TAYLOR
SWIFT WINS TOP ARTIST AWARD AND TIES DRAKE WITH THE MOST BBMA WINS
– EACH
WITH A CAREER TOTAL OF 39 AWARDS
MORGAN
WALLEN LEADS WITH 11 WINS
WATCH Morgan Wallen’s BBMA’s
acceptance speech HERE
LOS ANGELES, CA (Nov 19, 2023) – Dick Clark Productions and Billboard celebrated the hottest names in music with the “2023 Billboard Music Awards” (BBMAs) Presented by Marriott Bonvoy. The reimagined awards show entertained fans with a celebration of music’s greatest achievements featuring bespoke performances by the world’s biggest chart-topping artists performing at unique locations across the globe, winner celebrations, and surprise moments. The show rolled out across BBMAs and Billboard social channels, as well as via BBMAs.watch.
The
2023 Billboard Music Awards officially handed out all the night’s
prizes – so who emerged the big winner?
Morgan Wallen took home the most trophies of the night
with 11 wins – including Top Male Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist,
Top Billboard 200 Album, Top Hot 100 Song, and more.
After
the winners were announced all day and the night’s performances rolled out on
BBMAs.watch and across BBMA and Billboard social accounts.
Taylor Swift was the biggest female winner adding 10
prizes on the night. (In fact, Swift’s 10 wins and Drake’s five on Sunday
night put them in a tie for the winningest artists of all time at the Billboard
Music Awards.)
RECAP: Taylor Swift took home the coveted Top Artist
award and a total of 10 trophies – bringing her career total to 39 wins.
She now ties Drake as the most decorated BBMA winner of all time. In Swift’s
acceptance speech she said, “The fact that you guys have given me 10 Billboard
Awards… I’m talking to the fans specifically, none of this happens without
you. 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.”
It
was also a big night for Drake with 5 wins; SZA and Zach Bryan with 4 wins,
and 21 Savage, Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, and Miley Cyrus each with 3
wins. Plus, Anne
Wilson, Arctic
Monkeys, BLACKPINK, Burna Boy, CeCe Winans, Fuerza Regida, Joey Moi, Latto, Metro Boomin, NewJeans, Peso Pluma, Rema, Selena Gomez, and Stray Kids all received
their first-ever win.
In
addition to performing, the Queen of Christmas and music icon Mariah Carey was honored
with the Billboard Chart Achievement Award for the chart-topping holiday
classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” which was presented to her by her
children Roc and Roe.
This
year’s show was an epic celebration of the fans who propelled their favorite
artists to the top of the Billboard charts. In a first-of-its-kind
collaboration, BBMAs partnered with Spotify’s Fans First program, which used
Spotify listener data to identify the performers’ most loyal fans and invited
them to attend the intimate BBMA performances.
Morgan
Wallen
won awards for both top Billboard 200 album (ONE THING AT A TIME) and top
Hot 100 song (“Last Night”). It’s the first time one artist
has swept both of those key awards in the same year since Usher scored in 2004
with Confessions and his megahit “Yeah!” (featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris).
(Note:
The BBMAs were on hiatus from 2007-10.) Wallen had previously won four BBMAs.
His new career total of 15 awards puts him second only to Garth Brooks among
country artists. Brooks has won 20 BBMAs.
Swift
won top artist for the third time, which puts her in a tie with Drake for the
most wins in that category.
