2019 Billboard Music Awards


The 2019 Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 1, 2019. It aired live on NBC and was hosted by Kelly Clarkson for a second year in a row. The list of nominees were announced on April 4, 2019. Mariah Carey received the Icon Award at this year's show.

Performers

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and bold.
Top ArtistTop New ArtistBillboard Chart Achievement

  • Drake
  • Ariana Grande
  • Cardi B
  • Post Malone
  • Travis Scott
  • Juice Wrld
  • Bazzi
  • Dua Lipa
  • Ella Mai
  • Lil Baby
  • Ariana Grande
  • Dan + Shay
  • Drake
  • Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
  • Dua Lipa
    • Top Male ArtistTop Female ArtistTop Streaming Artist
  • Drake
  • Ed Sheeran
  • Post Malone
  • Travis Scott
  • XXXTentacion
  • Ariana Grande
  • Cardi B
  • Ella Mai
  • Halsey
  • Taylor Swift
  • Drake
  • Ariana Grande
  • Cardi B
  • Post Malone
  • XXXTentacion
    • Top Duo/Group
  		• Top Billboard 200 ArtistTop Radio Songs Artist
  • BTS
  • Dan + Shay
  • Imagine Dragons
  • Maroon 5
  • Panic! at the Disco
  • Drake
  • Ariana Grande
  • Post Malone
  • Travis Scott
  • XXXTentacion
  • Drake
  • Ariana Grande
  • Cardi B
  • Post Malone
  • Maroon 5
    • Top Billboard 200 AlbumTop Hot 100 ArtistTop Social Artist
  • Scorpion – Drake
  • ? – XXXTentacion
  • Astroworld – Travis Scott
  • Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone
  • Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
  • Drake
  • Ariana Grande
  • Cardi B
  • Nicki Minaj
  • Post Malone
  • BTS
  • EXO
  • GOT7
  • Ariana Grande
  • Louis Tomlinson
    • Top Hot 100 SongTop Song Sales ArtistTop Touring Artist
  • "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
  • "Better Now" – Post Malone
  • "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
  • "Lucid Dreams" – Juice Wrld
  • "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott
  • Drake
  • Ariana Grande
  • Imagine Dragons
  • Lady Gaga
  • Post Malone
  • Ed Sheeran
  • Taylor Swift
  • Beyoncé and Jay-Z
  • Bruno Mars
  • Justin Timberlake
    • Top R&B ArtistTop R&B Male ArtistTop R&B Female Artist
  • Ella Mai
  • H.E.R.
  • Khalid
  • The Weeknd
  • XXXTentacion
  • The Weeknd
  • Khalid
  • XXXTentacion
  • Ella Mai
  • H.E.R.
  • Queen Naija
    • Top Rap ArtistTop Rap Male ArtistTop Rap Female Artist
  • Drake
  • Cardi B
  • Juice Wrld
  • Post Malone
  • Travis Scott
  • Drake
  • Post Malone
  • Travis Scott
  • Cardi B
  • City Girls
  • Nicki Minaj
    • Top R&B TourTop Rap TourTop Rock Tour
  • Beyoncé and Jay-Z
  • Bruno Mars
  • Childish Gambino
  • Beyoncé and Jay-Z
  • Travis Scott
  • Drake
  • Elton John
  • U2
  • The Rolling Stones
    • Top Country ArtistTop Country Male ArtistTop Country Female Artist
  • Luke Combs
  • Kane Brown
  • Jason Aldean
  • Florida Georgia Line
  • Dan + Shay
  • Luke Combs
  • Kane Brown
  • Jason Aldean
  • Carrie Underwood
  • Maren Morris
  • Kacey Musgraves
    • Top Country TourTop Country Duo/GroupTop Rock Artist
  • Kenny Chesney
  • Shania Twain
  • Luke Bryan
  • Dan + Shay
  • Florida Georgia Line
  • Old Dominion
  • Imagine Dragons
  • Panic! At the Disco
  • Queen
  • lovelytheband
  • twenty one pilots
    • Top Dance/Electronic ArtistTop Latin ArtistTop Gospel Artist
  • The Chainsmokers
  • Calvin Harris
  • Kygo
  • Marshmello
  • ODESZA
  • Ozuna
  • J Balvin
  • Romeo Santos
  • Anuel AA
  • Bad Bunny
  • Tasha Cobbs Leonard
  • Tori Kelly
  • Marvin Sapp
  • Koryn Hawthorne
  • Kirk Franklin
    • Top Christian ArtistTop SoundtrackTop R&B Album
  • Lauren Daigle
  • for KING & COUNTRY
  • Hillsong Worship
  • MercyMe
  • Cory Asbury
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  • A Star Is Born
  • 13 Reasons Why: Season 2
  • 17 – XXXTentacion
  • Ella Mai – Ella Mai
  • My Dear Melancholy – The Weeknd
  • H.E.R. – H.E.R.
  • American Teen – Khalid
    • Top Gospel AlbumTop Country AlbumTop Christian Album
  • Hiding Place – Tori Kelly
  • Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love – Snoop Dogg & Various Artists
  • Gospel Greats – Aretha Franklin
  • Unstoppable – Koryn Hawthorne
  • Make Room – Jonathan McReynolds
  • This One’s For You – Luke Combs
  • Rearview Town – Jason Aldean
