2020 Billboard Music Awards (2020) - full transcript
♪ THINK ABOUT IT THERE MUST BE
HIGHER LOVE ♪
♪ DOWN IN THE HEART OR HIDDEN I
THE STARS ABOVE ♪
♪ WITHOUT IT LIFE IS WASTED
TIME ♪
♪ LOOK INSIDE YOUR HEART AND
I'LL LOOK INSIDE MINE ♪
♪ THINGS LOOK SO BAD
EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ IN THIS WHOLE WORLD WHAT IS
FAIR ♪
♪ WE WALK A LINE AND TRY TO
SEE ♪
♪ FALLING BEHIND WHAT COULD BE ♪
♪ OH OH BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE ♪
♪ OH BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE OH
BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE ♪
♪ WITH A HIGHER LOVE I CAN MAKE
IT OUT ♪
♪ WORLDS ARE TURNING WE'RE JUST
HANGING ON ♪
♪ FACING OUR FEAR AND STANDING
OUT THERE ALL ALONE ♪
♪ A YEARNING YEAH AND IT'S REAL
TO ME ♪
♪ THERE MUST BE SOMEONE WHO'S
FEELING FOR ME ♪
♪ THINGS LOOK SO BAD
EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ IN THIS WHOLE WORLD WHAT IS
FAIR ♪
♪ WE WALK A LINE AND WE TRY TO
SEE ♪
♪ FALLING BEHIND WHAT COULD BE
OH OH ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE BRING
ME A HIGHER LOVE OH ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE IT'S
THAT HIGHER LOVE I KEEP THINKING
OF ♪
♪ I WILL WAIT FOR IT YEAH I'M
NOT TOO LATE FOR IT ♪
♪ UNTIL THEN I'LL SING MY SONG
OH ♪
♪ OH OH ♪
COME ON, GIRL!
♪
♪
EVERYBODY!
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE BRING
ME YEAH ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE OH
BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE ♪
♪ THERE'S THAT HIGHER LOVE I
KEEP THINKING OF ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE BRING
ME A HIGHER LOVE ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE BRING
ME BRING ME BRING ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE THERE'
THAT HIGHER LOVE I'VE BEEN
THINKING OF ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE WHOO THERE'S
THAT HIGHER LOVE I'VE BEEN THINKING OF ♪
LIVE FROM THE DOLBY THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD
ON A NIGHT WHEN
MUSIC UNITES US ALL, WHERE POP,
COUNTRY, HIP-HOP, R&B, AND LATIN
COME TOGETHER ON ONE STAGE
IT'S THE 2020 BILLBOARD MUSIC
AWARDS
WITH PERFORMANCES BY ALICIA
KEYS
BAD BUNNY.
BTS.
DOJA CAT
JOHN LEGEND.
LUKE COMBS
SAINT JOHN
AND SIA.
WITH UNFORGETTABLE
COLLABORATIONS BY KANE BROWN
SPEECHING SWAE LEE AND KHALID,
PERFORMING "BE LIKE THAT."
25 YEARS AFTER WINNING FOR TOP
NEW R&B HIP-HOP ARTIST, THE EPIC
RETURN
AND POST MALONE COMES TO US FROM
A TOP-SECRET LOCATION FOR A
BILLBOARD MOMENT UNLIKE ANY
OTHER.
PLUS DEMI LOVATO TAKES THE STAGE
FOR A POWERFUL WORLD PREMIERE
PERFORMANCE.
IN THIS YEAR'S "BILLBOARD
THROWBACK," 30 YEARS AFTER THEY
FIRST STORMED THE CHARTS, EN
VOGUE RETURNS TO PERFORM THEIR
HUGE HIT "IN YOUR MIND."
AND THE FIRST-EVER BILLBOARD
CHANGEMAKER AWARD.
AND CHER PRESENTS THE BILLBOARD
ICON AWARD TO GARTH BROOKS AS
THE COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND
PERFORMS HIS GREATEST HITS
PLEASE WELCOME YOUR HOST FOR THE
2020 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS,
KELLY CLARKSON
WELCOME TO THE 2020 BILLBOARD
MUSIC AWARDS, Y'ALL!
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO PEN THAT
TONICS AND ALL THE OTHER
MUSICIANS AND VOCALISTS THAT
JUST JOINED SHEILA E. AND ME,
THAT WAS CRAZY 71.
THERE ARE SO MANY TALENTED
PEOPLE HERE, Y'ALL, AND WE ARE
CELEBRATING THE POWER OF MUSIC,
ALL MUSIC.
FROM POP TO COUNTRY TO HIP-HOP
TO R&B AND LATIN AND EVERYTHING
IN BETWEEN
TONIGHT IS ABOUT THE WAY MUSIC
TOUCHES US ALL, BECAUSE MUSIC
CONNECTED US IN SO MANY WAYS, NO
MATTER WHO YOU ARE
IT MOVES US, SOMETIMES
LITERALLY.
WITH DANCE
WE SING, WE CRY, LIKE I DO
OFTEN.
IT BRINGS BACK THOSE GOOD
MEMORIES
AND IT ALSO HELPS US MAKE NEW
ONES
AND MUSIC ALSO CONNECTS US TO
EACH OTHER, FROM VIRTUAL LIVING
ROOM DANCE PARTIES TO
NEIGHBORHOOD BALCONY CONCERTS,
MUSIC HAS UNITED US.
AND TONIGHT, MUSIC FROM EVERY
GENRE WILL BRING US TOGETHER
AGAIN.
THANKS TO THE BILLBOARD CHARTS,
WHAT
THERE'S NO AUDIENCE, IT'S JUST
ME, YEAH
I'M MY OWN HYPE GIRL
WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE THE VERY
BEST SONGS OF THE PAST YEAR AND
THE ARTIST WHOSE CREATIVITY AND
TALENT HELPED US GET THROUGH IT.
AND WE DEFINITELY NEEDED THAT
HELP
I KNOW I DID
I STILL DO
WE'VE GOT SOME AMAZING
PERFORMANCES LINED UP FOR YOU
TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT SIA, BRANDY, DOJA CAT,
THE BEST THROWBACK PERFORMANCE,
I SWEAR I SAW IT IN REHEARSALS,
THE BEST PERFORMANCE EVER BY EN
VOGUE.
YOU'RE GOING TO -- MIND IS GOING
TO BE BLOWN.
BTS COMING TO US ALL THE WAY
FROM SOUTH KOREA, Y'ALL.
POST MALONE PERFORMING AT A
TOP-SECRET, UNDISCLOSED ELECTION
SOMEWHERE IN LOS ANGELES
SO SECRET THEY WON'T EVEN TELL
ME WHERE IT IS, I'M THE HOST,
IT'S FINE, I'M NOT OFFENDED.
AND MY FAVORITE, Y'ALL, GARTH
BROOKS GETTING THE BILLBOARD
ICON AWARD FROM CHER, SO I'M
LIVING MY BEST LIFE TONIGHT.
HE'S GOING TO BE PERFORMING SOME
OF HIS BIGGEST ALL-TIME HITS
I'M SO STOKED.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO ALL THOSE
GREAT ARTISTS, IT'S TIME TO
PRESENT OUR FIRST AWARD.
HER NEW ALBUM "UNEARTHED" IS OUT
NOW, HERE IS NICOLE RICHIE
♪
THERE ARE SOME ALBUMS THAT WE
PLAY WITH NO SKIPS
START TO FINISH, EACH TRACK IS
JUST THAT GOOD
WE KEEP THESE ALBUMS ON REPEAT
BECAUSE THEY BECOME THE
SOUNDTRACKS TO OUR DAILY
ROUTINES
OUR HIGHS, LOWS, AND EVERYTHING
IN BETWEEN
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM.
BILLIE EILISH
"WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE
DO WE GO?"
ARIANA GRANDE, "THANK U, NEXT.
KHALID, "FREE SPIRIT."
POST MALONE, "HOLLYWOOD'S
BLEEDING."
TAYLOR SWIFT, "LOVER."
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
MY FAVORITE, BILLIE EILISH!
OH, GOSH.
OH, THIS IS HEAVY.
THANK YOU, NICOLE.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH
THIS IS AMAZING.
I WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU TO
THE FANS, THANK YOU FOR
BELIEVING IN ME AND CARING ABOUT
ME STILL, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU
DO
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I NEVER,
EVER TAKE THESE FOR GRANTED.
IT IS ALWAYS A SHOCK WHEN I WIN
ANYTHING AT ALL.
THANK YOU, BILLBOARD
THANK YOU, GUYS.
I LOVE YOU
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
MWAH
WELL, I CAN'T THINK OF A
BETTER MUSICAL ANTHEM TO REMIND
US OF OUR NEED TO BE UNITED THAN
"COURAGE TO CHANGE."
IT AS BRAND-NEW SONG FROM THE
VERY FIRST FILM THIS
MULTI-TALENTED ARTIST DIRECTED
I AM SO THRILLED SHE IS MAKING A
FAR TOO RARE TELEVISION
APPEARANCE TO SHARE WITH US
TONIGHT.
HERE IS SIA!
♪
♪ WORLD I WANT TO LEAVE YOU
BETTER ♪
♪ I WANT MY LIFE TO MATTER I AM
AFRAID ♪
♪ I HAVE NO PURPOSE HERE I WATC
THE NEWS ON TV ♪
♪ ABANDON MYSELF DAILY ♪
♪ I AM AFRAID TO LET YOU SEE TH
REAL ME ♪
♪ RAIN IT FALLS RAIN IT FALLS
POURING ON ME ♪
♪ AND THE RAIN IT FALLS RAIN IT
FALLS SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE
AND HOPE ♪
♪ LOVE AND HOPE WE DON'T HAVE T
STAY HERE STUCK IN THE WEEDS ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
TODAY OH ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
TODAY OH ♪
♪ YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN ALL THIS
YOU'RE NOT ALONE I PROMISE ♪
♪ STANDING TOGETHER WE CAN DO
ANYTHING ♪
♪ YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN ALL THIS
YOU'RE NOT ALONE I PROMISE ♪
♪ STANDING TOGETHER WE CAN DO
ANYTHING ♪
♪
♪ WORLD YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN ALL
THIS YOU'RE NOT ALONE I
PROMISE ♪
♪ STANDING TOGETHER WE CAN DO
ANYTHING ♪
♪ WATCH THE NEWS ON T VV ABANDON
MYSELF DAILY ♪
♪ I AM AFRAID TO LET YOU SEE TH
REAL ME ♪
♪ RAIN IT FALLS RAIN IT FALLS
POURING ON ME ♪
♪ THE RAIN IT FALLS RAIN IT
FALLS SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE
AND HOPE ♪
♪ LOVE AND HOPE WE DON'T HAVE T
STAY HERE STUCK IN THE WEEDS ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
TODAY OH ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
TODAY OH ♪
♪ YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN ALL THIS
YOU'RE NOT ALONE I PROMISE ♪
♪ STANDING TOGETHER WE CAN DO
ANYTHING ♪
♪ YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN ALL THIS
YOU'RE NOT ALONE I PROMISE ♪
♪ STANDING TOGETHER WE CAN DO
ANYTHING ♪
♪ YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN ALL THIS
YOU'RE NOT ALONE I PROMISE ♪
♪ STANDING TOGETHER WE CAN DO
ANYTHING ♪
COMING UP NEXT, KANE BROWN,
KHALID, AND SWAE LEE
LATER, ALICIA KEYS, LUKE COMBS,
AND POST MALONE.
AND POST MALONE.
PLUS TOPL RIGHT ♪
NOW, IT IS NO SECRET THAT
THERE'S NO AUDIENCE HERE
TONIGHT.
I THINK WE GATHERED THAT EARLIER
WHEN I WAS LIKE, WHOO, AND NO
ONE CHEERED WITH ME.
THE PRODUCERS AND I WERE
DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT WE
SHOULD HAVE FAKE APPLAUSE.
MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE AUGWKWARD
BUT I SAID THE ONLY WAY I WOULD
AGREE WITH IT IS IF I COULD
CONTROL IT
CONTROL.
THEY GAVE ME THIS.
LOOK, THIS IS AFTER I TELL A
JOKE
[ LAUGHTER ]
GOOD ONE, I KNOW
THIS IS AFTER AN AMAZING
PERFORMANCE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
OH MY GOSH
SOUNDS REAL.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS ONE.
[ BOOING ]
THIS IS BASICALLY ANY TIME THE
WORD "COVID" IS MENTIONED AND IT
SUCKS THE LIFE OUT OF
EVERYTHING
[ LAUGHTER ]
I KNOW, I'M FUNNY, I GET IT.
I'M GOING TO PUT IT DOWN
MUSIC NOT ONLY UNITES US, IT'S
UNITING THESE ARTISTS IN THE
PERFECT COMBO OF COUNTRY, R&B,
AND HIP-HOP.
FEATURING SWAE LEE AND KHALID,
THIS IS KANE BROWN
♪
BILLBOARDS, ARE WE FEELING
IT
♪
♪ I MIGHT BE BETTER ON MY OWN I
HATE YOU BLOWING UP MY PHONE ♪
♪ I WISH I NEVER MET YOU
SOMETIMES IT FEEL LIKE THAT ♪
♪ BUT I'M NOT MYSELF THE NIGHT
YOU'RE GONE ♪
♪ THERE AIN'T NO WAY I'M MOVING
ON ♪
♪ I'M NOT AFRAID I NEED YOU
BAD ♪
♪ SOMETIMES WE BOTH WANT TO LOV
WE BOTH WANT TO FLY WE BOTH WANT
TO ARGUE TILL WE'RE BOTH RIGHT ♪
♪ YOU WANT TO HUG I KISS YOU
GOOD NIGHT BABY WE'RE BOTH JUST
OUT OF OUR MINDS ♪
♪ YOU PLAY JONES WHILE I'M
PUSHING UP CAN'T TELL YOU WHY
BUT TELL YOU WHAT ♪
♪ YOU GOT ME THINKING I MIGHT B
BETTER ON MY OWN ♪
♪ I HATE YOU BLOWING UP MY PHON
I WISH I NEVER MET YOU SOMETIMES
IT FEEL LIKE THAT ♪
♪ BUT I'M NOT MYSELF THE NIGHT
YOU'RE GONE THERE AIN'T NO WAY
I'M MOVING ON ♪
♪ I'M NOT AFRAID TO NEED YOU BA
SOMETIMES IT FEEL LIKE THAT ♪
♪ HEYASN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO B
WITH YOU YEAH ♪
♪ I THINK IT'S CRAZY ANY NIGHT
SLEEP WITH YOU ♪
♪ I CAN KEEP YOU NICE AND WARM
ARE YOU THINKING OF ME LOVE ♪
♪ AND ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF
GOT TOO MUCH GOING TO BE UPSET ♪
♪ I SWEAR I'D RATHER BE YOUR
FRIEND ♪
♪ I SAID I'M GOING TO BE RIGHT
BACK IT HURTS SOMETIMES TO BE
LIKE THAT ♪
♪ I MIGHT BE BETTER ON MY OWN I
HATE YOU BLOWING UP MY PHONE ♪
♪ I WISH I NEVER MET YOU
SOMETIMES IT FEEL LIKE THAT ♪
♪ BUT I'M NOT MYSELF THE NIGHT
YOU'RE GONE THERE AIN'T NO WAY
I'M MOVING ON ♪
♪ I'M NOT AFRAID TO NEED YOU BA
SOMETIMES IT FEEL LIKE THAT ♪
♪ SOMETIMES WHEN YOU THOUGHT YO
FOUND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE ♪
♪ YOU'RE THINKING OF JUST ONE O
THOSE GUYS MOVING ON ♪
♪ I PICK YOU UP CAN'T TELL YOU
GOT ME THINKING ♪
♪ I MIGHT BE BETTER ON MY OWN I
HATE YOU BLOWING UP MY PHONE ♪
♪ I WISH I NEVER MET YOU
SOMETIMES IT FEEL LIKE THAT ♪
♪ BUT I'M NOT MYSELF AT NIGHT
YOU'RE GONE THERE AIN'T NO WAY
I'M MOVING ON ♪
♪ I'M NOT AFRAID TO NEED YOU BA
SOMETIMES IT BE LIKE THAT ♪
♪ SOMETIMES WHEN YOU FALL IN
LOVE MAYBE YOU DON'T EVEN NEED
LIKE THAT ♪
♪ DON'T CRY BECAUSE YOU'LL BOTH
DECIDE IF I'M RIGHT ♪
THANK YOU, BILLBOARDS
SHE JUST RELEASED HER NEW
SINGLE "LIE LIKE THIS.
PLEASE WELCOME BILLBOARD MUSIC
AWARD NOMINATED SINGER AND
SONGWRITER JULIA MICHAEL
THE FIRST SINGLE THAT MADE
THE FINALS FOR HOT 100 SONG NOT
ONLY ALL REACHED NUMBER ONE,
THEY SPENT A COLLECTIVE 31 WEEKS
IN THE TOP SPOT.
NOW I COULD GIVE YOU A LOT OF
REASONS WHY THEY DOMINATED THE
CHARTS THIS YEAR, BUT HOW ABOUT
THE MAIN REASON?
EACH SONG WAS AMAZING.
AND HERE THEY ARE, THE NOMINEES
FOR HOT 100 SONG
LEWIS CAPALDI, "SOMEONE YOU
LOVED.
♪ NOW THE DAY BLEEDS INTO
NIGHTFALL ♪
♪ AND YOU'RE NOT HERE TO GET ME
THROUGH IT ALL ♪
BILLIE EILISH, "BAD GUY."
♪ CAN'T GET ENOUGH GUY JUST
ALWAYS THE TOUGH GUY ♪
♪ I'M THE BAD GUY MAKE YOUR MAM
SAD GUY ♪
LIL NAS X FEATURING BILLY RAY
CYRUS, "OLD TOWN ROAD.
