2016 Billboard Music Awards

2016 *Billboard* Music Awards
2016 Billboard Music Awards
Date	May 22, 2016
Location	T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Hosted by	Ludacris; Ciara
Most awards	The Weeknd (8)
Most nominations	The Weeknd (20)
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC
Runtime	128 minutes
Viewership	9.76 million

The 2016 Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held on May 22, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, the first nationally televised event to originate from that venue. It aired live on ABC with hosts Ludacris and Ciara.

The nominees were announced on April 11, 2016, with The Weeknd earning the most nominations with twenty.^[1] Britney Spears received the Billboard Millennium Award for her achievements and influence in the music industry.^[2] Celine Dion received the Billboard Icon Award in recognition of her career spanning over three decades.^[3] Madonna made an appearance to pay tribute to Prince.^[4] Adele premiered the music video for her single "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" at the ceremony.^[5]^[6]

Performances

Artist(s)	Song(s)	Presented by^[7]
Britney Spears	Medley: "Work Bitch" "Womanizer" "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" "Breathe on Me" "I'm a Slave 4 U" "Touch of My Hand" "Toxic"	—
Shawn Mendes	"Stitches"	Jojo Fletcher
Fifth Harmony Ty Dolla Sign	"Work from Home"	Ludacris Ciara
Meghan Trainor	"No"	Serayah Priyanka Chopra
Justin Bieber	"Company" "Sorry"	DJ Khaled
Pink	"Just Like Fire"	Mila Kunis Kristen Bell Kathryn Hahn
Nick Jonas Tove Lo	"Close"	Ludacris
Demi Lovato	"Cool for the Summer"	Ludacris
Lukas Graham	"7 Years"	Ciara
Blake Shelton Gwen Stefani	"Go Ahead and Break My Heart"	Thomas Rhett Pete Wentz
DNCE	"Cake by the Ocean"	Keke Palmer Kelly Rowland
Kesha Ben Folds	"It Ain't Me, Babe"	Ludacris Ciara
Rihanna	"Love on the Brain"	Lindsey Vonn Laverne Cox
Celine Dion Lindsey Stirling	"The Show Must Go On"	Seal
Troye Sivan	"Youth"	Halsey Lucy Hale
The Go-Go's	"We Got the Beat"	Rebecca Romijn
Ariana Grande	"Dangerous Woman" "Into You"	Ludacris Ciara
Madonna Stevie Wonder	Tribute to Prince: "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Madonna solo) "Purple Rain"	Questlove

Presenters

Source:^[8]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first.^[9]

