Taylor Swift, Dan + Shay, Eric Church, More Win At 2022 Billboard Music Awards
The 2022 Billboard Music Awards took place on Sunday night (May 15) at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena. Hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs, the show aired on NBC and celebrated some of music’s biggest hits and artists from the last year.
Among the night’s winners, Nashville was well represented across the board.
Dan + Shay. Photo: Frazer Harrison / Getty Images for MRC
Taylor Swift took home four awards, including for Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Country Artist, Top Country Female Artist, and Top Country Album (Red (Taylor’s Version)). Morgan Wallen walked away with Top Country Male Artist, while Dan + Shay won their third trophy for Top Country Duo/Group. The pair also performed “You” from their current album Good Things.
“Thank you Billboard Music Awards, this is truly an honor,” noted Dan + Shay’s Dan Smyers of the win. “Thank you to our team and our road crew, our band, and the fans. We love you so much!”
Ahead of closing out the U.S. leg of his 55-show “The Gather Again Tour” at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on May 20, Eric Church took home the award for Top Country Tour. Breakout country star Walker Hayes, who racked up six nominations leading up to the awards, earned the trophy for Top Country Song for his smash mega-hit “Fancy Like.”
BBMA winners are determined by Billboard chart performance, from album and song sales to radio airplay, streaming, touring and social engagement.
Partial List of 2022 Billboard Music Award Winners:
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Adele
Drake
Juice WRLD
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift
Top Song Sales Artist
Adele
BTS
Dua Lipa
Ed Sheeran
Walker Hayes
Top Country Artist
Chris Stapleton
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift
Walker Hayes
Top Country Male Artist
Chris Stapleton
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Top Country Female Artist
Carrie Underwood
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
Top Country Duo/Group
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Zac Brown Band
Top Country Tour
Luke Bryan – “Proud to Be Right Here Tour”
Eric Church – “Gather Again Tour”
Chris Stapleton – “All-American Road Show Tour”
Top Billboard 200 Album
Adele, 30
Doja Cat, Planet Her
Drake, Certified Lover Boy
Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album
Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR
Top Country Album
Florida Georgia Line, Life Rolls On
Lee Brice, Hey World
Taylor Swift, Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version)
Walker Hayes, Country Stuff: The Album
Top Selling Song
BTS, “Butter”
BTS, “Permission to Dance”
Dua Lipa, “Levitating”
Ed Sheeran, “Bad Habits”
Walker Hayes, “Fancy Like”
Top Viral Song
Doja Cat ft. SZA, “Kiss Me More”
Gayle, “abcdefu”
Glass Animals, “Heat Waves”
Masked Wolf, “Astronaut In The Ocean”
Walker Hayes, “Fancy Like”
Top Country Song
Chris Stapleton, “You Should Probably Leave”
Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood, “If I Didn’t Love You”
Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan, “Buy Dirt”
Luke Combs, “Forever After All”
Walker Hayes, “Fancy Like”
Top Rock Song
Coldplay X BTS, “My Universe”
Elle King & Miranda Lambert, “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”
Imagine Dragons, “Follow You”
Måneskin, “Beggin’”
The Anxiety: Willow & Tyler Cole, “Meet Me at Our Spot”
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