2015 Billboard Music Awards

2015 Billboard Music Awards
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 2015 Billboard Music Awards was a music award ceremony that was held on May 17, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was aired live on ABC. The show was hosted by Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen.

Taylor Swift won 8 out of her 14 nominations, including Top Artist, Top Female Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album for 1989. Other winners included Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea, and Pharrell Williams scoring three trophies each. Meghan Trainor, One Direction, Jason Aldean, John Legend, and Hozier won two categories each.^[1][2] Swift premiered her "Bad Blood" music video at the start of the show.^[3] Mariah Carey performed at the ceremony, marking the first time she performed on the Billboard stage since 1998.^[4][5][6]

Performers

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Van Halen	"Panama"
Fall Out Boy Wiz Khalifa	"Uma Thurman"
Nick Jonas	"Jealous"
Meghan Trainor John Legend	"Like I'm Gonna Lose You"
Mariah Carey	"Vision of Love" "Infinity"
Wiz Khalifa Charlie Puth Lindsey Stirling	"See You Again"
Jussie Smollett Bryshere 'Yazz' Gray Estelle	"Conqueror" "You're So Beautiful"
Hozier	"Take Me to Church"
Little Big Town Faith Hill	"Girl Crush"
Pitbull Chris Brown	"Fun"
Ed Sheeran	"Bloodstream"
Britney Spears Iggy Azalea	"Pretty Girls"
Nicki Minaj David Guetta	"The Night Is Still Young" "Hey Mama"
Tori Kelly	"Nobody Love"
Simple Minds	"Don't You (Forget About Me)"
Kelly Clarkson	"Invincible"
Imagine Dragons	"Stand by Me"
Kanye West	"All Day" "Black Skinhead"

Presenters

Main show

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• Taylor Swift — Introduced Van Halen
• Lily Aldridge & Charli XCX — Presented Top Duo/Group
• Laverne Cox & Tracee Ellis Ross — Presented Top Billboard 200 Album
• Chrissy Teigen — Introduced Fall Out Boy & Wiz Khalifa
• Kaitlyn Bristowe & Britt Nilsson from The Bachelorette — Introduced Nick Jonas
• Chrissy Teigen — Introduced Meghan Trainor & John Legend
• Idina Menzel — Introduced Mariah Carey
• Danica McKellar — Presented Top Rap Song
• Ludacris & Tyrese Gibson - Introduced Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth, and Lindsey Stirling
• Celine Dion — Presented Top Male Artist
• Taraji P. Henson — Introduced Jussie Smollett, Bryshere 'Yazz' Gray, and Estelle
• One Direction — Presented Top Radio Song
• Florida Georgia Line — Introduced Little Big Town & Faith Hill
• Ellen Pompeo — Presented Top Female Artist
• Kira Kazantsev & Pete Wentz — Presented Top Touring Artist
• Jennifer Lopez — Introduced Pitbull & Chris Brown
• Zendaya — Introduced Ed Sheeran
• 50 Cent & Rita Ora — Presented Top 100 Song
• Prince Royce — Presented Billboard Chart Achievement Award
• Fifth Harmony — Introduced Nicki Minaj & David Guetta
• Molly Ringwald — Introduced Simple Minds
• Pentatonix — Introduced Kelly Clarkson
• Brett Eldredge & Hailee Steinfeld — Presented Top Country Artist
• John Legend — Introduced Imagine Dragons
• Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, and Adrian Grenier — Presented Top Artist Award
• Kendall Jenner & Kylie Jenner — Introduced Kanye West
• Ludacris - Introduced Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea

Winners and nominees

Top Artist	Top New Artist
Taylor Swift Ariana Grande One Direction Katy Perry Sam Smith	Sam Smith 5 Seconds of Summer Iggy Azalea Hozier Meghan Trainor
Top Male Artist	Top Female Artist
Sam Smith Drake Ed Sheeran Justin Timberlake Pharrell Williams	Taylor Swift Iggy Azalea Ariana Grande Katy Perry Meghan Trainor
Top Duo/Group	Top Touring Artist
One Direction 5 Seconds Of Summer Florida Georgia Line MAGIC! Maroon 5	One Direction Lady Gaga Katy Perry The Rolling Stones Justin Timberlake
Top Billboard 200 Artist	Top Billboard 200 Album
Taylor Swift One Direction Pentatonix Ed Sheeran Sam Smith	1989 - Taylor Swift V - Maroon 5 That's Christmas to Me - Pentatonix x - Ed Sheeran In the Lonely Hour - Sam Smith
Top Hot 100 Artist	Top Hot 100 Song
Taylor Swift Iggy Azalea Ariana Grande Sam Smith Meghan Trainor	"All About That Bass" - Meghan Trainor "Fancy" - Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX "All of Me" - John Legend "Stay with Me" - Sam Smith "Shake It Off" - Taylor Swift
Top Radio Songs Artist	Top Radio Song
Sam Smith John Legend Maroon 5 Ed Sheeran Taylor Swift	"All of Me" - John Legend "Rude" - Magic! "Am I Wrong" - Nico & Vinz "Stay with Me" - Sam Smith "Happy" - Pharrell Williams
Top Digital Songs Artist	Top Digital Song
Taylor Swift Iggy Azalea Ed Sheeran Sam Smith Meghan Trainor	"All About That Bass" - Meghan Trainor "Uptown Funk" - Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars "Stay with Me" - Sam Smith "Shake It Off - Taylor Swift "Happy" - Pharrell Williams
Top Social Artist	Top Streaming Artist
Justin Bieber Miley Cyrus Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Taylor Swift	Iggy Azalea Ariana Grande Nicki Minaj Meghan Trainor Taylor Swift
Top Streaming Song (Audio)	Top Streaming Song (Video)
"All of Me" - John Legend "Fancy" - Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX "Take Me to Church" - Hozier "Habits (Stay High)" - Tove Lo "Stay with Me" - Sam Smith	"Shake It Off" - Taylor Swift "Let It Go" - Idina Menzel "Hot Boy" - Bobby Shmurda "Blank Space" - Taylor Swift "All About That Bass" - Meghan Trainor
Top Christian Artist	Top Christian Song
Hillsong United (band) Casting Crowns Lecrae MercyMe Newsboys	"Something in the Water" - Carrie Underwood "He Knows My Name" - Francesca Battistelli "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" - Hillsong United "Greater" - MercyMe "We Believe" - Newsboys
Top Christian Album	Top Country Artist
Anomaly - Lecrae Thrive - Casting Crowns Welcome to the New - MercyMe Rivers in the Wasteland - NEEDTOBREATHE Love Ran Red - Chris Tomlin	Florida Georgia Line Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Brantley Gilbert Blake Shelton
Top Country Song	Top Country Album
"Burnin' It Down" - Jason Aldean "Play It Again" - Luke Bryan "Leave the Night On" - Sam Hunt "This Is How We Roll" - Florida Georgia Line feat. Luke Bryan "Dirt" - Florida Georgia Line	Old Boots, New Dirt - Jason Aldean Man Against Machine - Garth Brooks Crash My Party - Luke Bryan Just as I Am - Brantley Gilbert Platinum - Miranda Lambert
Top Dance/Electronic Artist	Top Dance/Electronic Song
Calvin Harris Avicii Clean Bandit Disclosure Lindsey Stirling	"Turn Down for What" - DJ Snake & Lil Jon "Rather Be" - Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne "Latch" - Disclosure feat. Sam Smith "Break Free" - Ariana Grande feat. Zedd "Summer" - Calvin Harris
Top Dance/Electronic Album	Top Latin Artist
Shatter Me - Lindsey Stirling True - Avicii Settle - Disclosure Motion - Calvin Harris Recess - Skrillex	Romeo Santos J Balvin Juan Gabriel Enrique Iglesias Prince Royce
Top Latin Song	Top Latin Album
"Bailando" - Enrique Iglesias feat. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona "6 AM" - J Balvin feat. Farruko "Eres Mía" - Romeo Santos "Odio" - Romeo Santos feat. Drake "Propuesta Indecente" - Romeo Santos	Sex and Love - Enrique Iglesias Los Dúo - Juan Gabriel Formula, Vol. 2 - Romeo Santos Corazón - Santana 3.0' - Marc Anthony
Top R&B Artist	Top R&B Song
Pharrell Williams Beyoncé Chris Brown John Legend Trey Songz	"Happy" - Pharrell Williams "Loyal" - Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne, French Montana, Too $hort & Tyga "Talk Dirty" - Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz "Don't Tell 'Em" - Jeremih feat. YG "All of Me" - John Legend
Top R&B Album	Top Rap Artist
G I R L - Pharrell Williams Beyoncé - Beyoncé X - Chris Brown Xscape - Michael Jackson Love in the Future - John Legend	Iggy Azalea J. Cole Drake Nicki Minaj Rae Sremmurd
Top Rap Song	Top Rap Album
"Fancy" - Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX "Black Widow" - Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora "I Don't F**k With You" - Big Sean feat. E-40 "Anaconda" - Nicki Minaj "Hot Boy" - Bobby Shmurda	2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake The New Classic - Iggy Azalea The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj
Top Rock Artist	Top Rock Song
Hozier Bastille Coldplay Fall Out Boy Lorde	"Take Me to Church" - Hozier "Pompeii" - Bastille "A Sky Full of Stars" - Coldplay "Centuries" - Fall Out Boy "Ain't It Fun" - Paramore
Top Rock Album	Top Soundtrack
Ghost Stories - Coldplay Rock or Bust - AC/DC Turn Blue - The Black Keys Hozier - Hozier Pure Heroine - Lorde	Frozen The Fault in Our Stars Fifty Shades of Grey Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix: Vol. 1 Into the Woods
Billboard Chart Achievement Award (Fan-voted)
Taylor Swift Iggy Azalea Meghan Trainor

References

1. "Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full List of Finalists". Billboard. April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
2. "Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full Winners List". Billboard. May 17, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
3. "Taylor Swift to Debut 'Bad Blood' Video During 2015 Billboard Music Awards". billboard.com. May 7, 2015.
4. "Mariah Carey to Perform at 2015 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
5. "Taylor Swift is big winner at 2015 Billboard music awards". Guardian. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
6. "Billboard Music Awards 2015 recap: Taylor Swift, Sam Smith clean up". CNN. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
7. "50 Cent, Celine Dion Among Presenters Announced for Billboard Music Awards". Billboard.

External links

• Official awards website