Exclusive performances included Coldplay, Fuerza Regida, Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney, Seventeen, Shaboozey, Stray Kids, Teddy Swims & Tyla
Tonight (Thurs, Dec 12th), the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) honored music’s biggest achievements with original performances created by the world’s biggest chart-topping musicians, featuring exclusive artist interviews and award celebrations taking place around the world. Hosted by actress and comedian Michelle Buteau, the 2024 Billboard Music Awards Presented by Marriott Bonvoy aired on Fox and Amazon’s Fire TV Channels, as well as on-demand on Paramount+, with performances also rolling out across Billboard.com and via BBMAs and Billboard social channels. The special will be available to stream on-demand on Fire TV Channels and the next day on Hulu.
The BBMAs honors the year’s biggest artists, albums, songs, producers and songwriters across multiple genres, as determined by year-end performance metrics on Billboard’s Year-End Charts, the music industry’s ultimate authority and data-driven measure of success, which measures music consumption from the Billboard charts dated October 28, 2023, through October 19, 2024.
Taylor Swift took home the most trophies of the night with ten wins including the coveted Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Hot 100 Songwriter, Top Streaming Songs Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album. She is now the most decorated BBMAs winner of all time with 49 wins. In Swift’s acceptance speech, she said, “It means the world to me that you guys have embraced the things I have made…this is the nicest early birthday present you could have given me…it’s exactly what I wanted.”
It was also a big night for Zach Bryan with five wins including Top Country Album; Morgan Wallen with four wins including Top Country Artist; and first-time finalist Shaboozey shared the three-win spotlight with Bad Bunny, who extended his historic reign as the all-time leader for Top Latin Artist. Drake’s three wins solidified his position as the second-most awarded artist in show history with 42 career wins.
Additional first-time winners included Benson Boone, Teddy Swims, Tommy Richman, and Tyla with two awards each, plus Chappell Roan and Falling In Reverse earning one award each. Beyoncé won her first cross-genre BBMA for Top Country Female Artist.
Three-time 2024 BBMAs winner Shaboozey kicked off the night from W Hollywood, part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio, with a show-opening performance of “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which won two BBMAs for Top Country Song and Top Selling Song. Later in the show, he performed a moody rendition of “Highway,” enhanced by intricate custom projection mapping that captivated the audience, which included Marriott Bonvoy members.
First-time BBMAs winner for Top Hot 100 Song and Top Radio Song, Teddy Swims performed his new single “Bad Dreams” and hit song “Lose Control” from Los Angeles surrounded by his fans in an intimate, future-retro space.
Following a celebration of Billboard 200 first-timers which included Megan Moroney, the country superstar performed “Man On The Moon” against the Nashville, TN skyline, surrounded by her band and biggest fans in a Carnival Cruise Line sponsored performance.
Two-time 2024 BBMAs winner Tyla performed two heart-pumping hits including “Push 2 Start” and “Shake Ah” joined by Optimist Music ZA from a pop-up Amapiano party in London, with creative direction by renowned choreographer Tanisha Scott.
Top Hard Rock Song winner Jelly Roll performed hits “I Am Not Okay” and “Liar” from his Beautifully Broken Tour sold-out concert in Detroit, MI.
Top Rock Touring Artist winner Coldplay accepted their award and later delivered a mesmerizing performance of “All My Love” off their latest album Moon Music from their sold-out Music of the Spheres Tour in Australia that blended heartfelt emotion with their signature artistry.
Top Global K-Pop Artist winner Stray Kids treated fans to a high-octane medley of two of their biggest songs of the year “Chk Chk Boom” and “JJAM” from a custom set in South Korea.
Top K-Pop Touring Artist winners Seventeen performed “Love, Money, Fame” featuring DJ Khaled while traveling from the streets of downtown Los Angeles to a pop-up show on the Santa Monica Pier.
The BBMAs celebrated the rise of Latin music with a performance by Top Latin Duo/Group and Top Duo/Group winners Fuerza Regida who treated Los Angeles fans to a stylized medley of “Pero No Te Enamores” and “NEL.”
