'Billboard Music Awards 2012' Winners
Top recording artist Adele dominates, winning 12 awards, while LMFAO takes home 6, followed by GoonRock and Lauren Bennett with 5 each.
Adele
May 20, 2012
"The 2012 Billboard Music Awards" show aired live on Sunday, May 20 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on ABC. The awards show took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in partnership with Chevrolet and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA). This was the second year that ABC broadcast the event.
Adele dominated this year's Billboard Music Awards, taking home an incredible 12 awards in the following categories: Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Digital Songs Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top Digital Media Artist, Top Pop Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album, Top Pop Album, Top Streaming Song (Audio) and Top Alternative Song. Winning a total of 6 awards, LMFAO was named Top Duo/Group, with "Party Rock Anthem" earning them Top Hot 100 Song, Top Digital Song, Top Pop Song, Top Rap Song and Top Dance Song. GoonRock and Lauren Bennett, who are both featured on "Party Rock Anthem," each took home 5 awards each.
Lil Wayne and Coldplay each earned 4 Billboard Music Awards, while Casting Crowns, Jason Aldean and Lady Gaga each received 2 awards. Lady Antebellum, Romeo Santos, Shakira, Don Omar, Lucenzo, Wiz Khalifa, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, Chris Brown, Afrojack, Nayer, Ne-Yo, Pitbull, Foster The People, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, U2 and Laura Story each won one Billboard Music Award.
The show also featured three special awards: Stevie Wonder was honored with the Icon Award and Whitney Houston was posthumously honored with the Millennium Award, each for their career achievements, while Taylor Swift made history as the youngest to receive the coveted Woman of the Year Award, acknowledging her achievements as a trailblazing female artist over the past 12 months.
In addition to the winners of the Billboard Music Awards, other finalists for awards included 50 Cent, AWOLNATION, Bad Meets Evil, Big Sean, Blake Shelton, Bon Jovi, Britney Spears, Bruno Mars, Calvin Harris, Camila, Cee Lo Green, Chris Tomlin, Christina Aguilera, Cristian Castro, David Guetta, Dev, Drake, Eli Young Band, Eminem, Flo Rida, Foo Fighters, Jamie Grace, Jay-Z, Jennifer Hudson, Jeremih, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, Mana, Mandisa, Maroon 5, Mary J. Blige, Matthew West, MercyMe, Michael Buble, Miguel, Mumford & Sons, Nickelback, Prince Royce, Roger Waters, Scotty McCreery, Skillet, Skrillex, Take That, Taylor Swift, The Band Perry, The Black Eyed Peas, The Black Keys, TobyMac, Usher and the Zac Brown Band.
The Billboard Music Awards take a holistic look at artist performance based on key fan interactions with music - finalists and winners were determined by chart performance and social and streaming activity as chronicled in Billboard magazine and on Billboard.com during the eligibility period of March 1, 2011 through February 29, 2012. The 46 award categories were based on measures provided by our data partners including sales data shared by Nielsen SoundScan, radio airplay monitored by Nielsen BDS, streaming data measured by Tubemogul and Nielsen BDS, social media consumption gauged by Next Big Sound and tour grosses tracked by Billboard Boxscore.
"The 2012 Billboard Music Awards" was co-executed produced by Richard Beckman, CEO of Prometheus Global Media, which owns Billboard, and Don Mischer of Don Mischer Productions.