Wallen
thoroughly dominated the country categories, winning top country artist,
top country album, top country song and top country tour. https://www.billboard.com/h/bbmaswatch/
2023
Billboard Music Awards
ARTIST
AWARDS
Top
Artist:
Drake, Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, SZA, WINNER: Taylor Swift
Top
New Artist:
Bailey Zimmerman, Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Peso Pluma, WINNER: Zach Bryan
Top
Male Artist:
Drake, Luke Combs, WINNER: Morgan Wallen, The Weeknd, Zach Bryan
Top
Female Artist:
Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, SZA, WINNER: Taylor Swift
Top
Duo/Group:
Eslabon Armado, Fifty Fifty, WINNER: Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera, Metallica
Top
Billboard 200 Artist:
Drake, Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, SZA, WINNER: Taylor Swift
Top
Hot 100 Artist:
Drake, Luke Combs, WINNER: Morgan Wallen, SZA, Taylor Swift
Top
Hot 100 Songwriter
(NEW): Ashley Gorley, Jack Antonoff, SZA, WINNER: Taylor Swift, Zach
Bryan
Top
Hot 100 Producer
(NEW): Jack Antonoff, WINNER: Joey Moi, Metro Boomin, Taylor Swift, Zach
Bryan
Top
Streaming Songs Artist: Drake, WINNER: Morgan Wallen, SZA, Taylor Swift, Zach
Bryan
Top
Radio Songs Artist:
Miley Cyrus, Morgan Wallen, SZA, WINNER: Taylor Swift, The Weeknd
Top
Song Sales Artist:
Jason Aldean, Miley Cyrus, Morgan Wallen, Oliver Anthony Music, WINNER:
Taylor Swift
Top
Country Artist:
Bailey Zimmerman, Luke Combs, WINNER: Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift, Zach
Bryan
Top
Country Male Artist:
Luke Combs, WINNER: Morgan Wallen, Zach Bryan
Top
Country Female Artist:
Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney, WINNER: Taylor Swift
Top
Country Duo/Group:
Old Dominion, Parmalee, WINNER: Zac Brown Band
Top
Country Touring Artist: George Strait, Luke Combs, WINNER: Morgan Wallen
Top
Rock Artist:
Jelly Roll, Noah Kahan, Stephen Sanchez, Steve Lacy, WINNER: Zach Brya
WINNERS
LIST: HERE
Morgan
Wallen Expands His Impact On Billboard’s Year-End Country Charts
One
year at a time, Morgan Wallen has increased his dominance on the Billboard
year-end charts, and in 2023, he extended that
influence by owning the No. 1 position on a dozen of the 28 lists
devoted to the genre’s commercial mainstream.
Wallen
made it a three-peat on four year-end country charts, landing at the summit on Top
Country Artists, Top Country Artists — Male, Top Hot
Country Songs Artists and Top Country Albums Artists.
He
outpaced the field on Top Country Streaming Songs Artists for the
fourth straight year.
He
also reigned on Top Country Albums Titles a third year in a row, though
the actual title at the top is different. DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM led in
2021 and 2022, but slipped to No.2 on the 2023 edition, replaced by his follow-up,
ONE THING AT A TIME. Wallen’s debut album, If I Know Me, gives him three top 10
entries among Country Albums Titles, finishing the tracking year at No. 8.
Wallen
lodged his first No. 1s on Billboard’s year-end country lists when “Whiskey
Glasses” propelled him to the top of two charts in 2019. He was a
double winner again in 2020, then expanded to six No. 1s in 2021, nine in 2022
and 12 this year. His repeats from 2022 come with Top Country Airplay Artists,
plus Top Hot Country Songs and Top Country Streaming Songs. “Last Night”
replaces “Wasted On You” atop the latter two lists. The three charts he
conquered for the first time in 2023 are Top Country Airplay Songs, Top Country
Digital Songs Artists and Top Country Tours. As if that’s not enough, Wallen is
also the No. 1 Hot 100 Artist and “Last Night” is the top Hot 100 Song.
Thanks
in great part to Wallen’s command in the genre, Big Loud collected four
No. 1s as a label or imprint, and his producer, Joey Moi (HARDY, Jake Owen),
took the Top Hot Country Songs Producers title a third consecutive year.
Beyond
Wallen, six other artists ranked No. 1 among the 32 total country or
country-related yearend charts. Zach Bryan ascended to the lead on three
lists — Top Hot Country Songwriters and the twobAmericana/folk
summaries — and Billy Strings owned both bluegrass charts. Additionally,
Zac Brown Band repeated among Top Country Artists — Duo/Group, and Taylor
Swift, who earned three top 10s on Top Country Albums Titles, snared Top
Country Artists — Female.
