The 2019 Billboard Music Awards were held last night, and just like every year, the most popular artists took home the night’s top prizes. That’s not a knock against the show — the whole point is awarding the artists who sold the most copies last year. The BBMAs differ from other music awards in that there’s no voting and no panel of judges. It hands out prizes based on digital and streaming sales (and if there’s anyone out there buying physical copies of new music from new artists, we suppose that counts, too). It’s fine, we guess, except it kind of ruins the suspense, as everyone in the room knows the winner long before the presenter opens the envelope. (Also, isn’t selling the most copies already enough of a reward?) Anyway, as is so often the case at these ceremonies Drake was the night’s big winner , taking home 12 trophies to make him the most-awarded artist in BBMA history, with a total of 27 wins. He also delivered the night’s funniest moment, offering a shout-out to Arya Stark for killing the Night King — truly the top achievement of 2019 thus far. Drake Shouts Out Arya Stark Here’s a full list of the top awards handed out at last night’s BBMAs: 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 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
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2019 Billboard Music Awards: Who Took Home the Top Prizes?
