The 2021 Billboard Music Awards winners list + performances

[Jordan Miller]

The 2021 Billboard Music Awards were tonight (May 23).

Nick Jonas hosted.

Here is a list of performers:

• AJR
• Alicia Keys
• Bad Bunny
• BTS
• DJ Khaled feat. H.E.R. and Migos
• Doja Cat & SZA
• Duran Duran
• Glass Animals
• Jonas Brothers with Marshmello
• Karol G
• P!nk
• Sounds of Blackness feat. Ann Nesby
• The Weeknd
• Twenty One Pilots

 

Performances:

 

Winners:

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Top Artist
The Weeknd (WINNER)
Drake
Juice WRLD
Pop Smoke
Taylor Swift

Top New Artist
Pop Smoke (WINNER)
Gabby Barrett
Doja Cat
Jack Harlow
Rod Wave

Top Male Artist
The Weeknd (WINNER)
Drake
Juice WRLD
Lil Baby
Pop Smoke

Top Female Artist
Taylor Swift (WINNER)
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Dua Lipa
Megan Thee Stallion

Top Duo/Group
BTS (WINNER)
AC/DC
AJR
Dan + Shay
Maroon 5

Top Billboard 200 Artist
Taylor Swift (WINNER)
Drake
Juice WRLD
Pop Smoke
Post Malone

Top Hot 100 Artist
The Weeknd (WINNER)
DaBaby
Drake
Dua Lipa
Pop Smoke

Top Streaming Songs Artist
Drake (WINNER)
DaBaby
Lil Baby
Pop Smoke
The Weeknd

Top Song Sales Artist
BTS (WINNER)
Justin Bieber
Megan Thee Stallion
Morgan Wallen
The Weeknd

Top Radio Songs Artist
The Weeknd (WINNER)
Justin Bieber
Lewis Capaldi
Dua Lipa
Harry Styles

Top Social Artist (Fan Voted)
BTS (WINNER)
BLACKPINK
Ariana Grande
SB19
Seventeen

Top R&B Artist
The Weeknd (WINNER)
Jhené Aiko
Justin Bieber
Chris Brown
Doja Cat

Top R&B Male Artist
The Weeknd (WINNER)
Justin Bieber
Chris Brown

Top R&B Female Artist
Doja Cat (WINNER)
Jhené Aiko
SZA

Top Rap Artist
Pop Smoke (WINNER)
DaBaby
Drake
Juice WRLD
Lil Baby

Top Rap Male Artist
Pop Smoke (WINNER)
Juice WRLD
Lil Baby

Top Rap Female Artist
Megan Thee Stallion (WINNER)
Cardi B
Saweetie

Top Country Artist
Morgan Wallen (WINNER)
Gabby Barrett
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Chris Stapleton

Top Country Male Artist
Morgan Wallen (WINNER)
Luke Combs
Chris Stapleton

Top Country Female Artist
Gabby Barrett (WINNER)
Maren Morris
Carrie Underwood

Top Country Duo/Group
Florida Georgia Line (WINNER)
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae

Top Rock Artist
Machine Gun Kelly (WINNER)
AC/DC
AJR
Five Finger Death Punch
twenty one pilots

Top Latin Artist 
Bad Bunny (WINNER)
Anuel AA
J Balvin
Maluma
Ozuna

Top Latin Male Artist 
Bad Bunny (WINNER)
J Balvin
Ozuna

 
Top Latin Female Artist
Karol G (WINNER)
Becky G
Rosalía

Top Latin Duo/Group 
Eslabón Armado (WINNER)
Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga
Los Dos Carnales

Top Dance/Electronic Artist
Lady Gaga (WINNER)
The Chainsmokers
Kygo
Marshmello
Surf Mesa

Top Christian Artist
Elevation Worship (WINNER)
Casting Crowns
for KING & COUNTRY
Carrie Underwood
Zach Williams

Top Gospel Artist
Kanye West (WINNER)
Kirk Franklin
Koryn Hawthorne
Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Maverick City Music

Top Billboard 200 Album
Pop Smoke Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon (WINNER)
Juice WRLD Legends Never Die
Lil Baby My Turn
Taylor Swift folklore
The Weeknd After Hours

Top R&B Album
The Weeknd After Hours (WINNER)
Jhené Aiko Chilombo
Chris Brown & Young Thug Slime & B
Doja Cat Hot Pink
Kehlani It Was Good Until It Wasn’t