The winners for The 2012 Billboard Music Awards are:
ARTIST AWARDS
Top Artist
Adele
Top New Artist
Wiz Khalifa
Top Male Artist
Lil Wayne
Top Female Artist
Adele
Top Duo/Group
LMFAO
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Adele
Top Hot 100 Artist
Adele
Top Digital Songs Artist
Adele
Top Radio Songs Artist
Adele
Top Touring Artist
U2
Top Social Artist
Justin Bieber
Top Streaming Artist
Rihanna
Top Digital Media Artist
Adele
Top Pop Artist
Adele
Top R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Top Rap Artist
Lil Wayne
Top Country Artist
Lady Antebellum
Top Rock Artist
Coldplay
Top Alternative Artist
Coldplay
Top Latin Artist
Shakira
Top Dance Artist
Lady Gaga
Top Christian Artist
Casting Crowns
ALBUM AWARDS
Top Billboard 200 Album
Adele, "21"
Top Pop Album
Adele, "21"
Top R&B Album
Beyoncé, "4"
Top Rap Album
Lil Wayne, "Tha Carter IV"
Top Country Album
Jason Aldean, "My Kinda Party"
Top Rock Album
Coldplay, "Mylo Xyloto"
Top Alternative Album
Coldplay, "Mylo Xyloto"
Top Latin Album
Romeo Santos, "Formula: Vol. 1"
Top Dance Album
Lady Gaga, "Born This Way"
Top Christian Album
Casting Crowns, "Come To The Well"
SONG AWARDS
Top Hot 100 Song
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, "Party Rock Anthem"
Top Digital Song
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, "Party Rock Anthem"
Top Radio Song
Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer, "Give Me Everything"
Top Streaming Song (Audio)
Adele, "Rolling in the Deep"
Top Streaming Song (Video)
Nicki Minaj, "Super Bass"
Top Pop Song
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, "Party Rock Anthem"
Top R&B Song
Kelly Rowland featuring Lil Wayne, "Motivation"
Top Rap Song
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, "Party Rock Anthem"
Top Country Song
Jason Aldean, "Dirt Road Anthem"
Top Rock Song
Foster the People, "Pumped Up Kicks"
Top Alternative Song
Adele, "Rolling in the Deep"
Top Latin Song
Don Omar & Lucenzo, "Danza Kuduro"
Top Dance Song
LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, "Party Rock Anthem"
Top Christian Song
Laura Story, "Blessings"
About Billboard
Now in its 117th year, Billboard is the world's premier music brand consisting of Billboard magazine, Billboard Events, Billboard Bulletin, Billboard.biz and Billboard.com - the online destination of choice for millions of music fans. The Billboard brand is built on its exclusive charts and unrivaled reporting on the latest news, issues and trends across all genres of music. Most recently, Billboard launched the new Uncharted ranking of undiscovered artists, tracking their rising popularity across the Internet. Billboard reaches tens of millions of consumers daily through many strategic relationships with major companies including Reuters, SanDisk, Telemundo, Napster, GTech, Motorola, AT&T, Sony Music Entertainment and ABC. These relationships leverage Billboard's brand recognition, proprietary chart data and information resources to develop products, live events, print, television, radio, digital, and mobile platforms. Billboard produces conferences year-round with programming to address music's role in media and entertainment, including music showcases and awards shows to spotlight talent. In addition to North America, Billboard operates businesses in Brazil, Greece, Japan, Korea and Russia.
Billboard is owned by Prometheus Global Media, a diversified company with leading assets in the media and entertainment arenas, including: Music (Billboard and its related conferences and events, including The Billboard Latin Music Awards), Entertainment (The Hollywood Reporter, Backstage, ShowEast, Cineasia, and CineEurope); and Advertising & Marketing (Adweek, Adweek Conferences and The CLIO Awards).
Adele dominated this year's Billboard Music Awards, taking home an incredible 12 awards in the following categories: Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Digital Songs Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top Digital Media Artist, Top Pop Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album, Top Pop Album, Top Streaming Song (Audio) and Top Alternative Song. Winning a total of 6 awards, LMFAO was named Top Duo/Group, with "Party Rock Anthem" earning them Top Hot 100 Song, Top Digital Song, Top Pop Song, Top Rap Song and Top Dance Song. GoonRock and Lauren Bennett, who are both featured on "Party Rock Anthem," each took home 5 awards each.
Lil Wayne and Coldplay each earned 4 Billboard Music Awards, while Casting Crowns, Jason Aldean and Lady Gaga each received 2 awards. Lady Antebellum, Romeo Santos, Shakira, Don Omar, Lucenzo, Wiz Khalifa, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, Chris Brown, Afrojack, Nayer, Ne-Yo, Pitbull, Foster The People, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, U2 and Laura Story each won one Billboard Music Award.
The show also featured three special awards: Stevie Wonder was honored with the Icon Award and Whitney Houston was posthumously honored with the Millennium Award, each for their career achievements, while Taylor Swift made history as the youngest to receive the coveted Woman of the Year Award, acknowledging her achievements as a trailblazing female artist over the past 12 months.
In addition to the winners of the Billboard Music Awards, other finalists for awards included 50 Cent, AWOLNATION, Bad Meets Evil, Big Sean, Blake Shelton, Bon Jovi, Britney Spears, Bruno Mars, Calvin Harris, Camila, Cee Lo Green, Chris Tomlin, Christina Aguilera, Cristian Castro, David Guetta, Dev, Drake, Eli Young Band, Eminem, Flo Rida, Foo Fighters, Jamie Grace, Jay-Z, Jennifer Hudson, Jeremih, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, Mana, Mandisa, Maroon 5, Mary J. Blige, Matthew West, MercyMe, Michael Buble, Miguel, Mumford & Sons, Nickelback, Prince Royce, Roger Waters, Scotty McCreery, Skillet, Skrillex, Take That, Taylor Swift, The Band Perry, The Black Eyed Peas, The Black Keys, TobyMac, Usher and the Zac Brown Band.