♪ YEAH GONNA TAKE MY HEART TO
THE OLD TOWN ROAD ♪
♪ I'M GONNA RIDE TILL ♪
LIZZO, "TRUTH HURTS."
♪ DON'T TEXT ME TELL IT STRAIGH
TO MY FACE ♪
♪ BEST FRIEND SET ME DAWN IN TH
LAWN CHAIR ♪
SHAWN MENDES AND CAMILA
CABELLO, "SENORITA."
♪ SAID I DIDN'T NEED YOU BUT
EVERY TIME ♪
THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
LIL NAS X FEATURING BILLY RAY
CYRUS, "OLD TOWN ROAD.
"OLD TOWN ROAD" WENT VIRAL ON
TIKTOK BEFORE BREAKING THE
BILLBOARD HOT 100 RECORD FOR
MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE
HOW -- WHAT
OKAY
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY
THANK YOU TO BILLY RAY CYRUS
I WANT EVERYBODY GOING TO LOOK
OUT NEXT MONTH FOR NAS-VEMBER,
IT'S GOING TO GO CRAZY, 2021
DROPPING THE BEST ALBUM OF ALL
TIME, I LOVE YOU, GOOD NIGHT
OH, I SEE YOUR POINT, SO
SORRY, CONGRATULATIONS TO LIL
NAS X.
THAT IS AWESOME!
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, TWINS
FROM GARY, INDIANA, HAVE BECOME
A MUST-WATCH FOR MUSIC FANS AND
ARTISTS ALIKE.
AS WE SEE THEM IN THE MOMENT
LISTENING TO SONGS THEY'D NEVER
HEARD BEFORE
I RECENTLY HAD THEM ON MY TALK
SHOW, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
THEM BEFORE AND WANT TO SEE WHY
I LOVE THEM SO MUCH, WATCH THIS.
WHAT'S UP, YOU TWO?
BACK WITH A VIDEO.
BACK WITH ACTION.
I NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE.
♪ JOLENE JOLENE JOLENE ♪
JOLENE!
♪
♪ I CAN FEEL IT COMING ♪
♪ DO YOU REMEMBER ♪
OH, LOOK AT HIS FACE!
IT LIKE, DO YOU REMEMBER
WHAT, WHAT?
WHERE, WHERE
THAT SOME JEANS
REAL.
♪
YOUNG
WE'RE GOING TO BE CHECKING IN
WITH BRAD AND TIM THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT, Y'ALL
THEY'RE COMING TO US LIVE FROM
INDIANA RIGHT NOW.
GUYS, HOW YOU DOING?
WE DOING FINE.
VERY GOOD, EXCITED TO BE HERE
AND SEE THE PERFORMANCES
I AM SO EXCITED YOU'RE HERE
AS WELL.
I LOVE SEEING YOUR REACTIONS TO
"MY LIFE IS STUCK WITHOUT YOU.
HONESTLY, WHAT DID YOU THINK
OH MY GOD, MAN, SO AMAZING,
YOU LOOKED SO YOUNG ON THE
VIDEO.
YOU'VE BLOWN MY CHILDHOOD, MAN,
SO FINE.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
TELL US WHO'S COMING UP NEXT
ALICIA KEYS, MAN.
YOU CANNOT DENY HER TALENT.
POST MALONE, HE'S AN AMAZING
ARTIST, HE THROWS IT ALL ON TH
♪
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF
SHARING A STAGE WITH OUR NEXT
PERFORMER.
SHE HAS INSPIRED MANY ARTISTS
WITH HER INCREDIBLE TALENT.
TO PERFORM "LOVE LOOKS BETTER,"
SINGER, SONGWRITER,
HUMANITARIAN, ALL-AROUND
EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN, ALICIA
EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN, ALICIA
KEYS
♪
♪ ALL I ALL I EVER WANTED WAS A
DOLLAR AND A CHANCE ♪
♪ FIND FIND WHAT I'M MADE OF AL
RIGHT ♪
♪ COMING COMING FROM THE BOTTOM
BETTER LEARN HOW TO DANCE ♪
♪ FIND FIND WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF
ALL RIGHT ♪
♪ FEEL LIKE MY LOVE IS WASTING
EVERY DAY YEAH ♪
♪ GET SO DAMN TIRED OF CHASING
EVERY DAY YEAH ♪
♪ AND NOW IT'S YOU I'M MISSING
EVERY DAY YEAH ♪
♪ EVERY DAY YEAH EVERY DAY ♪
♪ SO CAN WE TALK FOR A MINUTE
STOP FOR A MINUTE ♪
♪ ALL I WANNA DO IS YOU ♪
♪ OH CAN WE TOUCH FOR A SECOND
BE US FOR A SECOND ♪
♪ DON'T MATTER WHAT I GIVE IT T
MY LOVE LOOKS BETTER ON YOU ♪
♪ MY LOVE LOOKS BETTER ON YOU ♪
♪ PROMISE YOU BABY PROMISE YOU
BABY ♪
♪ YEAH IOWA ♪
♪ ALL I ALL EVER WANTED WAS A
CITY AND SOME KEYS ♪
♪ RUN RUN THROUGH THE STREET NO
ALL RIGHT ♪
♪ AND NOW IT'S YOU I'M MISSING
EVERY DAY YEAH ♪
♪ EVERY DAY YEAH EVERY DAY ♪
♪ SO CAN WE TALK FOR A MINUTE
STOP FOR A MINUTE ♪
♪ ALL I WANNA DO IS YOU ♪
♪ OH CAN WE TOUCH FOR A SECOND
BE US FOR A SECOND ♪
♪ DON'T MATTER WHAT I GIVE IT T
MY LOVE LOOKS BETTER ON YOU ♪
♪ PROMISE YOU BABY ♪
♪ YOU'RE ALL I EVER WANTED
YOU'RE ALL I EVER WANTED ♪
♪ SO CAN WE TALK FOR A MINUTE
JUST STOP FOR A MINUTE ♪
♪ CAUSE ALL I WANNA DO IS YOU ♪
♪
♪ PROMISE YOU BABY MY LOVE LOOK
BETTER ON YOU PROMISE YOU BABY ♪
♪ COME ON OH OH OH OH OH ♪
♪ PROMISE YOU BABY OH OH OH
OH ♪
THE NEW SINGLE "FOR REAL" IS
OUT NOW.
PLEASE WELCOME EMMY AWARD WINNER
JERRELL JEROME.
EACH OF THESE ARTISTS WITHOUT
A DOUBT DESERVES NOT JUST OUR
HIGHEST PRAISE BUT OUR THANKS
FOR GIVING US THE CHART-TOPPING
SONGS THAT ARE NOW PART OF OUR
PERMANENT PLAYLISTS.
THEY ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
FEMALE ARTIST.
BILLIE EILISH
♪
ARIANA GRANDE
♪
HALSEY.
♪
LIZZO
♪
TAYLOR SWIFT.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
BILLIE EILISH
♪ KEEP YOU IN THE DARK WHAT YOU
EXPECTED ♪
♪ NEED TO MAKE MY ART AND MAKE
NEW START AND GET YOU
CONNECTED ♪
OH MY GOD
THIS IS SO NUTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BILLBOARD
THANK YOU TO ALL THE WOMEN THAT
HAVE COME BEFORE ME AND PAVED MY
WAY.
I LOVE YOU
PLEASE VOTE.
PLEASE WEAR A MASK
PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS
BE SAFE.
TAKE CARE.
THANK YOU, BILLBOARD
COMING UP NEXT, LUKE COMBS
THEN LATER, POST MALONE, JOHN
LEGEND, BAD BUNNY, AND
WELCOME BACK TO THE 2020
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS, Y'ALL.
AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME THE HOST
OF "THE WEAKEST LINK," MY FRIEND
JANE LYNCH
♪
♪
THANK YOU SO MUCH, KELLY.
NOW IF THIS WERE IN FACT "THE
WEAKEST LINK," I'D READ THE NAME
OF THE NOMINEES, THE FIVE OF
THEM
I'D GIVE ONE OF THEM THE PRIZE,
WHILE SENDING OFF THE OTHERS
WITH A ZINGER, LIKE "DON'T LET
THE DOOR HIT YOU IN THE BUTT ON
YOUR WAY OUT."
BUT I CAN'T DO THAT HERE BECAUSE
ALL FIVE OF THESE ARTISTS HAVE
HAD A SPECTACULAR YEAR
THEY ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
COUNTRY ARTIST
KANE BROWN.
♪
LUKE COMBS.
♪
DAN + SHAY.
♪
MAREN MORRIS.
♪
THOMAS RHETT.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
LUKE COMBS!
♪ ON A FLAT METAL BOAT BB GUNS
WIRING THE FENCE POST ♪
♪ FRESHLY CUT CORNFIELDS ♪
♪ ONE ARM OUT THE WINDOW ONE
HAND ON THE WHEEL ♪
♪ SOME THINGS GO BETTER TOGETHE
AND ALWAYS WILL ♪
♪ LIKE A CUP OF COFFEE AND A
SUNRISE ♪
♪ SUNDAY DRIVES AND TIP TO
KILL ♪
♪ WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS OLD
GUITAR IF IT AIN'T GOT NO
STRINGS ♪
♪ OR POURING YOUR HEART INTO A
SONG THAT YOU AIN'T GONNA SING ♪
♪ IT'S A MATCH MADE UP IN HEAVE
LIKE GOOD OL' BOYS AND BEER ♪
♪ AND ME AS LONG AS YOU'RE RIGH
HERE ♪
♪
♪ YOUR LICENSE IN MY WALLET WHE
WE GO OUT DOWNTOWN ♪
♪ YOUR LIPSTICK STAINED EVERY
COFFEE CUP THAT I GOT IN THIS
HOUSE ♪
♪ THE WAY YOU SAY I LOVE YOU TO
IS LIKE RAIN ON AN OLD TIN
ROOF ♪
♪ AND YOUR HAND FITS RIGHT INTO
MINE LIKE A NEEDLE IN A GROOVE ♪
♪ SOME THINGS JUST GO BETTER
TOGETHER AND PROBABLY ALWAYS
WILL ♪
♪ LIKE A CUP OF COFFEE AND A
SUNRISE SUNDAY DRIVES AND TIME
TO KILL ♪
♪ WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS OLD
GUITAR IF IT AIN'T GOT NO
STRINGS ♪
♪ OR POURING YOUR HEART INTO A
SONG THAT YOU AIN'T GONNA SING ♪
♪ IT'S A MATCH MADE UP IN HEAVE
LIKE GOOD OL' BOYS AND BEER ♪
♪ AND ME AS LONG AS YOU'RE RIGH
HERE ♪
♪
♪ SOMETIMES WE'RE OIL AND WATER
BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER
WAY ♪
♪ AND IF I'M BEING HONEST YOUR
FIRST AND MY LAST NAME WOULD
JUST SOUND BETTER TOGETHER AND
PROBABLY ALWAYS WILL ♪
♪ LIKE A CUP OF COFFEE AND A
SUNRISE SUNDAY DRIVES AND TIME
TO KILL ♪
♪ WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS OLD
GUITAR IF IT AIN'T GOT NO
STRINGS ♪
♪ OR POURING YOUR HEART INTO A
SONG THAT YOU AIN'T GONNA SING ♪
♪ IT'S A MATCH MADE UP IN HEAVE
LIKE GOOD OL' BOYS AND BEER ♪
♪ AND ME AS LONG AS YOU'RE RIGH
HERE ♪
♪ AND ME AS LONG AS YOU'RE RIGH
HERE ♪
I JUST WANT TO -- I WANT TO
THANK BILLBOARD FOR THIS
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR.
AND SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE NEVER
DREAMED OF
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, WHEN I
STARTED DOING THIS, I JUST WANT
TO THANK THE FANS OUT THERE, MY
BEAUTIFUL WIFE AT HOME, MY TEAM,
MY BAND.
I KNOW EVERYBODY OUT THERE HAS
BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH THIS YEAR
I WANT TO THANK THE CREW THAT IS
WORKING ON THIS SHOW TONIGHT,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH
SOME INSANE STUFF TO MAKE THIS
HAPPEN FOR YOU GUYS.
I HOPE EVERYBODY'S STAYING SAFE
AT HOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOVING
WHAT I DO.
IT NEVER FALLS ON DEAF EARS, THE
LOVE THAT YOU GUYS GIVE ME
I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT AND SO
IS MY TEAM
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH
COMING UP NEXT, POST MALONE.
THEN LATER, PERFORMANCES BY
BRANDY, JOHN LEGEND, BAD BUNNY,
GARTH BROOKS, DEMI LOVATO WORLD
♪
WELCOME BACK TO THE
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
HOW DOES AN ARTIST FOLLOW UP THE
12 BILLBOARD NOMINATIONS HE
RECEIVED IN 2019
WITH 16 THIS YEAR.
THAT'S HOW AWESOME HE IS
HE'S SO GOOD, HE'S EVEN
COMPETING AGAINST HIMSELF FOR
TOP RAP SONG
THIS GUY HAS REACHED SUPERSTAR
STATUS WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY
HE'S COMING TO US FROM A SECRET
MYSTERY LOCATION SOMEWHERE IN
L.A.
JOINED BY TYLEE YAWEH, HERE'S
POST MALONE!
♪
♪
♪ COULDN'T AROUND TILL WE WERE
UPSIDE DOWN ♪
♪ I'LL BE THE BAD GUY NOW YOU
KNOW I AIN'T SO PROUD ♪
♪ I COULDN'T BEAT IT EVEN WHEN
TRIED ♪
♪ YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT WE DO
THIS EVERY TIME ♪
♪ SEASONS CHANGE AND OUR LOVE
WENT COLD ♪
♪ FEED THE FLAME CAUSE WE CAN'T
LET GO ♪
♪ RUNNING AWAY BUT WE'RE RUNNIN
IN CIRCLES RUN AWAY RUN AWAY ♪
♪ I DARE YOU TO DO SOMETHING I'
WAITING ON YOU AGAIN ♪
♪ SO I DON'T TAKE THE BLAME RUN
AWAY BUT WE'RE RUNNING IN
CIRCLES ♪
♪ RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY ♪
♪ MAYBE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH ♪
♪ IT'S ONLY ME WHAT YOU GOT TO
LOSE ♪
♪ MAKE UP YOUR MIND WHAT ARE YO
GONNA DO IT'S ONLY ME LET IT
GO ♪
♪ SEASONS CHANGE AND YOU'RE LOV
WENT COLD ♪
♪ FEED THE FLAME CAUSE WE CAN'T
LET GO ♪
♪ RUN AWAY BUT WE'RE RUNNING IN
CIRCLES ♪
♪ RUN AWAY RUN AWAY ♪
♪ I DARE YOU TO DO SOMETHING I'
WAITING ON YOU AGAIN ♪
♪ SO I DON'T TAKE THE BLAME RUN
AWAY BUT WE'RE RUNNING IN
CIRCLES ♪
♪ RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY ♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪ YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT I
YOU NEVER MAKE NOBODY ♪
♪ TREAT MY HEART AS AN OPTION ♪
♪ LIVING LIFELIKE A ROCK STAR ♪
♪ YOU ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT IT
YOU ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT IT ♪
♪ PULLING UPSETS I CHANGE MY
COLORS ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET SOME
PAIRS OF CLOTHES ♪
♪ I WILL MAKE YOU INVINCIBLE ♪
♪ I LIVE MY LIFELIKE A
CRIMINAL ♪
♪ WHEN YOU'RE CRYING THERE'S
NOWHERE TO PLAY ♪
♪ I'M LIVING MY LIFE I'M TAKING
MY LOAD LIKE A PATIENT ♪
♪ I PUSH IT I PULL IT I FLIP
THAT ♪
♪ I GIVE IT AWAY JUST TO MOVE
IT ♪
♪ LIVING THE LIFE THAT I'M
CHOOSE YAG ♪
♪ YOU ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT IT
YOU NEVER MAKING NOBODY ♪
♪ I TREAT IT LIKE AN AUCTION I'
LIVING LIFELIKE A ROCK STAR ♪
♪ LOOK AT ME AND I'M OUT ON MY
FEET ♪
♪ THEY GOT TO STICK A ROD IN
ME ♪
♪ MY PRETTIES WANT TO CARVE ON
ME ♪
♪ I'M HURTING THE NECK BECAUSE
I'M POPPING IT WOW ♪
♪ I'M POPPING I'M PLAYING I'M
POPPING IT WOW ♪
♪ HOW ABOUT I PLAY IT STRAIGHT
TO THE WIND I KNOW IT CAN SEE ♪
♪ I THINK THAT'S PRETTY COOL IF
YOU'RE ASKING ME ♪
♪ CURRENCY BACK IN A CANDY
ROLL ♪
♪ I LOVE WHEN MY LAWYER CALLS I
HATE WHEN I RUN OUT OF SMALLS ♪
♪ WELCOME BACK TO THE PARTY ALL
WE LIKE A PARTY Y'ALL ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE JUMPING ON MARIO
STILL IT'S SO HARD ♪
♪ CIGARETTES CARS BATHROOM
STARS ♪
♪ PLEASE DON'T ♪
♪ YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT I
YOU NEVER MAKING NOBODY ♪
♪ I DREAM LIKE AN OPTION
STARTING TO GET OUT OF POCKET ♪
♪ I'M LIVING LIFELIKE A ROCK
STAR ♪
♪ SO LOOK AT ME AND NEVER SEE
ONE OF MY KEYS ♪
♪ YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT I
YEAH YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT
IT ♪
♪ YEAH BUT I DIDN'T DO CRAP
ABOUT IT ♪
♪ LIVING LIFELIKE A ROCK STAR ♪
♪ PULLING UPSETS FROM THE JEANS
BUT LOOK AT ME ♪
♪ I'M DEFINITELY OUT ON MY
FEET ♪
♪
AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME BACK
LEGENDARY QUEEN OF PERCUSSION,
SHEILA KEYS.