Top Rap Album
Pop Smoke Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon (WINNER)
DaBaby Blame It On the Baby
Juice WRLD Legends Never Die
Lil Baby My Turn
Lil Uzi Vert Eternal Atake

Top Country Album
Morgan Wallen Dangerous: The Double Album (WINNER)
Gabby Barrett Goldmine
Sam Hunt Southside
Chris Stapleton Starting Over
Carrie Underwood My Gift

Top Rock Album
Machine Gun Kelly Tickets to My Downfall (WINNER)
AC/DC Power Up
Miley Cyrus Plastic Hearts
Glass Animals Dreamland
Bruce Springsteen Letter to You

Top Latin Album
Bad Bunny YHLQMDLG (WINNER)
Anuel AA Emmanuel
Bad Bunny El Último Tour Del Mundo
Bad Bunny Las que no iban a salir
J Balvin Colores

Top Dance/Electronic Album
Lady Gaga Chromatica (WINNER)
DJ Snake Carte Blanche
Gryffin Gravity
Kygo Golden Hour
Kylie Minogue Disco

Top Christian Album
Carrie Underwood My Gift (WINNER)
Bethel Music Peace
Elevation Worship Grave Into Gardens
We The Kingdom Holy Water
Zach Williams Rescue Story

Top Gospel Album
Maverick City Music Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1 (WINNER)
Koryn Hawthorne I AM
Tasha Cobbs Leonard Royalty: Live at the Ryman
Maverick City Music Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 2
Kierra Sheard Kierra

Top Hot 100 Song Presented by Rockstar
The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (WINNER)
24kGoldn ft. iann dior “Mood”
Gabby Barrett ft. Charlie Puth “I Hope”
Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”
DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch “ROCKSTAR”

Top Streaming Song
DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch “ROCKSTAR” (WINNER)
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion “WAP”
Future ft. Drake “Life Is Good”
Jack Harlow ft. DaBaby, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne “WHATS POPPIN”
The Weeknd “Blinding Lights”

Top Selling Song
BTS “Dynamite” (WINNER)
The Weeknd “Blinding Lights”
Gabby Barrett ft. Charlie Puth “I Hope”
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion “WAP”
Megan Thee Stallion “Savage”

Top Radio Song
Gabby Barrett ft. Charlie Puth “I Hope” (WINNER)
Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”
Dua Lipa “Don’t Start Now”
Harry Styles “Adore You”
The Weeknd “Blinding Lights”

Top Collaboration (Fan Voted)
Gabby Barrett ft. Charlie Puth “I Hope” (WINNER)
24kGoldn ft. iann dior “Mood”
Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”
DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch “ROCKSTAR”
Jack Harlow ft. DaBaby, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne “WHATS POPPIN”

 
Top R&B Song
The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (WINNER)
Jhené Aiko ft. H.E.R. “B.S.”
Justin Bieber ft. Quavo “Intentions”
Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”
Doja Cat “Say So”

Top Rap Song
DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch “ROCKSTAR” (WINNER)
24kGoldn ft. iann dior “Mood”
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion “WAP”
Jack Harlow ft. DaBaby, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne “WHATS POPPIN”
Megan Thee Stallion “Savage”

Top Country Song
Gabby Barrett “I Hope” (WINNER)
Jason Aldean “Got What I Got”
Lee Brice “One of Them Girls”
Morgan Wallen “Chasin’ You”
Morgan Wallen “More Than My Hometown”

Top Rock Song
AJR “Bang!” (WINNER)
All Time Low ft. blackbear “Monsters”
Glass Animals “Heat Waves”
Machine Gun Kelly ft. blackbear “my ex’s best friend”
twenty one pilots “Level of Concern”

Top Latin Song
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez “Dákiti” (WINNER)
Bad Bunny “Yo Perreo Sola”
Black Eyed Peas & J Balvin “RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)”
Maluma & The Weeknd “Hawái”
Ozuna x Karol G x Myke Towers “Caramelo”

Top Dance/Electronic Song
SAINt JHN “Roses (Imanbek Remix)” (WINNER)
Lady Gaga “Stupid Love”
Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande “Rain on Me”
Surf Mesa ft. Emilee “ily (i love you baby)”
Topic & A7S “Breaking Me”

Top Christian Song
Elevation Worship ft. Brandon Lake “Graves Into Gardens” (WINNER)
for KING & COUNTRY, Kirk Franklin & Tori Kelly “TOGETHER”
Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes, & Elevation Worship “The Blessing (Live)”
Tauren Wells ft. Jenn Johnson “Famous For (I Believe)”
Zach Williams & Dolly Parton “There Was Jesus”

Top Gospel Song
Kanye West ft. Travis Scott “Wash Us In The Blood” (WINNER)
Koryn Hawthorne “Speak To Me”
Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music “Movin’ On”
Marvin Sapp “Thank You For It All”
Tye Tribbett “We Gon’ Be Alright”

 

[PickleSpears]

Award shows are so boring these days. It's the same nominees year after year. It feels like the award shows are kissing artists ***es instead of truly nominating the most deserving. 