Top Artist	Top New Artist
Adele Justin Bieber Drake Taylor Swift The Weeknd	Fetty Wap OMI Charlie Puth Silentó Bryson Tiller
Top Male Artist	Top Female Artist
Justin Bieber Drake Fetty Wap Ed Sheeran The Weeknd	Adele Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Rihanna Taylor Swift
Top Duo/Group	Top Touring Artist
One Direction Maroon 5 The Rolling Stones twenty one pilots U2	Taylor Swift Madonna One Direction The Rolling Stones U2
Top Billboard 200 Artist	Top Billboard 200 Album
Adele Justin Bieber Drake Taylor Swift The Weeknd	25 – Adele Purpose – Justin Bieber x – Ed Sheeran 1989 – Taylor Swift Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd
Top Hot 100 Artist	Top Hot 100 Song
The Weeknd Justin Bieber Drake Fetty Wap Taylor Swift	"See You Again" – Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth "Hello" – Adele "Trap Queen" – Fetty Wap "Can't Feel My Face" – The Weeknd "The Hills" – The Weeknd
Top Song Sales Artist	Top Selling Song
The Weeknd Adele Justin Bieber Drake Fetty Wap	"Hello" – Adele "See You Again" – Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth "The Hills" – The Weeknd "Cheerleader" – OMI "Fight Song" – Rachel Platten
Top Radio Songs Artist	Top Radio Song
The Weeknd Justin Bieber Ellie Goulding Ed Sheeran Taylor Swift	"Shut Up and Dance" – WALK THE MOON "Hello" – Adele "See You Again" – Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "Can't Feel My Face" – The Weeknd
Top Social Artist (fan-voted)	Top Streaming Artist
Justin Bieber Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Demi Lovato Taylor Swift	The Weeknd Justin Bieber Drake Fetty Wap Silentó
Top Streaming Song (Audio)	Top Streaming Song (Video)
"The Hills" – The Weeknd "Sorry" – Justin Bieber "What Do You Mean?" – Justin Bieber "Hotline Bling – Drake "Trap Queen" – Fetty Wap	"Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" – Silentó "Trap Queen" – Fetty Wap "See You Again" – Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "The Hills" – The Weeknd
Top Christian Artist	Top Christian Song
Hillsong UNITED Casting Crowns Lauren Daigle MercyMe Chris Tomlin	"Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" – Hillsong UNITED "Touch the Sky" – Hillsong UNITED "Flawless" – MercyMe "Brother" – NEEDTOBREATHE feat. Gavin DeGraw "Good Good Father" – Chris Tomlin
Top Christian Album	Top Gospel Artist
How Can It Be – Lauren Daigle Empires – Hillsong UNITED Hymns That Are Important to Us – Joey Rory This Is Not a Test – TobyMac Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship – Chris Tomlin	Kirk Franklin Anthony Brown and group therAPy Tasha Cobbs Travis Greene Marvin Sapp
Top Gospel Song	Top Gospel Album
"Wanna Be Happy" – Kirk Franklin "Worth" – Anthony Brown and group therAPy "I Luh God" – Erica Campbell feat. Big Shizz "Intentional" – Travis Greene "Worth Fighting For" – Brian Courtney Wilson	Losing My Religion – Kirk Franklin Eveyday Jesus – Anthony Brown and group therAPy One Place Live – Tasha Cobbs Life Music: Stage Two – Jonathan McReynolds You Shall Live – Marvin Sapp
Top Country Artist	Top Country Song
Luke Bryan Sam Hunt Chris Stapleton Carrie Underwood Zac Brown Band	"Die a Happy Man" – Thomas Rhett "Break Up in a Small Town" – Sam Hunt "Take Your Time" – Sam Hunt "Girl Crush" – Little Big Town "I'm Comin' Over" – Chris Young
Top Country Album	Top Dance/Electronic Artist
Traveller – Chris Stapleton Kill the Lights – Luke Bryan Montevallo – Sam Hunt Storyteller – Carrie Underwood Jekyll Hyde – Zac Brown Band	David Guetta The Chainsmokers DJ Snake Major Lazer Zedd
Top Dance/Electronic Song	Top Dance/Electronic Album
"Lean On" – Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ "Roses" – The Chainsmokers feat. Rozes "You Know You Like It" – DJ Snake and AlunaGeorge "Hey Mama" – David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack "Where Are Ü Now" – Jack Ü with Justin Bieber	True Colors – Zedd Listen – David Guetta Peace Is the Mission – Major Lazer In Return – ODESZA Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü – Jack Ü
Top Latin Artist	Top Latin Song
Romeo Santos Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga Juan Gabriel Nicky Jam Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes del Rancho	"El Perdón" – Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias "Ginza" – J Balvin "Te Metiste" – Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes del Rancho "Borró Cassette" – Maluma "Propuesta Indecente" – Romeo Santos
Top Latin Album	Top R&B Artist
Los Dúo – Juan Gabriel Mis Número 1...40 Aniversario – Juan Gabriel Cama Incendiada – Maná Hoy Más Fuerte – Gerardo Ortíz Formula, Vol. 2 – Romeo Santos	The Weeknd Chris Brown Jeremih Rihanna Bryson Tiller
Top R&B Song	Top R&B Album
"The Hills" – The Weeknd "Here" – Alessia Cara "Post to Be" – Omarion feat. Chris Brown and Jhené Aiko "Can't Feel My Face" – The Weeknd "Earned It" – The Weeknd	Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd Royalty – Chris Brown Anti – Rihanna T R A P S O U L – Bryson Tiller Black Rose – Tyrese
Top Rap Artist	Top Rap Song
Drake Fetty Wap Future Wiz Khalifa Silentó	"See You Again" – Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth "Hotline Bling" – Drake "Trap Queen" – Fetty Wap "679" – Fetty Wap feat. Remy Boyz "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" – Silentó
Top Rap Album	Top Rock Artist
Dreams Worth More Than Money – Meek Mill If You're Reading This It's Too Late – Drake What a Time to Be Alive – Drake & Future Compton – Dr. Dre To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar	twenty one pilots Fall Out Boy Elle King WALK THE MOON X Ambassadors
Top Rock Song	Top Rock Album
"Shut Up and Dance" – WALK THE MOON "Uma Thurman" – Fall Out Boy "Ex's & Oh's" – Elle King "Stressed Out" – twenty one pilots "Renegades" – X Ambassadors	Blurryface – twenty one pilots Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes Blackstar – David Bowie A Head Full of Dreams – Coldplay Wilder Mind – Mumford & Sons
Top Soundtrack	Billboard Chart Achievement (fan-voted)
Pitch Perfect 2 Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1 Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Furious 7 Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol.1	Rihanna Adele Drake Little Big Town The Weeknd
Icon Award	Millennium Award
Celine Dion	Britney Spears

