Billboard Music Awards 2015

Billboard Music Awards 2015
Verliehen für	Billboard Music Awards
Datum	17. Mai 2015
Moderation	Ludacris & Chrissy Teigen
Verleihungsort	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada
Staat	Vereinigte Staaten
Verliehen von	Billboard
Meiste Auszeichnungen	Taylor Swift (8)
Meiste Nominierungen	Taylor Swift (14)
Website	billboardmusicawards.com
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Die Billboard Music Awards 2015 wurden am 17. Mai 2015 in der MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada vergeben. Die Veranstaltung wurde live auf ABC übertragen. Moderatoren waren Ludacris und Chrissy Teigen.

Taylor Swift gewann 8 von ihren 14 Nominierungen, darunter Top Artist, Top Female Artist und Top Billboard 200 Album für ihr Album 1989. Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea und Pharrell Williams gewannen je drei und Meghan Trainor, One Direction, Jason Aldean, John Legend, Enrique Iglesias und Hozier je zwei Kategorien.[1][2]

Swift stellte zu Beginn der Show ihre neue Single und das dazugehörige Musikvideo Bad Blood vor.[3] Mariah Carey trat das erste Mal seit 1998 auf einer Böhne von Billboard auf.[4][5][6]

Liveauftritte

Künstler	Lieder	Angekündigt von
Van Halen	Panama	Taylor Swift, Ellen Pompeo, Lily Aldridge, Hailee Steinfeld, Zendaya und Martha Hunt
Fall Out Boy Wiz Khalifa	Uma Thurman	Chrissy Teigen
Nick Jonas	Jealous	Britt Nilsson und Kaitlyn Bristowe
Meghan Trainor John Legend	Like I’m Gonna Lose You	Chrissy Teigen
Mariah Carey	Vision of Love Infinity	Idina Menzel
Wiz Khalifa Charlie Puth Lindsey Stirling	See You Again	Ludacris and Tyrese Gibson
Jussie Smollett Bryshere 'Yazz' Gray Estelle	Conqueror You’re So Beautiful	Taraji P. Henson
Hozier	Take Me to Church	Chrissy Teigen
Little Big Town Faith Hill	Girl Crush	Florida Georgia Line
Pitbull Chris Brown	Fun	Jennifer Lopez
Ed Sheeran	Bloodstream	Zendaya
Britney Spears Iggy Azalea	Pretty Girls	Ludacris
Nicki Minaj David Guetta	The Night Is Still Young Hey Mama	Fifth Harmony
Tori Kelly	Nobody Love	Ludacris
Simple Minds	Don’t You (Forget About Me)	Molly Ringwald
Kelly Clarkson	Invincible	Pentatonix
Imagine Dragons	Stand by Me	John Legend
Kanye West	All Day Black Skinhead	Kendall Jenner und Kylie Jenner

Präsentatoren

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• Lily Aldridge & Charli XCX – präsentierten Top Duo/Group
• Laverne Cox & Tracee Ellis Ross – präsentierten Top Billboard 200 Album
• Danica McKellar – präsentierte Top Rap Song
• Celine Dion – präsentierten Top Male Artist
• One Direction – präsentierten Top Radio Song
• Ellen Pompeo – präsentierten Top Female Artist
• Kira Kazantsev & Pete Wentz – präsentierten Top Touring Artist
• 50 Cent & Rita Ora – präsentierten Top Hot 100 Song
• Prince Royce – präsentierte Billboard Chart Achievement Award
• Brett Eldredge & Hailee Steinfeld – präsentierten Top Country Artist
• Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara und Adrian Grenier – präsentierten Top Artist Award

Sieger und Nominierte

Gewinner stehen als erstes und fett.[8]

