A ceremony that began with the premiere of Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” video ultimately issued eight trophies to the singer-songwriter.<\/p>\n
There is no way around it: Taylor Swift dominated the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.<\/p>\n
That Taylor Swift commanded the greatest quantity of attention does not, however, mean none was left for the other artists. Numerous performers captivated the live audience. And several high-profile entertainers with names other than Taylor Swift won awards.<\/p>\n
Some even won multiple awards.<\/p>\n
The full list of winners follows (not all were issued during Sunday’s broadcast). Photos from the press room are also embedded below.<\/p>\n
Top Artist – Taylor Swift
\nTop Country Artist – Florida Georgia Line
\nChart Achievement – Taylor Swift
\nTop Touring Artist – One Direction
\nTop Female Artist – Taylor Swift
\nTop Radio Song – John Legend’s “All of Me”
\nTop Male Artist – Sam Smith
\nTop Rap Song – Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy (featuring Charli XCX)”
\nTop BB200 Album – Taylor Swift’s “1989”
\nTop Duo\/Group – One Direction
\nTop New Artist – Sam Smith
\nTop Billboard 200 Artist – Taylor Swift
\nTop Hot 100 Artist – Taylor Swift
\nTop Digital Songs Artist – Taylor Swift
\nTop Radio Songs Artist – Sam Smith
\nTop Social Artist – Justin Bieber
\nTop Streaming Artist – Iggy Azalea
\nTop R&B Artist – Pharrell
\nTop Rap Artist – Iggy Azalea
\nTop Rock Artist – Hozier
\nTop Latin Artist – Romeo Santos
\nTop Christian Artist – Hillsong United
\nTop Dance\/Electronic Artist – Calvin Harris
\nTop Soundtrack – Frozen
\nTop R&B Album – Pharrell’s “G I R L”
\nTop Rap Album – J Cole’s “2014 Forest Hills Drive”
\nTop Country Album – Jason Aldean’s “Old Boots, New Dirt”
\nTop Rock Album – Coldplay’s “Ghost Stories”
\nTop Latin Album – Enrique Iglesias’ “Sex and Love”
\nTop Dance\/Electronic Album – Lindsey Stirling’s “Shatter Me”
\nTop Christian Album – Lecrae’s “Anomaly”
\nTop Hot 100 Song – Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass”
\nTop Streaming Song (Audio) – John Legend’s “All of Me”
\nTop Streaming Song (Video) – Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off”
\nTop R&B Song – Pharrell’s “Happy”
\nTop Country Song – Jason Aldean’s “Burnin’ it Down”
\nTop Rock Song – Hozier’s “Take Me to Church”
\nTop Latin Song – Enrique Iglesias’ “Bailando”
\nTop Dance\/Electronic Song – DJ Snake & Lil Jon’s “Turn Down for What”
\nTop Christian Song – Carrie Underwood’s “Something in the Water”<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[4234,1935,176,432,2505,757,2474,562,145],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n