‘2018 Billboard Music Awards’ To Air On NBC

The 2018 Billboard Music Awards will broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 20 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC. This marks the first year the show will air on the NBC network.

Tickets for the 2018 Billboard Music Awards will go on sale to the public on Thursday, April 12. Tickets to the show can be purchased online at axs.com.

Awards nominations are based on key interactions with fans, as well as album and digital song sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social engagement tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound.

The awards are produced by dick clark productions, with Allen Shapiro, Mike Mahan, Mark Bracco, Barry Adelman and Robert Deaton serving as executive producers.

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Lorie Hollabaugh

Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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