Billboard Music Awards 2015: Winners

May 19

 
  The 2015 Billboard Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 17.

The show was hosted by Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen with Taylor Swift, Sam Smith and Iggy Azalea amongst the biggest winners.

Taylor Swift won eight out of her 14 nominations, including top artist, top female artist and top Billboard 200 Artist for 1989. Other winners included Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea and Pharrell Williams scoring three trophies each.

Full list of winners:

Top Duo/Group
5 Seconds of Summer
Florida Georgia Line
MAGIC!
Maroon 5
WINNER: One Direction

Top Billboard 200 Album
Maroon 5,
Pentatonix, That’s Christmas to Me
Ed Sheeran, x
Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
WINNER: Taylor Swift, 1989

Top Rap Song
WINNER: Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora, “Black Widow”
Big Sean feat. E-40, “I Don’t F— With You”
Nicki Minaj, “Anaconda”
Bobby Shmurda, “Hot Boy”

Top Male Artist
Drake
Pharrell Williams
Ed Sheeran
WINNER: Sam Smith
Justin Timberlake

Top Radio Song
WINNER: John Legend, “All of Me”
MAGIC!, “Rude”
Nico & Vinz, “Am I Wrong”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”

Top Female Artist
Iggy Azalea
Ariana Grande
Katy Perry
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor

Top Touring Artist
Lady Gaga
WINNER: One Direction
Katy Perry
The Rolling Stones
Justin Timberlake

Top Hot 100 Song
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
John Legend, “All of Me”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
WINNER: Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”

Billboard Chart Achievement Award (Fan-voted)
Iggy Azalea
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor

Top Country Artist
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
WINNER: Florida Georgia Line
Brantley Gilbert
Blake Shelton

Top Artist
Ariana Grande
One Direction
Katy Perry
Sam Smith
WINNER: Taylor Swift

Top New Artist
5 Seconds of Summer
Iggy Azalea
Hozier
WINNER: Sam Smith
Meghan Trainor

Top Billboard 200 Artist
One Direction
Pentatonix
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
WINNER: Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Artist
Iggy Azalea
Ariana Grande
Sam Smith
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor

Top Digital Songs Artist
Iggy Azalea
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor

Top Social Artist
WINNER: Justin Bieber
Miley Cyrus
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
Taylor Swift

Top Streaming Artist
WINNER: Iggy Azalea
Ariana Grande
Nicki Minaj
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor

Top R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Chris Brown
John Legend
Trey Songz
WINNER: Pharrell Williams

Top Rap Artist
WINNER: Iggy Azalea
J. Cole
Drake
Nicki Minaj
Rae Sremmurd

Top Rock Artist
Bastille
Coldplay
Fall Out Boy
WINNER: Hozier
Lorde

Top Latin Artist
J Balvin
Juan Gabriel
Enrique Iglesias
Prince Royce
WINNER: Romeo Santos

Top Dance/Electronic Artist
Avicii
Clean Bandit
Disclosure
WINNER: Calvin Harris
Lindsey Stirling

Top Christian Artist
Casting Crowns
WINNER: Hillsong United
Lecrae
MercyMe
Newsboys

Top Soundtrack
The Fault in Our Stars
Fifty Shades of Grey
WINNER: Frozen
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix: Vol. 1
Into the Woods

Top R&B Album
Beyoncé, Beyoncé
Chris Brown, X
Michael Jackson, Xscape
John Legend, Love in the Future
WINNER: Pharrell Williams, G I R L

Top Rap Album
WINNER: J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint
Iggy Azalea, The New Classic
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2

Top Country Album
WINNER: Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt
Garth Brooks, Man Against Machine
Luke Bryan, Crash My Party
Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am
Miranda Lambert, Platinum

Top Rock Album
AC/DC, Rock or Bust
The Black Keys, Turn Blue
WINNER: Coldplay, Ghost Stories
Hozier, Hozier
Lorde, Pure Heroine

Top Latin Album
Juan Gabriel, Los Dúo
WINNER: Enrique Iglesias, Sex and Love
Romeo Santos, Formula: Vol. 2
Santana, Corazon
Marc Anthony, 3.0

Top Dance/Electronic Album
Avicii, True
Disclosure, Settle
Calvin Harris, Motion
Skrillex, Recess
WINNER: Lindsey Stirling, Shatter Me

Top Christian Album
WINNER: Lecrae, Anomaly
Casting Crowns, Thrive
MercyMe, Welcome to the New
NEEDTOBREATHE, Rivers in the Wasteland
Chris Tomlin, Love Ran Red

Top Digital Song
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk!”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
WINNER: Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”

Top Streaming Song (Artist)
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
Hozier, “Take Me to Church”
WINNER: John Legend, “All of Me”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Tove Lo, “Habits (Stay High)”

Top Streaming Song (Video)
Idina Menzel, “Let It Go”
Bobby Shmurda, “Hot Boy”
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
WINNER: Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”

Top R&B Song
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne, French Montana, Too $hort & Tyga, “Loyal”
Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz, “Talk Dirty”
Jeremih feat. YG, “Don’t Tell ‘Em”
John Legend, “All of Me”
WINNER: Pharrell Williams, “Happy”

Top Country Song
WINNER: Jason Aldean, “Burnin’ It Down”
Luke Bryan, “Play It Again”
Sam Hunt, “Leave the Night On”
Florida Georgia Line feat. Luke Bryan, “This Is How We Roll”
Florida Georgia Line, “Dirt”

Top Rock Song
Bastille, “Pompeii”
Coldplay, “A Sky Full of Stars”
Fall Out Boy, “Centuries”
WINNER: Hozier, “Take Me to Church”
Paramore, “Ain’t It Fun”

Top Latin Song
J Balvin feat. Farruko, “6 AM”
WINNER: Enrique Iglesias feat. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona, “Bailando”
Romeo Santos, “Eres Mía”
Romeo Santos feat. Drake, “Odio”
Romeo Santos, “Propuesta Indecente”

Top Dance/Electronic Song
Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne, “Rather Be”
Disclosure feat. Sam Smith, “Latch”
WINNER: DJ Snake & Lil Jon, “Turn Down For What”
Ariana Grande feat. Zedd, “Break Free”
Calvin Harris, “Summer”

Top Christian Song
Francesca Battistelli, “He Knows My Name”
Hillsong United, “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)”
MercyMe, “Greater”
Newsboys, “We Believe”
WINNER: Carrie Underwood, “Something in the Water”

Top Radio Songs Artist
John Legend
Maroon 5
Ed Sheeran
WINNER: Sam Smith
Taylor Swift