8 Awards For Taylor Swift At The Billboard Music Awards 2013

Taylor Swift wins 8 awards in the  2013 Billboard Music Awards. CBC All hail Taylor Swift: the US singer-songwriter last night (May 19) dominated the Billboard Music Awards, walking away with eight awards! Winning eight out of a possible 11 including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for Red, Swift told the crowd You are the longest and best relationship I ever had.

Rihanna who was absent won four, Justin Bieber won three, so did pop group One Direction. Nicki Minaj won her first ever Billboard awards, two for Top Rap Artiste and Top Rap Album. 54-year-old Madonna also got three awards but that didnt stun the crowd as much as her raunchy outfit.

Performances came from Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Will.i.am, Chris Brown, Bruno Mars, Selena Gomez, Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera and Miguel who mistakenly fell on a fan’s head. The event held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and was hosted by comedian Tracy Morgan.


Check out the full list of winners below… ARTISTS Top Artist – Taylor Swift Top New Artist – One Direction Top Male Artist – Justin Bieber Top Female Artist – Taylor Swift Top Duo/Group – One Direction Top Billboard 200 Artist – Taylor Swift Top Hot 100 Artist – Maroon 5 Top Digital Songs Artist – Taylor Swift Top Radio Songs Artist – Rihanna Top Touring Artist – Madonna Top Social Artist – Justin Bieber Top Streaming Artist – Nicki Minaj Top Pop Artist – One Direction Top R&B Artist – Rihanna Top Rap Artist – Nicki Minaj Top Country Artist – Taylor Swift Top Rock Artist – fun. Top Latin Artist – Jenni Rivera Top Dance Artist – Madonna Top EDM Artist – David Guetta Top Christian Artist – tobyMac Milestone Award – Justin Bieber ALBUMS Top Billboard 200 Album Red – Taylor Swift Top Pop Album 21 – Adele Top R&B Album Unapologetic – Rihanna Top Rap Album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – Nicki Minaj Top Country Album Red – Taylor Swift Top Rock Album Babel – Mumford and Sons Top Latin Album Las Misma Gran Senora – Jenni Rivera Top Dance Album MDNA – Madonna Top EDM Album Bangarang – Skrillex Top Christian Album – Eye On It – tobyMac SONGS Top Hot 100 Song – Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye feat. Kimbra Top Digital Song – Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen Top Radio Song – Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye feat. Kimbra Top Streaming Song (Audio) – Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye feat. Kimbra Top Streaming Song (Video) – Gangnam Style PSY Top Pop Song – Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen Top R&B Song – Diamonds Rihanna Top Country Song – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Taylor Swift Top Rock Song – Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye feat. Kimbra Top Latin Song – Ai Se Eu Te Pego Michel Telo Top Dance Song – Harlem Shake Baauer Top EDM Song – Harlem Shake Baauer Top Christian Song – 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) Matt Redman MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada

By Osagie Alonge Taylor