“First I gotta give a shout-out to my country Jamaica real quick, Billboard Wah Gwan” Shenseea says as she graces the Billboard Music awards stage for the first time.
With her Jamaican accent standing out, the Run Run singer presented the Pepsi Mic Drop Award to Glass Animals for their chart topping Billboard hit, Heat Waves, at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The dancehall artist attended the event with her son Rajiero. Who donned a dapper jacket, bow tie and sunshades on the white carpet.
While on the awards show’s white carpet the Jiggle Boss told Tetris Kelly of Billboard Magazine that she has a song on the way with Diddy.
“We’re working on something, I mean I am a person who just likes to show my work, instead of just talking about it so you just have to stay tuned to be honest.”
Back in April Shenseea was spotted in studio with multi-platinum producer Sean “Diddy” Combs via an instagram post by the dancehall princess’s label A&R @Dizzycleanface.
Dizzy posted several pictures of the two in the recording booth with the caption: “Sometimes you have to start over and come back harder @shenseea can’t stop won’t stop @diddy 🙏🏾”
Shenseea also had words of encouragement for Travis Scott who has not been seen on global stages since his Astroworld tragedy. She said he was one of the persons she was most looking forward to seeing.
“I mean everybody for some point in their life where they gotta get back up, so I am just glad that he is coming out here and showing out again,” she said. “Instead of you know, hiding away,” she continued.
The night’s biggest winners at the Billboard Music Awards were Olivia Rodrigo and Kanye West who weren’t in attendance, but Doja Cat walked away with four Awards, winning two in person on the live telecast in Las Vegas.
Olivia Rodrigo was the night’s biggest winner with seven awards for her first BBMAs and Kanye West took six awards, Drake got five awards, which makes him the most Billboard Awarded artist with 34 wins. The Kid Laroi, won his first five awards for Stay with Justin Bieber.
Megan Thee Stallion took home the top female rap artist award. In addition to their Pepsi Mic Drop Moment for “Heat Waves,”Glass Animals was also named top rock artists.
Dan + Shay won the award for top country duo/group, while ILLENIUM won top dance/electronic album for Fallen Embers.
Janet Jackson presented Mary J. Blige with the Billboard Icon Award.
Doja Cat won the award for Top R&B Artist for her album Planet Her, beating out GIVĒON, Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson Paak), Summer Walker and The Weeknd. This came as a surprise for many as her album is classified as pop on iTunes and spawns several hip hop and experimental songs including five singles: “Kiss Me More“, “You Right“, “Need to Know“, “Woman“, and “Get Into It (Yuh)“. The first four songs all charted within the top 15 of both the Billboard Hot 100.
Planet Her released by the rapper and singer by Kemosabe and RCA Records is titled after a fictional planet created by Doja. She said her musical style’s shift in the record to traveling outside of Earth and into outer space.
See full list on winners below:
This year’s BBMAs are based on the chart period of April 10, 2021, through March 26, 2022. Finalists and winners are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital song sales, streaming, radio airplay and social engagement, tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including Luminate.
The Billboard Music Awards ceremony is produced by MRC Live & Alternative, a division of MRC, which is a co-owner of The Hollywood Reporter through a joint venture with Penske Media titled PMRC. Robert Deaton and Combs are the executive producer of the BBMAs
ARTIST AWARDS
Top Artist
Doja Cat
Drake (WINNER)
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd
Top New Artist
GIVĒON
Masked Wolf
Olivia Rodrigo (WINNER)
Pooh Shiesty
The Kid LAROI
Top Male Artist
Drake (WINNER)
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Lil Nas X
The Weeknd
Top Female Artist
Adele
Doja Cat
Dua Lipa
Olivia Rodrigo (WINNER)
Taylor Swift
Top Duo/Group
BTS (WINNER)
Glass Animals
Imagine Dragons
Migos
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Adele
Drake
Juice WRLD
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift (WINNER)
Top Hot 100 Artist
Doja Cat
Drake
Justin Bieber
Olivia Rodrigo (WINNER)
The Weeknd
Top Streaming Songs Artist
Doja Cat
Drake
Lil Nas X
Olivia Rodrigo (WINNER)
The Weeknd
Top Song Sales Artist
Adele
BTS (WINNER)
Dua Lipa
Ed Sheeran
Walker Hayes
Top Radio Songs Artist
Doja Cat
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Olivia Rodrigo (WINNER)
The Weeknd
Top Billboard Global 200 Artist (NEW)
Doja Cat
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Olivia Rodrigo (WINNER)
The Weeknd
Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Artist (NEW)
BTS
Dua Lipa
Ed Sheeran (WINNER)
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)
The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour) (WINNER)
Top R&B Artist
Doja Cat (WINNER)
GIVĒON
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)
Summer Walker
The Weeknd
Top R&B Male Artist
GIVĒON
Khalid
The Weeknd (WINNER)
Top R&B Female Artist
Doja Cat (WINNER)
Summer Walker
SZA
Top R&B Tour
Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars at Park MGM) (WINNER)
Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021)
Usher (The Vegas Residency)
Top Rap Artist
Drake (WINNER)
Juice WRLD
