''Billboard'' Music Award

Billboard Music Awards
2017 Billboard Music Awards
Awarded for	Outstanding chart performance
Country	United States
Presented by	Billboard
First awarded	1990
Website	www.billboardmusicawards.com

Most recent Billboard Music Award winners

May 21, 2017

Award Top Artist Top New Artist Winner Drake Zayn   Award Top Male Artist Top Female Artist Winner Drake Beyoncé

Previous Top Artist Adele Top Artist Drake

The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by Billboard, a publication and music popularity chart covering the music business. The Billboard Music Awards show had been held annually since 1990 in December^[1] until it went dormant in 2006. The awards returned in 2011 and is held annually in May. The 2017 Billboard Music Awards aired live on ABC in May 21.

Award process

Unlike other awards, such as the Grammy Award, which determine nominations as a result of the highest votes received by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on album and digital songs sales, streaming, radio airplay, touring and social engagement. These measurements are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound. The 2017 awards were based on the reporting period of March 18, 2016 through March 16, 2017.^[2] Awards are given for the top album/artist/single in different genres.

Ceremonies

• Whitney Houston won the award for "#1 World Artist".^[7] This field shows winners of "Artist of the Year" (awarded from 1995 to 2006), and "Top Artist" (awarded since 2011).

Categories

From 1989 to 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. As of 2017, there are two fan-voted categories.

Current categories

The general categories are Top Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album, Top Hot 100 Song and Top New Artist. These categories highlighted in each award and other categories are divided by genre.

Retired categories (1990–2016)

Special awards

Icon Award

• 2011: Neil Diamond^[33]
• 2012: Stevie Wonder^[34]
• 2013: Prince^[35]
• 2014: Jennifer Lopez^[36]
• 2016: Celine Dion^[37]
• 2017: Cher^[38]

Spotlight Award

In 1988, Michael Jackson was honored with Billboard's first Spotlight Award for being the first artist in history to have five consecutive number ones singles on Billboard Hot 100 from one album. In 2012, Katy Perry was honored with Billboard's second Spotlight award for being the second and first female artist in history to have five consecutive number ones singles on Billboard Hot 100 from one album.

Other special awards

• 1992: Special Award commemorating the 10th Anniversary of Thriller: Michael Jackson^[39]
• 1996: Special Award for most weeks at No. 1 on The Billboard Hot 100 (16 weeks for "One Sweet Day"): Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men^[40]
• 1997: Special Award honoring "Candle In the Wind 1997" as the all-time best selling single: Elton John and Bernie Taupin^[41]
• 1998: Special Award for the most No. 1s ever by a female artist (13): Mariah Carey^[42]
• 2000: Special Award for biggest one-week sales ever of an album: No Strings Attached, NSYNC^[43]
• 2000: Special Award for biggest one-week sales of an album ever by a female artist, Oops!... I Did It Again, Britney Spears^[43]
• 2001: Special Award for biggest one-week sales for an album in 2001: Celebrity, NSYNC^[44]
• 2002: Special Award for 1982 album Thriller, which spent more weeks at No. 1 (37) than any other album in the history of the Billboard 200: Michael Jackson^[45]

Most wins

Taylor Swift has won the most Billboard Music Awards

The record for most Billboard Music Awards won is held by Taylor Swift with 21 wins.^[46][47]

• Taylor Swift (21)
• Garth Brooks (19)
• Adele (18)
• Usher (18)
• Whitney Houston (16)
• Justin Bieber (15)
• Mariah Carey (14)
• Drake (14)
• R. Kelly (12)
• Rihanna (12)
• Beyoncé (11)
• Lil Jon (11)

The awards show

Since its inception (created by Rick Garson, Paul Flattery & Jim Yukich), 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.^[48] A new award statuette was created by New York firm Society Awards. Dick Clark Productions produces the ceremony, giving it control of both of ABC's non-country music awards specials, including the November American Music Awards.

Ratings

See also

• Billboard Touring Awards
• Billboard Japan Music Awards
• Billboard Latin Music Awards
• Billboard Women in Music

References

External links

• Official website