Artists with multiple wins and nominations

Artists that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Artist
20	The Weeknd
12	Justin Bieber
12	Drake
11	Fetty Wap
9	Adele
8	Taylor Swift
6	Wiz Khalifa
6	Charlie Puth
5	Silentó
4	Hillsong UNITED
	Sam Hunt
	twenty one pilots
3	Anthony Brown and group therAPy
	Chris Brown
	Luke Bryan
	DJ Snake
	Kirk Franklin
	Juan Gabriel
	David Guetta
	Major Lazer
	Rihanna
	Romeo Santos
	Ed Sheeran
	Bryson Tiller
	WALK THE MOON
2	The Chainsmokers
	Tasha Cobbs
	Lauren Daigle
	Fall Out Boy
	Future
	Selena Gomez
	Ariana Grande
	Travis Greene
	Jack Ü
	Nicky Jam
	Elle King
	Little Big Town
	Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes del Rancho
	Bruno Mars
	MercyMe
	One Direction
	OMI
	The Rolling Stones
	Mark Ronson
	Marvin Sapp
	Chris Stapleton
	Chris Tomlin
	U2
	Carrie Underwood
	X Ambassadors
	Zac Brown Band
	Zedd

Artists that received multiple awards
Wins	Artist
8	The Weeknd
5	Adele
3	Kirk Franklin
2	Justin Bieber
	Hillsong UNITED
	Wiz Khalifa
	Charlie Puth
	twenty one pilots
	WALK THE MOON

References

^ Billboard Staff (April 11, 2016). "Billboard Music Awards 2016: See the Finalists". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
^ Melendez, Monique (May 2, 2016). "Britney Spears to Perform Hits Medley at Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
^ Billboard Staff (May 4, 2016). "Celine Dion to Receive ICON Award". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 7, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
^ "Madonna to Honor Prince on the Billboard Music Awards". Billboard Music Awards. Dick Clark Productions. May 11, 2016. Archived from the original on May 12, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
^ "Adele to Debut 'Send My Love (To Your New Lover)' Video at Billboard Music Awards". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
^ Billboard staff (May 22, 2016). "Billboard Music Awards 2016: Complete Winners List". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
^ "Presenters Announced for the 2016 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
^ "Presenters Announced for the 2016 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
^ "Billboard Music Awards 2016: Complete Winners List". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2018.

[Nominations-1] Billboard Staff (April 11, 2016). "Billboard Music Awards 2016: See the Finalists". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.

[Britney-2] Melendez, Monique (May 2, 2016). "Britney Spears to Perform Hits Medley at Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.

[Celine-3] Billboard Staff (May 4, 2016). "Celine Dion to Receive ICON Award". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 7, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2016.

[Madonna-4] "Madonna to Honor Prince on the Billboard Music Awards". Billboard Music Awards. Dick Clark Productions. May 11, 2016. Archived from the original on May 12, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.

[5] "Adele to Debut 'Send My Love (To Your New Lover)' Video at Billboard Music Awards". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.

[6] Billboard staff (May 22, 2016). "Billboard Music Awards 2016: Complete Winners List". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.

[7] "Presenters Announced for the 2016 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.

[8] "Presenters Announced for the 2016 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.

[9] "Billboard Music Awards 2016: Complete Winners List". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2018.

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