Megan
Moroney
reigned on Top Country Artists — New, and Jason Aldean’s “Try That
in a Small Town” led on Top Country Digital Songs Titles.
Republic won two label and
imprint battles, and Universal headed Top Country Albums Distributors. Warner
Music Group came up victorious on two charts, with Warner Music Nashville
claiming its fourth straight crown on Top Country Airplay Imprints and
BMI-affiliated Warner-Tamerlane taking Top Hot Country Songs Publishers for the
seventh year in a row.
Sony
Music
grabbed Top Hot Country Songs Publishing Corporations for the fourth
consecutive year.
- Historically, Billboard’s year-end charts have been compiled in December. For 2023, the chart eligibility period was tweaked to coincide with the shift of the Billboard Music Awards to a Nov. 19 broadcast date.
Following
are the No.1 entries on each of the country year-end charts.
A
comprehensive account of Billboard’s 2023 lists can be found HERE.
Top Country Artists Morgan Wallen
Top Country Artists — Duo/Group Zac Brown Band
Top Country Artists — Female Taylor Swift
Top Country Artists — Male Morgan Wallen
Top Country Artists — New Megan Moroney
Top Country Labels Big Loud
Top Hot Country Songs Artists Morgan Wallen
Top Hot Country Songs “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen
Top Hot Country Songs Imprints Republic
Top Hot Country Songs Labels Big Loud
Top Hot Country Songs Producers Joey Moi
Top Hot Country Songs Publishing Corporations Sony Music Publishing
Top Hot Country Songs Publishers Warner-Tamerlane Publishing (BMI)
Top Hot Country Songwriters Zach Bryan
Top Country Airplay Artists Morgan Wallen
Top Country Airplay Songs “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen
Top Country Airplay Labels Big Loud
Top Country Airplay Imprints Warner Music Nashville
Top Country Digital Songs Artists Morgan Wallen
Top Country Digital Songs Titles “Try That in a Small Town,” Jason Aldean
Top Country Albums Titles One Thing at a Time, Morgan Wallen
Top Country Albums Artists Morgan Wallen
Top Country Albums Imprints Big Loud
Top Country Albums Labels Republic
Top Country Albums Distributors Universal
Top Country Streaming Songs “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen
Top Country Streaming Songs Artists Morgan Wallen
Top Americana/Folk Artists Zach Bryan
Top Americana/Folk Albums American Heartbreak, Zach Bryan
Top Bluegrass Albums Artists Billy Strings
Top Bluegrass Albums Titles Me / and / Dad, Billy Strings
Top Country Tours Morgan Wallen
Wallen’s 57-date 2023 One
Night At A Time World Tour includes
stops in 5 countries, 3
continents & 25 stadium-plays; plus arenas, amphitheatres &
festivals in the superstar’s largest tour yet. With support from ERNEST and Bailey Zimmerman, the tour
kicked off oversees in New Zealand and Australia before returning stateside and
will wrap up at London’s O2 Arena on Dec. 3. The tour’s massive success
landed it in the top 10 of Pollstar’s LIVE75 chart and spurred a 2024 tour extension with 29 additional
festivals and stadium-plays.
Nominated
for 2023 CMA Entertainer of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Album of the
Year (One Thing At A Time); second most-nominated at the BBMAs with 17
nominations including: Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist,
Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Streaming Songs Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top
Song Sales Artist, Top Billboard Global 200 Artist, Top Country Artist, Top
Country Male Artist, Top Country Touring Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album (One
Thing At A Time), Top Country Album (One Thing At A Time), Top Hot
100 Song (“Last Night,” Top Streaming Song (“Last Night”), Top Radio Song x2
(“Last Night” + “You Proof”).
●
Born in Sneedville, TN (also
home to bluegrass legend Jimmy Martin) – he attended the same high school as
Country superstar Kenny Chesney. With a hard-rock loving preacher for a father
and a mother who couldn’t get enough Country and contemporary Christian music,
Wallen began performing for his local congregation at age 3 and went on to
develop a strong love of Country, Rock and Hip-Hop.
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