Billboard Awards 2012: The winners in full
Published May 21 2012, 01:00 BST | By Kate Goodacre and Jennifer Still
Digital Spy presents a list of the winners and nominees at the Billboard Music Awards 2012, held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 20:Artist Awards
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Top Artist
Adele - WINNER
Lady GaGa
Lil Wayne
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top New Artist
Bad Meets Evil
Big Sean
Foster The People
Scotty McCreery
Wiz Khalifa - WINNER
Top Male Artist
Justin Bieber
Chris Brown
Drake
Lil Wayne - WINNER
Bruno Mars
Top Female Artist
Adele - WINNER
Lady GaGa
Nicki Minaj
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Duo or Group
Black Eyed Peas
Coldplay
Lady Antebellum
LMFAO - WINNER
Maroon 5
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Adele - WINNER
Justin Bieber
Michael Buble
Lady GaGa
Lil Wayne
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Top Hot 100 Artist
Adele - WINNER
LMFAO
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Digital Songs Artist
Adele - WINNER
LMFAO
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Radio Songs Artist
Adele - WINNER
Katy Perry
Bruno Mars
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Top Touring Artist
Bon Jovi
Taylor Swift
Take That
U2 - WINNER
Roger Waters
Top Social Artist
Justin Bieber - WINNER
Eminem
Lady GaGa
Rihanna
Shakira
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Top Streaming Artist
Lil Wayne
LMFAO
Nicki Minaj
Bruno Mars
Rihanna - WINNER
Top Digital Media Artist
Adele - WINNER
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
Lil Wayne
Rihanna
Top Pop Artist
Adele - WINNER
Lady GaGa
LMFAO
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Chris Brown - WINNER
Cee Lo Green
Miguel
Rihanna
Top Rap Artist
Drake
Lil Wayne - WINNER
LMFAO
Nicki Minaj
Wiz Khalifa
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Top Country Artist
Jason Aldean
Zac Brown Band
Lady Antebellum - WINNER
Blake Shelton
Taylor Swift
Top Rock Artist
The Black Keys
Coldplay - WINNER
Foster The People
Foo Fighters
Mumford & Sons
Top Alternative Artist
The Black Keys
Coldplay - WINNER
Foster The People
Foo Fighters
Mumford & Sons
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Top Latin Artist
Mana
Pitbull
Prince Royce
Romeo Santos
Shakira - WINNER
Top Dance Artist
David Guetta
Lady GaGa - WINNER
LMFAO
Rihanna
Britney Spears
Top Christian Artist
Casting Crowns - WINNER
MercyMe
Skillet
Laura Story
Chris Tomlin
Album Awards
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Top Billboard 200 Album
Adele - 21 - WINNER
Michael Bublé - Christmas
Drake - Take Care
Lady GaGa - Born This Way
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV
Top Pop Album
Adele - 19
Adele - 21 - WINNER
Michael Bublé - Christmas
Lady GaGa - Born This Way
Justin Bieber - Under The Mistletoe
Top R&B Album
Beyoncé - 4 - WINNER
Mary J Blige - My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)
Chris Brown - F.A.M.E.
Jennifer Hudson - I Remember Me
Rihanna - Talk That Talk
Top Rap Album
Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel
Drake - Take Care
Jay Z and Kanye West - Watch The Throne
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV - WINNER
LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking
Top Country Album
Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party - WINNER
The Band Perry - The Band Perry
Luke Bryan - Tailgates & Tanlines
Lady Antebellum - We Own the Night
Scotty McCreery - Clear As Day
Top Rock Album
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto - WINNER
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Foster The People - Torches
Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Nickelback - Here and Now
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Top Alternative Album
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto - WINNER
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Foster The People - Torches
Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Nickelback - Here and Now
Top Latin Album
Camila - Dejarte De Amar
Cristian Castro - Viva El Principe
Mana - Drama Y Luz
Prince Royce - Prince Royce
Romeo Santos - Formula: Vol. 1 - WINNER
Top Dance Album
David Guetta - Nothing But the Beat
Lady GaGa - Born This Way - WINNER
Lady GaGa - The Fame
LMFAO - Sorry for Party Rocking
Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
Top Christian Album
Casting Crowns - Come to the Well - WINNER
Casting Crowns - Until the Whole World Hears
Skillet - Awake
Laura Story - Blessings
Various Artists - Wow Hits 2012
Song Awards
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Top Hot 100 Song
Adele - 'Rolling in the Deep'
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock - 'Party Rock Anthem' - WINNER
Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera - 'Moves Like Jagger'
Katy Perry featuring Kanye West - 'E.T.'
