2013 Billboard Music Awards

2013 Billboard Music Awards
Date	May 19, 2013
Location	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Hosted by	Tracy Morgan
Most awards	Taylor Swift (8)
Most nominations	Taylor Swift (11)
Television/Radio coverage
Network	ABC

The 2013 Billboard Music Awards was a music award ceremony that was held on May 19, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was aired on ABC at 8:00/7:00 PM central.^[1] The show was hosted by Tracy Morgan.^[2][3][4]

Performances

Performer(s)	Song(s)	Digital sales reaction
Bruno Mars	"Treasure"	24,000 (+220%)
Selena Gomez	"Come & Get It"	171,000 (+4%)
The Band Perry	"Better Dig Two"
Icona Pop	"I Love It"	134,000 (+4%)
Chris Brown	"Fine China"	35,000 (+41%)
Macklemore Ryan Lewis Wanz	"Thrift Shop"
Taylor Swift	"22"
Kacey Musgraves	"Merry Go 'Round"
David Guetta Chris Brown Lil Wayne	"I Can Only Imagine"
Justin Bieber	"Take You"	81,000 (+3%)
Pitbull Christina Aguilera Morten Harket (a-ha)	"Feel This Moment" "Take on Me"	3,000 (+30%)
Miguel	"Adorn"	56,000 (+134%)
Ed Sheeran	"Lego House"
Jennifer Lopez Pitbull	"Live It Up"	65,000 (+53%)
will.i.am Justin Bieber	"#thatPOWER"
David Guetta Akon Ne-Yo	"Play Hard"	48,000 (+313%)
Nicki Minaj Lil Wayne	"High School"
Prince	"Let's Go Crazy" "FixUrLifeUp"

Presenters

• Shania Twain — Presented "Top Rap Artist"
• Jennifer Nettles - Introduced The Band Perry
• Carly Rae Jepsen — Introduced Icona Pop
• PSY — Introduced Chris Brown
• Alyssa Milano and Avril Lavigne — Presented "Top Digital Song"
• Hayden Panettiere — Introduced Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
• Kid Rock — Presented "Top Rap Song"
• Selena Gomez — Introduced Taylor Swift
• Florida Georgia Line — Introduced Kacey Musgraves
• will.i.am — Presented "Top Touring Artist"
• Ariana Grande — Introduced Justin Bieber
• Emmy Rossum and Jason Derulo — Presented "Top Billboard 200 Album"
• Ke$ha — Introduced Pitbull and Christina Aguilera
• Miley Cyrus — Presented "Top Male Artist"
• Jennifer Morrison — Introduced Miguel
• Chloë Grace Moretz — Introduced Ed Sheeran
• Gabriel Mann and Stana Katic — Introduced Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull
• Kelly Rowland and Austin Mahone — Presented "EDM - Electronic Dance Music"
• Wiz Khalifa and SkyBlu — Introduced will.i.am and Justin Bieber
• Jenny McCarthy - Introduced David Guetta, Akon and Ne-Yo.
• Cee Lo Green — Presented "Milestone Award"
• Celine Dion — Presented "Artist of the Year"
• Erykah Badu and Janelle Monáe - Presented "Icon Award"

Nominees

The nominees and winners are as follows:^[5]

