After the winners were told all day and the performances from the night were shown on BBMAs.watch and on BBMA and Billboard's social media accounts, Morgan Wallen won the most awards with 11. Taylor Swift, on the other hand, won the most awards for women, with 10. (In fact, Swift and Drake tied for the most Billboard Music Awards wins of all time with 10 wins each on Sunday night.)
Taylor Swift wearing a sprakly bodysuit while holding a pink guitar Finally, the 2023 Billboard Music Awards are here! The yearly music awards show, which was put on by Marriott Bonvoy, aired on BBMAs.watch on Sunday. Taylor Swift was the most nominated artist before the show, with nominations in 20 categories. She said in her acceptance speech:
“„The fact that you guys have given me 10 Billboard Award... I'm talking to the fans specifically, none of this happens without you.- Taylor Swift
“„Billboard base(s) everything off of what you are listening to and what you are passionate about, and I am so honored that this year you made the Eras Tour so magical. You went and saw the movie, you cared about my re-recordings... I love you so much, I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have you in my corner and caring about the music that I make, so thank you, thank you, thank you, 10 million times.- Taylor Swift
Morgan Wallen and SZA tied for second place with 17 nominations each. The Weeknd was nominated in 16 categories, Drake was a finalist in 14 categories, and Zach Bryan was nominated for 13 awards.
Nine new categories were added to this year's show: top Hot 100 songwriter, top Hot 100 producer, top rock pair or group, top global K-pop artist, top K-pop tour, top K-pop album, top global K-pop song, top Afrobeats artist, and top Afrobeats song.
Tate McRae, David Guetta, Bebe Rexha, Stray Kids, Karol G, NewJeans, Peso Pluma, and Morgan Wallen were some of the artists who performed at the 2023 BBMAs.
- Drake
- Luke Combs
- Morgan Wallen
- SZA
- WINNER: Taylor Swift
- Bailey Zimmerman
- Ice Spice
- Jelly Roll
- Peso Pluma
- WINNER: Zach Bryan
- Drake
- Luke Combs
- WINNER: Morgan Wallen
- The Weeknd
- Zach Bryan
- Beyoncé
- Miley Cyrus
- Olivia Rodrigo
- SZA
- WINNER: Taylor Swift
- Eslabon Armado
- Fifty Fifty
- WINNER: Fuerza Regida
- Grupo Frontera
- Metallica
- Drake
- Luke Combs
- Morgan Wallen
- SZA
- WINNER: Taylor Swift
- Drake
- Luke Combs
- WINNER: Morgan Wallen
- SZA
- Taylor Swift
- Ashley Gorley
- Jack Antonoff
- SZA
- WINNER: Taylor Swift
- Zach Bryan
- Jack Antonoff
- WINNER: Joey Moi
- Metro Boomin
- Taylor Swift
- Zach Bryan
- Drake
- WINNER: Morgan Wallen
- SZA
- Taylor Swift
- Zach Bryan
- Miley Cyrus
- Morgan Wallen
- SZA
- WINNER: Taylor Swift
- The Weeknd
- Jason Aldean
- Miley Cyrus
- Morgan Wallen
- Oliver Anthony Music
- WINNER: Taylor Swift
- Bad Bunny
- Morgan Wallen
- SZA
- WINNER: Taylor Swift
- The Weeknd
- Bad Bunny
- Ed Sheeran
- NewJeans
- WINNER: Taylor Swift
- The Weeknd
- Beyoncé
- Chris Brown
- Rihanna
- WINNER: SZA
- The Weeknd
- Chris Brown
- Miguel
- WINNER: The Weeknd
- Beyoncé
- Rihanna
- WINNER: SZA
- 21 Savage
- WINNER: Drake
- Lil Baby
- Metro Boomin
- Travis Scott
- 21 Savage
- WINNER: Drake
- Travis Scott
- Doja Cat
- Ice Spice
- WINNER: Nicki Minaj
- Bailey Zimmerman
- Luke Combs
- WINNER: Morgan Wallen
- Taylor Swift
- Zach Bryan
- Luke Combs
- WINNER: Morgan Wallen
- Zach Bryan
- Lainey Wilson
- Megan Moroney
- WINNER: Taylor Swift
- Old Dominion
- Parmalee
- WINNER: Zac Brown Band
- Jelly Roll
- Noah Kahan
- Stephen Sanchez
- Steve Lacy
- WINNER: Zach Bryan
- WINNER: Arctic Monkeys
- Foo Fighters
- Metallica
- WINNER: Coldplay
- Depeche Mode
- Elton John
- WINNER: Bad Bunny
- Eslabon Armado
- Fuerza Regida
- Karol G
- Peso Pluma
- WINNER: Bad Bunny
- Peso Pluma
- Rauw Alejandro
- WINNER: Karol G
- ROSALÍA
- Shakira
- Eslabon Armado
- WINNER: Fuerza Regida
- Grupo Frontera
- Jimin
- WINNER: NewJeans
- Stray Kids
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER
