Ed Sheeran,Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars win big at Bbillboard Music Awards 2018
Ed Sheeran, who was leading the pack of nominees along with Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars, took home the top artist prize at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards. Taylor Swift made her first red carpet appearance in over two years at the event and accepted two honours, first Best Female Artist and later Top Selling Artist.
The show, hosted by Kelly Clarkson, saw performances by Clarkson herself, Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, and more.
Here is the complete list of winners, as reported by Billboard:
Top Artist:
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Ed Sheeran -- WINNER
Taylor Swift
Top New Artist:
21 Savage
Camila Cabello
Cardi B
Khalid -- WINNER
Kodak Black
Billboard Chart Achievement Award:
Camila Cabello -- WINNER
Cardi B
Drake
Sam Hunt
Ed Sheeran
Top Male Artist:
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran -- WINNER
Top Female Artist:
Camila Cabello
Cardi B
Halsey
Demi Lovato
Taylor Swift -- WINNER
Top Duo/Group:
The Chainsmokers
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons -- WINNER
Migos
U2
Top Billboard 200 Artist:
Drake -- WINNER
Kendrick Lamar
Ed Sheeran
Chris Stapleton
Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist:
Imagine Dragons
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran -- WINNER
Top Streaming Songs Artist:
Cardi B
Drake
Kendrick Lamar -- WINNER
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran
Top Song Sales Artist:
Imagine Dragons
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran - WINNER
Top Radio Songs Artist:
Halsey
Imagine Dragons
Bruno Mars
Charlie Puth
Ed Sheeran -- WINNER
Top Social Artist:
Justin Bieber
BTS -- WINNER
Ariana Grande
Demi Lovato
Shawn Mendes
Top Touring Artist:
Coldplay
Guns N' Roses
Bruno Mars
Ed Sheeran
U2 -- WINNER
Top R&B Artist:
Chris Brown
Khalid
Bruno Mars -- WINNER
SZA
The Weeknd
Top R&B Male Artist:
Khalid
Bruno Mars -- WINNER
The Weeknd
Top R&B Female Artist:
Beyonce
Rihanna
SZA -- WINNER
Top R&B Tour:
Bruno Mars -- WINNER
Lionel Richie
The Weeknd
Top Rap Artist:
Drake
Kendrick Lamar -- WINNER
Lil Uzi Vert
Migos
Post Malone
Top Rap Male Artist:
Drake
Kendrick Lamar -- WINNER
Post Malone
Top Rap Female Artist:
Bhad Bhabie
Cardi B -- WINNER
Nicki Minaj
Top Rap Tour:
J. Cole
JAY-Z -- WINNER
Kendrick Lamar
Top Country Artist:
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Sam Hunt
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton -- WINNER
