Hip Hop/R&B Artists Took Over The 2018 Billboard Music Awards.
This Sunday night, the Billboard Music Awards have rewarded the best vocal and commercial performances of the most popular singers and rappers of the moment. The evening was also marked by mourning, since many tributes were paid to the ten victims of the shooting of Santa Fe. While Drake emerged as the winner of the 2017 edition of the BBMA, the ceremony reserved us beautiful surprises this year.
This year, the Billboard Music Awards made many happy artists. And while last year, Drake had won the majority of the awards, it seems that this year, the spotlight is stolen by Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, winners of numerous awards. Despite the fact that many of their singles were placed at the top of the charts, Drake and Cardi B didn't win the award for the best Billboard ranking, Camilla Cabello won it.
On the other side, Ed Sheeran won the award for best male artist of the year and Taylor Swift won best female artist of the year.
Moreover, Drizzy is among the winners too, by winning the Billboard Top 200 artist award. And Kendrick won not only, the most streamed artist, but also best rap artist and best male rap artist of the year. Then, On the Feminine side, the best female rap artist is necessarily Cardi B, who made a strong debut in the rap game. The best male R & B artist of the year remains Bruno Mars, who also wins the best R & B artist against The Weeknd and SZA . A SZA who has also won the best female artist R & B.
Now Check on the list below to find out if your favorite artists won anything:
Top Artist:
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Ed Sheeran — WINNER
Taylor Swift
Top New Artist:
21 Savage
Camila Cabello
Cardi B
Khalid
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
Top Billboard 200 Artist:
Drake — WINNER
Kendrick Lamar
Ed Sheeran
Chris Stapleton
Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist:
Imagine Dragons
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran — WINNER
Top Streaming Songs Artist:
Cardi B
Drake
Kendrick Lamar — WINNER
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran
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:
Beyonce
Rihanna
SZA — WINNER
Top R&B Tour:
Bruno Mars — WINNER
Lionel Richie
The Weeknd
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 Rap Tour:
J. Cole
JAY-Z — WINNER
Kendrick Lamar
Top Gospel Artist:
Anthony Brown & group therAPy
Travis Greene
J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise
Tasha Cobbs Leonard — WINNER
Tamela Mann
Top Billboard 200 Album:
Drake, More Life
Kendrick Lamar, DAMN. – WINNER
Post Malone, Stoney
Ed Sheeran ÷ (Divide)
Taylor Swift, reputation
Top R&B Album:
Khalid, American Teen
Bruno Mars, 24K Magic — WINNER
SZA, CTRL
The Weeknd, Starboy
XXXTentacion, 17
Top Rap Album:
Drake, More Life
Kendrick Lamar, DAMN. – WINNER
Lil Uzi Vert, Luv Is Rage 2
Migos, Culture
Post Malone, Stoney
Top Christian Album:
Elevation Worship, There Is A Cloud
Hillsong UNITED, Wonder
Hillsong Worship, Let There Be Light
Alan Jackson, Precious Memories Collection – WINNER
MercyMe, Lifer
Top Gospel Album:
Anthony Brown & group therAPy, A Long Way From Sunday
Travis Greene, Crossover: Live From Music City
J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise, You Deserve It
Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Heart. Passion. Pursuit – WINNER
Marvin Sapp, Close
Top Hot 100 Song:
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber, “Despacito” — WINNER
Kendrick Lamar, “Humble.”
Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”
Post Malone ft. 21 Savage, “Rockstar”
Ed Sheeran, “Shape Of You”
Top Streaming Song (Audio):
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber, “Despacito”
Kendrick Lamar, “Humble.” — WINNER
Lil Uzi Vert, “XO Tour LLIF3″
Post Malone ft. 21 Savage, “Rockstar”
Post Malone ft. Quavo, “Congratulations”
Top R&B Song:
Childish Gambino, “Redbone”
DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller, “Wild Thoughts”
Khalid, “Young Dumb & Broke”
Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like” — WINNER
Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B, “Finesse”
Top Rap Song:
Cardi B, “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)”
DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne, “I’m The One
French Montana ft. Swae Lee, “Unforgettable”
Kendrick Lamar, “Humble.”
Post Malone ft. 21 Savage, “Rockstar” — WINNER
Top Gospel Song:
Anthony Brown & group therAPy, “Trust In You”
Travis Greene, “You Waited”
J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise, “You Deserve It” — WINNER
Tamela Mann, “Change Me”
Charlie Wilson, “I’m Blessed”