Artist of the Year	New Artist of the Year
Taylor Swift Justin Bieber Maroon 5 Rihanna One Direction	One Direction Gotye Carly Rae Jepsen The Lumineers PSY
Top Hot 100 Song	Top Billboard 200 Album
"Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye ft. Kimbra "Some Nights" – Fun. "Call Me Maybe" – Carly Rae Jepsen "One More Night" – Maroon 5 "Payphone" – Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa	Red - Taylor Swift 21 – Adele Take Me Home – One Direction Up All Night – One Direction Babel – Mumford & Sons
Top Hot 100 Artist	Top Billboard 200 Artist
Maroon 5 Fun. Flo Rida Taylor Swift Rihanna	Taylor Swift Adele Justin Bieber Mumford & Sons One Direction
Top Male Artist	Top Female Artist
Justin Bieber Jason Aldean Drake Flo Rida [6] Bruno Mars	Taylor Swift Adele Nicki Minaj Carly Rae Jepsen Rihanna
Top Radio Songs Artist	Top Radio Song
Rihanna Flo Rida fun. Maroon 5 Nicki Minaj	"Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye ft. Kimbra "Locked Out of Heaven" – Bruno Mars "Call Me Maybe" – Carly Rae Jepsen "One More Night" – Maroon 5 "Payphone" – Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa
Top Streaming Artist	Top Streaming Song (Audio)
Nicki Minaj Baauer Drake PSY Rihanna	"Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye ft. Kimbra "Call Me Maybe" – Carly Rae Jepsen "Lights" – Ellie Goulding "Some Nights" – fun. "We Are Young" – fun. ft. Janelle Monáe
Top Digital Songs Artist	Top Digital Song
Taylor Swift Carly Rae Jepsen Flo Rida fun. Maroon 5	"Call Me Maybe"- Carly Rae Jepsen "We Are Young" – fun. ft. Janelle Monáe "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye ft. Kimbra "Thrift Shop" – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz "Payphone" – Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa
Top Streaming Song (Video)	Top Social Artist
"Gangnam Style" - PSY "Call Me Maybe" – Carly Rae Jepsen "Thrift Shop" – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" – Taylor Swift "We Are Young" – fun. ft. Janelle Monáe	Justin Bieber One Direction Katy Perry Rihanna Taylor Swift
Top Duo/Group	Top Touring Artist
One Direction Coldplay fun. Maroon 5 Mumford & Sons	Madonna Coldplay Lady Gaga Bruce Springsteen Roger Waters
Top Pop Artist	Top Pop Song
One Direction Adele Justin Bieber Maroon 5 Bruno Mars	"Call Me Maybe" – Carly Rae Jepsen "Lights" – Ellie Goulding "Locked Out of Heaven" – Bruno Mars "One More Night" – Maroon 5 "Payphone" – Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa
Top Pop Album	Top R&B Artist
21 - Adele Believe - Justin Bieber Overexposed – Maroon 5 Take Me Home – One Direction Up All Night – One Direction	Rihanna Chris Brown Alicia Keys Ne-Yo Usher
Top R&B Song	Top R&B Album
Diamonds – Rihanna "Girl On Fire" – Alicia Keys ft. Nicki Minaj "Adorn" – Miguel "Thinkin Bout You" – Frank Ocean "Heart Attack" – Trey Songz	Unapologetic – Rihanna Girl on Fire – Alicia Keys Fortune – Chris Brown Channel Orange – Frank Ocean Looking 4 Myself – Usher
Top Rock Artist	Top Rock Album
fun. Bruce Springsteen Coldplay Gotye Mumford & Sons	Babel – Mumford & Sons Some Nights – fun. The Lumineers – The Lumineers My Head is an Animal – Of Monsters and Men The World from the Side of the Moon – Phillip Phillips
Top Country Artist	Top Country Album
Taylor Swift Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Hunter Hayes Carrie Underwood	Red - Taylor Swift Blown Away – Carrie Underwood Night Train – Jason Aldean Tailgates & Tanlines – Luke Bryan Tuskegee – Lionel Richie
Top Country Song	Top Rock Song
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift Cruise - Florida Georgia Line Drunk on You - Luke Bryan Springsteen - Eric Church Wanted - Hunter Hayes	Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye Ft. Kimbra fun. - "Some Nights" fun. Featuring Janelle Monae - "We Are Young" Phillip Phillips - "Home" The Lumineers - "Ho Hey"
Top Rap Artist	Top Rap Song
Nicki Minaj Drake Flo Rida Pitbull Psy	"Thrift Shop" – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz "Whistle" – Flo Rida "Wild Ones" – Flo Rida ft. Sia "Gangnam Style" – PSY "Mercy" – Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz
Top Rap Album	Top Latin Artist
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - Nicki Minaj Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City – Kendrick Lamar The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis God Forgives, I Don't – Rick Ross Based On A T.R.U. Story – 2 Chainz	Jenni Rivera Don Omar Prince Royce Romeo Santos Shakira
Top Latin Album	Top Latin Song
La Misma Gran Señora – Jenni Rivera Joyas Prestadas: Banda – Jenni Rivera Joyas Prestadas: Pop – Jenni Rivera Formula, Vol. 1 – Romeo Santos Phase II – Prince Royce	"Ai Se Eu Te Pego" – Michel Teló "Bailando Por El Mundo" – Juan Magan ft. Pitbull & El Cata "Dutty Love" – Don Omar ft. Natti Natasha "Hasta Que Salga el Sol" – Don Omar "Algo Me Gusta de Ti" – Wisin & Yandel ft. Chris Brown & T-Pain
Top Dance Artist	Top Dance Song
Madonna David Guetta Calvin Harris Skrillex Swedish House Mafia	"Harlem Shake" – Baauer "Titanium" – David Guetta ft. Sia "Starships" – Nicki Minaj "Gangnam Style" – PSY "Where Have You Been" – Rihanna
Top EDM Artist	Top EDM Album
David Guetta Deadmau5 Calvin Harris Skrillex Swedish House Mafia	"Bangarang" – Skrillex "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" – Skrillex "Nothing But the Beat" – David Guetta "Album Title Goes Here" – Deadmau5 "Until Now" – Swedish House Mafia
Top Christian Song	Top EDM Song
10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) - Matt Redman Redeemed - Big Daddy Weave Where I Belong - Building 429 God's Not Dead (Like A Lion) - newsboys Me Without You - tobyMac	Harlem Shake - Baauer Feel So Close - Calvin Harris Sweet Nothing - Calvin Harris Ft. Florence Welch Titanium - David Guetta Ft. Sia Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia Ft. John Martin
Top Christian Artist	Top Christian Album
tobyMac Casting Crowns MercyMe Chris Tomlin Matt Redman	Eye on It – tobyMac Come To The Well – Casting Crowns Gravity – Lecrae The Hurt & The Healer – MercyMe WOW Hits 2013 – Various Artists
Top Dance Album	Billboard Milestone Award
MDNA – Madonna Nothing But the Beat – David Guetta Album Title Goes Here – Deadmau5 Bangarang – Skrillex Sorry for Party Rocking — LMFAO	Justin Bieber Bruno Mars Taylor Swift
Special Awards	Icon Award – Prince

