On the night, Drake led the winners with 12 awards – bringing his total Billboard Music Award wins to a record 27.
On April 4, 2019, nominations for the Billboard Music Awards were announced. American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson was announced as host while Mariah Carey was announced as recipient of the Icon Award. Cardi B also had the most nominations with 21 from 18 categories.
The Awards held at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas in the wee hours of May 2, 2019. At the event, Drake made history has he became the most-awarded artist in Billboard Music Awards history, after he won 12 awards – bringing his total to a record 27.
The ceremony also featured performances from Khalid, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, Mariah Carey, Paula Abdul, BTS, Halsey and so forth.
Here is a complete list of the winners (The names of winners are written in bold);
ARTIST AWARDS
Top Artist
Cardi B
Drake — WINNER
Ariana Grande
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Top New Artist
Bazzi
Juice WRLD — WINNER
Lil Baby
Dua Lipa
Ella Mai
Billboard Chart Achievement Award
Dan + Shay
Drake
Ariana Grande — WINNER
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Dua Lipa
Top Male Artist
Drake — WINNER
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Ed Sheeran
XXXTentacion
Top Female Artist
Cardi B
Ariana Grande — WINNER
Halsey
Ella Mai
Taylor Swift
Top Duo/Group
BTS — WINNER
Dan + Shay
Imagine Dragons
Maroon 5
Panic! At The Disco
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Drake — WINNER
Ariana Grande
Post Malone
Travis Scott
XXXTentacion
Top Hot 100 Artist
Cardi B
Drake — WINNER
Ariana Grande
Juice Wrld
Post Malone
Top Streaming Songs Artist
Cardi B
Drake — WINNER
Ariana Grande
Post Malone
XXXTentacion
Top Song Sales Artist
Drake — WINNER
Ariana Grande
Imagine Dragons
Lady Gaga
Post Malone
Top Radio Songs Artist
Cardi B
Drake — WINNER
Ariana Grande
Maroon 5
Post Malone
Top Social Artist
BTS — WINNER
EXO
GOT7
Ariana Grande
Louis Tomlinson
Top Touring Artist
Beyoncé & JAY-Z
Bruno Mars
Ed Sheeran — WINNER
Taylor Swift
Justin Timberlake
Top R&B Artist
H.E.R.
Khalid
Ella Mai — WINNER
The Weeknd
XXXTentacion
Top R&B Male Artist
Khalid
The Weeknd — WINNER
XXXTentacion
Top R&B Female Artist
H.E.R.
Ella Mai — WINNER
Queen Naija
Top R&B Tour
Beyoncé & JAY-Z — WINNER
Childish Gambino
Bruno Mars
Top Rap Artist
Cardi B
Drake — WINNER
Juice Wrld
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Top Rap Male Artist
Drake — WINNER
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Top Rap Female Artist
Cardi B — WINNER
City Girls
Nicki Minaj
Top Rap Tour
Beyoncé & JAY-Z — WINNER
Drake
Travis Scott
Top Country Artist
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs — WINNER
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Top Country Male Artist
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs — WINNER
Top Country Female Artist
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood — WINNER
Top Country Duo/Group
Dan + Shay — WINNER
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
Top Country Tour
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney — WINNER
Shania Twain
Top Rock Artist
Imagine Dragons — WINNER
Lovelytheband
Panic! At The Disco
Queen
Twenty One Pilots
Top Rock Tour
Elton John — WINNER
The Rolling Stones
U2
Top Latin Artist
Anuel AA
Bad Bunny
J Balvin
Ozuna — WINNER
Romeo Santos
Top Dance/Electronic Artist
Calvin Harris
Kygo
Marshmello
Odesza
The Chainsmokers — WINNER
Top Christian Artist
Cory Asbury
Lauren Daigle — WINNER
For King & Country
Hillsong Worship
MercyMe
Top Gospel Artist
Kirk Franklin
Koryn Hawthorne
Tori Kelly
Tasha Cobbs Leonard — WINNER
Marvin Sapp
ALBUM AWARDS
Top Billboard 200 Album
Cardi B “Invasion of Privacy”
Drake “Scorpion” — WINNER
Post Malone “beerbongs & bentleys”
Travis Scott “ASTROWORLD”
XXXTentacion “?”
Top Soundtrack
“13 Reasons Why: Season 2”
“A Star is Born” by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
“The Greatest Showman” — WINNER
Top R&B Album
Ella Mai “Ella Mai”
H.E.R. “H.E.R.”