HAVING A HIT SONG CLIMB THE
CHARTS IS ONE THING, BUT
CONSISTENTLY PRODUCING MUSIC
THAT CONNECTS WITH FANS TIME AND
AGAIN IS ANOTHER
THESE NEXT FIVE ARTISTS MADE THE
EXPLOSIVE SONGS THAT WE RUSH TO
BUY.
THEY ARE THE NOMINEES FOR THE
TOP SONG SALES ARTIST.
BILLIE EILISH
♪
LIL NAS X
♪
LIZZO
♪
POST MALONE
♪
TAYLOR SWIFT.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
MY GIRL LIZZO
♪ I DO MY HAIR CHECK MY NAILS
BABY HOW YA DOING ♪
HI.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU TO
BILLBOARD, THANK YOU TO
ATLANTIC, THANK YOU TO TEAM
LIZZO, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
LISTENS TO MY MUSIC AND
SUPPORTED ME
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'VE BEEN
THINKING A LOT ABOUT SUPPRESSION
AND THE VOICES THAT REFUSE TO BE
SUPPRESSED
I WONDER, WOULD I BE STANDING
HERE RIGHT NOW IF IT WEREN'T FOR
THE BIG BLACK WOMEN WHO REFUSED
TO HAVE THEIR VOICES BE
SUPPRESSED
I JUST WANT TO SAY RIGHT NOW, IF
YOU'RE AT HOME WATCHING THIS,
YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT CHANGING
YOURSELF TO FEEL WORTHY, THIS IS
YOUR SIGN TO REMAIN TRUE TO WHO
YOU ARE.
LET ME TELL YOU ALL SOMETHING.
WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO SUPPRESS
SOMETHING, IT'S NORMALLY BECAUSE
THAT THING HOLDS POWER
THEY'RE AFRAID OF YOUR POWER
THERE'S POWER IN WHO YOU ARE
THERE'S POWER IN YOUR VOICE.
SO WHETHER IT'S THROUGH MUSIC,
PROTESTS, OR YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE,
USE YOUR POWER
USE YOUR VOICE
AND REFUSE TO BE SUPPRESSED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO BILLBOARD
I LOVE YOU ALL
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
B YCHL
BYE!
CONGRATULATIONS, LIZZO!
I LOVE LIZZO, Y'ALL.
THAT WAS SUCH A MOVING SPEECH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SUCH
A POWERHOUSE VOCALIST AND A
POWERHOUSE OF A WOMAN, I LOVE
YOU SO MUCH.
XFINITY CONNECTS PEOPLE TO THE
MOMENTS AND EXPERIENCES THEY
LOVE
NOW THEY'RE CONNECTING YOU WITH
BRANDY
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I
HEARD "THE BOY IS MINE."
I FELL IN LOVE WITH THAT SONG.
TWO DECADES AFTER THAT
RECORD-BREAKING SONG, SHE IS
STILL PRODUCING HITS, Y'ALL.
FROM THE XFINITY STAGE, HERE IS
BRANDY FEATURING TY DOLLA SIGN
♪
♪
♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO WOULD YOU
THINK ABOUT ME ♪
♪ I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING WRONG ♪
♪ FEELING CRAZY WANT TO BE WITH
YOU DEEP DOWN OH ♪
♪ CAN'T HELP IT BABY I'LL GIVE
YOU THIS BOTTOM LINE ♪
♪ WHOO WHOO WHOO I'M ON THE
BORDERLINE ♪
♪ IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD DON'T
YOU EVER HURT ME ♪
♪ I'LL CHANGE I'LL GO CRAZY ♪
♪ WE CAN'T QUITE ALIGN ♪
BRANDY!
GIVE IT UP, Y'ALL, FOR
KENTUCKY DOLLAR SIGN
THIS IS OUR NEW SINGLE "NO
TOMORROW."
♪ HOLD UP HOLD UP WAIT A
MINUTE ♪
♪ SOMEONE IN HERE GOING TO BE
HAVING MY BABIES ♪
♪ HARD TO LOVE THESE DAYS YOU
GOT QUESTIONS ♪
♪ WITH NO DOUBT YOU KNOW WHO TH
BEST IS IT'S THAT TYPE OF TIME ♪
♪ YOU DON'T KNOW IT YET I'LL
TELL YOU WHEN YOU'RE READY ♪
♪ YEAH I TOLD YOU YOU'RE SO
BEAUTIFUL ♪
♪ YEAH IOWA YEAH YEAH YEAH ♪
♪ BEAUTIFUL ♪
♪ I'M GOING TO BEAT IT UP IN
CASE THERE IS NO TOMORROW ♪
♪ LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW ♪
♪ OH YEAH IN CASE THERE'S NO
TOMORROW ♪
♪ I WON'T LET YOU GO LIKE
THERE'S NO TOMORROW ♪
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ADAM
BLACKSTONE AND THE BBEs.
♪ ONE OF THOSE DAYS YOU LOVED M
ONE OF THOSE DAYS YOU CRIED ♪
♪ ONE OF THOSE DAYS YOU'RE HAPP
BABE FEELING HIGH YEAH ♪
♪ TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE THINKING
YOU WERE TURNED AROUND ♪
♪ EVERYBODY KNOWS ALMOST ALL TH
TOWN ♪
♪ I CAN'T KEEP ON LOVING YOU ♪
♪ HAVING HESITATION NEVER REALL
GO ♪
♪ ALL THAT I CAN GIVE YOU WHAT
YOU WAITING FOR ♪
♪ BABY I'LL BE HERE MAYBE I'LL
SEE YOU AROUND ♪
♪ THAT'S A WAY TO GO ALMOST
DOESN'T COUNT ♪
♪ THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES ALMOST
DOESN'T COUNT ♪
♪ THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES ALMOST
DOESN'T COUNT ♪
WE'RE BACK AT THE BILLBOARD
MUSIC AWARDS AT THE DOLBY
THEATRE.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK
ABOUT A FRIEND WHO INSPIRES ME
ON THE DAILY
NOT ONLY A MUSICIAN, A
SONGWRITER, AS A HUMAN
JOHN LEGEND IS ONE OF MY
FAVORITE PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET,
AND IT'S EASY FOR US ALL TO FEEL
THAT WAY ABOUT THEM BECAUSE HE
AND CHRISSY JUST HAVE THIS WARM
WAY OF INVITING US INTO THEIR
WORLD.
THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS
MY HEART, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF OUR
HEARTS, GO OUT TO YOU BOTH IN
THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME
AND I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU
CONTINUE TO SHARE YOUR LIGHT AND
YOUR TALENT WITH ALL OF US FOR
THE VERY SPECIAL PERFORMANCE,
POSSIBLY MY FAVORITE OF THE
NIGHT.
THIS IS "NEVER BREAK" WITH JOHN
LEGEND
THIS IS FOR CHRISSY
♪
♪ OH YEAH WE GOT A GOOD THING
BABE ♪
♪ WHENEVER LIFE IS HARD WE'LL
NEVER LOSE OUR WAY ♪
♪ WE BOTH KNOW WHO WE ARE ♪
♪ WHO KNOWS ABOUT PERFORM WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE STARS ♪
♪ I JUST KNOW I'LL ALWAYS FOLLO
THE LIGHT IN YOUR HEART ♪
♪ I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT US AND
I'VE NEVER BEEN ♪
♪ WE KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER BREAK WE WILL
NEVER BREAK ♪
♪ BUILT ON A FOUNDATION STRONG
ENOUGH TO STAY ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER BREAK HOW THE
WATER RISES AND THE MOUNTAINS
SHAKE ♪
♪ OUR LOVE WILL REMAIN ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER NO NO NEVER WE
WILL NEVER NO NO NEVER ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER NO NEVER WE WIL
NEVER NO ♪
♪ THE WATER RISES THROW IT ALL
AT US THERE'S NOTHING WE CANNOT
TAKE ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER BREAK WE WILL
NEVER BREAK ♪
♪ BUILT ON A FOUNDATION STRONGE
THAN THE PAIN ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER BREAK HOW THE
WATER RISES ♪
♪ AND THE MOUNTAINS SHAKE OUR
LOVE WILL REMAIN ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER NO NO NEVER WE
WILL NEVER NO NO NEVER ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER NO NEVER WE WIL
NEVER NO OH ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER NO NEVER WE WIL
NOOOO ♪
♪
♪
THANK YOU
JOHN, THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL
YOU ARE LITERALLY ONE OF MY
FAVORITE SINGER/ENTERTAINERS
THAT HAS EVER EXISTED.
THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.
ALL MY LOVE TO YOU AND CHRISSY
NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL
MOMENT ON THE BILLBOARD MUSIC
AWARDS
LET'S HEAD TO ATLANTA AND
WELCOME MAYOR KEISHA LANCE
BOTTOMS.
THANK YOU, KELLY.
I'M THRILLED THAT THIS IMPORTANT
MOMENT OF BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
IS BEING HELD AT ATLANTA'S APEX
MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HISTORY.
NOW WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT THESE
ARE HARD TIMES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AMERICANS
ARE LIVING WITH THE IMPACT OF
COVID-19, ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, AND
THE CRUSHING PAIN OF SYSTEMIC
RACISM
IT IS IN THESE MOMENTS THAT WE
LOOK FOR LEADERS WHO WILL NOT
JUST TALK THE TALK, BUT WALK THE
WALK
WHO WILL ANSWER THE CALL
WHO WILL RISE UP AND FIGHT FOR
THE CHANGE WE NEED
AND IT IS IN LIGHT OF THIS
ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING YEAR
THAT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE ARE
HONORING JUST SUCH AN
INDIVIDUAL
ONE WHO WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS
THE INAUGURAL BILLBOARD CHANGE
MAKER.
IT IS THE FIRST WHAT WAS WILL BE
AN ANNUAL TRIBUTE IN THIS SHOW,
WHERE WE SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON
A PERSON OF COURAGE, A CHANGE
MAKER WHO NOT ONLY IS A FORCE IN
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, BUT WHO HAS
SHIFTED THE CULTURE BEYOND THE
STAGE.
OUR INAUGURAL RECIPIENT IS A
HIP-HOP ICON, AN ENTREPRENEUR,
AND ACTIVIST WHO IS A POWERFUL
VOICE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW KILLER
MIKE'S DEDICATION AND ADVOCACY
IN HIS ART HAVE CREATED
MEANINGFUL CHANGE.
SOME ARTISTS FIND A FREQUENCY
THAT REACHES FAR AND WIDE, WHERE
PURPOSE AND SERVICE TO THE
GREATER GOOD COME TOGETHER.
THERE'S A SENEGALESE PROVERB
THAT SAYS, THERE CAN BE NO PEACE
WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING.
KILLER MIKE IS ONE OF THOSE
ARTISTS.
I'VE HAD TO LEARN
SEGREGATIONAL HISTORY.
I'VE HAD TO LET MY OWN CURIOSITY
TAKE ME OUT OF THAT HISTORY AND
FIND MYSELF A FRIEND INSTEAD OF
CONFRONT.
WITH A CAREER SPANNING TWO
DECADES, HE'S ONE HALF OF
HIP-HOP DUO RUN THE JEWEL.
KILLER MIKE CONTINUES TO EMERGE
AS A POWERFUL VOICE THAT
RESONATES FAR BEYOND HIS
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ROOTS.
WHAT'S THE ONE THING I WANT
YOU TO KNOW?
HE IS A CHAMPION FOR ECONOMIC
INDEPENDENCE, AS AN INVESTOR FOR
BLACK FINANCE NEO BANK
GREENWOOD, ENTREPRENEUR, AND
ADVOCATE FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY.
HIS PERSPECTIVE IS FIERCELY
PROTECTIVE OF HIS COMMUNITY.
I'M DUTY BOUND TO BE HERE TO
SAY, IT IS YOUR DUTY TO PLOT,
PLAN, STRATEGIZE, ORGANIZE, AND
MOBILIZE
AS FOR HIS CONTINUED PURSUIT
OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, HE IS A
DEFENDER OF VOTING RIGHTS, A
SOUND SEEKER FOR CHANGE, AND A
SUPPORTER FOR EDUCATION REFORM.
I WANT US TO UNDERSTAND WE
HAVE MORE COMMONALITIES THAN
DIFFERENCES.
A DEDICATED FATHER AND
HUSBAND WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF
HIS WIFE SHAYNA, KILLER MIKE'S
ACTIONS SPEAK AS LOUD AS HIS
WORDS.
ALL OF US DO A LITTLE, AIN'T
NOBODY GOT TO DO A LOT.
HE AS LEADER, A CLEAR VOICE
WILLING TO SPREAD AN HONEST
MESSAGE, ONE THAT SPEAKS FOR
MAKING TRUE CHANGE FOR THE POWER
OF THE PEOPLE.
AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME THE
FIRST-EVER BILLBOARD CHANGE
MAKER, ATLANTA'S OWN KILLER
MIKE
THANK YOU, MAYOR BOTTOMS.
THANK BILLBOARD.
THE CHANGE MAKER'S AWARD MEANS A
LOT TO ME.
THE INAUGURAL WINNER AS BIG
RESPONSIBILITY
AS I SAID ON THE NEW ALBUM,
"RTJ4," I HAVE A LYRIC ABOUT MY
WIFE
FRIENDS TELL HER HE COULD BE
ANOTHER MALCOLM, COULD BE
ANOTHER MARTIN
SHE TELLS THEM, I NEED A HUSBAND
WHO'S NOT A MARTYR
I WOULD NOT BE HERE IF NOT FOR
YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND YOUR
CONSTANCE BY MY SIDE
I'D PROBABLY BE HANGING OUT AT
THE BLUE FLAME BY MYSELF
INSTEAD.
I LOVE YOU VERY APPRMUCH AND I
APPRECIATE YOU
THIS IS OUR AWARD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
KIDS OUT THERE THAT SING AND
DANCE WHAT YOU DO IS WORTHY.
YOU ARE ARTISTS, AND YOUR GOAL
SHOULD BE TO EXPRESS THE VERY
REALITY AROUND YOU IN THE VERY
MOST BEAUTIFUL OR UGLY WAYS AS
YOU SEE FIT.
KIDS WHO RUN AND DANCE AND SING
AND JUMP AND ALL THAT, ALL THE
THINGS THEY TELL YOU DON'T
MATTER, YOU MATTER MORE THAN YOU
KNOW
THE KIDS PLOTTING, PLANNING,
STRATEGIZING, ON THE GROUND
MOBILIZING, YOU ARE NEEDED MORE
THAN EVER.
I'M A CULMINATION OF ALL THESE
THINGS
I LIKE TO HONOR MY AN SISTER
SOARS, GRANDMOTHER, MOTHER,
ALICE JOHNSON WHO TAUGHT ME TO
ORANGE, ALONG WITH REVEREND
JAMES, THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WHO HAVE HELPED ME ALONG THE
WAY.
I'M A PRODUCT OF ATLANTA
I APPRECIATE ATLANTA FOR MAKING,
I APPRECIATE THEM FOR CREATING
ME AND POURING INTO ME
I APPRECIATE ALL MY TEACHERS AT
FREDERICK DOUGLASS SOOL HIGH
SCHOOL
I ENCOURAGE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
PUSHED ME TO BE WHO I AM TODAY
THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS, KILLER MIKE,
ON A WELL-DESERVED HONOR
IN ADDITION TO ALL HIS OTHER
ENDEAVORS, KILLER MIKE HAS
STARTED GREENWOOD, A DIGITAL
BANKING PLATFORM THAT SUPPORTS
BLACK-OWNED BANKS AND BUSINESSES
FOR CONSUMERS.
THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS AND
NBC ARE DEPOSITING $1 MILLION,
WHAT
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
$1 MILLION TO HELP SUPPORT THIS
GREAT INITIATIVE
WE LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
KILLER MIKE, KEEP GOING.
COMING UP NEXT, LATIN
SUPERSTAR BAD BUNNY.
THEN LATER, DOJA CAT, DEMI
LOVATO, AND THIS YEAR'S
BILLBOARD THROWBACK, EN VOGUE
BILLBOARD THROWBACK, EN VOGUE
PERFORMS "FREE YOUR MIND."
WELCOME BACK TO THE
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
I HOPE Y'ALL ARE HAVING AS MUCH
FUN WATCHING AS I AM HOSTING
IF YOU'RE NOT, KNONEENER, I'M
HAVING AN AWESOME TIME
NOW FROM "ELLEN'S GAME OF
GAMES," PLEASE WELCOME TWITCH!
♪
LATIN MUSIC KEEPS GETTING
BIGGER AND BIGGER, EXPLODING ON
THE CHARTS, PROVING MUSIC IS A
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, CROSSING ALL
BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
THAT'S WHY THIS SHOW CELEBRATES
THE VERY BEST IN ALL GENRES AND
ALL THE GREAT ARTISTS WHEREVER
THEY ARE FROM.
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
LATIN ARTIST
BAD BUNNY ♪
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JAY BALDIN.
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♪ OZILLA.
♪
ROMEO SANTOS.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
BAD BUNNY
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WHOA, WHOA.
WHAT A TIME TO BE LATINO
WE GOT THE POWER, SO PROUD
THANK YOU TO THE BILLBOARDS.
THANK YOU TO ALL MY FANS AROUND
THE WORLD.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
COMING UP NEXT, DOJA CAT
♪
WELCOME BACK TO THE 2020
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
AND NOW, TO PRESENT THE NEXT
AWARD, FROM "A LITTLE LATE WITH
LILLY SINGH," HERE'S LILLY
SINGH!