The Billboard Music Awards take a holistic look at artist performance based on key fan interactions with music - finalists and winners were determined by chart performance and social and streaming activity as chronicled in Billboard magazine and on Billboard.com during the eligibility period of March 1, 2011 through February 29, 2012. The 46 award categories were based on measures provided by our data partners including sales data shared by Nielsen SoundScan, radio airplay monitored by Nielsen BDS, streaming data measured by Tubemogul and Nielsen BDS, social media consumption gauged by Next Big Sound and tour grosses tracked by Billboard Boxscore.
"The 2012 Billboard Music Awards" was co-executed produced by Richard Beckman, CEO of Prometheus Global Media, which owns Billboard, and Don Mischer of Don Mischer Productions.
The winners for The 2012 Billboard Music Awards are:
ARTIST AWARDS
Top Artist
Adele
Top New Artist
Wiz Khalifa
Top Male Artist
Lil Wayne
Top Female Artist
Adele
Top Duo/Group
LMFAO
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Adele
Top Hot 100 Artist
Adele
Top Digital Songs Artist
Adele
Top Radio Songs Artist
Adele
Top Touring Artist
U2
Top Social Artist
Justin Bieber
Top Streaming Artist
Rihanna
Top Digital Media Artist
Adele
Top Pop Artist
Adele
Top R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Top Rap Artist
Lil Wayne
Top Country Artist
Lady Antebellum
Top Rock Artist
Coldplay
Top Alternative Artist
Coldplay
Top Latin Artist
Shakira
Top Dance Artist
Lady Gaga
Top Christian Artist
Casting Crowns
ALBUM AWARDS
Top Billboard 200 Album
Adele, "21"
Top Pop Album
Adele, "21"
Top R&B Album
Beyoncé, "4"
Top Rap Album
Lil Wayne, "Tha Carter IV"
Top Country Album
Jason Aldean, "My Kinda Party"
Top Rock Album
Coldplay, "Mylo Xyloto"
Top Alternative Album
Coldplay, "Mylo Xyloto"
Top Latin Album
Romeo Santos, "Formula: Vol. 1"
Top Dance Album
Lady Gaga, "Born This Way"
Top Christian Album
Casting Crowns, "Come To The Well"
SONG AWARDS
Top Hot 100 Song
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, "Party Rock Anthem"
Top Digital Song
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, "Party Rock Anthem"
Top Radio Song
Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer, "Give Me Everything"
Top Streaming Song (Audio)
Adele, "Rolling in the Deep"
Top Streaming Song (Video)
Nicki Minaj, "Super Bass"
Top Pop Song
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, "Party Rock Anthem"
Top R&B Song
Kelly Rowland featuring Lil Wayne, "Motivation"
Top Rap Song
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, "Party Rock Anthem"
Top Country Song
Jason Aldean, "Dirt Road Anthem"
Top Rock Song
Foster the People, "Pumped Up Kicks"
Top Alternative Song
Adele, "Rolling in the Deep"
Top Latin Song
Don Omar & Lucenzo, "Danza Kuduro"
Top Dance Song
LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, "Party Rock Anthem"
Top Christian Song
Laura Story, "Blessings"
About Billboard
Now in its 117th year, Billboard is the world's premier music brand consisting of Billboard magazine, Billboard Events, Billboard Bulletin, Billboard.biz and Billboard.com - the online destination of choice for millions of music fans. The Billboard brand is built on its exclusive charts and unrivaled reporting on the latest news, issues and trends across all genres of music. Most recently, Billboard launched the new Uncharted ranking of undiscovered artists, tracking their rising popularity across the Internet. Billboard reaches tens of millions of consumers daily through many strategic relationships with major companies including Reuters, SanDisk, Telemundo, Napster, GTech, Motorola, AT&T, Sony Music Entertainment and ABC. These relationships leverage Billboard's brand recognition, proprietary chart data and information resources to develop products, live events, print, television, radio, digital, and mobile platforms. Billboard produces conferences year-round with programming to address music's role in media and entertainment, including music showcases and awards shows to spotlight talent. In addition to North America, Billboard operates businesses in Brazil, Greece, Japan, Korea and Russia.
Billboard is owned by Prometheus Global Media, a diversified company with leading assets in the media and entertainment arenas, including: Music (Billboard and its related conferences and events, including The Billboard Latin Music Awards), Entertainment (The Hollywood Reporter, Backstage, ShowEast, Cineasia, and CineEurope); and Advertising & Marketing (Adweek, Adweek Conferences and The CLIO Awards).