The 2016 Billboard Music Awards ceremony just aired on ABC, but not all of the fun happened on camera.
Several of the night’s key performers, presenters and attendees — ranging from Fifth Harmony to Blake Shelton to Gwen Stefani to Keke Palmer to Thomas Rhett to Mila Kunis to Jessica Alba to Mark Cuban to Ciara — posed for off-camera and backstage photos at the event.
ABC issued many of them to the media following Sunday’s broadcast.
The official gallery follows:
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
BRITNEY SPEARS
DJ Khaled [ABC]
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
TY DOLLA SIGN
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
MICHAEL STRAHAN, ASHTON KUTCHER
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
KATHRYN HAHN, MILA KUNIS, KRISTEN BELL
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
WIZ KHALIFA, ASHTON KUTCHER
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
KELLY ROWLAND, CIARA
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
KEKE PALMER
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
KEKE PALMER
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
FIFTH HARMONY
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
FIFTH HARMONY
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
FIFTH HARMONY
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
FIFTH HARMONY
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
KEKE PALMER
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
MILA KUNIS, KRISTEN BELL, KATHRYN HAHN
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
FIFTH HARMONY
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
WIZ KHALIFA, ASHTON KUTCHER, MARK CUBAN
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
TROYE SIVAN, ZENDAYA
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
CIARA
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
SHAWN MENDES
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
KELLY ROWLAND, LAVERNE COX
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
KARIN KILDOW, KATE BECKINSALE, LINDSEY VONN, REBECCA ROMIJN
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
KRISTEN BELL, KATHRYN HAHN, MILA KUNIS
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
KARIN KILDOW, KATE BECKINSALE, LINDSEY VONN, REBECCA ROMIJN
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
GWEN STEFANI, CIARA
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
GWEN STEFANI, CIARA
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
BLAKE SHELTON, GWEN STEFANI
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
BLAKE SHELTON, GWEN STEFANI
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
MILA KUNIS, JESSICA ALBA
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
MILA KUNIS, JESSICA ALBA
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
CIARA
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
THOMAS RHETT, PETE WENTZ
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
CIARA
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
CIARA
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
CIARA
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
REBECCA ROMIJN
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
CIARA
2016 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – Backstage – The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” broadcast airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC. (Getty Images via ABC)
THOMAS RHETT, MARK CUBAN
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