The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by Billboard magazine, the preeminent publication covering the music business. The Billboard Music Awards show had been held annually in December until it went dormant in 2007, but it returned in May 2011.[1] Janet Jackson has won the most awards.
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Unlike other awards, such as the Grammy Award, which determine nominations as a result of the highest votes received, the Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on year-end chart performance according to Nielsen data for sales, downloads and airplay. Awards were given for the top album/artist/single in different genres. Since 1992, the awards also give out a Billboard Century Award—the magazine's highest honor for creative achievement and named for Billboard's centennial in 1994. The award was renamed the Icon Award in 2011.
From 1990–2006, the show had the same categories and category names every year. In 2011, for the first time, all of the awards were renamed to "Top [award title]". The "of the year" portion of each category title no longer exists, and many of the awards have been further renamed. Other awards, including both "crossover" awards (No. 1 Classical Crossover Artist and No. 1 Classical Crossover Album) were discontinued.
| Artist | Number of awards |
| Janet Jackson | 33 |
| Michael Jackson | 31 |
| Whitney Houston | 30 |
| Mariah Carey | 30 |
| Garth Brooks | 25 |
| Backstreet Boys | 24 |
| Usher | 22 |
| Mary J. Blige | 20 |
| Destiny's Child | 19 |
| Lady Gaga | 19 |
| Rihanna | 18 |
| Eminem | 17 |
| Madonna | 16 |
| Carrie Underwood | 16 |
| Enrique Iglesias | 16 |
| Taylor Swift | 14 |
| LeAnn Rimes | 12 |
| Adele | 11 |
| Beyoncé Knowles | 11 |
| Katy Perry | 10 |
| Alicia Keys | 10 |
| Britney Spears | 10 |
| Artist | Number of awards |
Year |
| Usher | 14 | 2004 |
| Michael Jackson | 13 | 1983 |
| Whitney Houston | 11 | 1993 |
| Kelly Clarkson | 11 | 2005 |
| Janet Jackson | 10 | 1990 |
| Destiny's Child | 9 | 2001 |
| Mary J. Blige | 9 | 2006 |
| Lady Gaga | 9 | 2009 |
| Ke$ha | 8 | 2010 |
| Ashanti | 8 | 2002 |
| Britney Spears | 8 | 2011 |
| Alicia Keys | 8 | 2004 |
| Artist | Category |
| Michael Jackson | Male artist |
| Backstreet Boys | Group |
| Rihanna | International artist |
| Garth Brooks | Country artist |
| Eminem | Rap artist |
Since its inception (created by Rick Garson), the BMAs had been telecast on the Fox network; however due to contractual expirations and other unforeseen circumstances, the awards were canceled for 2007. Plans for a new version of the awards in 2008 (in association with AEG Live) fell through, and the BMAs were not held until 2011.
On February 17, 2011, Billboard announced that it would bring the BMAs back to television, moving from its original home on Fox to its new network, ABC, on May 22, 2011.[2]
From 1992 onwards, the shows have been live:
Then the BMAs became the first awards show to move to Las Vegas:
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