The Billboard Music Awards 2015 were held on Sunday, May 17, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Taylor Swift topped the nominations with 14 entries across 13 categories and was closely followed by Sam Smith (13), Iggy Azalea (12), and Meghan Trainor (9).
According to Billboard's website, the show, co-hosted by Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen, below is the complete list of winners:
TOP ARTIST
TOP FEMALE ARTIST
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST
TOP HOT 100 ARTIST
TOP DIGITAL SONGS ARTIST
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM - 1989
TOP STREAMING SONG (VIDEO) - "Shake It Off"
BILLBOARD CHART ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG GALAXY (FAN-VOTED)
Taylor Swift
TOP NEW ARTIST
TOP MALE ARTIST
TOP RADIO SONGS ARTIST
Sam Smith
TOP STREAMING ARTIST
TOP RAP ARTIST
TOP RAP SONG (Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, "Fancy")
Iggy Azalea
TOP R&B ARTIST
TOP R&B ALBUM - G I R L
TOP R&B SONG - "Happy"
Pharrell Williams
TOP DUO/GROUP
TOP TOURING ARTIST
One Direction
TOP ROCK ARTIST
TOP ROCK SONG -"Take Me to Church"
Hozier
TOP SOCIAL ARTIST
Justin Bieber
TOP COUNTRY ARTIST
Florida Georgia
TOP LATIN ARTIST
Romeo Santos
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST
Calvin Harris
TOP CHRISTIAN ARTIST
Hillsong United
TOP SOUNDTRACK
Frozen
TOP RAP ALBUM
J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive
TOP COUNTRY ALBUM
Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt
TOP ROCK ALBUM
Coldplay, Ghost Stories
TOP LATIN ALBUM - Sex and Love
TOP LATIN SONG - Enrique Iglesias feat. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona, "Bailando"
Enrique Iglesias
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Lindsey Stirling, Shatter Me
TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUM
Lecrae, Anomaly
TOP HOT 100 SONG - "All About That Bass"
TOP DIGITAL SONG - "All About That Bass"
Meghan Trainor
TOP RADIO SONG - "All of Me"
TOP STREAMING SONG (AUDIO) - "All of Me"
John Legend
TOP COUNTRY SONG
Jason Aldean, "Burnin' It Down"
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC SONG
DJ Snake & Lil Jon, "Turn Down For What"
TOP CHRISTIAN SONG
Carrie Underwood, "Something in the Water"
Aside from wining eight of her 14 entries, the 25-year-old also went home with the fan-voted Billboard Chart Achievement Award Presented By Samsung Galaxy. She beat out her competition, namely Iggy Azalea and Meghan Trainor.
"I wanna shout out of course to Iggy [Azalea] and Meghan [Trainor] because they're amazing, I'm just happy to be in the same category," quoted Mirror UK of the artist. She continued to say, "This is such a good night. What EVEN!"
