Billboard Music Awards Recap: Taylor Swift Takes Home 8 Awards [COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS]

Taylor Swift opened the Billboard Music Awards with the premiere of her star-studded music video for “Bad Blood,” and continued to dominate the night, taking home 8 awards.

Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen hosted the 2015 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, May 17, but the show was all about T-Swift. Nominated for 14 awards, Swift came into the show as the most nominated artist and took home eight awards total – the greatest of any artist in one night in the history of the Billboard Music Awards.

Iggy Azalea was another big winner, winning three awards. Azalea beat out herself and Big Sean, Nicki Minaj and Bobby Shmurda to take home the award for Top Rap Song. The Australian rapper also took home awards for Top Streaming Artist and Top Rap Artist. She also performed her new summer jam, “Pretty Girls,” with Britney Spears.

One Direction made their first red carpet appearance since losing Zayn Malik, and won two awards – Top Touring Artist and Top Duo/Group. The remaining four members of the band, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson, thanked their former member. “This one’s for the fans, but there’s one more person we have to share this with and that’s our brother Zayn,” Payne said while accepting one of the awards.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a music awards show without more than a few performances. Mariah Carey performed “Vision of Love” and her new single “Infinity,” Van Halen opened the show with their 1984 hit “Panama” and Nick Jonas gave an electric performance of his hit “Jealous.”

BBMAs 2015: Full List of Winners

Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Country Artist: Florida Georgia Line
Billboard Chart Achievement Award (Fan Voted): 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 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 – GIRL
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 Christian Album: Lecrae – Anomaly

Top Hot 100 Song: Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
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”
Top Christian Song: Carrie Underwood – “Something in the Water”

Article by Olivia Truffaut-Wong

Olivia Truffaut-Wong was born and raised in Berkeley, California, where she developed her love of all things entertainment. After moving to New York City to earn her degree in Film Studies, she stayed on the East Coast to follow her passion and become an entertainment writer. She lives on a diet of television, movies and food.

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