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Taylor Swift, Gotye and Rihanna Win Big at Billboard Music Awards

Peter Oberth — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:15:23 +0000

Taylor Swift and her 3.7 million-selling "Red" dominated the 2013 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night (May 19), taking home eight trophies as Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" swept four major song categories and Rihanna ruled R&B.

Swift was honored as Top Artist, Top Female Artist and Top Billboard 200 artist in ceremonies held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas where awards were handed out in 45 categories, 10 of them on the ABC telecast. Swift received the night's top honor, Artist of the Year, as well as Top Billboard 20 Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Country Artist and Top Digital Songs Artist. "Red" was Tops in the Billboard 200 and country albums categories; her "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" was named Top Country Song.

"Thank you for making my music the soundtrack to your crazy emotions," she said in a thank you to fans after being named artist of the year. "You are the longest and best relationship I've had."

Prince, who performed a medley of his classic "Let's Go Crazy," Edgar Winter's instrumental "Frankenstein" and "Fix Ur Life Up," was given the Icon Award for a career that includes 10 platinum albums and 30 Top 40 singles.

Besides, Gotye, Rihanna was the only other artist to walk away with four awards, winning in the R&B artist, album and song categories, plus Radio Songs Artist. Madonna, Nicki Minaj and One Direction won three each while Justin Bieber, the late Jenni Rivera, Baauer and tobyMac secured two honors apiece.

"Somebody That I Used To Know," the single from Gotye and Kimbra that has sold 7.3 million downloads, won in the categories of Hot 100 Song, Rock Song, Radio Song and Streaming Song (Audio). Billboard Music Awards are based on data tracked between March 12, 2012 and March 10, 2013.

The Milestone Award, voted on by fans and sponsored by Chevrolet, went to Justin Bieber, who paused for about 20 seconds before speaking his mind about criticisms directed his way.

"I'm 19 years old, and I think I'm doing a pretty good job," he said before thanking his family, fans and Jesus Christ. "It should be about the music, about the craft. This is not a gimmick. I should be taken seriously."

The three-hour show, broadcast on ABC, featured 16 performances and included the TV premieres of Swift's "22" and the new single from Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull, "Live It Up." Bruno Mars and his band, decked out in matching crimson suits and black shirts, opened the show with his new single "Treasure."

Among the current Hot 100 singles performed were will.i.am and Justin Bieber doing "#Thatpower," Pitbull and Christina Aguillera's "Feel This Moment" with a guest solo from A-ha's Morten Harket, Icona Pop's "I Love It," and, set in kung fu movie motif, Chris Brown's "Fine China."

Nicki Minaj gave Lil Wayne a lap dance during "High School" and Miguel employed black & white and 3D imagery for his performance of "Adorn," one of many elaborately staged performances. His ended in scary fashion, however, when he landed on a pair of fans during a leap from the stage.

"The crazy thing is, when you're performing and you're just kind of into it, you never know where it's gonna go and where you're gonna go with it," Miguel told Billboard backstage. "And how that might turn out. So this is one of the less favorable moments."

There was also Icona Pop's "I Love It" performance and the announcement of "Red" as included an app-driven lighting effect on the phones of show sponsor Samsung. Kacey Musgraves and Ed Sheeran provided the evening's quieter acoustic moments.

A 2 minute, 20 second video of concert highlights from Madonna's MDNA tour preceded the singer's arrival to pick up her trophy for Top Touring Artist. "A showgirl needs her fans," Madonna said at the conclusion of her speech, thanking the more than 2.2 million fans who made it out to her 88 shows. "Thank you for supporting me for three decades."

Guetta, who won in the new category of EDM artist and performed with Akon and Ne-Yo, explained his personal history with the magazine, noting he read Billboard regularly while growing up in Paris. "When they put me on the cover four years ago and said EDM would be big, I thought 'these guys are crazy - this will never happen'," he said. "Imagine how I feel today."

Billboard Music Awards finalists were based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital singles sales, radio airplay, touring, streaming and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, VEVO, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music. These measurements were tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Entertainment and Next Big Sound.

The Las Vegas show aired live on ABC from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. "30 Rock" alum Tracy Morgan hosted, with Don Mischer producing.

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Grammy Award Winners

Peter Oberth — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:18:53 +0000

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Relative upsets abound, the 2013 Grammy's managed to hand out a mere 10 awards during a 3 hour+ telecast.