Lil Baby
Moneybagg Yo
Polo G
Top Rap Male Artist
Drake (WINNER)
Juice WRLD
Polo G
Top Rap Female Artist
Cardi B
Latto
Megan Thee Stallion (WINNER)
Top Rap Tour
J. Cole (The Off-Season Tour)
Lil Baby (The Back Outside Tour)
Omarion & Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021) (WINNER)
Top Country Artist
Chris Stapleton
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift (WINNER)
Walker Hayes
Top Country Male Artist
Chris Stapleton
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen (WINNER)
Top Country Female Artist
Carrie Underwood
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift (WINNER)
Top Country Duo/Group
Dan + Shay (WINNER)
Florida Georgia Line
Zac Brown Band
Top Country Tour
Luke Bryan (Proud To Be Right Here Tour)
Eric Church (Gather Again Tour) (WINNER)
Chris Stapleton (All-American Road Show Tour)
Top Rock Artist
Glass Animals (WINNER)
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)
The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour) (WINNER)
Top Latin Artist
Bad Bunny (WINNER)
Farruko
Kali Uchis
KAROL G
Rauw Alejandro
Top Latin Male Artist
Bad Bunny (WINNER)
Farruko
Rauw Alejandro
Top Latin Female Artist
Kali Uchis (WINNER)
KAROL G
ROSALÍA
Top Latin Duo/Group
Calibre 50
Eslabon Armado (WINNER)
Grupo Firme
Top Latin Tour
Bad Bunny (El Último Tour Del Mundo)
Enrique Iglesias & Ricky Martin (Live in Concert)
Los Bukis (Una Historia Cantada Tour) (WINNER)
Top Dance/Electronic Artist
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Lady Gaga (WINNER)
Marshmello
Tiësto
Top Christian Artist
Carrie Underwood
Elevation Worship
for KING & COUNTRY
Lauren Daigle
Ye (WINNER)
Top Gospel Artist
CeCe Winans
Elevation Worship
Kirk Franklin
Maverick City Music
Ye (WINNER)
ALBUM AWARDS
Top Billboard 200 Album
Adele “30”
Doja Cat “Planet Her”
Drake “Certified Lover Boy”
Morgan Wallen “Dangerous: The Double Album”
Olivia Rodrigo “SOUR” (WINNER)
Top Soundtrack
“Arcane League of Legends”
“Encanto” (WINNER)
“In The Heights”
“Sing 2”
“tick, tick…BOOM!”
Top R&B Album
Doja Cat “Planet Her” (WINNER)
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
Drake “Certified Lover Boy” (WINNER)
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)”
Taylor Swift “Red (Taylor’s Version)” (WINNER)
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”
twenty one pilots “Scaled and Icy” (WINNER)
Top Latin Album
Eslabon Armado “Corta Venas”
J Balvin “JOSE”
Kali Uchis “Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞”
KAROL G “KG0516” (WINNER)
Rauw Alejandro “VICE VERSA”
Top Dance/Electronic Album
C418 “Minecraft – Volume Alpha”
FKA twigs “CAPRISONGS”
ILLENIUM “Fallen Embers” (WINNER)
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”
Ye “Donda” (WINNER)
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.”
Ye “Donda” (WINNER)
SONG AWARDS
Top Hot 100 Song
Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me More”
Dua Lipa “Levitating”
Olivia Rodrigo “good 4 u”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY” (WINNER)
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears”
Top Streaming Song
Dua Lipa “Levitating”
Glass Animals “Heat Waves”
Olivia Rodrigo “good 4 u”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY” (WINNER)
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears”
Top Selling Song
BTS “Butter” (WINNER)
BTS “Permission to Dance”
Dua Lipa “Levitating”
Ed Sheeran “Bad Habits”
Walker Hayes “Fancy Like”
Top Radio Song
Dua Lipa “Levitating” (WINNER)
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”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY” (WINNER)
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears”
Top Billboard Global 200 Song (NEW)
Dua Lipa “Levitating”
Ed Sheeran “Bad Habits”
Olivia Rodrigo “good 4 u”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY” (WINNER)
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears”
Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Song (NEW)
BTS “Butter”
Ed Sheeran “Bad Habits”
Lil Nas X “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY” (WINNER)
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears”
Top Viral Song (NEW)
Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me More” (WINNER)
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”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Leave The Door Open” (WINNER)
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”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow “INDUSTRY BABY” (WINNER)
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”
Walker Hayes “Fancy Like” (WINNER)
Top Rock Song
Coldplay X BTS “My Universe”
Elle King & Miranda Lambert “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”
Imagine Dragons “Follow You”
Måneskin “Beggin’” (WINNER)
THE ANXIETY: WILLOW & Tyler Cole “Meet Me At Our Spot”
Top Latin Song
Aventura x Bad Bunny “Volví”
Bad Bunny “Yonaguni”
Farruko “Pepas”
Kali Uchis “telepatía” (WINNER)
Rauw Alejandro “Todo De Ti”
Top Dance/Electronic Song
Elton John & Dua Lipa “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix” (WINNER)
Farruko “Pepas”
Regard x Troye Sivan x Tate McRae “You”
Tiësto “The Business”
Travis Scott & HVME “Goosebumps”
Top Christian Song
Anne Wilson “My Jesus”
Ye “Hurricane” (WINNER)
Ye “Moon”
Ye “Off The Grid”
Ye “Praise God”
Top Gospel Song
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music ft. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine “Jireh”
Ye “Hurricane” (WINNER)
Ye “Moon”
Ye “Off The Grid”
Ye “Praise God”