Khalid “American Teen”
The Weeknd “My Dear Melancholy,”
XXXTentacion “17” — WINNER
Top Rap Album
Cardi B “Invasion of Privacy”
Drake “Scorpion” — WINNER
Post Malone “beerbongs & bentleys”
Travis Scott “ASTROWORLD”
XXXTentacion “?”
Top Country Album
Jason Aldean “Rearview Town”
Kane Brown “Kane Brown”
Luke Combs “This One’s For You” — WINNER
Dan + Shay “Dan + Shay”
Carrie Underwood “Cry Pretty”
Top Rock Album
Dave Matthews Band “Come Tomorrow”
Imagine Dragons “Origins”
Mumford & Sons “Delta”
Panic! At This Disco “Pray For The Wicked” — WINNER
Twenty One Pilots “Trench”
Top Latin Album
Anuel AA “Real Hasta la Muerte”
Bad Bunny “X 100PRE”
J Balvin “Vibras”
Maluma “F.A.M.E.”
Ozuna “Aura” — WINNER
Top Dance/Electronic Album
Clean Bandit “What Is Love?”
David Guetta “7”
Kygo “Kids in Love”
Major Lazer “Major Lazer Essentials”
The Chainsmokers “Sick Boy” — WINNER
Top Christian Album
Cory Asbury “Reckless Love”
Lauren Daigle “Look Up Child” — WINNER
For King & Country “Burn The Ships”
Hillsong Worship “There Is More”
Zach Williams “Chain Breaker”
Top Gospel Album
Snoop Dogg & Various Artists “Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love”
Aretha Franklin “Gospel Greats”
Koryn Hawthorne “Unstoppable”
Tori Kelly “Hiding Place” — WINNER
Jonathan McReynolds “Make Room”
SONG AWARDS
Top Hot 100 Song
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It”
Juice Wrld “Lucid Dreams”
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You” — WINNER
Post Malone “Better Now”
Travis Scott “SICKO MODE”
Top Streaming Song (Audio)
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It”
Juice Wrld “Lucid Dreams”
Post Malone “Better Now”
Travis Scott “SICKO MODE” — WINNER
XXXTentacion “SAD!”
Top Streaming Song (Video)
Drake “In My Feelings” — WINNER
Juice Wrld “Lucid Dreams”
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You”
Travis Scott “SICKO MODE”
XXXTentacion “SAD!”
Top Selling Song
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It”
Drake “In My Feelings”
Halsey “Without Me”
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper “Shallow”
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You” — WINNER
Top Radio Song
Khalid & Normani “Love Lies”
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You” — WINNER
Post Malone “Better Now”
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be”
Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey “The Middle”
Top Collaboration
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It”
Khalid & Normani “Love Lies”
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You” — WINNER
Marshmello & Bastille “Happier”
Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign “Psycho”
Top R&B Song
DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper & Quavo “No Brainer”
Ella Mai “Boo’d Up” — WINNER
Ella Mai “Trip”
Khalid “Better”
Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown “Freaky Friday”
Top Rap Song
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It” — WINNER
Drake “In My Feelings”
Juice WRLD “Lucid Dreams”
Post Malone “Better Now”
Travis Scott “SICKO MODE”
Top Country Song
Kane Brown “Heaven”
Luke Combs “She Got the Best of Me”
Dan + Shay “Speechless”
Dan + Shay “Tequila”
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be” — WINNER
Top Rock Song
Foster The People “Sit Next to Me”
Imagine Dragons “Natural”
Imagine Dragons “Whatever It Takes”
Lovelytheband “broken”
Panic! At The Disco “High Hopes” — WINNER
Top Latin Song
Bad Bunny ft. Drake “Mia”
Daddy Yankee “Dura”
DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B “Taki Taki”
Nicky Jam & J Balvin “X”
Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny & Ozuna “Te Bote” — WINNER
Top Dance/Electronic Song
DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B “Taki Taki”
Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa “One Kiss”
Marshmello & Bastille “Happier”
Tiësto & Dzeko ft. Preme & Post Malone “Jackie Chan”
Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey “The Middle” — WINNER
Top Christian Song
Cory Asbury “Reckless Love”
Lauren Daigle “You Say” — WINNER
For King & Country “joy.”
Hillsong Worship “Who You Say I Am”
Tauren Wells “Known”
Top Gospel Song
Todd Dulaney “Your Great Name”
Koryn Hawthorne “Won’t He Do It” — WINNER
Tori Kelly ft. Kirk Franklin “Never Alone”
Jason Nelson “Forever”
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