Top Artist	Top New Artist
Taylor Swift Ariana Grande One Direction Katy Perry Sam Smith	Sam Smith 5 Seconds of Summer Iggy Azalea Hozier Meghan Trainor
Top Male Artist	Top Female Artist
Sam Smith Drake Ed Sheeran Justin Timberlake Pharrell Williams	Taylor Swift Iggy Azalea Ariana Grande Katy Perry Meghan Trainor
Top Duo/Group	Top Touring Artist
One Direction 5 Seconds of Summer Florida Georgia Line MAGIC! Maroon 5	One Direction Lady Gaga Katy Perry The Rolling Stones Justin Timberlake
Top Billboard 200 Artist	Top Billboard 200 Album
Taylor Swift One Direction Pentatonix Ed Sheeran Sam Smith	1989 – Taylor Swift V – Maroon 5 That's Christmas to Me – Pentatonix x – Ed Sheeran In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
Top Hot 100 Artist	Top Hot 100 Song
Taylor Swift Iggy Azalea Ariana Grande Sam Smith Meghan Trainor	All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor Fancy – Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX All of Me – John Legend Stay with Me – Sam Smith Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
Top Radio Songs Artist	Top Radio Song
Sam Smith John Legend Maroon 5 Ed Sheeran Taylor Swift	All of Me – John Legend Rude – MAGIC! Am I Wrong – Nico & Vinz Stay with Me – Sam Smith Happy – Pharrell Williams
Top Digital Songs Artist	Top Digital Song
Taylor Swift Iggy Azalea Ed Sheeran Sam Smith Meghan Trainor	All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars Stay with Me – Sam Smith Shake It Off – Taylor Swift Happy – Pharrell Williams
Top Social Artist (Fanvoting)	Top Streaming Artist
Justin Bieber Miley Cyrus Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Taylor Swift	Iggy Azalea Ariana Grande Nicki Minaj Meghan Trainor Taylor Swift
Top Streaming Song (Audio)	Top Streaming Song (Video)
All of Me – John Legend Fancy – Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX Take Me to Church – Hozier Habits (Stay High) – Tove Lo Stay with Me – Sam Smith	Shake It Off – Taylor Swift Let It Go – Idina Menzel Hot Boy – Bobby Shmurda Blank Space – Taylor Swift All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
Top Christian Artist	Top Christian Song
Hillsong United Casting Crowns Lecrae MercyMe Newsboys	Something in the Water – Carrie Underwood He Knows My Name – Francesca Battistelli Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) – Hillsong United Greater – MercyMe We Believe – Newsboys
Top Christian Album	Top Country Artist
Anomaly – Lecrae Thrive – Casting Crowns Welcome to the New – MercyMe Rivers in the Wasteland – NEEDTOBREATHE Love Ran Red – Chris Tomlin	Florida Georgia Line Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Brantley Gilbert Blake Shelton
Top Country Song	Top Country Album
Burnin’ It Down – Jason Aldean Play It Again – Luke Bryan Leave the Night On – Sam Hunt This Is How We Roll – Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan Dirt – Florida Georgia Line	Old Boots, New Dirt – Jason Aldean Man Against Machine – Garth Brooks Crash My Party – Luke Bryan Just as I Am – Brantley Gilbert Platinum – Miranda Lambert
Top Dance/Electronic Artist	Top Dance/Electronic Song
Calvin Harris Avicii Clean Bandit Disclosure Lindsey Stirling	Turn Down for What – DJ Snake & Lil Jon Rather Be – Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne Latch – Disclosure featuring Sam Smith Break Free – Ariana Grande featuring Zedd Summer – Calvin Harris
Top Dance/Electronic Album	Top Latin Artist
Shatter Me – Lindsey Stirling True – Avicii Settle – Disclosure Motion – Calvin Harris Recess – Skrillex	Romeo Santos J Balvin Juan Gabriel Enrique Iglesias Prince Royce
Top Latin Song	Top Latin Album
Bailando – Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona 6 AM – J Balvin featuring Farruko Eres Mía – Romeo Santos Odio – Romeo Santos featuring Drake Propuesta Indecente – Romeo Santos	Sex and Love – Enrique Iglesias Los Dúo – Juan Gabriel Formula, Vol. 2 – Romeo Santos Corazón – Santana 3.0 – Marc Anthony
Top R&B Artist	Top R&B Song
Pharrell Williams Beyoncé Chris Brown John Legend Trey Songz	Happy – Pharrell Williams Loyal – Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne, French Montana, Too $hort & Tyga Talk Dirty – Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz Don't Tell 'Em – Jeremih featuring YG All of Me – John Legend
Top R&B Album	Top Rap Artist
G I R L – Pharrell Williams Beyoncé – Beyoncé X – Chris Brown Xscape – Michael Jackson Love in the Future – John Legend	Iggy Azalea J. Cole Drake Nicki Minaj Rae Sremmurd
Top Rap Song	Top Rap Album
Fancy – Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX Black Widow – Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora I Don't F**k With You – Big Sean featuring E-40 Anaconda – Nicki Minaj Hot Boy – Bobby Shmurda	2014 Forest Hills Drive – J. Cole The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – Eminem If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – Drake The New Classic – Iggy Azalea The Pinkprint – Nicki Minaj
Top Rock Artist	Top Rock Song
Hozier Bastille Coldplay Fall Out Boy Lorde	Take Me to Church – Hozier Pompeii – Bastille A Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay Centuries – Fall Out Boy Ain’t It Fun – Paramore
Top Rock Album	Top Soundtrack
Ghost Stories – Coldplay Rock or Bust – AC/DC Turn Blue – The Black Keys Hozier – Hozier Pure Heroine – Lorde	Frozen The Fault in Our Stars Fifty Shades of Grey Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix: Vol. 1 Into the Woods
Billboard Chart Achievement (Fanvoting)
Taylor Swift Iggy Azalea Meghan Trainor