HEY, WHAT'S UP, IMAGINARY
AUDIENCE
THEY'RE THE ARTISTS WE LISTEN TO
IN OUR CARS.
AT HOME, AT WORK, ON ZOOM CALLS
WHEN WE PUT OURSELVES ON MUTE,
ANYWHERE, ANYTIME WE WANT TO
HEAR THE MUSIC OF SOME OF THE
BEST OF THE PAST YEARS
THEY ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
MALE ARTIST.
DaBABY.
♪
KHALID.
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LIL NAS X
♪
POST MALONE
♪
ED SHEERAN.
♪
AND THE WINNER IS -
POST MALONE
POST MALONE AND "SUNFLOWER"
HAS OVER 1 MILLION LIKES ON
TIKTOK
♪
GREETINGS
WOW.
THIS IS -- THIS IS VERY STRANGE
HERE
THANK YOU, LILLY, FOR PRESENTING
ME, YOU'RE SO SWEET.
YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S -- IT'S A
WEIRD -- IT'S A WEIRD TIME FOR
EVERYBODY.
AND I JUST FOCUS -- I WANT TO
FOCUS ON SPREADING LOVE AND
JUST -- JUST DOING EVERYBODY'S
BEST
BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S WEIRD, AND
IT'S SO BIZARRE TO SEE NOBODY IN
THE AUDIENCE HERE.
BUT YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK
EVERYBODY AT HOME.
I WANT TO THANK ALL MY FANS.
I WANT TOTHANK MY BEAUTIFUL
MOTHER
I WANT TO THANK MY VERY HANDSOME
FATHER
I WANT TO THANK MY VERY
BEAUTIFUL STEPMOM, JODI.
I WANT TO THANK MY WHOLE FAMILY
AND EVERYBODY.
I'M NOT A MAN OF MANY WORDS, AS
YOU KNOW
LAST TIME, I THINK, I ACCEPTED
AN AWARD, I SAID I LOVE GRAPES
AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST
ACCENTUATE THAT STATEMENT.
BECAUSE I STILL DO, AND I VERY
MUCH DO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
STAY STRONG, AND JUST SPREAD
LOVE EVERYWHERE YOU GO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WOW, WHAT A BIG WIN FOR POST
MALONE, I LOVE HIM, Y'ALL, FOR
TOP MALE ARTISTS, HE'S ONE OF MY
FAVORITES.
OUR NEXT PERFORMER'S HIT SONG
"JUICY" IS UP FOR TOP R&B SONG,
AND DOJA CAT'S "SAY SO" HAS BEEN
USED IN MORE THAN 20 MILLION
VIDEOS ON TIKTOK
HERE WITH HER VERY FIRST
APPEARANCE ON THE BILLBOARD
MUSIC AWARDS IS DOJA CAT
I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE
THIS BEFORE.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH A
SPECIAL NIGHT AND IT'S JUST AN
AMAZING MOMENT
I FEEL I CAN REALLY TALK TO YOU,
AT ALL
FORGET WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, AND
FORGET WHAT YOU'VE HEARD
BECAUSE TONIGHT I'M GOING TO
KEEP IT REAL
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DOJA
CAT.
♪ IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE
YOU FELL IN LOVE ♪
♪ IF YOU COULD HAVE WAITED AND
WE CAN DANCE ♪
♪ IF YOU WANT IT I'LL BE THERE ♪
♪
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♪ WHY DON'T YOU SAY SO ♪
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♪ DO THAT DO THAT BABY ALL NIGH
LONG ♪
♪ I'MA TURN OFF MY PHONE ♪
♪ SEND ME OUT RUNNING WITH THE
BEST ♪
♪ FANS IN THE EAST FANS IN THE
WEST ♪
♪
♪
♪ DON'T BE SCARED I AIN'T AFRAI
JUST LIKE THAT COME MY WAY ♪
♪ I LIKE IT I LIKE IT I LIKE IT
I LIKE IT ♪
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♪ I LIKE IT I LIKE IT THAT THAT
THAT THAT THAT ♪
♪ HEY HO HEY HO HEY HO HEY HO ♪
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DOJA CAT, MAN
THAT WAS A BANGLE.
LET'S WATCH THAT BACK.
SURE.
OH, OKAY.
OH, YEAH!
OKAY.
OH, THAT'S COLD, OKAY.
CRAZY
GOING CRAZY
WHAT IS THAT?
SHE GOT SOME MOVES
HEY, HEY, HEY, YO
I LIKE THAT.
LOOK AT THE BARBIE DOLL SHE
GOT ON SHE COOL.
MAN, WE GOT
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WE'RE BACK LIVE AT THE 2020
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
I DON'T THINK ANYONE COULD EVER
IMAGINE ME SPEECHLESS.
JUST HOW I CAME OUT, Y'ALL
BUT I AM PRETTY CLOSE TO A LOSS
FOR WORDS RIGHT NOW WHEN I TELL
YOU WHO OUR NEXT PRESENTER IS.
LET ME JUST LIST SOME OF THE
AWARDS SHE HAS ON HER MA
MANTELPIECE ON HOME.
AN OSCAR, A COUPLE OF GOLDEN
GLOBES, THE KENNEDY CENTER
HONOR, A BILLBOARD ICON AWARD.
HERE IS AN ICON AND A TRY LUE
LEGEND AND ONE OF MY FAVORITES,
CHER
♪
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
ESPECIALLY YOU, TRISHA YEARWOOD.
IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE
TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE BILLBOARD
ICON AWARD TO A TRUE MUSIC
LEGEND AND MY FRIEND, GARTH
BROOKS
THEICON AWARD WAS CREATED A
DECADE AGO TO HONOR THOSE
OUTSTANDING ARTISTS WHO HAVE
ACHIEVED EXCELLENCE IN THE
RECORDING STUDIO AND ON THE
CONCERT STAGE.
THEIR PASSION FOR MUSIC HAS MADE
THEM LEGENDS IN THEIR OWN TIME
AND THAT PERFECTLY DESCRIBES
GARTH.
GARTH BROOKS HAS HAD AT LEAST
ONE TOP TEN HIT SINGLE ON A
BILLBOARD CHART IN FIVE STRAIGHT
DECADES.
KNOWING GUARD, HE'S SET HIS
SIGHTS ON A SIXTH.
AND KNOWING TRISH, SHE'S GENTLY,
LOVINGLY PUSHING HIM TO HIS
SEVENTH.
WHEN I RECEIVED MY AWARD IN
2017, IT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST
HONORS OF MY LIFE AND A MEMORY
I'LL NEVER FORGET.
TO KNOW THAT I WAS RECEIVING THE
SAME HONOR AS PRINCE AND STEVIE
WONDER JUST ADDED TO THE THRILL
OF IT ALL.
AND I KNOW GARTH FEELS THE SAME
WAY.
NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
AMAZING CAREER OF GARTH BROOKS
♪
SINCE HIS DEBUT ALBUM, IT
SEEMS GARTH BROOKS HAS STOOD AT
THE VERY TOP OF THE MUSIC WORLD,
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS, TOPPING
THE CHARTS, AND REDEFINING THE
VERY NATURE OF COUNTRY MUSIC,
BOTH IN THE STUDIO AND ON STAGE.
ALONG THE WAY, BROOKS TOOK
COUNTRY MUSIC FROM THE HEARTLAND
AND BROUGHT IT TO ALL AMERICA
AND THEN THE WORLD WITH ALBUMS
AND SINGLES THAT DOMINATED THE
CHARTS
19 NUMBER ONE HITS
17 NUMBER ONE ALBUMS
AND NINE NUMBER ONES ON THE
BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM CHART.
HE SOLD MORE ALBUMS THAN ANY
SOLO ARTIST IN THE U.S. AND
BROKE THE RECORD HELD BY THE
BEATLES WHEN HE BECAME THE FIRST
ARTIST IN MUSIC HISTORY WITH
SEVEN ALBUMS SELLING 10 MILLION
COPIES EACH TO REACH DIAMOND
AWARD STATUS
BUT HE DIDN'T STOP THERE
BROOKS JUST RECEIVED HIS NINTH
DIAMOND AWARD EARLIER THIS YEAR,
GIVING US SONGS THAT SPEAK TO
HEARTACHE, HOPE, LOSS, AND LOVE.
ONES THAT SPEAK TO OUR YEARNING
TO BE FREE
AND REMINDING US WE ALL HAVE
FRIENDS IN ALL TYPES OF PLACES
WITH LIVE PERFORMANCES THAT
MESMERIZE CROWDS ACROSS THE
GLOBE, THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN
A COUNTRY STAR ON THE CONCERT
STAGE LIKE GARTH
AND HE BRINGS THE HIGHEST ENERGY
AND THE LATEST PRODUCTION TO
EVERY PERFORMANCE.
FROM DIVE BARS TO STADIUMS, FROM
TELEVISION TO THE INTERNET, HE
HAS GONE HIGHER AND HIGHER INTO
THE STRATOSPHERE WHILE NEVER
FORGETTING THE PEOPLE HE'S MET
ALONG THE JOURNEY, AND THE ROOTS
AND THE PLACES WHERE HE WAS
BORN
GARTH BROOKS, AMERICAN ARTIST,
GLOBAL SUPERSTAR, 2020 BILLBOARD
MUSIC ICON
♪
♪
HOW CRAZY THE WORLD IS,
Y'ALL.
I'M THE LUCKIEST MAN IN THE
WORLD.
THANK YOU, GUYS.
GOD BLESS YOU, EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF YOU
GOOD NIGHT
THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH!
FOR EVERYTHING
I LOVE YOU
NOW, WITH SOME AWARD SHOWS,
THIS IS THE MOMENT WHEN THE
HONOREE COMES ON STAGE, SAYS A
FEW WORDS, AND SITS DOWN
BUT IF GARTH THINKS HE WAS GOING
TO GET AWAY WITHOUT SINGING
TONIGHT, HE'S GOT ANOTHER THINK
COMING
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE IS
THE BILLBOARDS ICON OF 2020,
GARTH BROOKS
♪
♪
♪ 3:30 IN THE MORNING NOT A SOU
IN SIGHT ♪
♪ LOOKING LIKE A GHOST TOWN ON
MOONLESS SUMMER NIGHT NOTE
♪ AS THE STORM BLOWS UP AND THE
THUNDER ROLLS ♪
♪
♪
♪ PUT HER ON THE LINE I GOT TO
TALK TO MY GIRL ONE MORE TIME ♪
♪
♪
♪ TILL THE RIVER RUNS DRY ♪
♪ LIKE A BIRD ABOVE THE WIND
THESE WATERS ARE MY SKY ♪
♪ TILL THE RIVER RUNS DRY ♪
♪ I WILL SAIL MY VESSEL ♪
COME ON!
YEAH
♪ STANDING UPSIDE THE FIRE
STANDING UPSIDE THE FIRE ♪
♪ LIFE IS NOT TRYING IT'S MEREL
SURVIVING IF YOU'RE STANDING
OUTSIDE THE FIRE ♪
♪ SHE GOT A NEED TO FEEL THE
THUNDER YEAH ♪
♪ CHASE THE LIGHTNING FROM THE
SKY ♪
♪ WATCH THE STORM WITH ALL ITS
WONDER ♪
♪ SHE HAD THE RIGHT TO SEE THE
PASSION LIKE A COMET BURNING
BRIGHT ♪
♪ WILL SHE GET ALONG IN THE WIN
TURNING BACK ANOTHER NIGHT ♪
♪ WE'RE GONNA SPEND A WEEKEND I
THE DEEP END ♪
♪ THE WATER'S FINE JUST COME ON
IN ♪
♪ IN THE DEEP END OF THE DIVE
BAR ♪
♪
♪
COME ON!
♪ I GOT FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES
WHISKEY ROUNDS AND BEER
CHASERS ♪
I WANT TO HEAR YOU SING IT
♪
COME ON!
♪
YEAH
YEAH
♪
♪ I'VE GOT FRIENDS ♪
♪
♪
♪ AND WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW THE WA
IT ALL ENDS THE WAY IT ALL
GOES ♪
♪ OUR LIVES ARE BETTER LEFT TO
CHANCE ♪
♪ LOVE DANCE ♪
♪
TO MISS CHER
GETTING THE AWARD YOU GOT MAKES
ME FEEL COOL
AND COOL IS NEVER A WORD I WOULD
USE TO DESCRIBE ME
IF I HAD TO THANK ONE PERSON,
ONE ENTITY, IT WOULD BE GOD
ALLMIGHTY, FOR THROUGH HIM ALL
THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
DOWN ON THIS PLANET, BOB DOYLE
THE GROUP FROM NASHVILLE
L.A.
THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, TRISHA
YEARWOOD, MY THREE GIRLS
I WILL LOVE YOU FOR ALL MY TIME
ON THIS PLANET
COUNTRY RADIO, YOU GAVE ME THIS.
TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO FILL
THOSE STANDS, THANK YOU!
THANK YOU FOR MY LIFE!
♪
♪
♪
WHOO!
HERE'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT
THAT, PEOPLE
YEAH
THAT JUST HAPPENED
I LOVE GARTH BROOKS!
AND TRICIA
WHOO
JUST AHEAD, DEMI LOVATO AND
BTS.
AND 30 YEARS AFTER THEY BECAME
THE ONLY FEMALE GROUP TO SEND
ITS FIRST THREE SINGLES TO
NUMBER ONE ON THE HOT R&B
HIP-HOP SONG CHART, EN VOGUE
RETURNS TO THE STAGE
YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT
YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT
THEN LATER, WE FIND OUT IF
YOU'RE BACK AT THE BILLBOARD
MUSIC AWARDS
AND NOW FROM HBO'S "INSECURE,"
PLEASE WELCOME JAY ALEX!
IT CAN BE HARD TO DEFINE R&B.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST MUSIC,
IT'S A GROOVE.
IT'S A VIBE.
AND OVER TIME, IT HAS BEEN
INFUSED WITH DIFFERENT SOUNDS AS
ARTISTS COME IN WITH THEIR OWN
UNIQUE STYLES, PUSHING IT TO NEW
FRONTIERS.
WHAT REMAINS THE SAME IS HOW
THIS MUSIC MAKES US FEEL
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
R&B ARTIST
CHRIS BROWN
♪
KHALID.
♪
LIZZO
♪
SUMMER WALKER
♪
THE WEEKND.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
WHERE'S KELLY WITH THAT BUTTON
AT
KHALID
KHALID'S MOST POPULAR TRACK
ON TIKTOK WITH OVER 600,000.
FIRST OFF, THANK YOU, JAY,
MAN.
THIS IS AMAZING.
ALSO, Y'ALL, I WANT TO THANK
BILLBOARD SO MUCH FOR HONORING
ME WITH THIS AWARD
THIS MEANS THE MOST TO ME, THIS
MEANS A LOT TO ME.
I REALLY WANT TO GIVE IT OUT TO
MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY MOM,
FOR ALL THE SUPPORT SHE'S GIVEN
ME, FROM A CHILD TO NOW.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
I WANT TO REALLY GIVE A BIG
SHOUT-OUT TO MY FANS
THANK YOU, GUYS, SO MUCH FOR
ROCKING WITH ME.
I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH AND I
MISS YOU
I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM.
I WANT TO THANK, YEAH, ONCE
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK BILLBOARD
SO MUCH FOR THIS
AND BEFORE I GO, I WANT TO LET
YOU GUYS KNOW THAT YOUR VOICE
MATTERS.
PLEASE USE YOUR VOICE.
YOUR VOICE MATTERS NOW MORE THAN
EVER
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES.
BE SAFE.
LOVE YOU GUYS, AND PEACE OUT
I LOVE YOU, KHALID!
YES!
I'M SO HAPPY FOR THAT WIN.
OH MY GOSH, IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN
AMAZING NIGHT, Y'ALL
HOW AWESOME, WITH BRANDY AND
DOJA CAT, SHE KILLED IT, I WAS
LIKE, WHAT
AND SEEING GARTH RECEIVE THE
ICON AWARD AND PERFORM, I THINK
WE ALL KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
I BOW TO THE ICON.
I'M SO LUCKY BEING HERE TONIGHT,
I'M SO HAPPY
EVERY YEAR WE HONOR AN ARTIST
THAT'S HAVING A BREAKOUT YEAR.
ED SHEERAN, KACEY MUSGRAVES HAVE
TAKEN THE STAGE AND BEEN
SHOWCASED AS THE BILLBOARD MUSIC
AWARD BREAKOUT ARTIST.
THIS YEAR SAINT JOHN UNLESS THE
SPOTLIGHT.
HIS SONG "ROSES" IS A GLOBAL
SMASH THAT HAS RULED THE EDM
CHART FOR OVER 20 WEEKS.