Winning 3 awards a piece (including off air) were Gotye (Record of the Year, Best Pop Due/Group Performance, Best Alternative Music Album), The Black Keys (Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Album) and the Jay-Z/Kanye West pairing (Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration). Double winners were Fun. (Song of the Year, Best New Artist), Carrie Underwood (Best Country Solo Performance, Best Country Song) and Frank Ocean (Best Urban Contemporary Album and sharing Best Rap/Sung Colaboration with West and Jay-Z) while Kelly Clarkson won Best Pop Vocal Album and Zac Brown Band took home Best Country Album. The biggest award of the night (Album of the Year) went to Mumford & Sons.

On a side note, Adele managed to continue her unbelievable streak, winning a 7th Grammy Award despite not having a new record to speak of (Best Pop Solo Performance for a live version of "Set Fire to the Rain").

FUN FACT: Keen observers probably noticed flower petals randomly falling on the stage throughout the night all the way through the final performance of the night by Frank Ocean. These were remaining flowers from the very first performance of the night, by Taylor Swift.

The full winner's list is below...

WINNERS MARKED WITH ***

Record Of The Year
~~Lonely Boy -~~ ~~The Black Keys~~
~~Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) -~~ ~~Kelly Clarkson~~
~~We Are Young -~~ ~~Fun.~~ ~~featuring~~ ~~Janelle Monáe~~
***Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye Featuring Kimbra***
~~Thinkin Bout You -~~ ~~Frank Ocean~~
~~We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together -~~ ~~Taylor Swift~~

Album Of The Year
~~El Camino -~~ ~~The Black Keys~~
~~Some Nights -~~ ~~Fun.~~
***Babel - Mumford & Sons***
~~Channel Orange -~~ ~~Frank Ocean~~
~~Blunderbuss -~~ ~~Jack White~~

Song Of The Year
The A Team - Ed Sheeran, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
Adorn - Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
Call Me Maybe - Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen & Josh Ramsay, songwriters (Carly Rae Jepsen)
Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin & Ali Tamposi, songwriters (~~Kelly Clarkson~~)
***We Are Young - Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe)***

Best New Artist
~~Alabama Shakes~~
***Fun.***
~~Hunter Hayes~~
~~The Lumineers~~
~~Frank Ocean~~

Best Pop Solo Performance
*** Set Fire To The Rain [live] - Adele***
~~Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson~~
~~Call Me Maybe - ~~Carly Rae Jepsen~~~~
~~Wide Awake -~~ ~~Katy Perry~~
~~Where Have You Been - Rihanna~~

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
~~Shake It Out - ~~Florence & the Machine~~~~
~~We Are Young -~~ ~~Fun.~~ ~~featuring Janelle Monáe~~
***Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye Featuring Kimbra***
Sexy And I Know It - Lmfao
Payphone - Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa

Best Pop Vocal Album
***Stronger - Kelly Clarkson***
Ceremonials - Florence & the Machine
Some Nights - ~~Fun.~~
~~Overexposed - ~~Maroon 5~~~~
~~The Truth About Love -~~ ~~Pink~~

Best Dance Recording
Levels - Avicii
Let's Go - Calvin Harris Featuring Ne-yo
***Bangarang - Skrillex Featuring Sirah***
Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia Featuring John Martin|
I Can't Live Without You - Al Walser

Best Dance/Electronica Album
Wonderland - Steve Aoki
Don't Think - The Chemical Brothers
>Album Title Goes Here< - Deadmau5
Fire & Ice - Kaskade
***Bangarang - Skrillex***

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Christmas - Michael Bublé
A Holiday Carole - Carole King
***Kisses On The Bottom - Paul Mccartney***

Best Rock Performance
~~Hold On - Alabama Shakes~~
***Lonely Boy - ~~The Black Keys~~***
Charlie Brown - ~~Coldplay~~
~~I Will Wait -~~ ~~Mumford & Sons~~
~~We Take Care Of Our Own - Bruce Springsteen~~

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
~~I'm Alive - Anthrax~~
*** Love Bites (So Do I) - Halestorm***
Blood Brothers - Iron Maiden
Ghost Walking - Lamb Of God
No Reflection - Marilyn Manson
Whose Life (Is It Anyways?) - Megadeth

Best Rock Song
~~Freedom At 21 -~~ ~~Jack White, songwriter (Jack White~~)
I Will Wait - Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall & Marcus Mumford, songwriters (~~Mumford & Sons~~)
***Lonely Boy - Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)***
Madness - Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
We Take Care Of Our Own - Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

Best Rock Album
***El Camino - The Black Keys***
~~Mylo Xyloto -~~ ~~Coldplay~~
The 2nd Law - Muse
Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen
Blunderbuss - ~~Jack White~~