Künstler mit mehreren Awards und Nominierungen

Künstler mit mehreren Nominierungen

Nominierungen	Künstler
14	Taylor Swift
13	Sam Smith
12	Iggy Azalea
9	Meghan Trainor
7	John Legend
6	Ariana Grande
	Pharrell Williams
5	Hozier
	Ed Sheeran
	Romeo Santos
4	Luke Bryan
	Drake
	Florida Georgia Line
	One Direction
	Katy Perry
3	Jason Aldean
	Chris Brown
	Coldplay
	Disclosure
	Calvin Harris
	Enrique Iglesias
	Maroon 5
	MercyMe
	Nicki Minaj
	Charli XCX
2	5 Seconds of Summer
	Avicii
	J Balvin
	Bastille
	Beyoncé
	Casting Crowns
	Clean Bandit
	Fall Out Boy
	Juan Gabriel
	Hillsong United
	J. Cole
	Lorde
	MAGIC!
	Newsboys
	Pentatonix
	Bobby Shmurda
	Lindsey Stirling
	Justin Timberlake

Künstler mit mehreren Awards

Awards	Künstler
8	Taylor Swift
3	Iggy Azalea
	Sam Smith
	Pharrell Williams
2	Jason Aldean
	Hozier
	Enrique Iglesias
	John Legend
	One Direction
	Meghan Trainor

Einzelnachweise

1. Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full List of Finalists. In: Billboard. 7. April 2015, abgerufen am 7. April 2015. 
2. Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full Winners List. In: Billboard. 17. Mai 2015, abgerufen am 17. Mai 2015. 
3. Taylor Swift to Debut 'Bad Blood' Video During 2015 Billboard Music Awards. In: billboard.com. 7. Mai 2015; abgerufen im 1. Januar 1. 
4. Mariah Carey to Perform at 2015 Billboard Music Awards. In: Billboard. 5. Mai 2015, abgerufen am 6. Mai 2015. 
5. Taylor Swift is big winner at 2015 Billboard music awards. In: Guardian. 17. Mai 2015, abgerufen am 19. Mai 2015. 
6. Billboard Music Awards 2015 recap: Taylor Swift, Sam Smith clean up. In: CNN. 17. Mai 2015, abgerufen am 19. Mai 2015. 
7. 50 Cent, Celine Dion Among Presenters Announced for Billboard Music Awards. In: Billboard. Abgerufen im 1. Januar 1 
8. Billboard Music Awards 2015: See the Full Winners List. Abgerufen im 1. Januar 1