Janet Jackson Rocks Billboard Music Awards; Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars Win Big
Posted on Mon May 21st, 2018 6:46am PDT By X17 Staff
Janet, Jackson if you're nasty, was presented the Icon Award after performing a medley of her greatest hits. Lemme tell you, that 52-year old can jam! She didn't skip a beat, dancing and her face was pulled back tighter than Biebers' abs -- she looked HOT! Her acceptance speech was about female empowerment and God -- a LOT of God. Listen ...
Pulitzer Prize-winner Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran, and Bruno Mars led the 2018 Billboard Award nominees with 15 nods each, followed closely behind by Post Malone with 13 and Imagine Dragons with 11, Drake with 9 and Justin Bieber and Cardi B with 8 each. But here's how it all shook down Sunday night ...
Ed Sheeran took Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Song Sales Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, and Top Hot 100 Artist, accepting his award via satellite; Khalid took Top New Artist -- he dedicated his prize to the youth (he sang the single by the same name with Shawn Mendes); Camila Cabello won the Billboard Chart Achievement award. We haven't seen her in a while -- Taylor Swift won Top Female Artist; Kendrick Lamar took Top Streaming Song and Top Rap Artist; Bruno Mars took Top R&B and Top R&B Tour Artist; and Cardi B was the Top Female Rap Artist. Click through to see the full list of winners!
Top Artist
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Ed Sheeran *WINNER
Taylor Swift
Top New Artist
21 Savage
Camila Cabello
Cardi B
Khalid *WINNER
Kodak Black
Billboard Chart Achievement Award
Camila Cabello *WINNER
Cardi B
Drake
Sam Hunt
Ed Sheeran
Top Male Artist
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran *WINNER
Top Female Artist
Camila Cabello
Cardi B
Halsey
Demi Lovato
Taylor Swift *WINNER
Top Duo/Group
The Chainsmokers
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons *WINNER
Migos
U2
Top R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Khalid
Bruno Mars *WINNER
SZA
The Weeknd
Top R&B Male Artist
Khalid
Bruno Mars *WINNER
The Weeknd
Top R&B Female Artist
Beyoncé
Rihanna
SZA *WINNER
Top Rap Artist
Drake
Kendrick Lamar *WINNER
Lil Uzi Vert
Migos
Post Malone
Top Rap Male Artist
Drake
Kendrick Lamar *WINNER
Post Malone
Top Rap Female Artist
Bhad Bhabie
Cardi B *WINNER
Nicki Minaj
Top Country Artist
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Sam Hunt
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton *WINNER
Top Country Male Artist
Sam Hunt
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton *WINNER
Top Country Female Artist
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Maren Morris *WINNER
Top Country Duo/Group Artist
Florida Georgia Line *WINNER
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band