HERE IS SAINT JOHN
♪
♪
♪ ROSES I WALKED IN THE CORNER
WITH THE BODY SCREAMING ♪
♪ I ALREADY KNOW ALREADY KNOW
ROSES ALL I NEED IS ROSES ♪
♪ ALL I NEED IS ♪
♪ TURN IT UP WHEN I TURN IT ON ♪
♪ CAN'T HATE IT WHEN I TURN IT
ON ♪
♪ TOO FAST NEVER ASK IF LIFE
DON'T LAST BEEN THROUGH IT ALL ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU WON'T TELL NOBODY
NOTHING I KNOW YOU WON'T TELL
NOBODY NO ♪
♪ I MIGHT TELL YOUR GIRL YOU
CUTE BUT BALLING GO ♪
♪ STANDING ON THE TABLE ROSE YO
KNOW WHO THE GOD IS TURN UP
BABY ♪
♪ YOU KNOW HOW I GET LIT WHEN I
TURN IT ON ♪
♪ TOO FAST NEVER ASK THE LIFE
DON'T LAST BEEN THROUGH IT ALL ♪
♪ ROSES ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU CAN'T TELL NOBODY
NO ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU WON'T TELL NOBODY
NO ♪
♪
♪
♪ YOU ALREADY KNOW YOU ALREADY
KNOW ♪
♪ I WON'T BE IN THE CORNER ♪
♪ I ALREADY KNOW ALREADY KNOW ♪
♪ ALL I NEED ONE TWO THREE ♪
♪
♪
♪ THAT'S WHO YOU ARE I WATCH YO
IN THE CORNER WITH THE BODY ON
MY FINGER ♪
♪
SHE MIGHT GET IT POPPING I MIGHT
WIFE HER FOR THE WINTER ♪
♪ I ALREADY KNOW ALREADY KNOW
ROSES ♪
♪ ALL I NEED IS ROSES ♪
♪ YOU AND YOUR FRIEND AND STUFF
I ALREADY KNOW JUST COME FROM
THE JUNGLE BACK TO THE
BUNGALOW ♪
♪
♪
♪ TWO CHAMPAGNES FOR A FUN TIME
ROSES ♪
♪ I WALK IN THE CORNER WITH THE
MONEY ON MY FINGER ♪
♪ SHE MIGHT GET IT POPPING I
MIGHT WIFE HER FOR THE WINTER ♪
♪ I ALREADY KNOW ALREADY KNOW ♪
♪ TURN IT ON I TURN IT ON YOU
KNOW HOW I GET LIT WHEN I TURN
IT ON ♪
♪ TOO FAST NEVER ASK IF THE LIF
DON'T LAST ♪
XFINITY CUSTOMERS CATCH A
BONUS BILL BOARDS MUSIC AWARDS
PERFORMANCE.
SAY "SAINT JOHN" INTO YOUR
XFINITY VOICE REMOTE
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT!
TONIGHT IS A CELEBRATION OF THE
MUSIC OF TODAY THAT WE LOVE, BUT
IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REMEMBER THOSE FROM OUR
COMMUNITY WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH
US
SADLY WE LOST SO MANY OF OUR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY OVER THE PAST
YEAR
JUICE WRLD, KENNY ROGERS, HELEN
REDDY, POP SMOKE, MAC DAVIS, AND
LITTLE RICHARD, TO NAME BUT A
FEW.
AND JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, A TRUE
GIANT WAS TAKEN FROM US.
EDDIE VAN HALEN.
HE WAS A LEGENDARY GUITARIST, AN
AMAZING MUSICIAN, AND AN
INCREDIBLE SONGWRITER.
FIVE YEARS AGO, HE BROUGHT HIS
BAND TO THE BILLBOARD MUSIC
AWARDS STAGE IN LAS VEGAS FOR
ONE OF THEIR RARE LIVE TV
PERFORMANCES
AND WHAT MADE THAT MOMENT EVEN
MORE SPECIAL IS THAT HE WAS
JOINED BY HIS SON, WOLFGANG.
THAT MOMENT IS ONE THAT ALL WHO
THAT MOMENT IS ONE THAT ALL WHO
SAW IT WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER.
♪
♪
♪
♪ YEAH YEAH UH-HUH ♪
♪ JUMP BACK WHAT'S THAT SOUND ♪
♪ DON'T YOU KNOW SHE'S COMING
HARD FOR ME ♪
♪ PANAMA PANAMA ♪
♪ PANAMA PANAMA ♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
WE ARE BACK AT THE BILLBOARD
MUSIC AWARDS
AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME TIKTOK
CREATOR, ADDISON RAY
OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR,
MY LIFE HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED
BECAUSE OF A SHORT-FORM VIDEO
APP CALLED TIKTOK.
THE PLATFORM ALLOWS USERS TO
EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN ALL
DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS,
INCLUDING VIRAL DANSIE
CONSEQUENCES FEATURING THE
HOTTEST NEW TRACKS
WHETHER IT'S DOJA CAT'S "SAY
SO," CARDI B AND MEGAN THEE
STALLION'S "WAP," OR FLEETWOOD
MAC'S "DREAMS," THE CHANCE OF
SUCCESS ARE ENDLESS ON TIKTOK.
IT CAN TRANSFER SOMEONE FROM
LOUISIANA TO THE BILLBOARD MUSIC
STAGE TONIGHT.
HERE'S A LOOK AT HIGHLIGHTS FROM
THE LAST YEAR.
♪
♪
♪ I'M A SAVAGE ♪
♪
♪ I'M A PRETTY BOY ♪
♪ YOU WANT TO SAY SO ♪
THIS IS THE FIRST AWARD OF
THE NIGHT CHOSEN BY YOU, THE
FANS
YOU MAKE SONGS FS TREND ON TIKTO
YOU MAKE SONGS HIT THE BILLBOARD
CHARTS
AND YOU VOTED LIKE CRAZY ON
TIKTOK TO SEE YOUR FAVORITE
ARTIST WIN THIS AWARD.
THESE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR THE
CHART ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
MARIAH CAREY.
♪
LUKE COMBS.
♪
LIL NAS X
♪
HARRY STYLES.
♪
TAYLOR SWIFT.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD CHART
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD GOES TO --
HARRY STYLES!
HARRY STYLES IS UNABLE TO BE
HERE TONIGHT, SO WE ACCEPT THIS
AWARD ON HIS BEHALF.
PLEASE WELCOME TIKTOK
CREATOR SPENCER X.
HELLO, HELLO.
THE TOP SOCIAL ARTIST AWARD
SPOTLIGHTS THE MOST ACTIVE MUSIC
ARTIST ON SOCIAL MEDIA
IT'S VERY COOL THAT THE FANS GOT
TO VOTE FOR THE WINNER ON
TIKTOK
NOW I KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT
BEING ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
AND I ALSO KNOW A THING OR TWO
ABOUT MUSIC.
CHECK THIS OUT
♪
♪
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES
BTS
♪
BILLIE EILISH
♪
XO.
♪
GOT 7
♪
ARIANA GRANDE
♪
OH -- AND THE TOP SOCIAL
ARTIST AWARD GOES TO -
BTS
LET'S GO TO SOUTH KOREA!
TAKE IT AWAY, GUYS
WHOO!
THANK YOU, ARMY, FOR GIVING
US THIS AWARD.
FOUR YEARS IN A ROW, WHOO
WE THINK THIS AWARD IS LIVING
PROOF THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU
ARE, ARMY, BTS, ACTIVE AS
ALWAYS
HM
YEAH.
IT'S A CELEBRATION OF OUR
TREASURED CONNECTION
UH-HUH!
BIG THANKS TO YOU, AGAIN,
ARMY
YEAH, WHOO!
NOT ONLY DID BTS WIN, WE GET
TO SEE THEM PERFORM IN A FEW
MINUTES.
BUT NEXT, AN ARTIST WHO IS A
POWERHOUSE VOCALIST.
HER SONGS ARE FILLED WITH
EMPOWERMENT AND CONFIDENCE
HERE WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
HER BRAND-NEW SONG, PLEASE
WELCOME DEMI LOVATO!
♪
♪ WERE YOU EVER TOLD WHEN YOU
WERE YOUNG IF YOU DO THINGS
SELFISHLY THEY'RE ABOUT TO COME
UNDONE ♪
♪ I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE AFFECTED
AND I'M A LUCKY ONE ♪
♪ BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT
HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH HAVEN'T
THEY SUFFERED ENOUGH ♪
♪ PRAYING FOR RAIN COMMANDER IN
CHIEF HONESTLY ♪
♪ IF I DID THE THINGS YOU DO I
COULDN'T SLEEP ♪
♪ SERIOUSLY DO YOU EVEN KNOW TH
TRUTH ♪
♪ WE'RE IN A STATE OF CRISIS
PEOPLE ARE DYING ♪
♪ WHILE YOU LINE YOUR POCKETS
DEEP ♪
♪ COMMANDER IN CHIEF HOW DOES I
FEEL TO STILL BE ABLE TO
BREATHE ♪
♪ WE WERE TAUGHT WHEN WE WERE
YOUNG IF WE FIGHT FOR WHAT'S
RIGHT THERE WON'T BE JUSTICE FOR
JUST SOME ♪
♪ WON'T GIVE UP STAND OUR GROUN
WE'LL BE IN THE STREETS WHILE
YOU'RE BUNKERING DOWN ♪
♪ LOUD AND PROUD BEST BELIEVE
WE'LL STILL TAKE A KNEE WHILE
YOU'RE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ♪
♪ HONESTLY IF I DID THE THINGS
YOU DO I COULDN'T SLEEP ♪
♪ SERIOUSLY DO YOU EVEN KNOW TH
TRUTH ♪
♪ WE'RE IN A STATE OF CRISIS
PEOPLE ARE DYING ♪
♪ WHILE YOU LINE YOUR POCKETS
DEEP ♪
♪ COMMANDER IN CHIEF HOW DOES I
FEEL TO BE ABLE TO BREATHE ♪
♪
♪ O O ABLE TO BREATHE ♪
♪ WON'T GIVE UP STAND OUR
GROUND ♪
♪ WE'LL BE IN THE STREETS WHILE
YOU'RE BUNKERING DOWN ♪
♪ WON'T GIVE UP STAND OUR
GROUND ♪
♪ WE'LL BE IN THE STREETS WHILE
YOU'RE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ♪
♪ HONESTLY IF I DID THE THINGS
YOU DO I COULDN'T SLEEP ♪
♪ SERIOUSLY DO YOU EVEN KNOW TH
TRUTH ♪
♪ WE'RE IN A STATE OF CRISIS
PEOPLE ARE DYING ♪
♪ WHILE YOU LINE YOUR POCKETS
DEEP COMMANDER IN CHIEF ♪
♪ HOW DOES IT FEEL TO STILL BE
ABLE TO BREATHE ♪
♪ ABLE TO BREATHE ♪
COMING UP NEXT, K-POP SUPER
GROUP "B" TS COMES TO US ALL THE
WAY FROM SOUTH KOREA
THE AWARD FOR TOP ARTIST, AND A
BILLBOARD THROWBACK PERFORMANCE
BY EN VOGUE YOU WON'T WANT
WE'RE BACK WITH THE 2020
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
LAST TIME I PRESENTED OUR NEXT
PERFORMERS, THEY WERE GITH US ON
STAGE IN LAS VEGAS, AND THEIR
FANS SCREAMING COULD LITERALLY
BE HEARD ALL THE WAY BACK IN
KOREA.
TONIGHT THEY'RE ACTUALLY WITH US
FROM KOREA
AS MUCH AS I'D LOVE TO SEE THEM
20 FEET AWAY FROM ME, MY EARS
ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THEIR
FANS THE LAST TIME, BECAUSE THEY
HAVE AN AMAZING FAN BASE
WITH "DYNAMITE," THEIR FIRST
NUMBER ONE HIT ON THE BILLBOARD
HOT 100, HERE'S BTS!
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪ LIGHT IT UP LIKE DYNAMITE
HEY ♪
♪ BRING A FRIEND JOIN THE CROWD
WHOEVER WANNA COME ALONG ♪
♪ SO WE DANCE TO THE BREAK OF
DAWN ♪
♪ LADIES AND GENTLEMEN YOU
SHOULD KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE
BALL ♪
♪ LIFE IS SWEET AS HONEY YEAH
THIS BEAT CHA-CHING LIKE MONEY ♪
♪ I'M GOOD TO GO I'M DIAMOND YO
KNOW I GLOW ♪
♪ I'M IN THE STARS TONIGHT WATC
ME BRING THE FIRE AND SET THE
NIGHT ALIGHT ♪
♪ SHINING THROUGH THE CITY WITH
A LITTLE FUNK AND SOUL LIGHT IT
UP LIKE DYNAMITE ♪
♪ NA NA NA NA NA NA LIKE
DYNAMITE ♪
♪ NA NA NA NA NA NA LIKE
DYNAMITE ♪
♪ SHINING THROUGH THE CITY WITH
A LITTLE FUNK AND SOUL LIGHT IT
UP LIKE DYNAMITE ♪
♪ NA NA NA YEAH NA NA NA NA NA
NA YEAH LIGHT IT UP LIKE
DYNAMITE ♪
♪ NA NA NA NA NA NA YEAH NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA YEAH LIGHT
IT UP LIKE DYNAMITE ♪
♪ SHINING THROUGH THE CITY WITH
A LITTLE FUNK AND SOUL LIGHT IT
UP LIKE DYNAMITE ♪
♪ SO WATCH ME BRING THE FIRE AN
SET THE NIGHT ALIGHT ♪
♪ SHINING THROUGH THE CITY WITH
A LITTLE FUNK AND SOUL LIGHT IT
UP LIKE DYNAMITE WHOA ♪
♪ NA NA NA NA NA NA LIKE
DYNAMITE ♪
♪ NA NA NA NA NA NA LIKE
DYNAMITE ♪
♪ SHINING THROUGH THE CITY WITH
A LITTLE FUNK AND SOUL LIGHT IT
A LITTLE FUNK AND SOUL LIGHT IT
UP LIKE DYNAMITE ♪
BEVERLY HILLS" ON BRAVO, HERE IS
GARCELLE BEVE.
TODAY'S CHRISTIAN SONGS
ENCOMPASS VIRTUALLY EVERY TYPE
OF MUSIC
POP, RAP, HIP-HOP, GOSPEL,
CONTEMPORARY, HARD ROCK.
REGARDLESS, ITS MUSICAL ROOTS,
THE TRUE POWER OF CHRISTIAN
MUSIC IS THE WAY IT CONNECTS
LISTENERS TO THE POWER AND
IMPORTANCE OF FAITH.
HERE ARE THE NOMINATED -- HERE
ARE THE NOMINEES FOR THE TOP
CHRISTIAN ARTIST
LAUREN SLAGLE
♪
ELEVATION WORSHIP
♪
FOR KING AND COUNTRY.
♪
HILL SONG UNITED ♪
♪
KANYE WEST.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
LAUREN DAIGLE
♪ YOU SAY I AM LOVE WHEN I CAN'
FEEL A THING ♪
♪ YOU SAY I AM STRONG WHEN I SA
I AM WEAK ♪
WHEW, THAT FEELS AMAZING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
INCREDIBLE HONOR
THANK YOU TO BILLBOARD
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO IS A
PART OF THIS
IT WAS KIND OF CRAZY LAST NIGHT.
I WAS SITTING WITH MY MANAGER.
AND SHE SAID, LAUREN, GUESS WHAT
TOMORROW MARKS
AND I SAID, WHAT
SHE SAID, FIVE YEARS AGO TO THE
DAY, YOU WROTE THE SONG "YOU
SAY" ALONG WITH TWO OTHERS
AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THAT'S KIND
OF CRAZY, THE TIMING OF
EVERYTHING
AND WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT
THAT SIGNIFIES IS JUST THAT
THERE IS AMAZING HOPE FOUND IN
GOD.
AND HE HAS AN INCREDIBLE WAY TO
TAKE ONE STORY AND TURN IT
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
I WAS JUST A GIRL FROM
LOUISIANA, AND NOW I'M STANDING
HERE IN LOS ANGELES.
AND FOR ALL THOSE WATCHING THAT
NEED HOPE TONIGHT, HE HAS IT
HE HAS THE HOPE.
ESPECIALLY FOR TIMES LIKE THESE.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO
VOTED AND WHO WAS A PART
I LOVE IT.
I'M SO GRATEFUL.
AND WE'LL SEE YOU SOON
HOPEFULLY IN PERSON.
COMING UP NEXT, THE BIGGEST
AWARD OF THE NIGHT
AND THEN EN VOGUE'S THROWBACK
AND THEN EN VOGUE'S THROWBACK
PERFORMANCE WHEN THEY TAKE THE
WE'RE BACK AT THE 2020
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME ACADEMY
AWARD NOMINATED ACTRESS TARAJI
P. HENSON.
IT'S THE FINAL AND MOST
PRESTIGIOUS AWARD OF THE NIGHT,
AND THERE'S A REASON WHY WE SAY
THAT UNTIL NOW
BECAUSE THESE TRULY ARE THE TOP
ARTISTS OF THE PAST YEAR
THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC
TODAY.
THE ONES WHO CREATE THE MUSIC
THAT SETS THE STANDARD FOR ALL
TO FOLLOW.
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
ARTIST
BILLIE EILISH
JONAS BROTHERS
KHALID
POST MALONE.
TAYLOR SWIFT
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
POST MALONE
♪
♪
GREETINGS, ALL.
I'M HONESTLY BLOWN AWAY, JUST BY
THE LOVE THAT EVERYBODY'S SHOWN
TO ME, AND HONESTLY, I
APPRECIATE IT MORE THAN I COULD
EVER EXPRESS
AND IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL FOR
ME, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY
INVOLVED
BECAUSE WE WORK -- WE WORK OUR
ASSES OFF, AND WE JUST TRY OUR
BEST EVERY DAY
AND HONESTLY, TO BE ABLE TO
REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT,
YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE ANYBODY TO
TURN TO AND JUST BE ABLE TO
REACH OUT AND SHOW EVERYBODY
THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE, AND
MUSIC CAN BRING EVERYBODY
TOGETHER, IT'S ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK
YOU SO VERY MUCH, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
I'M BLOWN AWAY
I'M FLOORED.
SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY,
VERY MUCH, YES
ALL RIGHT
WELL, EARLIER YOU WON TOP MALE
ARTIST
AND WITH THAT YOU HAVE WON A
TOTAL OF NINE TROPHIES TONIGHT,
MY MAN
AND WE HAVE THEM ALL RIGHT HERE,
COVID STYLE.
NINE TROPHIES
I CAN'T TOUCH YOU, SO I HAD
TO WHEEL IT OUT.
THAT'S OKAY, YOU KNOW, I'M
STILL HERE
OH MY GOD.
I HAVE -
YOU HAVE NINE TROPHIES.
