Drake (22 each)

Television/radio coverage

Network

ABC

Runtime

130 minutes

Viewership

8.70 million

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The 2017 Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 21, 2017.^[1] The list of nominees was announced on April 10, 2017.^[2] Non-televised awards were announced on Billboard website the same day as the main ceremony.^[3]

Performances

Artist(s)^[4]	Song(s)^[5]	Introduced by
Nicki Minaj Lil Wayne David Guetta Jason Derulo	"No Frauds" "Light My Body Up" "Swalla" "Regret in Your Tears"	Ludacris Vanessa Hudgens
Camila Cabello	"I Have Questions" "Crying in the Club"	G-Eazy Ashley Tisdale
The Chainsmokers	"Young"	Rita Ora
Julia Michaels^[6]	"Issues"	Bebe Rexha DJ Khaled
Ed Sheeran	"Castle on the Hill"^[a]	Mark Cuban Sara Foster
Miley Cyrus	"Malibu"^[7]	Billy Ray Cyrus Noah Cyrus
Lorde	"Green Light"	Hailee Steinfeld
Sam Hunt^[8]	"Body Like a Back Road"	Vanessa Hudgens
Celine Dion	"My Heart Will Go On"	Lea Michele
Imagine Dragons	"Believer"	Ludacris Vanessa Hudgens
Drake	"Gyalchester"^[b]
Halsey	"Now or Never"
Florida Georgia Line John Legend^[9]	"Surefire" "H.O.L.Y."	Olivia Munn
Cher	"Believe" "If I Could Turn Back Time"	Gwen Stefani
Bruno Mars	"Versace on the Floor"^[c]	Ludacris Vanessa Hudgens

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 and Kevin Hart presented Top Collaboration
G-Eazy and Ashley Tisdale introduced Camila Cabello
Kate Beckinsale presented Top Male Artist
Rita Ora introduced The Chainsmokers
Bebe Rexha and DJ Khaled introduced Julia Michaels
Mark Cuban and Sara Foster introduced Ed Sheeran
Rachel Lindsay and Savvy Shields presented Top Country Song
Billy Ray Cyrus and Noah Cyrus introduced Miley Cyrus
Josh Duhamel presented Top Billboard 200 Album
Hailee Steinfeld introduced Lorde
Alexandra Daddario and Ansel Elgort presented Top Hot 100 Song
Sean "Diddy" Combs and CJ Wallace honors B.I.G. Part 1
Lindsey Stirling and Logan Paul presented Top Social Artist
Lea Michele introduced Celine Dion
Nicole Scherzinger and Jussie Smollett presented Top Country Artist
Rachel Platten and Chris Daughtry presented Billboard Chart Achievement Award
Olivia Munn introduced Florida Georgia Line and John Legend
Dan Reynolds honors a tribute to Chris Cornell
Gwen Stefani presented the Icon Award to Cher
Prince Michael Jackson presented Top Artist

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first.^[10]

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" – DRAM 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 Hilfigerrr & 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^[11] 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 Pink, "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 Pink - "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” DRAM 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" DRAM featuring Lil Yachty - "Broccoli" Zay Hilfigerrr & 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

Artists with multiple wins and nominations

Artists that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Artist
22	Drake
22	The Chainsmokers
17	Twenty One Pilots
14	Rihanna
13	The Weeknd
8	Beyoncé
7	Justin Bieber
	Halsey
	Kyla
	WizKid
6	Florida Georgia Line
5	Daft Punk
	Daya
	Desiigner
4	Coldplay
	Rae Sremmurd
	Justin Timberlake
3	Kenny Chesney
	Lauren Daigle
	D.R.A.M.
	Kirk Franklin
	Future
	Juan Gabriel
	Ariana Grande
	Travis Greene
	Gucci Mane
	Guns N' Roses
	Lil Uzi Vert
	Lil Yachty
	Bruno Mars
	Shawn Mendes
	Hillary Scott & the Family
	Sia
	Keith Urban
	Hezekiah Walker
	X Ambassadors
2	Adele
	Jason Aldean
	Luke Bryan
	Jekalyn Carr
	Tasha Cobbs
	J.Cole
	Calvin Harris
	Zay Hilfigerrr
	J Balvin
	Los Plebes del Rancho de Ariel Camacho
	The Lumineers
	Major Lazer
	Maluma
	Tamela Mann
	Zayion McCall
	Tim McGraw
	Metallica
	Migos
	Nicky Jam
	Frank Ocean
	Sean Paul
	Pink
	Prince
	Shakira
	Blake Shelton
	Skillet
	DJ Snake
	Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
	Chris Stapleton
	Lindsey Stirling

Artists that received multiple awards
Wins	Artist
13	Drake
5	Beyoncé
5	Twenty One Pilots
4	The Chainsmokers
3	Halsey
	Kyla
	WizKid
2	Kenny Chesney
	Lauren Daigle
	Desiigner
	Juan Gabriel
	Justin Timberlake

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