Best Alternative Music Album
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do - Fiona Apple
Biophilia - Björk
***Making Mirrors - Gotye***
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. - M83
Bad As Me - Tom Waits

Best R&B Performance
Thank You - Estelle
Gonna Be Alright (f.t.b.) - Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Ledisi
I Want You - Luke James
Adorn - ~~Miguel~~
***Climax - Usher***

Best Traditional R&B Performance
~~Lately - Anita Baker~~
***Love On Top - Beyoncé***
Wrong Side Of A Love Song - Melanie Fiona
Real Good Hands - Gregory Porter
If Only You Knew - Swv

Best R&B Song
***Adorn - Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)***
Beautiful Surprise - Tamia Hill, Claude Kelly & Salaam Remi, songwriters (Tamia)
Heart Attack - Benjamin Levin, Rico Love & Tremaine Neverson, songwriters (Trey Songz)
Pray For Me - Antonio Dixon, Kenny Edmonds, Anthony Hamilton & Patrick "jque" Smith, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
Refill - Darhyl "dj" Camper, Elle Varner & Andrew "pop" Wansel, songwriters (Elle Varner)

Best Urban Contemporary Album
Fortune - Chris Brown
Kaleidoscope Dream -Miguel
***Channel Orange - Frank Ocean***

Best Rap Performance
~~Hyfr (Hell Ya ... Right) -~~ ~~Drake~~ ~~Featuring Lil' Wayne~~
***... In Paris - Jay-Z & Kanye West***
Daughters - Nas
Mercy - Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
I Do - Young Jeezy featuring ~~Jay-Z~~ ~~& André 3000~~

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
~~Wild Ones - Flo Rida Featuring Sia~~
***No Church In The Wild - Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean & The-dream***
Tonight (Best You Ever Had) - John Legend Featuring Ludacris
Cherry Wine - Nas Featuring Amy Winehouse
Talk That Talk - ~~~~Rihanna~~ Featuring~~ ~~Jay-Z~~

Best Rap Song
Daughters - Nasir Jones & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Patrick Adams, Gary Decarlo, Dale Frashuer & Paul Leka, songwriters) (Nas) Track From: Life Is Good
Lotus Flower Bomb - Olubowale Akintimehin, S. Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, Walker Johnson & Miguel Jontel Pimentel, songwriters (Wale Featuring Miguel)
Mercy - Sean Anderson, Tauheed Epps, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton & ~~~~Kanye West~~, songwriters (Denzie Beagle, Winston Riley & Reggie Williams, songwriters) (~~~~Kanye West~~ featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz)
The Motto - Dwayne Carter, Aubrey Graham & Tyler Williams, songwriters (~~Drake~~ ~~Featuring Lil' Wayne)~~
*** ... In Paris - Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & ~~Kanye West~~, Songwriters (W.A. Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)***
Young, Wild & Free - Calvin Broadus, Chris Brody Brown, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Peter Hernandez & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (t. Bluechel, M. Borrow, T. Griffin, K. Jackson, N. Lee & M. Newman, songwriters) (Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa featuring ~~Bruno Mars~~)

Best Rap Album
***Take Care - Drake***
Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1 - Lupe Fiasco
Life Is Good - Nas
Undun - The Roots
God Forgives, I Don't - Rick Ross
Based On A T.r.u. Story - 2 Chainz

Best Country Solo Performance
Home - Dierks Bentley
Springsteen - Eric Church
Cost Of Livin' - Ronnie Dunn
Wanted - ~~Hunter Hayes~~
~~Over - Blake Shelton~~
***Blown Away - Carrie Underwood***

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Even If It Breaks Your Heart - Eli Young Band
Pontoon - Little Big Town
*** Safe & Sound - Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars***
On The Outskirts Of Town - The Time Jumpers
I Just Come Here For The Music - Don Williams Featuring Alison Krauss

Best Country Song
***Blown Away - Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)***
Cost Of Livin' - Phillip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn, songwriters (Ronnie Dunn)
Even If It Breaks Your Heart - Will Hoge & Eric Paslay, songwriters (Eli Young Band)
So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore - Jay Knowles & Adam Wright, songwriters (Alan Jackson)
Springsteen - Eric Church, Jeff Hyde & Ryan Tyndell, songwriters (Eric Church)

Best Country Album
***Uncaged - Zac Brown Band***
~~Hunter Hayes~~ - ~~Hunter Hayes~~
Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran - Jamey Johnson
Four The Record - Miranda Lambert
The Time Jumpers - The Time Jumpers

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