2022 Billboard Music Awards winners list

The 2022 Billboard Music Awards are back to celebrate the past year's top charting artists, airing on May 15 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC. Sean "Diddy" Combs is hosting and executive producing the show from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

This is Combs' first hosting gig since the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards and it also commemorates his first Billboard Music Award 25 years ago in 1997 for his multi-platinum album "No Way Out."

Earlier this year, the rapper presented at the Oscars after the infamous slap played out for a worldwide audience, telling Will Smith and Chris Rock to "solve it like family."

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS — Sean "Diddy" Combs is hosting and executive producing the Billboard Music Awards live from Las Vegas. NBC

Between performances by Travis Scott, Ed Sheeran, Machine Gun Kelly, and more, over 60 awards will be distributed. The roster of nominees range from Lil Nas X to the Eagles. The BBMAs introduced five new categories this year, including Top Billboard Global 200 Artist and Top Viral Song.

The Weeknd leads the charts as a finalist in 17 categories, followed closely by Doja Cat who has 14 nods, and Justin Bieber, Kanye "Ye" West, and Olivia Rodrigo each with 13. Ye is competing against himself in two categories, boasting four of the five nominations for Top Christian Song and Top Gospel Song.

Check out the list of winners below, the first of which were announced before the ceremony was underway, and will continue to be updated live throughout the show.

Top Artist

Doja Cat
WINNER: Drake
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd

Top New Artist

Givēon
Masked Wolf
WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo
Pooh Shiesty
The Kid Laroi

Top Male Artist

WINNER: Drake
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Lil Nas X
The Weeknd

Top Female Artist

Adele
Doja Cat
Dua Lipa
WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift

Top Duo/Group

WINNER: BTS
Glass Animals
Imagine Dragons
Migos
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)

Top Billboard 200 Artist

Adele
Drake
Juice WRLD
Morgan Wallen
WINNER: Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Artist

Doja Cat
Drake
Justin Bieber
WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo
The Weeknd

Top Streaming Songs Artist

Doja Cat
Drake
Lil Nas X
WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo
The Weeknd

Top Song Sales Artist

Adele
WINNER: BTS
Dua Lipa
Ed Sheeran
Walker Hayes

Top Radio Songs Artist

Doja Cat
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo
The Weeknd

Top Billboard Global 200 Artist

Doja Cat
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo
The Weeknd

Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Artist

BTS
Dua Lipa
WINNER: Ed Sheeran
Olivia Rodrigo
The Weeknd

Top Tour

Eagles (Hotel California Tour)
Genesis (The Last Domino? Tour)
Green Day, Fall Out Boy & Weezer (The Hella Mega Tour)
Harry Styles (Love on Tour)
WINNER: The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour)

Top R&B Artist

WINNER: Doja Cat
Givēon
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)
Summer Walker
The Weeknd

Top R&B Male Artist

Givēon
Khalid
WINNER: The Weeknd

Top R&B Female Artist

WINNER: Doja Cat
Summer Walker
SZA

Top R&B Tour

WINNER: Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars at Park MGM)
Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021)
Usher (The Vegas Residency)

Top Rap Artist

WINNER: Drake
Juice WRLD
Lil Baby
Moneybagg Yo
Polo G

Top Rap Male Artist

WINNER: Drake
Juice WRLD
Polo G

Top Rap Female Artist

Cardi B
Latto
WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion

Top Rap Tour

J. Cole (The Off-Season Tour)
Lil Baby (The Back Outside Tour)
WINNER: Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021)

Top Country Artist

Chris Stapleton
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Walker Hayes

Top Country Male Artist

Chris Stapleton
Luke Combs
WINNER: Morgan Wallen

Top Country Female Artist

Carrie Underwood
Miranda Lambert
WINNER: Taylor Swift

Top Country Duo/Group

WINNER: Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Zac Brown Band

Top Country Tour

Luke Bryan (Proud to Be Right Here Tour)
WINNER: Eric Church (Gather Again Tour)
Chris Stapleton (All-American Road Show Tour)

Top Rock Artist

WINNER: Glass Animals
Imagine Dragons
Machine Gun Kelly
Måneskin
Twenty One Pilots

Top Rock Tour

Genesis (The Last Domino? Tour)
Green Day, Fall Out Boy & Weezer (The Hella Mega Tour)
WINNER: The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour)

Top Latin Artist

WINNER: Bad Bunny
Farruko
Kali Uchis
Karol G
Rauw Alejandro

Top Latin Male Artist

WINNER: Bad Bunny
Farruko
Rauw Alejandro

Top Latin Female Artist

WINNER: Kali Uchis
Karol G
Rosalía

Top Latin Duo/Group

Calibre 50
WINNER: Eslabon Armado
Grupo Firme

Top Latin Tour

Bad Bunny (El Último Tour Del Mundo)
Enrique Iglesias & Ricky Martin (Live in Concert)
WINNER: Los Bukis (Una Historia Cantada Tour)

Top Dance/Electronic Artist

Calvin Harris
David Guetta
WINNER: Lady Gaga
Marshmello
Tiësto

Top Christian Artist

Carrie Underwood
Elevation Worship
for King & Country
Lauren Daigle
WINNER: Ye

Top Gospel Artist

CeCe Winans
Elevation Worship
Kirk Franklin
Maverick City Music
WINNER: Ye

Top Billboard 200 Album

Adele, 30
Doja Cat, Planet Her
Drake, Certified Lover Boy
Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album
WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR

Top Soundtrack

Arcane League of Legends
WINNER: Encanto
In The Heights
Sing 2
tick, tick…BOOM!