THAT'S PRETTY BAD-ASS.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE,
IT WILL BE FINE.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT, WE CAN
SHARE THEM, DO A TIMESHARE ON
IT
HONESTLY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH
I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY BESIDES,
I'M SO GRATEFUL AND SO THANKFUL.
AND THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HONESTLY
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'RE KILLING IT
YES!
ALL RIGHT.
THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
THROWBACK IS HOW WE PAY TRIBUTE
TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST
MILESTONES IN MUSIC.
THIS YEAR WE'RE THROWING IT BACK
30 YEARS, Y'ALL, TO 1990 WHEN
THIS GROUP SENT THEIR FIRST
THREE SINGLES TO NUMBER ONE ON
THE HOT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS CHART,
MAKING THEM THE FIRST FEMALE
GROUP EVER TO DO IT.
THEY'RE HERE TO PERFORM ONE OF
THEIR BIGGEST HITS, "FREE YOUR
MIND," A SONG JUST AS RELEVANT
NOW AS IT WAS THEN
HERE IS EN VOGUE
WE ARE IN A STATE OF
EMERGENCY.
WROTE A SONG ABOUT IT.
♪ FREE YOUR MIND ♪
♪
♪ I WEAR TIGHT CLOTHING HIGH
HEEL SHOES ♪
♪ IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M A
PROSTITUTE NO NO ♪
♪ I LIKE RAP MUSIC WEAR HIP-HOP
CLOTHES ♪
♪ THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M OU
SELLING DOPE NO NO NO ♪
♪ MAMA FORGIVE ME FOR HAVING
STRAIGHT HAIR IT DOESN'T MEAN
THERE'S ANOTHER BLOOD IN MY
HEIRS ♪
♪ I MIGHT DATE ANOTHER RACE OR
COLOR IT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T
LIKE MY STRONG BLACK BROTHERS ♪
♪
♪ WHY OH WHY MUST IT BE THIS
WAY ♪
♪
♪ BEFORE YOU CAN READ ME YOU GO
TO LEARN HOW TO SEE ME ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND AND THE REST
WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND AND THE REST
WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ SO I'M A SISTER BUY THINGS
WITH CASH ♪
♪ THAT REALLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT
ALL MY CREDIT'S BAD NO ♪
♪ SO WHY DISPUTE ME AND WASTE M
TIME ♪
♪ BECAUSE YOU REALLY THINK THE
PRICE IS TOO HIGH FOR ME ♪
♪ I CAN'T LOOK NO WITHOUT BEING
WATCHED ♪
♪ YOU RANG MY BUY BEFORE I MADE
UP MY MIND ♪
♪ NOW ATTITUDE WHY EVEN BOTHER
WHY EVEN BOTHER ♪
♪ CAN'T CHANGE MY MIND NO CAN'T
CHANGE MY COLOR ♪
♪
♪ WHY OH WHY MUST IT BE THIS
WAY ♪
♪
♪ BEFORE YOU CAN READ ME YOU
GOTTA LEARN HOW TO SEE ME ♪
♪ I SAID FREE YOUR MIND AND THE
REST WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND AND THE REST
WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND ♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪ WHY OH WHY MUST IT BE THIS
WAY ♪
♪
♪ BEFORE YOU CAN READ ME YOU
GOTTA LEARN HOW TO SEE ME ♪
♪ I SAID FREE YOUR MIND AND THE
REST WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND AND THE REST
WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND AND THE REST
WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND AND THE REST
WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND ♪
THANK YOU, GOOD NIGHT
ALL RIGHT, GOOD NIGHT,
EVERYBODY!
WE HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD TIME.
IF NOT, MY BAD
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
NOMINEES AND WINNERS ARE BASED
ON KEY FAN INTERACTIONS WITH
MUSIC, INCLUDING AUDIO AND
STREAMING, MEASUREMENTS TRACKED
BY BILLBOARD AND MARCIE DATA
THE AWARDS ARE BASED ON THE
BILLBOARD CHARTS MARCH 2019
THROUGH MARCH 2020
HIGHER LOVE ♪
♪ DOWN IN THE HEART OR HIDDEN I
THE STARS ABOVE ♪
♪ WITHOUT IT LIFE IS WASTED
TIME ♪
♪ LOOK INSIDE YOUR HEART AND
I'LL LOOK INSIDE MINE ♪
♪ THINGS LOOK SO BAD
EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ IN THIS WHOLE WORLD WHAT IS
FAIR ♪
♪ WE WALK A LINE AND TRY TO
SEE ♪
♪ FALLING BEHIND WHAT COULD BE ♪
♪ OH OH BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE ♪
♪ OH BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE OH
BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE ♪
♪ WITH A HIGHER LOVE I CAN MAKE
IT OUT ♪
♪ WORLDS ARE TURNING WE'RE JUST
HANGING ON ♪
♪ FACING OUR FEAR AND STANDING
OUT THERE ALL ALONE ♪
♪ A YEARNING YEAH AND IT'S REAL
TO ME ♪
♪ THERE MUST BE SOMEONE WHO'S
FEELING FOR ME ♪
♪ THINGS LOOK SO BAD
EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ IN THIS WHOLE WORLD WHAT IS
FAIR ♪
♪ WE WALK A LINE AND WE TRY TO
SEE ♪
♪ FALLING BEHIND WHAT COULD BE
OH OH ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE BRING
ME A HIGHER LOVE OH ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE IT'S
THAT HIGHER LOVE I KEEP THINKING
OF ♪
♪ I WILL WAIT FOR IT YEAH I'M
NOT TOO LATE FOR IT ♪
♪ UNTIL THEN I'LL SING MY SONG
OH ♪
♪ OH OH ♪
COME ON, GIRL!
♪
♪
EVERYBODY!
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE BRING
ME YEAH ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE OH
BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE ♪
♪ THERE'S THAT HIGHER LOVE I
KEEP THINKING OF ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE BRING
ME A HIGHER LOVE ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE BRING
ME BRING ME BRING ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE THERE'
THAT HIGHER LOVE I'VE BEEN
THINKING OF ♪
♪ BRING ME A HIGHER LOVE WHOO THERE'S
THAT HIGHER LOVE I'VE BEEN THINKING OF ♪
LIVE FROM THE DOLBY THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD
ON A NIGHT WHEN
MUSIC UNITES US ALL, WHERE POP,
COUNTRY, HIP-HOP, R&B, AND LATIN
COME TOGETHER ON ONE STAGE
IT'S THE 2020 BILLBOARD MUSIC
AWARDS
WITH PERFORMANCES BY ALICIA
KEYS
BAD BUNNY.
BTS.
DOJA CAT
JOHN LEGEND.
LUKE COMBS
SAINT JOHN
AND SIA.
WITH UNFORGETTABLE
COLLABORATIONS BY KANE BROWN
SPEECHING SWAE LEE AND KHALID,
PERFORMING "BE LIKE THAT."
25 YEARS AFTER WINNING FOR TOP
NEW R&B HIP-HOP ARTIST, THE EPIC
RETURN
AND POST MALONE COMES TO US FROM
A TOP-SECRET LOCATION FOR A
BILLBOARD MOMENT UNLIKE ANY
OTHER.
PLUS DEMI LOVATO TAKES THE STAGE
FOR A POWERFUL WORLD PREMIERE
PERFORMANCE.
IN THIS YEAR'S "BILLBOARD
THROWBACK," 30 YEARS AFTER THEY
FIRST STORMED THE CHARTS, EN
VOGUE RETURNS TO PERFORM THEIR
HUGE HIT "IN YOUR MIND."
AND THE FIRST-EVER BILLBOARD
CHANGEMAKER AWARD.
AND CHER PRESENTS THE BILLBOARD
ICON AWARD TO GARTH BROOKS AS
THE COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND
PERFORMS HIS GREATEST HITS
PLEASE WELCOME YOUR HOST FOR THE
2020 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS,
KELLY CLARKSON
WELCOME TO THE 2020 BILLBOARD
MUSIC AWARDS, Y'ALL!
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO PEN THAT
TONICS AND ALL THE OTHER
MUSICIANS AND VOCALISTS THAT
JUST JOINED SHEILA E. AND ME,
THAT WAS CRAZY 71.
THERE ARE SO MANY TALENTED
PEOPLE HERE, Y'ALL, AND WE ARE
CELEBRATING THE POWER OF MUSIC,
ALL MUSIC.
FROM POP TO COUNTRY TO HIP-HOP
TO R&B AND LATIN AND EVERYTHING
IN BETWEEN
TONIGHT IS ABOUT THE WAY MUSIC
TOUCHES US ALL, BECAUSE MUSIC
CONNECTED US IN SO MANY WAYS, NO
MATTER WHO YOU ARE
IT MOVES US, SOMETIMES
LITERALLY.
WITH DANCE
WE SING, WE CRY, LIKE I DO
OFTEN.
IT BRINGS BACK THOSE GOOD
MEMORIES
AND IT ALSO HELPS US MAKE NEW
ONES
AND MUSIC ALSO CONNECTS US TO
EACH OTHER, FROM VIRTUAL LIVING
ROOM DANCE PARTIES TO
NEIGHBORHOOD BALCONY CONCERTS,
MUSIC HAS UNITED US.
AND TONIGHT, MUSIC FROM EVERY
GENRE WILL BRING US TOGETHER
AGAIN.
THANKS TO THE BILLBOARD CHARTS,
WHAT
THERE'S NO AUDIENCE, IT'S JUST
ME, YEAH
I'M MY OWN HYPE GIRL
WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE THE VERY
BEST SONGS OF THE PAST YEAR AND
THE ARTIST WHOSE CREATIVITY AND
TALENT HELPED US GET THROUGH IT.
AND WE DEFINITELY NEEDED THAT
HELP
I KNOW I DID
I STILL DO
WE'VE GOT SOME AMAZING
PERFORMANCES LINED UP FOR YOU
TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT SIA, BRANDY, DOJA CAT,
THE BEST THROWBACK PERFORMANCE,
I SWEAR I SAW IT IN REHEARSALS,
THE BEST PERFORMANCE EVER BY EN
VOGUE.
YOU'RE GOING TO -- MIND IS GOING
TO BE BLOWN.
BTS COMING TO US ALL THE WAY
FROM SOUTH KOREA, Y'ALL.
POST MALONE PERFORMING AT A
TOP-SECRET, UNDISCLOSED ELECTION
SOMEWHERE IN LOS ANGELES
SO SECRET THEY WON'T EVEN TELL
ME WHERE IT IS, I'M THE HOST,
IT'S FINE, I'M NOT OFFENDED.
AND MY FAVORITE, Y'ALL, GARTH
BROOKS GETTING THE BILLBOARD
ICON AWARD FROM CHER, SO I'M
LIVING MY BEST LIFE TONIGHT.
HE'S GOING TO BE PERFORMING SOME
OF HIS BIGGEST ALL-TIME HITS
I'M SO STOKED.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO ALL THOSE
GREAT ARTISTS, IT'S TIME TO
PRESENT OUR FIRST AWARD.
HER NEW ALBUM "UNEARTHED" IS OUT
NOW, HERE IS NICOLE RICHIE
♪
THERE ARE SOME ALBUMS THAT WE
PLAY WITH NO SKIPS
START TO FINISH, EACH TRACK IS
JUST THAT GOOD
WE KEEP THESE ALBUMS ON REPEAT
BECAUSE THEY BECOME THE
SOUNDTRACKS TO OUR DAILY
ROUTINES
OUR HIGHS, LOWS, AND EVERYTHING
IN BETWEEN
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM.
BILLIE EILISH
"WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE
DO WE GO?"
ARIANA GRANDE, "THANK U, NEXT.
KHALID, "FREE SPIRIT."
POST MALONE, "HOLLYWOOD'S
BLEEDING."
TAYLOR SWIFT, "LOVER."
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
MY FAVORITE, BILLIE EILISH!
OH, GOSH.
OH, THIS IS HEAVY.
THANK YOU, NICOLE.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH
THIS IS AMAZING.
I WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU TO
THE FANS, THANK YOU FOR
BELIEVING IN ME AND CARING ABOUT
ME STILL, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU
DO
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I NEVER,
EVER TAKE THESE FOR GRANTED.
IT IS ALWAYS A SHOCK WHEN I WIN
ANYTHING AT ALL.
THANK YOU, BILLBOARD
THANK YOU, GUYS.
I LOVE YOU
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
MWAH
WELL, I CAN'T THINK OF A
BETTER MUSICAL ANTHEM TO REMIND
US OF OUR NEED TO BE UNITED THAN
"COURAGE TO CHANGE."
IT AS BRAND-NEW SONG FROM THE
VERY FIRST FILM THIS
MULTI-TALENTED ARTIST DIRECTED
I AM SO THRILLED SHE IS MAKING A
FAR TOO RARE TELEVISION
APPEARANCE TO SHARE WITH US
TONIGHT.
HERE IS SIA!
♪
♪ WORLD I WANT TO LEAVE YOU
BETTER ♪
♪ I WANT MY LIFE TO MATTER I AM
AFRAID ♪
♪ I HAVE NO PURPOSE HERE I WATC
THE NEWS ON TV ♪
♪ ABANDON MYSELF DAILY ♪
♪ I AM AFRAID TO LET YOU SEE TH
REAL ME ♪
♪ RAIN IT FALLS RAIN IT FALLS
POURING ON ME ♪
♪ AND THE RAIN IT FALLS RAIN IT
FALLS SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE
AND HOPE ♪
♪ LOVE AND HOPE WE DON'T HAVE T
STAY HERE STUCK IN THE WEEDS ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
TODAY OH ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
TODAY OH ♪
♪ YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN ALL THIS
YOU'RE NOT ALONE I PROMISE ♪
♪ STANDING TOGETHER WE CAN DO
ANYTHING ♪
♪ YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN ALL THIS
YOU'RE NOT ALONE I PROMISE ♪
♪ STANDING TOGETHER WE CAN DO
ANYTHING ♪
♪
♪ WORLD YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN ALL
THIS YOU'RE NOT ALONE I
PROMISE ♪
♪ STANDING TOGETHER WE CAN DO
ANYTHING ♪
♪ WATCH THE NEWS ON T VV ABANDON
MYSELF DAILY ♪
♪ I AM AFRAID TO LET YOU SEE TH
REAL ME ♪
♪ RAIN IT FALLS RAIN IT FALLS
POURING ON ME ♪
♪ THE RAIN IT FALLS RAIN IT
FALLS SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE
AND HOPE ♪
♪ LOVE AND HOPE WE DON'T HAVE T
STAY HERE STUCK IN THE WEEDS ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
TODAY OH ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE ♪
♪ HAVE I THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
TODAY OH ♪
♪ YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN ALL THIS
YOU'RE NOT ALONE I PROMISE ♪
♪ STANDING TOGETHER WE CAN DO
ANYTHING ♪
♪ YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN ALL THIS
YOU'RE NOT ALONE I PROMISE ♪
♪ STANDING TOGETHER WE CAN DO
ANYTHING ♪
♪ YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN ALL THIS
YOU'RE NOT ALONE I PROMISE ♪
♪ STANDING TOGETHER WE CAN DO
ANYTHING ♪
COMING UP NEXT, KANE BROWN,
KHALID, AND SWAE LEE
LATER, ALICIA KEYS, LUKE COMBS,
AND POST MALONE.
AND POST MALONE.
PLUS TOPL RIGHT ♪
NOW, IT IS NO SECRET THAT
THERE'S NO AUDIENCE HERE
TONIGHT.
I THINK WE GATHERED THAT EARLIER
WHEN I WAS LIKE, WHOO, AND NO
ONE CHEERED WITH ME.
THE PRODUCERS AND I WERE
DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT WE
SHOULD HAVE FAKE APPLAUSE.
MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE AUGWKWARD
BUT I SAID THE ONLY WAY I WOULD
AGREE WITH IT IS IF I COULD
CONTROL IT
CONTROL.
THEY GAVE ME THIS.
LOOK, THIS IS AFTER I TELL A
JOKE
[ LAUGHTER ]
GOOD ONE, I KNOW
THIS IS AFTER AN AMAZING
PERFORMANCE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
OH MY GOSH
SOUNDS REAL.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS ONE.
[ BOOING ]
THIS IS BASICALLY ANY TIME THE
WORD "COVID" IS MENTIONED AND IT
SUCKS THE LIFE OUT OF
EVERYTHING
[ LAUGHTER ]
I KNOW, I'M FUNNY, I GET IT.
I'M GOING TO PUT IT DOWN
MUSIC NOT ONLY UNITES US, IT'S
UNITING THESE ARTISTS IN THE
PERFECT COMBO OF COUNTRY, R&B,
AND HIP-HOP.