- TWICE
- Drake & 21 Savage, Her Loss
- Metro Boomin, HEROES & VILLAINS
- WINNER: Morgan Wallen, One Thing at a Time
- SZA, SOS
- Taylor Swift, Midnights
- WINNER: Barbie: The Album
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By
- ELVIS
- Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From and Inspired by the Motion Picture)
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Beyoncé, RENAISSANCE
- Brent Faiyaz, WASTELAND
- Drake, Honestly, Nevermind
- Steve Lacy, Gemini Rights
- WINNER: SZA, SOS
- WINNER: Drake & 21 Savage, Her Loss
- Future, I Never Liked You
- Lil Baby, It’s Only Me
- Metro Boomin, HEROES & VILLAINS
- Travis Scott, UTOPIA
- Luke Combs, Gettin’ Old
- Luke Combs, Growin’ Up
- WINNER: Morgan Wallen, One Thing at a Time
- Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
- Zach Bryan, American Heartbreak
- HARDY, the mockingbird & THE CROW
- Jelly Roll, Whitsitt Chapel
- Noah Kahan, Stick Season
- Steve Lacy, Gemini Rights
- WINNER: Zach Bryan, American Heartbreak
- Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage, “Creepin’”
- Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”
- WINNER: Morgan Wallen, “Last Night”
- SZA, “Kill Bill”
- Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero”
- Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”
- WINNER: Morgan Wallen, “Last Night”
- SZA, “Kill Bill”
- Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero”
- Zach Bryan, “Something in the Orange”
- Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage, “Creepin’”
- WINNER: Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”
- Rema & Selena Gomez, “Calm Down”
- Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero”
- The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Die for You”
- Jason Aldean, “Try That in a Small Town”
- Jimin, ‘Like Crazy”
- Miley Cyrus,“Flowers”
- Oliver Anthony Music, “Rich Men North of Richmond”
- WINNER: Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero”
- David Guetta & Bebe Rexha, “I’m Good (Blue)”
- WINNER: Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage, “Creepin’”
- Rema & Selena Gomez, “Calm Down”
- Sam Smith & Kim Petras, “Unholy”
- The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, “Die for You”
- WINNER: Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”
- Rema & Selena Gomez, “Calm Down”
- SZA, “Kill Bill”
- Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero”
- The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, “Die for You”
- David Guetta & Bebe Rexha, “I’m Good (Blue)”
- Harry Styles, “As It Was”
- WINNER: Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”
- Rema & Selena Gomez, “Calm Down”
- The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, “Die for You”
- Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage, “Creepin’”
- Miguel, “Sure Thing”
- The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, “Die for You”
- WINNER: SZA, “Kill Bill”
- SZA, “Snooze”
- Coi Leray, “Players”
- WINNER: Drake & 21 Savage, “Rich Flex”
- Gunna, “fukumean”
- Lil Durk ft. J. Cole, “All My Life”
- Toosii, “Favorite Song”
- Bailey Zimmerman, “Rock and a Hard Place”
- Luke Combs, “Fast Car”
- WINNER: Morgan Wallen, “Last Night”
- Morgan Wallen, “You Proof”
- Zach Bryan, “Something in the Orange”
WINNER: Mariah Carey, “All I Want for Christmas Is You”
They held the Billboard Music Awards 2023 on Sunday. This year, Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen won the most awards at the yearly music awards show. Morgan had a big win at the BBMAs. It was a string of 11 first prizes for him. Taylor won an amazing 10 awards at the same time. In a prerecorded message, she thanked her fans for their support. Also see: Jungkook of BTS wins a big 2023 Billboard Music Award for his song "Seven" with Latto.
Taylor Swift was up for 20 BBMA awards when the show started. She tied Drake for the most awards ever given by the BBMA, getting 10 of the 20 awards.