Artists with multiple nominations and wins

Multiple nominations

• 11: Maroon 5, Taylor Swift, fun.,^[6]
• 10: Rihanna
• 9: One Direction
• 8: Carly Rae Jepsen
• 7: Nicki Minaj, Flo Rida, Justin Bieber
• 6: Gotye,
• 5: PSY, Adele, Skrillex
• 4: Mumford & Sons, Kimbra, Bruno Mars
• 3: Madonna, Wiz Khalifa, Jason Aldean, Janelle Monáe, Drake, David Guetta, Coldplay, Chris Brown, Alicia Keys, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, TobyMac.

Multiple wins

• 8: Taylor Swift
• 4: Gotye, Rihanna,
• 3: Madonna, Nicki Minaj, One Direction, Carly Rae Jepsen, Justin Bieber
• 2: Jenni Rivera, Baauer tobyMac

Live-GIFs

Tumblr chose the 2013 Billboard Music Awards as the basis for their first live TV integration.^[7] Creative agency Deckhouse Digital was hired for the event, designing an innovative live-gif system which allowed them to produce animated GIFs during the broadcast, and post them directly to Billboard's tumblr page in real time.^[8] Users of the blogging site were able to view and share animated images of events unfolding on stage just minutes after watching them live on ABC.^[9]

References

1. "Prince to Be Honored at Billboard Music Awards on May 19". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
2. Billboard Staff. "Tracy Morgan to Host Billboard Music Awards". Retrieved April 17, 2013.
3. "'My relationship with my fans is the longest and best I have ever had!' Taylor Swift refers to her own troubled love life as she picks up one of her EIGHT Billboard Music Awards". Daily Mail. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
4. "Billboard' awards put on one impressive Vegas show". USA Today. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
5. "Billboard Music Awards 2013: The Complete Winners List". MTV. May 19, 2013.
6. "Music Awards 2013 - Official Music Awards (BBMA)". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
7. "How Tumblr Animated ABC's 'Billboard Music Awards' in Real Time". Variety. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
8. "2013 Billboard Music Awards: The GIF That Keeps on GIF'ing". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
9. "Deckhouse Digital Live-GIFs from the 2013 Billboard Music Awards". Deckhouse Digital. Retrieved 2013-11-12.

External links

• 2013 Billboard Music Awards at the Internet Movie Database