FEATURING SWAE LEE AND KHALID,
THIS IS KANE BROWN
♪
BILLBOARDS, ARE WE FEELING
IT
♪
♪ I MIGHT BE BETTER ON MY OWN I
HATE YOU BLOWING UP MY PHONE ♪
♪ I WISH I NEVER MET YOU
SOMETIMES IT FEEL LIKE THAT ♪
♪ BUT I'M NOT MYSELF THE NIGHT
YOU'RE GONE ♪
♪ THERE AIN'T NO WAY I'M MOVING
ON ♪
♪ I'M NOT AFRAID I NEED YOU
BAD ♪
♪ SOMETIMES WE BOTH WANT TO LOV
WE BOTH WANT TO FLY WE BOTH WANT
TO ARGUE TILL WE'RE BOTH RIGHT ♪
♪ YOU WANT TO HUG I KISS YOU
GOOD NIGHT BABY WE'RE BOTH JUST
OUT OF OUR MINDS ♪
♪ YOU PLAY JONES WHILE I'M
PUSHING UP CAN'T TELL YOU WHY
BUT TELL YOU WHAT ♪
♪ YOU GOT ME THINKING I MIGHT B
BETTER ON MY OWN ♪
♪ I HATE YOU BLOWING UP MY PHON
I WISH I NEVER MET YOU SOMETIMES
IT FEEL LIKE THAT ♪
♪ BUT I'M NOT MYSELF THE NIGHT
YOU'RE GONE THERE AIN'T NO WAY
I'M MOVING ON ♪
♪ I'M NOT AFRAID TO NEED YOU BA
SOMETIMES IT FEEL LIKE THAT ♪
♪ HEYASN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO B
WITH YOU YEAH ♪
♪ I THINK IT'S CRAZY ANY NIGHT
SLEEP WITH YOU ♪
♪ I CAN KEEP YOU NICE AND WARM
ARE YOU THINKING OF ME LOVE ♪
♪ AND ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF
GOT TOO MUCH GOING TO BE UPSET ♪
♪ I SWEAR I'D RATHER BE YOUR
FRIEND ♪
♪ I SAID I'M GOING TO BE RIGHT
BACK IT HURTS SOMETIMES TO BE
LIKE THAT ♪
♪ I MIGHT BE BETTER ON MY OWN I
HATE YOU BLOWING UP MY PHONE ♪
♪ I WISH I NEVER MET YOU
SOMETIMES IT FEEL LIKE THAT ♪
♪ BUT I'M NOT MYSELF THE NIGHT
YOU'RE GONE THERE AIN'T NO WAY
I'M MOVING ON ♪
♪ I'M NOT AFRAID TO NEED YOU BA
SOMETIMES IT FEEL LIKE THAT ♪
♪ SOMETIMES WHEN YOU THOUGHT YO
FOUND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE ♪
♪ YOU'RE THINKING OF JUST ONE O
THOSE GUYS MOVING ON ♪
♪ I PICK YOU UP CAN'T TELL YOU
GOT ME THINKING ♪
♪ I MIGHT BE BETTER ON MY OWN I
HATE YOU BLOWING UP MY PHONE ♪
♪ I WISH I NEVER MET YOU
SOMETIMES IT FEEL LIKE THAT ♪
♪ BUT I'M NOT MYSELF AT NIGHT
YOU'RE GONE THERE AIN'T NO WAY
I'M MOVING ON ♪
♪ I'M NOT AFRAID TO NEED YOU BA
SOMETIMES IT BE LIKE THAT ♪
♪ SOMETIMES WHEN YOU FALL IN
LOVE MAYBE YOU DON'T EVEN NEED
LIKE THAT ♪
♪ DON'T CRY BECAUSE YOU'LL BOTH
DECIDE IF I'M RIGHT ♪
THANK YOU, BILLBOARDS
SHE JUST RELEASED HER NEW
SINGLE "LIE LIKE THIS.
PLEASE WELCOME BILLBOARD MUSIC
AWARD NOMINATED SINGER AND
SONGWRITER JULIA MICHAEL
THE FIRST SINGLE THAT MADE
THE FINALS FOR HOT 100 SONG NOT
ONLY ALL REACHED NUMBER ONE,
THEY SPENT A COLLECTIVE 31 WEEKS
IN THE TOP SPOT.
NOW I COULD GIVE YOU A LOT OF
REASONS WHY THEY DOMINATED THE
CHARTS THIS YEAR, BUT HOW ABOUT
THE MAIN REASON?
EACH SONG WAS AMAZING.
AND HERE THEY ARE, THE NOMINEES
FOR HOT 100 SONG
LEWIS CAPALDI, "SOMEONE YOU
LOVED.
♪ NOW THE DAY BLEEDS INTO
NIGHTFALL ♪
♪ AND YOU'RE NOT HERE TO GET ME
THROUGH IT ALL ♪
BILLIE EILISH, "BAD GUY."
♪ CAN'T GET ENOUGH GUY JUST
ALWAYS THE TOUGH GUY ♪
♪ I'M THE BAD GUY MAKE YOUR MAM
SAD GUY ♪
LIL NAS X FEATURING BILLY RAY
CYRUS, "OLD TOWN ROAD.
♪ YEAH GONNA TAKE MY HEART TO
THE OLD TOWN ROAD ♪
♪ I'M GONNA RIDE TILL ♪
LIZZO, "TRUTH HURTS."
♪ DON'T TEXT ME TELL IT STRAIGH
TO MY FACE ♪
♪ BEST FRIEND SET ME DAWN IN TH
LAWN CHAIR ♪
SHAWN MENDES AND CAMILA
CABELLO, "SENORITA."
♪ SAID I DIDN'T NEED YOU BUT
EVERY TIME ♪
THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
LIL NAS X FEATURING BILLY RAY
CYRUS, "OLD TOWN ROAD.
"OLD TOWN ROAD" WENT VIRAL ON
TIKTOK BEFORE BREAKING THE
BILLBOARD HOT 100 RECORD FOR
MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE
HOW -- WHAT
OKAY
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY
THANK YOU TO BILLY RAY CYRUS
I WANT EVERYBODY GOING TO LOOK
OUT NEXT MONTH FOR NAS-VEMBER,
IT'S GOING TO GO CRAZY, 2021
DROPPING THE BEST ALBUM OF ALL
TIME, I LOVE YOU, GOOD NIGHT
OH, I SEE YOUR POINT, SO
SORRY, CONGRATULATIONS TO LIL
NAS X.
THAT IS AWESOME!
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, TWINS
FROM GARY, INDIANA, HAVE BECOME
A MUST-WATCH FOR MUSIC FANS AND
ARTISTS ALIKE.
AS WE SEE THEM IN THE MOMENT
LISTENING TO SONGS THEY'D NEVER
HEARD BEFORE
I RECENTLY HAD THEM ON MY TALK
SHOW, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
THEM BEFORE AND WANT TO SEE WHY
I LOVE THEM SO MUCH, WATCH THIS.
WHAT'S UP, YOU TWO?
BACK WITH A VIDEO.
BACK WITH ACTION.
I NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE.
♪ JOLENE JOLENE JOLENE ♪
JOLENE!
♪
♪ I CAN FEEL IT COMING ♪
♪ DO YOU REMEMBER ♪
OH, LOOK AT HIS FACE!
IT LIKE, DO YOU REMEMBER
WHAT, WHAT?
WHERE, WHERE
THAT SOME JEANS
REAL.
♪
YOUNG
WE'RE GOING TO BE CHECKING IN
WITH BRAD AND TIM THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT, Y'ALL
THEY'RE COMING TO US LIVE FROM
INDIANA RIGHT NOW.
GUYS, HOW YOU DOING?
WE DOING FINE.
VERY GOOD, EXCITED TO BE HERE
AND SEE THE PERFORMANCES
I AM SO EXCITED YOU'RE HERE
AS WELL.
I LOVE SEEING YOUR REACTIONS TO
"MY LIFE IS STUCK WITHOUT YOU.
HONESTLY, WHAT DID YOU THINK
OH MY GOD, MAN, SO AMAZING,
YOU LOOKED SO YOUNG ON THE
VIDEO.
YOU'VE BLOWN MY CHILDHOOD, MAN,
SO FINE.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
TELL US WHO'S COMING UP NEXT
ALICIA KEYS, MAN.
YOU CANNOT DENY HER TALENT.
POST MALONE, HE'S AN AMAZING
ARTIST, HE THROWS IT ALL ON TH
♪
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF
SHARING A STAGE WITH OUR NEXT
PERFORMER.
SHE HAS INSPIRED MANY ARTISTS
WITH HER INCREDIBLE TALENT.
TO PERFORM "LOVE LOOKS BETTER,"
SINGER, SONGWRITER,
HUMANITARIAN, ALL-AROUND
EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN, ALICIA
EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN, ALICIA
KEYS
♪
♪ ALL I ALL I EVER WANTED WAS A
DOLLAR AND A CHANCE ♪
♪ FIND FIND WHAT I'M MADE OF AL
RIGHT ♪
♪ COMING COMING FROM THE BOTTOM
BETTER LEARN HOW TO DANCE ♪
♪ FIND FIND WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF
ALL RIGHT ♪
♪ FEEL LIKE MY LOVE IS WASTING
EVERY DAY YEAH ♪
♪ GET SO DAMN TIRED OF CHASING
EVERY DAY YEAH ♪
♪ AND NOW IT'S YOU I'M MISSING
EVERY DAY YEAH ♪
♪ EVERY DAY YEAH EVERY DAY ♪
♪ SO CAN WE TALK FOR A MINUTE
STOP FOR A MINUTE ♪
♪ ALL I WANNA DO IS YOU ♪
♪ OH CAN WE TOUCH FOR A SECOND
BE US FOR A SECOND ♪
♪ DON'T MATTER WHAT I GIVE IT T
MY LOVE LOOKS BETTER ON YOU ♪
♪ MY LOVE LOOKS BETTER ON YOU ♪
♪ PROMISE YOU BABY PROMISE YOU
BABY ♪
♪ YEAH IOWA ♪
♪ ALL I ALL EVER WANTED WAS A
CITY AND SOME KEYS ♪
♪ RUN RUN THROUGH THE STREET NO
ALL RIGHT ♪
♪ AND NOW IT'S YOU I'M MISSING
EVERY DAY YEAH ♪
♪ EVERY DAY YEAH EVERY DAY ♪
♪ SO CAN WE TALK FOR A MINUTE
STOP FOR A MINUTE ♪
♪ ALL I WANNA DO IS YOU ♪
♪ OH CAN WE TOUCH FOR A SECOND
BE US FOR A SECOND ♪
♪ DON'T MATTER WHAT I GIVE IT T
MY LOVE LOOKS BETTER ON YOU ♪
♪ PROMISE YOU BABY ♪
♪ YOU'RE ALL I EVER WANTED
YOU'RE ALL I EVER WANTED ♪
♪ SO CAN WE TALK FOR A MINUTE
JUST STOP FOR A MINUTE ♪
♪ CAUSE ALL I WANNA DO IS YOU ♪
♪
♪ PROMISE YOU BABY MY LOVE LOOK
BETTER ON YOU PROMISE YOU BABY ♪
♪ COME ON OH OH OH OH OH ♪
♪ PROMISE YOU BABY OH OH OH
OH ♪
THE NEW SINGLE "FOR REAL" IS
OUT NOW.
PLEASE WELCOME EMMY AWARD WINNER
JERRELL JEROME.
EACH OF THESE ARTISTS WITHOUT
A DOUBT DESERVES NOT JUST OUR
HIGHEST PRAISE BUT OUR THANKS
FOR GIVING US THE CHART-TOPPING
SONGS THAT ARE NOW PART OF OUR
PERMANENT PLAYLISTS.
THEY ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
FEMALE ARTIST.
BILLIE EILISH
♪
ARIANA GRANDE
♪
HALSEY.
♪
LIZZO
♪
TAYLOR SWIFT.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
BILLIE EILISH
♪ KEEP YOU IN THE DARK WHAT YOU
EXPECTED ♪
♪ NEED TO MAKE MY ART AND MAKE
NEW START AND GET YOU
CONNECTED ♪
OH MY GOD
THIS IS SO NUTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BILLBOARD
THANK YOU TO ALL THE WOMEN THAT
HAVE COME BEFORE ME AND PAVED MY
WAY.
I LOVE YOU
PLEASE VOTE.
PLEASE WEAR A MASK
PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS
BE SAFE.
TAKE CARE.
THANK YOU, BILLBOARD
COMING UP NEXT, LUKE COMBS
THEN LATER, POST MALONE, JOHN
LEGEND, BAD BUNNY, AND
WELCOME BACK TO THE 2020
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS, Y'ALL.
AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME THE HOST
OF "THE WEAKEST LINK," MY FRIEND
JANE LYNCH
♪
♪
THANK YOU SO MUCH, KELLY.
NOW IF THIS WERE IN FACT "THE
WEAKEST LINK," I'D READ THE NAME
OF THE NOMINEES, THE FIVE OF
THEM
I'D GIVE ONE OF THEM THE PRIZE,
WHILE SENDING OFF THE OTHERS
WITH A ZINGER, LIKE "DON'T LET
THE DOOR HIT YOU IN THE BUTT ON
YOUR WAY OUT."
BUT I CAN'T DO THAT HERE BECAUSE
ALL FIVE OF THESE ARTISTS HAVE
HAD A SPECTACULAR YEAR
THEY ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
COUNTRY ARTIST
KANE BROWN.
♪
LUKE COMBS.
♪
DAN + SHAY.
♪
MAREN MORRIS.
♪
THOMAS RHETT.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
LUKE COMBS!
♪ ON A FLAT METAL BOAT BB GUNS
WIRING THE FENCE POST ♪
♪ FRESHLY CUT CORNFIELDS ♪
♪ ONE ARM OUT THE WINDOW ONE
HAND ON THE WHEEL ♪
♪ SOME THINGS GO BETTER TOGETHE
AND ALWAYS WILL ♪
♪ LIKE A CUP OF COFFEE AND A
SUNRISE ♪
♪ SUNDAY DRIVES AND TIP TO
KILL ♪
♪ WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS OLD
GUITAR IF IT AIN'T GOT NO
STRINGS ♪
♪ OR POURING YOUR HEART INTO A
SONG THAT YOU AIN'T GONNA SING ♪
♪ IT'S A MATCH MADE UP IN HEAVE
LIKE GOOD OL' BOYS AND BEER ♪
♪ AND ME AS LONG AS YOU'RE RIGH
HERE ♪
♪
♪ YOUR LICENSE IN MY WALLET WHE
WE GO OUT DOWNTOWN ♪
♪ YOUR LIPSTICK STAINED EVERY
COFFEE CUP THAT I GOT IN THIS
HOUSE ♪
♪ THE WAY YOU SAY I LOVE YOU TO
IS LIKE RAIN ON AN OLD TIN
ROOF ♪
♪ AND YOUR HAND FITS RIGHT INTO
MINE LIKE A NEEDLE IN A GROOVE ♪
♪ SOME THINGS JUST GO BETTER
TOGETHER AND PROBABLY ALWAYS
WILL ♪
♪ LIKE A CUP OF COFFEE AND A
SUNRISE SUNDAY DRIVES AND TIME
TO KILL ♪
♪ WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS OLD
GUITAR IF IT AIN'T GOT NO
STRINGS ♪
♪ OR POURING YOUR HEART INTO A
SONG THAT YOU AIN'T GONNA SING ♪
♪ IT'S A MATCH MADE UP IN HEAVE
LIKE GOOD OL' BOYS AND BEER ♪
♪ AND ME AS LONG AS YOU'RE RIGH
HERE ♪
♪
♪ SOMETIMES WE'RE OIL AND WATER
BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER
WAY ♪
♪ AND IF I'M BEING HONEST YOUR
FIRST AND MY LAST NAME WOULD
JUST SOUND BETTER TOGETHER AND
PROBABLY ALWAYS WILL ♪
♪ LIKE A CUP OF COFFEE AND A
SUNRISE SUNDAY DRIVES AND TIME
TO KILL ♪
♪ WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS OLD
GUITAR IF IT AIN'T GOT NO
STRINGS ♪
♪ OR POURING YOUR HEART INTO A
SONG THAT YOU AIN'T GONNA SING ♪
♪ IT'S A MATCH MADE UP IN HEAVE
LIKE GOOD OL' BOYS AND BEER ♪
♪ AND ME AS LONG AS YOU'RE RIGH
HERE ♪
♪ AND ME AS LONG AS YOU'RE RIGH
HERE ♪
I JUST WANT TO -- I WANT TO
THANK BILLBOARD FOR THIS
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR.
AND SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE NEVER
DREAMED OF
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, WHEN I
STARTED DOING THIS, I JUST WANT
TO THANK THE FANS OUT THERE, MY
BEAUTIFUL WIFE AT HOME, MY TEAM,
MY BAND.
I KNOW EVERYBODY OUT THERE HAS
BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH THIS YEAR
I WANT TO THANK THE CREW THAT IS
WORKING ON THIS SHOW TONIGHT,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH
SOME INSANE STUFF TO MAKE THIS
HAPPEN FOR YOU GUYS.
I HOPE EVERYBODY'S STAYING SAFE
AT HOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOVING
WHAT I DO.
IT NEVER FALLS ON DEAF EARS, THE
LOVE THAT YOU GUYS GIVE ME
I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT AND SO
IS MY TEAM
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH
COMING UP NEXT, POST MALONE.
THEN LATER, PERFORMANCES BY
BRANDY, JOHN LEGEND, BAD BUNNY,
GARTH BROOKS, DEMI LOVATO WORLD
♪
WELCOME BACK TO THE
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
HOW DOES AN ARTIST FOLLOW UP THE
12 BILLBOARD NOMINATIONS HE
RECEIVED IN 2019
WITH 16 THIS YEAR.
THAT'S HOW AWESOME HE IS
HE'S SO GOOD, HE'S EVEN
COMPETING AGAINST HIMSELF FOR
TOP RAP SONG
THIS GUY HAS REACHED SUPERSTAR
STATUS WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY
HE'S COMING TO US FROM A SECRET
MYSTERY LOCATION SOMEWHERE IN
L.A.
JOINED BY TYLEE YAWEH, HERE'S
POST MALONE!