Pitbull Feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer - 'Give Me Everything'
Top Digital Song
Adele 'Rolling in the Deep'
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock - 'Party Rock Anthem' - WINNER
LMFAO 'Sexy And I Know It'
Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera 'Moves Like Jagger'
Katy Perry featuring Kanye West 'E.T.'
Top Radio Song
Adele - 'Rolling in the Deep'
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock - 'Party Rock Anthem'
Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera - 'Moves Like Jagger'
Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer - 'Give Me Everything' - WINNER
Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris - 'We Found Love'
Top Streaming Song (Audio)
Adele - 'Rolling in the Deep' - WINNER
David Guetta featuring Usher - 'Without You'
Lil Wayne - 'How to Love'
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock - 'Party Rock Anthem'
Nicki Minaj - 'Super Bass'
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Top Streaming Song (Video)
Adele - 'Someone Like You'
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock - 'Party Rock Anthem'
LMFAO - 'Sexy And I Know It'
Bruno Mars - 'The Lazy Song'
Nicki Minaj - 'Super Bass' - WINNER
Top Pop Song
Adele - 'Rolling in the Deep'
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock - 'Party Rock Anthem' - WINNER
LMFAO - 'Sexy and I Know It'
Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera - 'Moves Like Jagger'
Katy Perry featuring Kanye West - 'E.T.'
Top R&B Song
Chris Brown - 'She Ain't You'
Cee Lo Green - 'F**k You (Forget You)'
Jeremiah featuring 50 Cent - 'Down On Me'
Miguel - 'Sure Thing'
Kelly Rowland featuring Lil Wayne - 'Motivation' - WINNER
Top Rap Song
Flo Rida - 'Good Feeling'
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock - 'Party Rock Anthem' - WINNER
LMFAO - 'Sexy and I Know It'
Nicki Minaj - 'Super Bass'
Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer - 'Give Me Everything'
Top Country Song
Jason Aldean - 'Dirt Road Anthem' - WINNER
Luke Bryan - 'Country Girl (Shake It for Me)'
Eli Young Band - 'Crazy Girl'
Lady Antebellum - 'Just a Kiss'
Blake Shelton - 'Honey Bee'
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Top Rock Song
Adele - 'Rolling in the Deep'
Adele - 'Someone Like You'
Coldplay - 'Paradise'
Foo Fighters - 'Walk'
Foster The People - 'Pumped Up Kicks' - WINNER
Top Alternative Song
Adele - 'Rolling in the Deep' - WINNER
AWOLNATION - 'Sail'
Coldplay - 'Paradise'
Foster The People - 'Pumped Up Kicks'
Mumford & Sons - 'The Cave'
Top Latin Song
Don Omar & Lucenzo - 'Danza Kuduro' - WINNER
Don Omar - 'Taboo'
Pitbull - 'Bon Bon'
Prince Royce - 'Corazon Sin Cara'
Romeo Santos featuring Usher - 'Promise'
Top Dance Song
Dev - 'In the Dark'
David Guetta featuring Usher - 'Without You'
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock - 'Party Rock Anthem' - WINNER
LMFAO - 'Sexy And I Know It'
Britney Spears - 'Til The World Ends'
Top Christian Song
Casting Crowns - 'Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)'
Jamie Grace featuring TobyMac - 'Hold Me'
Mandisa - 'Stronger'
Laura Story - 'Blessings' - WINNER
Matthew West - 'Strong Enough'
Honorary Awards
Billboard Icon Award
Stevie Wonder
Billboard Millennium Award
Whitney Houston
Billboard Spotlight Award
Katy Perry
Billboard Woman of the Year
Taylor Swift
Where is 'Fun' with their song We are Young? They didn't even get a nomination. They deserved it the most.. AND, Bad meets Evil is hardly new.
May 25th 2012 at 4:33pm
Top Social Artist - Justin Bieber ? Gaga has 2 million more followers than him. I'm confused. Any who all these award ceremonies are a pile of *****, why not just do 1 a yr and that's it.
May 21st 2012 at 3:55am(+1 like)
2008/09's The Fame by Lady Gaga in the Top Dance Album Category in the 2012 Billboard Awards? >_< Someone PLEASE point out the sense behind that nomination!
May 21st 2012 at 2:22am(+2 likes)
19 by Adele was released in 2008 and was nominated as well.
May 21st 2012 at 11:16am