R&B/pop artist The Weeknd dominated last night's Billboard Music Awards, taking home ten awards including for Top Artist. This comes two months after his big Grammy snub, where he received zero nominations from The Recording Academy.
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas pose backstage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards at Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images
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Pink poses with the Icon Award backstage during the 2021 Billboard Music Awards held at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images
The Weeknd poses backstage with his awards during the 2021 Billboard Music Awards held at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images
Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Kevin Jonas of Jonas Brothers pose backstage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards at Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images
Lynne Haze
The Grammys may have shut out The Weeknd, but the Billboard Music Awards welcomed him with open arms.
The “Blinding Lights” singer took home ten awards in all the top categories including, Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top R&B Album for his latest studio release, After Hours, and Top Radio Song and Top Hot 100 Song for “Blinding Lights.”
The Top New Artist award went posthumously to Pop Smoke, Top Female Artist went to Taylor Swift, Top Duo/Group went to BTS and Drake won for Top Streaming Songs Artist and took the honor of Artist of the Decade.
“I thank you to the fans, for honoring the life and spirit of my son, so much that he continues to manifest as if he were still here in flesh,” she said. “He created music for the kid who has to sleep four in a room, the kid who has to figure out how to get to school each day, so he can graduate and make his mom proud. He did this so that 14-year-olds would not have to kill to prove they are somebody.”
.@POPSMOKE10 s mom accepts the award for Top Billboard 200 Album #BBMAs ❤️ pic.twitter.com/AwrMLEstkh