LAS VEGAS (CelebrityAccess) — Taylor Swift ruled the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, winning eight different awards and bringing her lifetime total to 20, overtaking Garth Brooks, who has 19, as the artist the most wins in the history of the Awards show.
Swift's eight trophies included the awards for top artist, top Billboard 200 artist, top Hot 100 artist, top song, and fan-voted artist achievement award. Swift also won top Billboard 200 album for “1989” and top female artist.
Following Swift, were Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea and Pharrell, who each won three awards. Enrique Enrique Iglesias, Jason Aldean, One Direction, John Legend and Hozier each took home two awards.
Swift also used the awards show as a platform to debut her new music video "Bad Blood" which featured numerous female models and actresses cast as villians against the heroine that Swift portrayed. Women making cameos in the video with Swift included Selena Gomez, Lena Dunham, Mariska Hargitay, Ellen Pompeo, Jessica Alba, Ellie Goulding, and Hayley Williams.
Hosted by Chrissy Teigen and Ludacris, the awards took place at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The night featured performances by Kayne West, Mariah Carey, Pitbull & Chris Brown, Fall Out Boy & Wiz Khalifa, Van Halen, Ed Sheeran, Tori Kelly among others. Not all of the performances went as well as others. Kanye's performance was introduced by his sisters-in-law Kendall and Kylie Jenner who were greeted by audible boos from the audience. West, during his subsequent performance was almost completely obscured by smoke and glare from the pyrotechnics and plagued by mic problems.
Despite this, the 2015 Billboard Music Awards was the highest rated in 14 years with an average of 11.1 million viewers for the three hour show. – Staff Writers
The complete list of winners
Top Artist –
Taylor Swift
Top Country Artist –
Florida Georgia Line
Billboard Chart Achievement Award –
Taylor Swift
Top Touring Artist –
One Direction
Top Female Artist –
Taylor Swift
Top Radio Song –
John Legend, All Of Me
Top Male Artist –
Sam Smith
Top Rap Song –
Iggy Azalea Feat. Charli Xcx, Fancy
Top Billboard 200 Album –
Taylor Swift, 1989
Top Duo/Group –
One Direction
Top New Artist –
Sam Smith
Top Billboard 200 Artist –
Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist –
Taylor Swift
Top Digital Songs Artist –
Taylor Swift
Top Radio Songs Artist –
Sam Smith
Top Social Artist –
Justin Bieber
Top Streaming Artist –
Iggy Azalea
Top R&B Artist –
Pharrell Williams
Top Rap Artist –
Iggy Azalea
Top Rock Artist –
Hozier
Top Latin Artist –
Romeo Santos
Top Dance/Electronic Artist –
Calvin Harris
Top Christian Artist –
Hillsong United
Top Soundtrack –
Frozen
Top R&B Album –
Pharrell Williams, G I R L
Top Rap Album –
J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Top Country Album –
Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt
Top Rock Album –
Coldplay, Ghost Stories
Top Latin Album –
Enrique Iglesias, Sex And Love
Top Dance/Electronic Album –
Lindsey Stirling, Shatter Me
Top Digital Song –
Meghan Trainor, All About That Bass
Top Streaming Song (Audio) –
John Legend, All Of Me
Top Streaming Song (Video) –
Taylor Swift, Shake It Off
Top R&B Song –
Pharrell Williams, Happy
Top Country Song –
Jason Aldean, Burnin' It Down
Top Rock Song –
Hozier, Take Me To Church
Top Latin Song –
Enrique Iglesias Feat. Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona, Bailando
Top Dance/Electronic Song –
Dj Snake & Lil Jon, Turn Down For What
