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Justin booed, Taylor Swift DOES have a long lasting relationship, and Miguel kicks it…literally! The 2013 Billboard Music Awards were this Sunday, and it turned out to be quite the event.

Next to the Grammy’s, winning at the Billboard Awards shows an Artist they made it in the music world.  The Billboard Award is not about how good you are, it’s how well you’ve done. From Top Selling Albums to Highest Paid Concerts, the Billboard Awards complete the musicians resume with a respected trophy.

Hosted by Tracy Morgan, The ABC broadcast brought in the ratings, ranking at #1 on Sunday night, and had a 28% increase from last year pulling in 9.47 million viewers.

Taylor Swift brought in the most wins (8), while Justin Beiber brought in the least (1). While Taylor accepted one of her awards she admitted to the crowd, “I do have one of the longest lasting relationships right now…and that’s with my fans”.

When Justin Beiber received his Top Male Artist Award he made a reference to all the “Bull S&*t” that has been going on and needs to be taken seriously, which followed by a crowd full of boos.

Right in the middle was Gotye who won a total of 4 awards for his “Somebody That I Used To Know” single. And Prince was honored with a Icon Award.

Madonna was honored with the Top Touring Artist Award for her MDNA 2012 tour which brought in $305 million. A 2 minute, 20 second video of concert preceded her arrival to the stage which followed her stating, “It took longer to negotiate whether I could show my ass in that trailer than it took to negotiate that tour!” She later humbly thanked her fans for the three-decades of support, “A showgirl needs her fans.” she simply stated.

EDM was not a loser in any way of the night, David Guetta, who won in the new category of EDM artist and performed with Akon and Ne-Yo, explained a brief history of reading Billboard Magazine when he was 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.”

Other performances of the night 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 (“Take On Me“), 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 during Miguel’s performance of “Adorn” ended in scary fashion when he landed on a pair of fans heads during a leap from the stage. They were fine, brought back stage, and Miguel personally apologized to them.

Here are some of this years winners:

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 Radio Songs Artist – Rihanna 

Top Pop Artist – One Direction 

Top Dance Artist – Madonna 

Top EDM Artist – David Guetta 

Top Billboard 200 Album – Taylor Swift – “Red

Top Pop Album – Adele – “21

Top Dance Album – Madonna – “MDNA” 

Top EDM Album – Skrillex – “Bangarang

Top Hot 100 Song – Gotye Featuring Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used To Know

Top Radio Song – Gotye Featuring Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used To Know

Top Pop Song – Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe” 

Top Dance Song – Baauer – “Harlem Shake

Top EDM Song – Baauer – “Harlem Shake” 

 

 

 

 

 

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