Billboard Music Award Winners: Justin Timberlake Takes Top Honors
Justin Timberlake received seven Billboard Music Awards, which measures honors by sales, radio airplay, touring, streaming and other metrics, Sunday taking home trophies for Top Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album (“The 20/20 Experience”) in a three-hour show at at the MGM Grand Arena.
Rapper Pitbull kicked off the show alongside Lopez and Brazilian singer Claudia Leitte with a performance of “We Are One (Ole Ola),” the theme to next month’s soccer World Cup in Brazil.
Imagine Dragons won five awards, including top Hot 100 artist for songs’ chart performance, top rock artist and top duo/group among others. The Grammy-winning Las Vegas band also performed their song “Tiptoe” on the show. R&B singers Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and rapper T.I. scored four wins on the back of their megahit “Blurred Lines,” including awards for top Hot 100 song, digital song and radio song and R&B song.
Seventeen-year-old pop sensation Lorde, dressed all in black with black feather fringes, captured the award for top new artist and top rock song for the hit “Royals,” which already landed her two Grammy Awards this year.
Jennifer Lopez was honored with Icon Award for lifetime achievement, and country singer Carrie Underwood won the fan-voted Milestone Award.
The show featured numerous performances, including the late King of Pop Michael Jackson as a hologram, performing his posthumously released song “Slave to the Rhythm,” Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, country duo Florida Georgia Line with country singer Luke Bryan, Nickelodeon star Ariana Grande and Australian rapper Iggy Azalea.
Below is the full list of the 2014 Billboard Music Award winners:
TOP ARTIST: Justin Timberlake
TOP 100 HOT SONG: “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. & Pharrell)
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM: “The 20/20 Experience,” Justin Timberlake
TOP DUO/GROUP: Imagine Dragons
TOP NEW ARTIST: Lorde
TOP TOURING ARTIST: Bon Jovi
TOP MALE ARTIST: Justin Timberlake
TOP FEMALE ARTIST: Katy Perry
TOP HOT 100 ARTIST: Imagine Dragons
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST: Justin Timberlake
TOP DIGITAL SONGS ARTIST: Katy Perry
TOP RADIO SONGS ARTIST: Justin Timberlake
TOP SOCIAL ARTIST: Justin Bieber
TOP STREAMING ARTIST: Miley Cyrus
TOP R&B ARTIST: Justin Timberlake
TOP RAP ARTIST: Eminem
TOP COUNTRY ARTIST: Luke Bryan
TOP ROCK ARTIST: Imagine Dragons
TOP LATIN ARTIST: Marc Anthony
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST: Daft Punk
TOP CHRISTIAN ARTIST: Chris Tomlin
TOP R&B ALBUM: “The 20/20 Experience,” Justin Timberlake
TOP RAP ALBUM: “The Marshall Mathers LP2,” Eminem
TOP COUNTRY ALBUM: “Crash My Party,” Luke Bryan
TOP ROCK ALBUM: “Night Visions,” Imagine Dragons
TOP LATIN ALBUM: “3.0,” Marc Anthony
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM: “Random Access Memories,” Daft Punk
TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUM: “Precious Memories: Volume II,” Alan Jackson
TOP DIGITAL SONG : “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. & Pharrell)
TOP RADIO SONG: “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. & Pharrell)
TOP STREAMING SONG (AUDIO): “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons
TOP STREAMING SONG (VIDEO): “Wrecking Ball,” Miley Cyrus
TOP R&B SONG: “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. & Pharrell)
TOP RAP SONG: “Can’t Hold Us,” Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Ray Dalton)
TOP COUNTRY SONG: “Cruise,” Florida Georgia Line (featuring Nelly)
TOP ROCK SONG: “Royals,” Lorde
TOP LATIN SONG: “Vivir Mi Vida,” Marc Anthony
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC SONG: “Wake Me Up,” Avicii
TOP CHRISTIAN SONG: “Hello, My Name is,” Matthew West
ICON AWARD: Jennifer Lopez