Billboard Music Awards 2013: Full Winner List Includes Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and More

The May 19 event hosted by Tracy Morgan is
wrapped up after Prince, who is honored with
Billboard Icon Award, performs 'Let's Go
Crazy'.
Justin
Bieber and
Taylor
Swift were
among big
winners of
the 2013
Billboard
Music
Awards.
Collecting multiple prizes, the two walked away
with at least two top honors from the annual
prize-giving event.
The Biebs won Top Artist Award and Milestone
Award among other prizes that night. "I'm 19
years old and I think I'm doing a pretty good
job," he said on his acceptance speech when
receiving the Milestone Award from presenter
Cee-Lo Green. The Canadian pop star was also
named Top Male Artist and Top Social Artist.
Swift grabbed the coveted Top Artist gong,
beating out other nominees which included
One Direction, Rihanna , Bieber and Maroon 5 .
She talked about how her music covered
"extreme emotional spectrum... Those are the
crazy emotions and I want to thank you for
making it the soundtrack to your crazy
emotions," before saying her relationship with
her fans is "the longest and best relationship I
ever had."
The "Mean" singer, who was tapped as a
musical performer at the event, also won the
Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top
Country Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album as
well as Top Country Album. Her song "We Are
Never Ever Getting Back Together" was also
picked as Top Country Song.
Winners in other major categories included
One Direction (Top New Artist), Nicki Minaj
(Top Rap Artist), Rihanna (Top R&B Artist), fun.
(Top Rock Artist). Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
got multiple prizes for their hit song "Thrift
Shop", while Gotye won several gongs with
"Somebody That I Used to Know".
The show additionally presented Madonna with
Top Touring Artist and Top Dance Artist,
honored Jenni Rivera posthumously with Top
Latin Artist, and recognized Prince 's career in
music with Billboard Music Icon Award. Prince
also closed out the show with his performance
of "Let's Go Crazy".
This year's Billboard Music Awards was hosted
by Tracy Morgan and aired live from the MGM
Grand in Las Vegas. The star-studded show
featured performances from Bruno Mars ,
Selena Gomez , Pitbull , Christina Aguilera and
Jennifer Lopez among many others.

ARTIST AWARDS:

Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Top New Artist: One Direction
Top Male Artist: Justin Bieber
Top Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Duo/Group: One Direction
Top Billboard 200 Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist: Maroon 5
Top Digital Songs Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Radio Songs Artist: Rihanna
Top Touring Artist: Madonna
Top Social Artist: Justin Bieber
Top Streaming Artist: Nicki Minaj
Top Pop Artist: One Direction
Top R&B Artist: Rihanna
Top Rap Artist: Nicki Minaj
Top Country Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Rock Artist: fun.
Top Latin Artist: Jenni Rivera
Top Dance Artist: Madonna
Top EDM Artist: David Guetta
Top Christian Artist: tobyMac

ALBUM AWARDS:

Top Billboard 200 Album: " Red" - Taylor Swift
Top Pop Album: "21 " - Adele
Top R&B Album: " Unapologetic" - Rihanna
Top Rap Album: "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded"
- Nicki Minaj
Top Country Album: " Red" - Taylor Swift
Top Rock Album: " Babel" - Mumford & Sons
Top EDM Album: " Bangarang" - Skrillex
Top Latin Album: "La Misma Gran Senor" -
Jenni Rivera
Top Dance Album: " MDNA" - Madonna
Top Christian Album: "Eye On It " - tobyMac

SONG AWARDS:

Top Hot 100 Song: "Somebody That I Used to
Know" - Gotye feat. Kimbra
Top Digital Song: "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae
Jepsen
Top Radio Song: "Somebody That I Used to
Know" - Gotye feat. Kimbra
Top Streaming Song (Audio): "Somebody That I
Used to Know" - Gotye feat. Kimbra
Top Streaming Song (Video): "Gangnam Style" -
PSY
Top Pop Song: "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae
Jepsen
Top R&B Song: "Diamonds" - Rihanna
Top Rap Song: "Thrift Shop" - Macklemore &
Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
Top Country Song: "We Are Never Ever Getting
Back Together" - Taylor Swift
Top Rock Song: "Somebody That I Used to
Know" - Gotye feat. Kimbra
Top EDM Song: "Harlem Shake" - Baauer
Top Latin Song: "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" - Michel
Telo
Top Dance Song: "Harlem Shake" - Baauer
Top Christian Song: "10,000 Reasons (Bless the
Lord)" - Matt Redman

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Milestone Award: Justin Bieber
Billboard Music Icon Award: Prince