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This Year's Billboard Music Awards Blew Us Away

Many big names and even better performances made this night one that won't be forgotten!

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This Year's Billboard Music Awards Blew Us Away
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Last Sunday, the annual Billboard Music Awards aired on ABC. It aired live from Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena. This is the first nationally televised event to be aired from this arena. Ludacris and Ciara hosted this year's music awards ceremony. Last year, Taylor Swift was the big winner, coming out with six different awards. The big winner this year was The Weekend, who won eight various awards. The Weekend took home the awards for Top R&B Song for “The Hills," Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Song Sales Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Album for his album “Beauty Behind the Madness" and Top Streaming Song (“The Hills”).

Adele came in second place with the amount of awards won. There were star icons left and right. It’s not usual that you get stars such as Celine Dion and P!nk and Justin Bieber and many others all in the same place together. This was an awards ceremony with the biggest names of music. The Billboard Music Awards wasn’t just a pop genre awards ceremony, there were big names in the country genre as well as R&B.

On the Magenta Carpet, Stryker, Rachel Platten, Laura Marano and Aj Gibson started the interviews and welcomed the stars to this year’s awards ceremony. The first interview of the night on the Magenta Carpet was with DJ Khaled, who gave us some inspirational advice for success. Meghan Trainor was up next for the interview and she brought her brother Ryan with her. Jeremy Parsons, from "People Now," was there to talk about Adele. Thomas Rhett and The Chainsmokers were there to talk a little bit about the other performances and their newest songs/albums. DNCE was there to talk about their double platinum song “Cake by the Ocean." The Go-Go’s were there to talk about their Farewell Tour, as they have been together for 38 years.

Along with the many of the stars who received awards, there were many stars that presented the awards such as Steven Tyler, Wiz Khalifa, Heidi Klum, Kelly Rowland and many other big names.

There were many artists who performed at the awards ceremony, such as Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Blake Shelton/Gwen Stefani, Troye Sivan and one that particularly caught the eyes of millions was Kesha. After her battle with her producer, she came and sang at the awards show; many are calling it a “declaration of independence."

People voted, and their favorite performance was Britney Spears’ medley. Madonna’s performance was a special tribute to Prince. Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani performed a song together, as well, making fans of Miranda Lambert not too happy either. There were many singers that were singing at this music award ceremony for the first time ever. For some, such as Troye Sivan, this was their first awards ceremony.

Overall, this year's awards was a very successful ceremony. So many big names and even bigger performances blew fans away. Now to wait until next year’s Billboard Music Awards!

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