[CindyTheTVisLeaking]

No Beyonce? 

Poor thing must have spent her fortune  on buying all those Grammys earlier this year  

[Leolileinstein]

Just now, CindytheTVisLeaking said:

No Beyonce? 

Poor thing must have spent her fortune  on buying all those Grammys earlier this year  

Beygod is already Queen of Grammys tho

OT: Just hoping for Gaga, Dua Lipa and The Weeknd to win! 

And LOL @ JB nominated at best R&B song. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

 

[CrazyButItFeelsAllright]

AKA Billboard said here’s your pacifier you crybaby  watch the Complaind start caring about awards again 

[Slayer]

[Isla]

No pop categories? And what's with all the noms for Juice WLRD? I know he died but I don't remember him having any posthumous hits last year.

[Scent_Off110Flowers..]

OMG there is so many i MUST CONFESS i didn't scroll through it all on first try but i must say  I AM SO HAPPY FOR Juice WRLD. i like this artist and maybe because it represents my inner values.

[Scent_Off110Flowers..]

i mean Juice WRLD is a beautiul humanbeing out and inside but his songs always makes me so happy :-)

[GMFlop]

Probably a dig on Grammy's lol.

[Midnights]

Funny how The Weeknd got so many after the Grammy's thing

 

Anyhow. Folklore should definitely win.

[Spicechinodiva]

Proud of Kylie Minogue getting nominated in a US show.

 

Side note, Billboard announced Morgan Wallen despite all the success is banned from charting and the bbmas.

 

 

 

That has to hurt, Billboard banning from the awards is one thing, but ineligible to chart on Billboard. Now, that's being cancelled by definition 

[MX3]

do we know who's performing yet??

[bitbitboi]

16 nominations? That's ridiculous.

So you're telling me that music is diverse, and then a music publication gets blinded by ONE act?

They are just another part of the chain to SELL music as a product, one artist at a time (they shove one down our throats each year)

As much as I appreciate Billie Eilish, the same happened when she won a bazillion Grammys all in one night, while she was competing against other amazing and interesting artists (Lady Gaga, Rosalía, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, Lizzo, H.E.R., and so many others)

Besides, WHAT'S THE POINT OF SO MANY CATEGORIES THEN? These "specialists" in music should take their time to think what makes a certain artist or record SPECIAL, and award THAT. You cannot wipe everything and everything with one album, when there were so many talented people who worked so hard during a whole year to produce a lot of art. That's absolutely ridiculous.

[FemmeFataleBrit]

So he cried and he got his way. 

[Stefani]

These are probably the most boring awards ever. They're based on chart success iirc so whoever had the biggest songs on the charts will inevitably win. As much flack as the VMAs and Grammys get, at least they're not nearly as annoyingly predictable as the BB awards. 

[bas che]

Well deserved. The Grammy folk are probably mad af rn

[Jordan Miller]

Tonight's the night! Are YOU tuning in? 

[CrazyButItFeelsAllright]

On 4/29/2021 at 2:49 PM, bitbitboi said:

16 nominations? That's ridiculous.

So you're telling me that music is diverse, and then a music publication gets blinded by ONE act?

They are just another part of the chain to SELL music as a product, one artist at a time (they shove one down our throats each year)

As much as I appreciate Billie Eilish, the same happened when she won a bazillion Grammys all in one night, while she was competing against other amazing and interesting artists (Lady Gaga, Rosalía, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, Lizzo, H.E.R., and so many others)

Besides, WHAT'S THE POINT OF SO MANY CATEGORIES THEN? These "specialists" in music should take their time to think what makes a certain artist or record SPECIAL, and award THAT. You cannot wipe everything and everything with one album, when there were so many talented people who worked so hard during a whole year to produce a lot of art. That's absolutely ridiculous.

It’s his pacifier for his Grammy’s rant 

[CrazyButItFeelsAllright]

99% of noms are The Complaind, Pop Smoke and Juice WRLD