Taylor Swift dominated the 2013 Billboard Music awards, winning eight of 11 awards for which she was nominated, including top artist and top Billboard album for Red. Swift also performed during the night, taking to the stage to sing her hit “22.” When receiving one of her many awards the country pop star told the audience, “You are the longest and best relationship I ever had.”
Behind Swift for the most wins were Gotye and Rihanna, who tied for second with four awards a piece. Both Maroon 5 and fun. were nominated for 11 awards, but received only one each during the show’s pre-telecast announcements.
Justin Bieber, who performed twice during the awards show, won three awards: top male artist, social artist and the fan-voted milestone award. Beating both Swift and Bruno Mars, he took to the stage to accept the milestone award only to be met with boos from the crowd. He responded to the jeers, saying, “I'm 19 years old; I think I'm doing a pretty good job. And basically from my heart I really just want to say it should really be about the music, it should be about the craft that I'm making. This is not a gimmick," he said. "I'm an artist and I should be taken seriously and all this other bull should not be spoken."
Performances of the night included Selena Gomez singing new single “Come & Get It,” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis entertaining with “Thrift Shop,” and Chris Brown seeming to struggle through a performance of “Fine China.” Most notably, Prince, who rarely gives public performances, treated the audience with a medley of his hits while rocking out on the guitar in a flashy turquoise and purple outfit.
Miguel also had a memorable moment at the Billboard Music Awards. During his performance of "Adorn," he came up short on a leap and landed on one woman and kicked another in the audience.
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See below for a full list of winners at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards:
Top Artist
Justin Bieber
Maroon 5
One Direction
Rihanna
Taylor Swift – WINNER
Top New Artist
Carly Rae Jepsen
Gotye
One Direction – WINNER
PSY
The Lumineers
Top Male Artist
Bruno Mars
Drake
Flo Rida
Jason Aldean
Justin Bieber – WINNER
Top Female Artist
Adele
Carly Rae Jepsen
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Taylor Swift – WINNER
Top Duo/Group
Coldplay
fun.
Maroon 5
Mumford & Sons
One Direction – WINNER
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Adele
Justin Bieber
Mumford & Sons
One Direction
Taylor Swift – WINNER
Top Hot 100 Artist
Flo Rida
fun.
Maroon 5 – WINNER
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Top Rap Artist
Drake
Flo Rida
Nicki Minaj – WINNER
Pitbull
PSY
Top Digital Songs Artist (tie)
Carly Rae Jepsen
Taylor Swift
Top Radio Songs Artist
Rihanna
Top Touring Artist
Madonna
Top Social Artist
Justin Bieber
Top Streaming Artist
Nicki Minaj
Top Pop Artist
One Direction
Top R&B Artist
Rihanna
Top Country Artist
Taylor Swift
Top Rock Artist
fun.
Top Latin Artist
Jenni Rivera
Top Dance Artist
Madonna
Top EDM Artist
David Guetta
Top Christian Artist
tobyMac
Top Billboard 200 Album
Taylor Swift – “Red”
Top Pop Album
Adele – “21″
Top R&B Album
Rihanna – “Unapologetic”
Top Rap Album
Nicki Minaj – “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded”
Top Country Album
Taylor Swift -”Red”
Top Rock Album
Mumford & Sons – “Babel”
Top Latin Album
Jenni Rivera – “La Misma Gran Senora”
Top Dance Album
Madonna – “MDNA”
Top EDM Album
Skrillex – “Bangarang”
Top Christian Album
tobyMac – “Eye On It”
Top Hot 100 Song
Gotye Featuring Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used To Know”
Top Digital Song
Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
Top Radio Song
Gotye Featuring Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used To Know”
Top Streaming Song (Audio)
Gotye Featuring Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used To Know”
Top Streaming Song (Video)
PSY – “Gangnam Style”
Top Pop Song
Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
Top R&B Song
Rihanna – “Diamonds”
Top Rap Song
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz – “Thrift Shop”
Top Country Song
Taylor Swift – “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
Top Rock Song
Gotye Featuring Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used To Know”
Top Latin Song
Michel Telo – “Ai Se Eu Te Pego”
Top Dance Song
Baauer – “Harlem Shake”
Top EDM Song
Baauer – “Harlem Shake”
Top Christian Song
Matt Redman – “10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)”
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