2015BillboardMusic Awards
Appearance
2015BillboardMusic Awards | |
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Date | May 17, 2015 |
Location | MGM Grand Garden Arena,Las Vegas,Nevada,U.S. |
Hosted by | Ludacris Chrissy Teigen |
Most awards | Taylor Swift(8) |
Most nominations | Taylor Swift (14) |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | ABC |
The 2015BillboardMusic Awardsceremony was held on May 17, 2015, at theMGM Grand Garden ArenainLas Vegas.It was aired live onABC.The show was hosted byLudacrisandChrissy Teigen.
Taylor Swiftwon 8 out of her 14 nominations, including Top Artist, Top Female Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album for1989.Other winners includedSam Smith,Iggy AzaleaandPharrell Williamsscoring three trophies each.Meghan Trainor,One Direction,Jason Aldean,John Legend,Enrique IglesiasandHozierwon two categories.[1][2]Swift premiered her "Bad Blood"music video at the start of the show.[3]Mariah Careyperformed at the ceremony, marking the first time she has performed on the Billboard stage since 1998.[4][5][6]
Performers[edit]
Presenters[edit]
- Lily Aldridge&Charli XCX– Presented Top Duo/Group
- Laverne Cox&Tracee Ellis Ross– Presented Top Billboard 200 Album
- Chrissy Teigen– IntroducedFall Out Boy&Wiz Khalifa
- Kaitlyn Bristowe& Britt Nilsson fromThe Bachelorette– IntroducedNick Jonas
- Chrissy Teigen– IntroducedMeghan Trainor&John Legend
- Idina Menzel– IntroducedMariah Carey
- Danica McKellar– Presented Top Rap Song
- Ludacris&Tyrese Gibson– IntroducedWiz Khalifa,Charlie Puth,andLindsey Stirling
- Celine Dion– Presented Top Male Artist
- Taraji P. Henson– IntroducedJussie Smollett,Bryshere 'Yazz' Gray,andEstelle
- One Direction– Presented Top Radio Song
- Florida Georgia Line– IntroducedLittle Big Town&Faith Hill
- Ellen Pompeo– Presented Top Female Artist
- Kira Kazantsev&Pete Wentz– Presented Top Touring Artist
- Jennifer Lopez– IntroducedPitbull&Chris Brown
- Zendaya– IntroducedEd Sheeran
- Prince Royce– Presented Billboard Chart Achievement Award
- Fifth Harmony– IntroducedNicki Minaj&David Guetta
- Molly Ringwald– IntroducedSimple Minds
- Pentatonix– IntroducedKelly Clarkson
- Brett Eldredge&Hailee Steinfeld– Presented Top Country Artist
- John Legend– IntroducedImagine Dragons
- Kevin Connolly,Kevin Dillon,Jerry Ferrara,andAdrian Grenier– Presented Top Artist Award
- Kendall Jenner&Kylie Jenner– IntroducedKanye West
- Ludacris– IntroducedBritney Spears&Iggy Azalea
Winners and nominees[edit]
Winners are listed first.[8]
Artists with multiple wins and nominations[edit]
Nominations | Artist |
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14 | Taylor Swift |
13 | Sam Smith |
12 | Iggy Azalea |
9 | Meghan Trainor |
7 | John Legend |
6 | Ariana Grande |
Pharrell Williams | |
5 | Hozier |
Ed Sheeran | |
Romeo Santos | |
4 | Luke Bryan |
Drake | |
Florida Georgia Line | |
One Direction | |
Katy Perry | |
3 | Jason Aldean |
Chris Brown | |
Coldplay | |
Disclosure | |
Calvin Harris | |
Enrique Iglesias | |
Maroon 5 | |
MercyMe | |
Nicki Minaj | |
Charli XCX | |
2 | 5 Seconds of Summer |
Avicii | |
J Balvin | |
Bastille | |
Beyoncé | |
Casting Crowns | |
Clean Bandit | |
Fall Out Boy | |
Juan Gabriel | |
Hillsong United | |
J. Cole | |
Lorde | |
MAGIC! | |
Newsboys | |
Pentatonix | |
Bobby Shmurda | |
Lindsey Stirling | |
Justin Timberlake |
Wins | Artist |
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8 | Taylor Swift |
3 | Iggy Azalea |
Sam Smith | |
Pharrell Williams | |
2 | Jason Aldean |
Hozier | |
Enrique Iglesias | |
John Legend | |
One Direction | |
Meghan Trainor |
References[edit]
- ^"Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full List of Finalists".Billboard.April 7, 2015.RetrievedApril 7,2015.
- ^"Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full Winners List".Billboard.May 17, 2015.RetrievedMay 17,2015.
- ^"Taylor Swift to Debut 'Bad Blood' Video During 2015 Billboard Music Awards".billboard.com.May 7, 2015.
- ^"Mariah Carey to Perform at 2015 Billboard Music Awards".Billboard.May 5, 2015.RetrievedMay 6,2015.
- ^"Taylor Swift is big winner at 2015 Billboard music awards".Guardian.17 May 2015.Retrieved19 May2015.
- ^"Billboard Music Awards 2015 recap: Taylor Swift, Sam Smith clean up".CNN.17 May 2015.Retrieved19 May2015.
- ^"50 Cent, Celine Dion Among Presenters Announced for Billboard Music Awards".Billboard.
- ^"Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full Winners List".Billboard.