The 2015 Billboard Music Award Winners Are....

Billboard charting artists from all walks of life were under the same roof Sunday evening for the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas.

Taylor Swift was one of the big winners of the night, taking home eight awards including Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist and Top Digital Songs Artist.

Other winners for the evening included Florida Georgia Line, Iggy Azalea and Sam Smith -- who wasn't present due to a vocal cord injury, but relayed his speech via large cue cards.

And unlike prior Billboard Award shows, the event kicked off in a very unique way with help from Swift. With Matrix kicks, body slams, slick-back ponytails and help from Zendaya, Gigi Hadid, Ellie Goulding and Kendrick Lamar -- to name a few, Taylor kicked off the 2015 Billboard Music Awards with the debut of the video for her record "Bad Blood."

The musical evening also included hit and miss jokes from hosts Chrissy Teigen and Ludacris and drinking game instructions. As well as heartfelt tributes to The Fast and the Furious' late Paul Walker, BB King, Ben E. King and The Breakfast Club.

WINNERS

TOP ARTIST - Taylor Swift
TOP FEMALE ARTIST - Taylor Swift
TOP RADIO SONG - John Legend, “All of Me”
TOP MALE ARTIST - Sam Smith
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST- Calvin Harris
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST - Taylor Swift
TOP LATIN ARTIST - Romeo Santos
TOP ROCK ARTIST - Hozier
TOP R&B ARTIST- Pharrell Williams
TOP RADIO SONGS ARTIST - Sam Smith
TOP STREAMING ARTIST - Iggy Azalea
TOP SOCIAL ARTIST - Justin Bieber
TOP DIGITAL SONGS ARTIST - Taylor Swift
TOP HOT 100 ARTIST - Taylor Swift
TOP NEW ARTIST - Sam Smith
TOP RAP SONG - Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM - Taylor Swift, 1989
TOP DUO/GROUP - One Direction
TOP CHRISTIAN ARTIST - Hillsong United
TOP SOUNDTRACK - Frozen
TOP R&B ALBUM - Pharrell Williams, G I R L
TOP RAP ALBUM - J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive
TOP COUNTRY ALBUM - Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt
TOP ROCK ALBUM - Coldplay, Ghost Stories
TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUM - Lecrae, Anomaly
TOP DIGITAL SONG - Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”
TOP LATIN ALBUM - Enrique Iglesias, Sex and Love
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM - Lindsey Stirling, Shatter Me
TOP TOURING ARTIST - One Direction
TOP RAP ARTIST - Iggy Azalea
TOP COUNTRY ARTIST - Florida Georgia Line
TOP HOT 100 SONG - Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
TOP STREAMING SONG (AUDIO) - John Legend, “All of Me”
TOP STREAMING SONG (VIDEO) - Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
TOP R&B SONG - Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
TOP COUNTRY SONG - Jason Aldean, “Burnin’ It Down”
TOP ROCK SONG - Hozier, “Take Me to Church”
TOP LATIN SONG - Enrique Iglesias feat. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona, “Bailando”
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC SONG - DJ Snake & Lil Jon, “Turn Down For What”
TOP CHRISTIAN SONG - Carrie Underwood, “Something in the Water”
BILLBOARD CHART ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (FAN-VOTED) - Taylor Swift



PERFORMANCES

• Van Halen hit the Billboard stage for the first-time ever, performing their record "Panama."
• Fall Out Boy hit the stage to perform "Uma's Praises" with the added touch of female dancers dressed in black and white, and help with Wiz Khalifa.
• Nick Jonas performed his hit "Jealous" and may have lived up to the titled of the record because all female eyes were on him.

• Meghan Trainor and John Legend did a duet of Meghan's record "Like I'm Gonna Lose You."
• Mariah Carey hit the stage for the first time in 17 years and although she didn't channel old Mariah, she concluded her performance of "Infinity" with a high note.
• Wiz Khalifa performs "See You Again" with Charlie Puth in honor the late Paul Walker.
• Introduced by their TV mom Taraji P. Henson also known as Cookie Lyon, Empire stars Jussie Smollett and Bryshere "Yazz" Gray performed a medley of Empire hits "You're So Beautiful," and "Conquerer" with help from Estelle.
• Hozier performed "Take Me To Church."
• Faith Hill and Little Big Town hit the stage to perform "Girl Crush."
• Chris Brown added some spice to Pitbull's performance of "Fun."
• Ed Sheeran gave an electrifying guitar strummed performance of "Bloodstream."
• Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea gave their highly anticipated, high energy performance of "Pretty Girls."
• Nicki Minaj whined her waist in a bralette and skirt during her performance of "The Night Is Still Young" and "Hey Mama" with David Guetta.
• Tory Kelly -- who was honored as Kia's "One to Watch" performed her breakout single, "Nobody Love."

• Simple Minds performs "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from The Breakfast Club.
• Kelly Clarkson made a powerful comeback with her performance of "Invincible"

• Imagine Dragons performed a tribute of "Stand By Me" in honor of the late Ben E. King.

• Kanye West closed out the show with an intense medley of his tracks "All Day" and "Blkkk Skkkn Head" -- of which the major of the lyrics appeared to be blurred out, unless that was some sort of technical glitch.

THE RED CARPET




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