BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD

The 'Billboard Music Awards', sponsored by ''Billboard'' magazine and held annually in December, is one of several annual United States music awards shows (among the others are the American Music Awards, the Grammy Awards and the GMA Music Awards).
The BMAs (second of what are considered the "Big Three" music awards) have been held annually since 1990, and like the AMAs, this awards show honors winners based on popularity—in this case, based on ''Billboard's year-end music charts, which are based on Nielsen data for sales, downloads and airplay. Awards are given for the top album/artist/single in every genre. Since 1992, the awards also held out a 'Billboard Century Award' which pays tribute to some of the classic artists in each decade.
Since its inception, the BMAs have been telecast on the FOX network.They were cancelled after the 2006 show.

Contents

Artist of the Year Awards

Billboard Century Awards

Artist of the Decade

Most awards

Venues

Hosts

Award Categories

External links

Artist of the Year Awards

★ 1990 - M.C. Hammer

★ 1991 - Mariah Carey

★ 1992 - Garth Brooks

★ 1993 - Garth Brooks

★ 1994 - Ace of Base

★ 1995 - TLC

★ 1996 - Alanis Morissette

★ 1997 - LeAnn Rimes

★ 1998 - Usher

★ 1999 - Backstreet Boys

★ 2000 - Destiny's Child

★ 2001 - Destiny's Child

★ 2002 - Nelly

★ 2003 - Beyonce

★ 2004 - Usher

★ 2005 - 50 Cent

★ 2006 - Chris Brown

Billboard Century Awards

★ George Harrison, 1992

★ Buddy Guy, 1993

★ Billy Joel, 1994

★ Joni Mitchell, 1995

★ Carlos Santana, 1996

★ Chet Atkins, 1997

★ James Taylor, 1998

★ Emmylou Harris, 1999

★ Randy Newman, 2000

★ Aaliyah, 2000

★ John Mellencamp, 2001

★ Annie Lennox, 2002

★ Sting, 2003

★ Stevie Wonder, 2004

★ Tom Petty, 2005

★ Tony Bennett, 2006

Artist of the Decade

In the 1999 show, the prestigeous award of Artist of the Decade was awarded. Mariah Carey was the recipient who received her award from Patti Labelle

Most awards

The top Billboard Music Awards and Billboard citations career is held by

★ Janet Jackson 33 Awards [1]

★ Mariah Carey - 28 Awards [2]

★ Michael Jackson - 26 Awards

★ Madonna - 23 Awards

★ Garth Brooks - 25 Awards

★ Usher - 19 Awards

★ Destiny's Child - 16 Awards

★ Whitney Houston - 16 Awards

★ Shakira - 15 Awards

★ R. Kelly - 13 Awards

★ LeAnn Rimes - 12 Awards

★ Kelly Clarkson - 12 Awards

★ Alicia Keys - 11 Awards

★ Mary J. Blige - 10 Awards

★ Janet Jackson is the award shows biggest winning female to date.

★ Michael Jackson is the award shows biggest winning male to date.

★ Destiny's Child is the award shows biggest winning group to date.
In any one year the biggest winners are:

★ Male Artist - Michael Jackson- 14 (1983)

★ Female Artist - Whitney Houston - 11 (1993)- Tie

★ Female Artist - Kelly Clarkson -11 (2005)- Tie

★ Duo/Group - Destiny's Child - 9 (2001).

Venues

★ 1990-1991 The first two years were shot at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica and aired later.
From 1992 on the shows have been live:

★ 1992-1994 were at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles,

★ 1995 was in New York at the (now demolished) Coliseum.
Then the BMAs became the first Awards show to move to Las Vegas:

★ 1996 was at the Center for Performing Arts and the Hard Rock Hotel,

★ 1997-2006 it has been at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Hosts

★ 1990 - Paul Shaffer and Morris Day (with Jerome Benton)

★ 1991 - Paul Shaffer

★ 1992 - Phil Collins

★ 1993 - Phil Collins

★ 1994 - Dennis Miller & Heather Locklear

★ 1995 - Jon Stewart

★ 1996 - Chris Rock

★ 1997 - David Spade

★ 1998 - Kathy Griffin & Andy Dick

★ 1999 - Kathy Griffin & Adam Corolla

★ 2000 - Kathy Griffin &
★ NSYNC

★ 2001 - Bernie Mac

★ 2002 - Cedric the Entertainer

★ 2003 - Ryan Seacrest with Nick Lachey & Jessica Simpson

★ 2004 - Ryan Seacrest

★ 2005 - LL Cool J

★ 2006 - No host (Britney Spears & Paris Hilton announced)

Award Categories

★ Top Pop Artist (Singles & Albums)

External links

★ FOX: Billboard Music Awards