Billboard Music Award
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Awarded for | Outstanding chart performance |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Billboard |
First awarded | 1989 |
Official website | www |
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 1989 in December until it went dormant in 2006. The awards returned in 2011 and is held annually in May. The 2016 Billboard Music Awards aired live on May 22 at 8/7c on ABC.[1]
Contents
Ceremonies[edit]
Award process[edit]
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 United States year-end chart performance according to Nielsen data for sales, number of downloads and total airplay. Awards were given for the top album/artist/single in different genres.
Categories[edit]
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.
Current categories[edit]
The most important 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.
- Top Artist
- Top New Artist
- Top Male Artist
- Top Female Artist
- Top Duo/Group
- Top Touring Artist
- Top Billboard 200 Artist
- Top Billboard 200 Album
- Top Hot 100 Artist
- Top Hot 100 Song
- Top Radio Songs Artist
- Top Radio Song
- Top Social Artist
- Top Streaming Artist
- Top Streaming Song (Audio)
- Top Streaming Song (Video)
- Top Christian Artist
- Top Christian Song
- Top Christian Album
- Top Gospel Artist
- Top Gospel Song
- Top Gospel Album
- Top Country Artist
- Top Country Song
- Top Country Album
- Top Dance/Electronic Artist
- Top Dance/Electronic Song
- Top Dance/Electronic Album
- Top Latin Artist
- Top Latin Song
- Top Latin Album
- Top R&B Artist
- Top R&B Song
- Top R&B Album
- Top Rap Artist
- Top Rap Song
- Top Rap Album
- Top Rock Artist
- Top Rock Song
- Top Rock Album
- Top Soundtrack
- Billboard Chart Achievement Award (Fan-voted)
Retired categories (1989–2015)[edit]
- Top Alternative song
- Top Alternative Album
- Top Alternative Artist
- Top Classical Crossover Artist
- Top Classical Crossover Album
- Top Digital Media Artist
- Top Digital Songs Artist
- Top Digital Song
- Top EDM Artist
- Top EDM Song
- Top EDM Album
- Top Independent Album Artists
- Top Independent Album
- Top Modern Rock Artist
- Top Modern Rock Track
- Top New Male Artist
- Top New Female Artist
- Top New Group/Band
- Top Pop Song
- Top Pop Album
- Top Pop Artist
- Top R&B Song
- Top Rhythmic Top 40 Title
- Top Selling Single
- Top Soundtrack Single of the Year
- Top New Song
- Top Pop Punk Artist
- Milestone Award
Special awards[edit]
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Billboard Century Award[edit]
- 1992: George Harrison
- 1993: Buddy Guy
- 1994: Billy Joel
- 1995: Joni Mitchell
- 1996: Carlos Santana
- 1997: Chet Atkins
- 1998: James Taylor
- 1999: Emmylou Harris
- 2000: Randy Newman
- 2001: John Mellencamp
- 2002: Annie Lennox
- 2003: Sting
- 2004: Stevie Wonder
- 2005: Tom Petty
- 2006: Tony Bennett
Icon Award[edit]
The Billboard Icon Award was first made in 2011.
- 2011: Neil Diamond[2]
- 2012: Stevie Wonder[3]
- 2013: Prince[4]
- 2014: Jennifer Lopez[5]
- 2016: Celine Dion[6]
Billboard Millennium Award[edit]
Recognizes music singers and contributions. To date, there have only been three recipients of this award:
- 2011: Beyoncé
- 2012: Whitney Houston (award accepted by her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown)
- 2016: Britney Spears[7]
Billboard Spotlight[edit]
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.
Artist Achievement Award[edit]
- 1995: Janet Jackson[8]
- 1996: Madonna[8]
- 1997: Garth Brooks [8]
- 1999: Aerosmith [8]
- 2001: Janet Jackson[8]
- 2002: Cher[8]
- 2004: Destiny's Child[8]
- 2005: Kanye West[8]
Other special awards[edit]
- 2000: Special Award for biggest one-week sales ever of an album: No Strings Attached, NSYNC[9]
- 2000: Special Award for biggest one-week sales of an album ever by a Female Artist, Oops!... I Did It Again, Britney Spears[9]
Most wins[edit]
The record for most Billboard Music Awards won is held by Taylor Swift with 23 wins.[10]
- Taylor Swift (23)
- Garth Brooks (19)
- Adele (18)
- Usher (18)
- Carrie Underwood (17)
- Whitney Houston (16)
- Justin Bieber (15)
- Mariah Carey (14)
- R. Kelly (12)
- Rihanna (12)
- Lil Jon (11)
The awards show[edit]
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.[11] 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.
See also[edit]
- Billboard Touring Awards
- Billboard Japan Music Awards
- Billboard Latin Music Awards
- Billboard Women in Music
References[edit]
- ^ Nick Goumond (2011-04-14), Rihanna, Eminem, Lady Gaga score double digit Billboard Music Awards noms, goldderby.com, retrieved 2011-04-16
- ^ "Neil Diamond". Billboard. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Stevie Wonder to Receive Icon Award at Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Prince". Billboard. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Jennifer Lopez". Billboard. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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- ^ Melendez, Monique (May 2, 2016). "Britney Spears to Perform Hits Medley at Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Who Has Won the Artist Achievement Award?". Billboard Music Awards. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Sisqo, Destiny's Child Win Big at the Billboard Music Awards".
- ^ "Top 10 Winners". Billboard. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ Billboard Music Awards To Air Live From Las Vegas On ABC May 22 Billboard (February 17, 2011)