Closing out the show from their From Zero World Tour sold-out concert in São Paulo, Brazil, two-time 2024 BBMAs winners Linkin Park – who accepted Top Rock Duo/Group, and Top Hard Rock Artist awards – treated 55,000 fans to a high-energy performance of “The Emptiness Machine” with amazing spidercam angles.
ARTIST AWARDS
- Top Artist – Taylor Swift
- Top New Artist – Chappell Roan
- Top Male Artist – Morgan Wallen
- Top Female Artist – Taylor Swift
- Top Duo/Group – Fuerza Regida
- Top Billboard 200 Artist – Taylor Swift
- Top Hot 100 Artist – Taylor Swift
- Top Hot 100 Songwriter – Taylor Swift
- Top Hot 100 Producer – Jack Antonoff
- Top Streaming Songs Artist – Taylor Swift
- Top Radio Songs Artist – Taylor Swift
- Top Song Sales Artist – Shaboozey
- Top Billboard Global 200 Artist – Taylor Swift
- Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Artist – Taylor Swift
- Top R&B Artist – SZA
- Top R&B Male Artist – Tommy Richman
- Top R&B Female Artist – SZA
- Top R&B Touring Artist – Bruno Mars
- Top Rap Artist – Drake
- Top Rap Male Artist – Drake
- Top Rap Female Artist – Doja Cat
- Top Rap Touring Artist – Travis Scott
- Top Country Artist – Morgan Wallen
- Top Country Male Artist – Morgan Wallen
- Top Country Female Artist – Beyoncé
- Top Country Duo/Group – The Red Clay Strays
- Top Country Touring Artist – Zach Bryan
- Top Rock Artist – Zach Bryan
- Top Rock Duo/Group – Linkin Park
- Top Hard Rock Artist – Linkin Park
- Top Rock Touring Artist – Coldplay
- Top Latin Artist – Bad Bunny
- Top Latin Male Artist – Bad Bunny
- Top Latin Female Artist – Karol G
- Top Latin Duo/Group – Fuerza Regida
- Top Latin Touring Artist – Luis Miguel
- Top Global K-Pop Artist – Stray Kids
- Top K-Pop Touring Artist – Seventeen
- Top Afrobeats Artist – Tyla
- Top Dance/Electronic Artist – Charli XCX
- Top Christian Artist – Elevation Worship
- Top Gospel Artist – CeCe Winans
ALBUM AWARDS
- Top Billboard 200 Album – Taylor Swift “The Tortured Poets Department”
- Top Soundtrack – “Trolls: Band Together”
- Top R&B Album – Chris Brown “11:11”
- Top Rap Album – Drake “For All the Dogs”
- Top Country Album – Zach Bryan “Zach Bryan”
- Top Rock Album – Noah Kahan “Stick Season”
- Top Hard Rock Album – Sleep Token “Take Me Back To Eden”
- Top Latin Album – Bad Bunny “nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana”
- Top K-Pop Album – Jung Kook “GOLDEN”
- Top Dance/Electronic Album – Charli XCX “BRAT”
- Top Christian Album – Elevation Worship “CAN YOU IMAGINE?”
- Top Gospel Album – Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine “The Maverick Way Complete: Complete Vol 02”
SONG AWARDS
- Top Hot 100 Song – Teddy Swims “Lose Control”
- Top Streaming Song – Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”
- Top Radio Song – Teddy Swims “Lose Control”
- Top Selling Song – Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
- Top Collaboration – Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”
- Top Billboard Global 200 Song – Benson Boone “Beautiful Things”
- Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Song – Benson Boone “Beautiful Things”
- Top R&B Song – Tommy Richman “MILLION DOLLAR BABY”
- Top Rap Song – Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us”
- Top Country Song – Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
- Top Rock Song – Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”
- Top Hard Rock Song – Falling In Reverse ft. Jelly Roll “All My Life”
- Top Latin Song – FloyyMenor & Cris MJ “Gata Only”
- Top Global K-Pop Song – Jung Kook “Standing Next to You”
- Top Afrobeats Song – Tyla “Water”
- Top Dance/Electronic Song – Dua Lipa “Houdini”
- Top Christian Song – Elevation Worship ft. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore “Praise”
- Top Gospel Song – CeCe Winans “That’s My King”