  • Kane Brown – Kane Brown
  • Dan + Shay – Dan + Shay
  • Cry Pretty – Carrie Underwood
  • Look Up Child – Lauren Daigle
  • Reckless Love – Cory Asbury
  • Burn the Ships – for KING & COUNTRY
  • There Is More – Hillsong Worship
  • Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
    • Top Rap AlbumTop Rock AlbumTop Latin Album
  • Scorpion – Drake
  • ? – XXXTentacion
  • Astroworld – Travis Scott
  • Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone
  • Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
  • Pray For The Wicked – Panic! at the Disco
  • Come Tomorrow – Dave Matthews Band
  • Origins – Imagine Dragons
  • Delta – Mumford & Sons
  • Trench – twenty one pilots
  • Aura – Ozuna
  • Real Hasta la Muerte – Anuel AA
  • X 100pre – Bad Bunny
  • Vibras – J Balvin
  • F.A.M.E. – Maluma
    • Top Dance/Electronic AlbumTop Streaming Song Top Streaming Song
  • Sick Boy – The Chainsmokers
  • What Is Love? – Clean Bandit
  • 7 – David Guetta
  • Kids in Love – Kygo
  • Major Lazer Essentials'' – Major Lazer
  • "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott
  • "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
  • "Lucid Dreams" – Juice Wrld
  • "Better Now" – Post Malone
  • "SAD!" – XXXTentacion
  • "In My Feelings" – Drake
  • "Lucid Dreams" – Juice Wrld
  • "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
  • "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott
  • "SAD!" – XXXTentacion
    • Top CollaborationTop Radio SongTop Selling Song
  • "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
  • "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
  • "Love Lies" – Khalid and Normani
  • "Psycho" – Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign
  • "Happier" – Marshmello and BΔSTILLE
  • "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
  • "Love Lies" – Khalid and Normani
  • "Better Now" – Post Malone
  • "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
  • "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey
  • "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
  • "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
  • "In My Feelings" – Drake
  • "Without Me" – Halsey
  • "Shallow" – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
    • Top Rap SongTop Christian SongTop Gospel Song
  • "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
  • "In My Feelings" – Drake
  • "Lucid Dreams" – Juice Wrld
  • "Better Now" – Post Malone
  • "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott
  • "You Say" – Lauren Daigle
  • "Reckless Love" – Cory Asbury
  • "joy." – for KING & COUNTRY
  • "Who You Say I Am" – Hillsong Worship
  • "Known" – Tauren Wells
  • "Won’t He Do It" – Koryn Hawthorne
  • "Your Great Name" – Todd Dulaney
  • "Never Alone" – Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin
  • "Forever" – Jason Nelson
  • "A Great Work" – Brian Courtney Wilson
    • Top R&B SongTop Country SongTop Rock Song
  • "Boo'd Up" – Ella Mai
  • "No Brainer" – DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper & Quavo
  • "Trip" – Ella Mai
  • "Better" – Khalid
  • "Freaky Friday" – Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown
  • "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
  • "Heaven" – Kane Brown
  • "She Got the Best of Me" – Luke Combs
  • "Speechless" – Dan + Shay
  • "Tequila" – Dan + Shay
  • "High Hopes" – Panic! at the Disco
  • "Sit Next to Me" – Foster the People
  • "Natural" – Imagine Dragons
  • "Whatever It Takes" – Imagine Dragons
  • "broken" – lovelytheband
    • Top Latin SongTop Dance/Electronic SongIcon Award
  • "Te Boté" –Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny & Ozuna
  • "Mia" – Bad Bunny featuring Drake
  • "Dura" – Daddy Yankee
  • "Taki Taki" – DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B
  • "X" – Nicky Jam and J Balvin
  • "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey
  • "Taki Taki" – DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B
  • "One Kiss" – Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa
  • "Happier" – Marshmello and BΔSTILLE
  • "Jackie Chan" – Tiësto and Dzeko feat. Preme and Post Malone
  • Mariah Carey

    • Multiple nominations and awards

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