Top R&B Album

WINNER: Doja Cat, Planet Her
Givēon, When It's All Said and Done…Take Time
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak), An Evening With Silk Sonic
Summer Walker, Still Over It
The Weeknd, Dawn FM

Top Rap Album

WINNER: Drake, Certified Lover Boy
Moneybagg Yo, A Gangsta's Pain
Rod Wave, SoulFly
The Kid Laroi, F*ck Love
Ye, Donda

Top Country Album

Florida Georgia Line, Life Rolls On
Lee Brice, Hey World
Taylor Swift, Fearless (Taylor's Version)
WINNER: Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor's Version)
Walker Hayes, Country Stuff: The Album

Top Rock Album

AJR, OK Orchestra
Coldplay, Music of the Spheres
Imagine Dragons, Mercury – Act 1
John Mayer, Sob Rock
WINNER: Twenty One Pilots, Scaled and Icy

Top Latin Album

Eslabon Armado, Corta Venas
J Balvin, Jose
Kali Uchis, Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)
WINNER: Karol G, KG0516
Rauw Alejandro, Vice Versa

Top Dance/Electronic Album

C418, Minecraft, Volume Alpha
FKA Twigs, Caprisongs
WINNER: Illenium, Fallen Embers
Porter Robinson, Nurture
Rüfüs Du Sol, Surrender

Top Christian Album

Carrie Underwood, My Savior
CeCe Winans, Believe for It
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music, Old Church Basement
Phil Wickham, Hymn of Heaven
WINNER: Ye, Donda

Top Gospel Album

CeCe Winans, Believe for It
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music, Old Church Basement
Maverick City Music, Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition
Maverick City Music & Upperroom, Move Your Heart
WINNER: Ye, Donda

Top Hot 100 Song

Doja Cat ft. SZA, "Kiss Me More"
Dua Lipa, "Levitating"
Olivia Rodrigo, "Good 4 U"
WINNER: The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, "Stay"
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, "Save Your Tears"

Top Streaming Song

Dua Lipa, "Levitating"
Glass Animals, "Heat Waves"
Olivia Rodrigo, "Good 4 U"
WINNER: The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, "Stay"
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, "Save Your Tears"

Top Selling Song

WINNER: BTS, "Butter"
BTS, "Permission to Dance"
Dua Lipa, "Levitating"
Ed Sheeran, "Bad Habits"
Walker Hayes, "Fancy Like"

Top Radio Song

WINNER: Dua Lipa, "Levitating"
Ed Sheeran, "Bad Habits"
Olivia Rodrigo, "Good 4 U"
The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, "Stay"
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, "Save Your Tears"

Top Collaboration

Doja Cat ft. SZA, "Kiss Me More"
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Givēon, "Peaches"
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, "Industry Baby"
WINNER: The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, "Stay"
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, "Save Your Tears"

Top Billboard Global 200 Song

Dua Lipa, "Levitating"
Ed Sheeran, "Bad Habits"
Olivia Rodrigo, "Good 4 U"
WINNER: The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, "Stay"
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, "Save Your Tears"

Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Song

BTS, "Butter"
Ed Sheeran, "Bad Habits"
Lil Nas X, "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"
WINNER: The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, "Stay"
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, "Save Your Tears"

Top Viral Song

WINNER: Doja Cat ft. SZA, "Kiss Me More"
Gayle, "abcdefu"
Glass Animals, "Heat Waves"
Masked Wolf, "Astronaut In The Ocean"
Walker Hayes, "Fancy Like"

Top R&B Song

Doja Cat & The Weeknd, "You Right"
Givēon, "Heartbreak Anniversary"
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Givēon, "Peaches"
WINNER: Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak), "Leave The Door Open"
WizKid ft. Justin Bieber & Tems, "Essence"

Top Rap Song

Drake ft. 21 Savage, Project Pat, "Knife Talk"
Drake ft. Future & Young Thug, "Way 2 Sexy"
WINNER: Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, "Industry Baby"
Masked Wolf, "Astronaut in the Ocean"
Polo G, "Rapstar"

Top Country Song

Chris Stapleton, "You Should Probably Leave"
Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood, "If I Didn't Love You"
Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan, "Buy Dirt"
Luke Combs, "Forever After All"
WINNER: Walker Hayes, "Fancy Like"

Top Rock Song

Coldplay X BTS, "My Universe"
Elle King & Miranda Lambert, "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)"
Imagine Dragons, "Follow You"
WINNER: Måneskin, "Beggin'"
The Anxiety: Willow & Tyler Cole, "Meet Me at Our Spot"

Top Latin Song

Aventura x Bad Bunny, "Volví"
Bad Bunny, "Yonaguni"
Farruko, "Pepas"
WINNER: Kali Uchis, "Telepatía"
Rauw Alejandro, "Todo De Ti"

Top Dance/Electronic Song

WINNER: Elton John & Dua Lipa, "Cold Heart – PNAU Remix"
Farruko, "Pepas"
Regard x Troye Sivan x Tate McRae, "You"
Tiësto, "The Business"
Travis Scott & HVME, "Goosebumps"

Top Christian Song

Anne Wilson, "My Jesus"
WINNER: Ye, "Hurricane"
Ye, "Moon"
Ye, "Off The Grid"
Ye, "Praise God"

Top Gospel Song

Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music ft. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine, "Jireh"
WINNER: Ye, "Hurricane"
Ye, "Moon"
Ye, "Off the Grid"
Ye, "Praise God"

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