POST MALONE OWNS THE NIGHT WITH NINE WINS AT THE
“2020 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS”
Killer Mike Receives First-Ever Billboard Change Maker Award And
NBC & MRC Team To Donate $1 Million To His Greenwood Bank
Garth Brooks Honored With Icon Award And Top Winners Include
Khalid (5), Kanye West (4), Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus (4)
Khalid followed Post Malone for the most wins of the night with five, including Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Album, and Top R&B Song. Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus tied for the third most wins, with both artists recognized for their hit “Old Town Road” in the Top Hot 100 Song, Top Streaming Song, Top Selling Song, and Top Rap Song categories. Billie Eilish took home three awards including Top New Artist and Top Female Artist. Winners in the fan-voted categories were: BTS (Top Social Artist), Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Señorita” (Top Collaboration) and Harry Styles (Billboard Chart Achievement Award).
Rapper and social activist Killer Mike was honored with the inaugural Billboard Change Maker Award from the historic APEX (African American Panoramic Experience) Museum in Atlanta, GA. The award, which honors an artist or group that speaks truth to power through music, celebrity, and community and is active in their community and charitable with time, money, or influence to improve the lives of others, was presented by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. NBC and MRC teamed up to deposit $1M to Killer Mike’s recently established digital bank, Greenwood.
Cher made an appearance on the star-studded night to present Garth Brooks with the elite ICON Award, followed by his incredible performance of multiple chart-topping hits that was nothing short of iconic.
The night was full of spectacular performances:
- All the way from South Korea, K-Pop supergroup BTS gave an electrifying performance of “Dynamite,” their first number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100
- Demi Lovato gave a chills inducing world premiere performance of her timely and powerful new song “Commander in Chief”
- Post Malone delivered a soaring performance of his hits “Circles” and “Tommy Lee” featuring Tyla Yahweh, showing everyone why he took home nine awards
- Alicia Keys made a long-awaited return to the BBMA stage for a dazzling perform of her latest single “Love Looks Better”
- Brandy made her BBMA performance debut and treated fans to her hit “Borderline” along with her new single “No Tomorrow” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, and “Almost Doesn’t Count”
- Bad Bunny was joined by surprise guests Nesi and Ivy Queen for “Yo Perreo Sola” for his dynamic and exciting BBMA performance debut
- In her first BBMA performance, Doja Cat set the stage aflame with a dramatic medley of “Juicy,” “Say So,” and “Like That”
- EGOT-winner and multi-platinum singer-songwriter John Legend gave an emotional performance of “Never Break”
- Kane Brown, Khalid and Swae Lee tore up the stage with an energetic performance of their hit “Be Like That”
- In a rare appearance, Sia delivered a powerful moment with her song “Courage to Change”
- On the heels of one of his three wins, Luke Combs gave a moving performance of “Better Together”
- Breakout artist SAINt JHN, in his television debut, performed his global smash hit “Roses”
- And in this year’s Billboard throwback, iconic group En Vogue closed the evening with an empowering performance of their huge hit “Free Your Mind,” which first stormed the charts 30 years ago
See below for a complete list of winners:
Artist Awards
Top Artist: Post Malone
Top New Artist: Billie Eilish
Billboard Chart Achievement Award: Harry Styles
Top Male Artist: Post Malone
Top Female Artist: Billie Eilish
Top Duo/Group: Jonas Brothers
Top Billboard 200 Artist: Post Malone
Top Hot 100 Artist: Post Malone
Top Streaming Songs Artist: Post Malone
Top Song Sales Artist: Lizzo
Top Radio Songs Artist: Jonas Brothers
Top Social Artist: BTS
Top Touring Artist: P!nk
Top R&B Artist: Khalid
Top R&B Male Artist: Khalid
Top R&B Female Artist:
Top R&B Tour:
Top Rap Artist:
Top Rap Male Artist:
Top Rap Female Artist:
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Top Country Artist:
Top Country Male Artist: L
Top Country Female Artist: Maren Morris
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Top Rock Artist:
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Top Latin Artist:
Top Dance/Electronic Artist: The Chainsmokers
Top Christian Artist:
Top Gospel Artist:
Album Awards
Top Billboard 200 Album: Billie Eilish “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”
Top Soundtrack:
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Top Latin Album:
Top Dance/Electronic Album: Marshmello “Marshmello: Fortnite Extended Set”
Top Christian Album:
Top Gospel Album:
Song Awards
Top Hot 100 Song:
Top Streaming Song:
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Top Radio Song:
Top Collaboration:
Top R&B Song:
Top Rap Song:
Top Country Song:
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Top Latin Song:
Top Dance/Electronic Song: Ellie Goulding x Diplo ft. Swae Lee “Close To Me”
Top Christian Song:
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