♪
♪
♪ COULDN'T AROUND TILL WE WERE
UPSIDE DOWN ♪
♪ I'LL BE THE BAD GUY NOW YOU
KNOW I AIN'T SO PROUD ♪
♪ I COULDN'T BEAT IT EVEN WHEN
TRIED ♪
♪ YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT WE DO
THIS EVERY TIME ♪
♪ SEASONS CHANGE AND OUR LOVE
WENT COLD ♪
♪ FEED THE FLAME CAUSE WE CAN'T
LET GO ♪
♪ RUNNING AWAY BUT WE'RE RUNNIN
IN CIRCLES RUN AWAY RUN AWAY ♪
♪ I DARE YOU TO DO SOMETHING I'
WAITING ON YOU AGAIN ♪
♪ SO I DON'T TAKE THE BLAME RUN
AWAY BUT WE'RE RUNNING IN
CIRCLES ♪
♪ RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY ♪
♪ MAYBE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH ♪
♪ IT'S ONLY ME WHAT YOU GOT TO
LOSE ♪
♪ MAKE UP YOUR MIND WHAT ARE YO
GONNA DO IT'S ONLY ME LET IT
GO ♪
♪ SEASONS CHANGE AND YOU'RE LOV
WENT COLD ♪
♪ FEED THE FLAME CAUSE WE CAN'T
LET GO ♪
♪ RUN AWAY BUT WE'RE RUNNING IN
CIRCLES ♪
♪ RUN AWAY RUN AWAY ♪
♪ I DARE YOU TO DO SOMETHING I'
WAITING ON YOU AGAIN ♪
♪ SO I DON'T TAKE THE BLAME RUN
AWAY BUT WE'RE RUNNING IN
CIRCLES ♪
♪ RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY ♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪ YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT I
YOU NEVER MAKE NOBODY ♪
♪ TREAT MY HEART AS AN OPTION ♪
♪ LIVING LIFELIKE A ROCK STAR ♪
♪ YOU ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT IT
YOU ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT IT ♪
♪ PULLING UPSETS I CHANGE MY
COLORS ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET SOME
PAIRS OF CLOTHES ♪
♪ I WILL MAKE YOU INVINCIBLE ♪
♪ I LIVE MY LIFELIKE A
CRIMINAL ♪
♪ WHEN YOU'RE CRYING THERE'S
NOWHERE TO PLAY ♪
♪ I'M LIVING MY LIFE I'M TAKING
MY LOAD LIKE A PATIENT ♪
♪ I PUSH IT I PULL IT I FLIP
THAT ♪
♪ I GIVE IT AWAY JUST TO MOVE
IT ♪
♪ LIVING THE LIFE THAT I'M
CHOOSE YAG ♪
♪ YOU ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT IT
YOU NEVER MAKING NOBODY ♪
♪ I TREAT IT LIKE AN AUCTION I'
LIVING LIFELIKE A ROCK STAR ♪
♪ LOOK AT ME AND I'M OUT ON MY
FEET ♪
♪ THEY GOT TO STICK A ROD IN
ME ♪
♪ MY PRETTIES WANT TO CARVE ON
ME ♪
♪ I'M HURTING THE NECK BECAUSE
I'M POPPING IT WOW ♪
♪ I'M POPPING I'M PLAYING I'M
POPPING IT WOW ♪
♪ HOW ABOUT I PLAY IT STRAIGHT
TO THE WIND I KNOW IT CAN SEE ♪
♪ I THINK THAT'S PRETTY COOL IF
YOU'RE ASKING ME ♪
♪ CURRENCY BACK IN A CANDY
ROLL ♪
♪ I LOVE WHEN MY LAWYER CALLS I
HATE WHEN I RUN OUT OF SMALLS ♪
♪ WELCOME BACK TO THE PARTY ALL
WE LIKE A PARTY Y'ALL ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE JUMPING ON MARIO
STILL IT'S SO HARD ♪
♪ CIGARETTES CARS BATHROOM
STARS ♪
♪ PLEASE DON'T ♪
♪ YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT I
YOU NEVER MAKING NOBODY ♪
♪ I DREAM LIKE AN OPTION
STARTING TO GET OUT OF POCKET ♪
♪ I'M LIVING LIFELIKE A ROCK
STAR ♪
♪ SO LOOK AT ME AND NEVER SEE
ONE OF MY KEYS ♪
♪ YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT I
YEAH YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT
IT ♪
♪ YEAH BUT I DIDN'T DO CRAP
ABOUT IT ♪
♪ LIVING LIFELIKE A ROCK STAR ♪
♪ PULLING UPSETS FROM THE JEANS
BUT LOOK AT ME ♪
♪ I'M DEFINITELY OUT ON MY
FEET ♪
♪
AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME BACK
LEGENDARY QUEEN OF PERCUSSION,
SHEILA KEYS.
HAVING A HIT SONG CLIMB THE
CHARTS IS ONE THING, BUT
CONSISTENTLY PRODUCING MUSIC
THAT CONNECTS WITH FANS TIME AND
AGAIN IS ANOTHER
THESE NEXT FIVE ARTISTS MADE THE
EXPLOSIVE SONGS THAT WE RUSH TO
BUY.
THEY ARE THE NOMINEES FOR THE
TOP SONG SALES ARTIST.
BILLIE EILISH
♪
LIL NAS X
♪
LIZZO
♪
POST MALONE
♪
TAYLOR SWIFT.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
MY GIRL LIZZO
♪ I DO MY HAIR CHECK MY NAILS
BABY HOW YA DOING ♪
HI.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU TO
BILLBOARD, THANK YOU TO
ATLANTIC, THANK YOU TO TEAM
LIZZO, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
LISTENS TO MY MUSIC AND
SUPPORTED ME
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'VE BEEN
THINKING A LOT ABOUT SUPPRESSION
AND THE VOICES THAT REFUSE TO BE
SUPPRESSED
I WONDER, WOULD I BE STANDING
HERE RIGHT NOW IF IT WEREN'T FOR
THE BIG BLACK WOMEN WHO REFUSED
TO HAVE THEIR VOICES BE
SUPPRESSED
I JUST WANT TO SAY RIGHT NOW, IF
YOU'RE AT HOME WATCHING THIS,
YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT CHANGING
YOURSELF TO FEEL WORTHY, THIS IS
YOUR SIGN TO REMAIN TRUE TO WHO
YOU ARE.
LET ME TELL YOU ALL SOMETHING.
WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO SUPPRESS
SOMETHING, IT'S NORMALLY BECAUSE
THAT THING HOLDS POWER
THEY'RE AFRAID OF YOUR POWER
THERE'S POWER IN WHO YOU ARE
THERE'S POWER IN YOUR VOICE.
SO WHETHER IT'S THROUGH MUSIC,
PROTESTS, OR YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE,
USE YOUR POWER
USE YOUR VOICE
AND REFUSE TO BE SUPPRESSED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO BILLBOARD
I LOVE YOU ALL
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
B YCHL
BYE!
CONGRATULATIONS, LIZZO!
I LOVE LIZZO, Y'ALL.
THAT WAS SUCH A MOVING SPEECH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SUCH
A POWERHOUSE VOCALIST AND A
POWERHOUSE OF A WOMAN, I LOVE
YOU SO MUCH.
XFINITY CONNECTS PEOPLE TO THE
MOMENTS AND EXPERIENCES THEY
LOVE
NOW THEY'RE CONNECTING YOU WITH
BRANDY
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I
HEARD "THE BOY IS MINE."
I FELL IN LOVE WITH THAT SONG.
TWO DECADES AFTER THAT
RECORD-BREAKING SONG, SHE IS
STILL PRODUCING HITS, Y'ALL.
FROM THE XFINITY STAGE, HERE IS
BRANDY FEATURING TY DOLLA SIGN
♪
♪
♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO WOULD YOU
THINK ABOUT ME ♪
♪ I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING WRONG ♪
♪ FEELING CRAZY WANT TO BE WITH
YOU DEEP DOWN OH ♪
♪ CAN'T HELP IT BABY I'LL GIVE
YOU THIS BOTTOM LINE ♪
♪ WHOO WHOO WHOO I'M ON THE
BORDERLINE ♪
♪ IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD DON'T
YOU EVER HURT ME ♪
♪ I'LL CHANGE I'LL GO CRAZY ♪
♪ WE CAN'T QUITE ALIGN ♪
BRANDY!
GIVE IT UP, Y'ALL, FOR
KENTUCKY DOLLAR SIGN
THIS IS OUR NEW SINGLE "NO
TOMORROW."
♪ HOLD UP HOLD UP WAIT A
MINUTE ♪
♪ SOMEONE IN HERE GOING TO BE
HAVING MY BABIES ♪
♪ HARD TO LOVE THESE DAYS YOU
GOT QUESTIONS ♪
♪ WITH NO DOUBT YOU KNOW WHO TH
BEST IS IT'S THAT TYPE OF TIME ♪
♪ YOU DON'T KNOW IT YET I'LL
TELL YOU WHEN YOU'RE READY ♪
♪ YEAH I TOLD YOU YOU'RE SO
BEAUTIFUL ♪
♪ YEAH IOWA YEAH YEAH YEAH ♪
♪ BEAUTIFUL ♪
♪ I'M GOING TO BEAT IT UP IN
CASE THERE IS NO TOMORROW ♪
♪ LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW ♪
♪ OH YEAH IN CASE THERE'S NO
TOMORROW ♪
♪ I WON'T LET YOU GO LIKE
THERE'S NO TOMORROW ♪
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ADAM
BLACKSTONE AND THE BBEs.
♪ ONE OF THOSE DAYS YOU LOVED M
ONE OF THOSE DAYS YOU CRIED ♪
♪ ONE OF THOSE DAYS YOU'RE HAPP
BABE FEELING HIGH YEAH ♪
♪ TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE THINKING
YOU WERE TURNED AROUND ♪
♪ EVERYBODY KNOWS ALMOST ALL TH
TOWN ♪
♪ I CAN'T KEEP ON LOVING YOU ♪
♪ HAVING HESITATION NEVER REALL
GO ♪
♪ ALL THAT I CAN GIVE YOU WHAT
YOU WAITING FOR ♪
♪ BABY I'LL BE HERE MAYBE I'LL
SEE YOU AROUND ♪
♪ THAT'S A WAY TO GO ALMOST
DOESN'T COUNT ♪
♪ THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES ALMOST
DOESN'T COUNT ♪
♪ THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES ALMOST
DOESN'T COUNT ♪
WE'RE BACK AT THE BILLBOARD
MUSIC AWARDS AT THE DOLBY
THEATRE.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK
ABOUT A FRIEND WHO INSPIRES ME
ON THE DAILY
NOT ONLY A MUSICIAN, A
SONGWRITER, AS A HUMAN
JOHN LEGEND IS ONE OF MY
FAVORITE PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET,
AND IT'S EASY FOR US ALL TO FEEL
THAT WAY ABOUT THEM BECAUSE HE
AND CHRISSY JUST HAVE THIS WARM
WAY OF INVITING US INTO THEIR
WORLD.
THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS
MY HEART, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF OUR
HEARTS, GO OUT TO YOU BOTH IN
THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME
AND I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU
CONTINUE TO SHARE YOUR LIGHT AND
YOUR TALENT WITH ALL OF US FOR
THE VERY SPECIAL PERFORMANCE,
POSSIBLY MY FAVORITE OF THE
NIGHT.
THIS IS "NEVER BREAK" WITH JOHN
LEGEND
THIS IS FOR CHRISSY
♪
♪ OH YEAH WE GOT A GOOD THING
BABE ♪
♪ WHENEVER LIFE IS HARD WE'LL
NEVER LOSE OUR WAY ♪
♪ WE BOTH KNOW WHO WE ARE ♪
♪ WHO KNOWS ABOUT PERFORM WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE STARS ♪
♪ I JUST KNOW I'LL ALWAYS FOLLO
THE LIGHT IN YOUR HEART ♪
♪ I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT US AND
I'VE NEVER BEEN ♪
♪ WE KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER BREAK WE WILL
NEVER BREAK ♪
♪ BUILT ON A FOUNDATION STRONG
ENOUGH TO STAY ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER BREAK HOW THE
WATER RISES AND THE MOUNTAINS
SHAKE ♪
♪ OUR LOVE WILL REMAIN ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER NO NO NEVER WE
WILL NEVER NO NO NEVER ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER NO NEVER WE WIL
NEVER NO ♪
♪ THE WATER RISES THROW IT ALL
AT US THERE'S NOTHING WE CANNOT
TAKE ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER BREAK WE WILL
NEVER BREAK ♪
♪ BUILT ON A FOUNDATION STRONGE
THAN THE PAIN ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER BREAK HOW THE
WATER RISES ♪
♪ AND THE MOUNTAINS SHAKE OUR
LOVE WILL REMAIN ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER NO NO NEVER WE
WILL NEVER NO NO NEVER ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER NO NEVER WE WIL
NEVER NO OH ♪
♪ WE WILL NEVER NO NEVER WE WIL
NOOOO ♪
♪
♪
THANK YOU
JOHN, THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL
YOU ARE LITERALLY ONE OF MY
FAVORITE SINGER/ENTERTAINERS
THAT HAS EVER EXISTED.
THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.
ALL MY LOVE TO YOU AND CHRISSY
NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL
MOMENT ON THE BILLBOARD MUSIC
AWARDS
LET'S HEAD TO ATLANTA AND
WELCOME MAYOR KEISHA LANCE
BOTTOMS.
THANK YOU, KELLY.
I'M THRILLED THAT THIS IMPORTANT
MOMENT OF BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
IS BEING HELD AT ATLANTA'S APEX
MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HISTORY.
NOW WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT THESE
ARE HARD TIMES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AMERICANS
ARE LIVING WITH THE IMPACT OF
COVID-19, ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, AND
THE CRUSHING PAIN OF SYSTEMIC
RACISM
IT IS IN THESE MOMENTS THAT WE
LOOK FOR LEADERS WHO WILL NOT
JUST TALK THE TALK, BUT WALK THE
WALK
WHO WILL ANSWER THE CALL
WHO WILL RISE UP AND FIGHT FOR
THE CHANGE WE NEED
AND IT IS IN LIGHT OF THIS
ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING YEAR
THAT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE ARE
HONORING JUST SUCH AN
INDIVIDUAL
ONE WHO WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS
THE INAUGURAL BILLBOARD CHANGE
MAKER.
IT IS THE FIRST WHAT WAS WILL BE
AN ANNUAL TRIBUTE IN THIS SHOW,
WHERE WE SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON
A PERSON OF COURAGE, A CHANGE
MAKER WHO NOT ONLY IS A FORCE IN
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, BUT WHO HAS
SHIFTED THE CULTURE BEYOND THE
STAGE.
OUR INAUGURAL RECIPIENT IS A
HIP-HOP ICON, AN ENTREPRENEUR,
AND ACTIVIST WHO IS A POWERFUL
VOICE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW KILLER
MIKE'S DEDICATION AND ADVOCACY
IN HIS ART HAVE CREATED
MEANINGFUL CHANGE.
SOME ARTISTS FIND A FREQUENCY
THAT REACHES FAR AND WIDE, WHERE
PURPOSE AND SERVICE TO THE
GREATER GOOD COME TOGETHER.
THERE'S A SENEGALESE PROVERB
THAT SAYS, THERE CAN BE NO PEACE
WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING.
KILLER MIKE IS ONE OF THOSE
ARTISTS.
I'VE HAD TO LEARN
SEGREGATIONAL HISTORY.
I'VE HAD TO LET MY OWN CURIOSITY
TAKE ME OUT OF THAT HISTORY AND
FIND MYSELF A FRIEND INSTEAD OF
CONFRONT.
WITH A CAREER SPANNING TWO
DECADES, HE'S ONE HALF OF
HIP-HOP DUO RUN THE JEWEL.
KILLER MIKE CONTINUES TO EMERGE
AS A POWERFUL VOICE THAT
RESONATES FAR BEYOND HIS
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ROOTS.
WHAT'S THE ONE THING I WANT
YOU TO KNOW?
HE IS A CHAMPION FOR ECONOMIC
INDEPENDENCE, AS AN INVESTOR FOR
BLACK FINANCE NEO BANK
GREENWOOD, ENTREPRENEUR, AND
ADVOCATE FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY.
HIS PERSPECTIVE IS FIERCELY
PROTECTIVE OF HIS COMMUNITY.
I'M DUTY BOUND TO BE HERE TO
SAY, IT IS YOUR DUTY TO PLOT,
PLAN, STRATEGIZE, ORGANIZE, AND
MOBILIZE
AS FOR HIS CONTINUED PURSUIT
OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, HE IS A
DEFENDER OF VOTING RIGHTS, A
SOUND SEEKER FOR CHANGE, AND A
SUPPORTER FOR EDUCATION REFORM.
I WANT US TO UNDERSTAND WE
HAVE MORE COMMONALITIES THAN
DIFFERENCES.
A DEDICATED FATHER AND
HUSBAND WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF
HIS WIFE SHAYNA, KILLER MIKE'S
ACTIONS SPEAK AS LOUD AS HIS
WORDS.
ALL OF US DO A LITTLE, AIN'T
NOBODY GOT TO DO A LOT.
HE AS LEADER, A CLEAR VOICE
WILLING TO SPREAD AN HONEST
MESSAGE, ONE THAT SPEAKS FOR
MAKING TRUE CHANGE FOR THE POWER
OF THE PEOPLE.
AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME THE
FIRST-EVER BILLBOARD CHANGE
MAKER, ATLANTA'S OWN KILLER
MIKE
THANK YOU, MAYOR BOTTOMS.
THANK BILLBOARD.
THE CHANGE MAKER'S AWARD MEANS A
LOT TO ME.
THE INAUGURAL WINNER AS BIG
RESPONSIBILITY
AS I SAID ON THE NEW ALBUM,
"RTJ4," I HAVE A LYRIC ABOUT MY
WIFE
FRIENDS TELL HER HE COULD BE
ANOTHER MALCOLM, COULD BE
ANOTHER MARTIN
SHE TELLS THEM, I NEED A HUSBAND
WHO'S NOT A MARTYR
I WOULD NOT BE HERE IF NOT FOR
YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND YOUR
CONSTANCE BY MY SIDE
I'D PROBABLY BE HANGING OUT AT
THE BLUE FLAME BY MYSELF
INSTEAD.
I LOVE YOU VERY APPRMUCH AND I
APPRECIATE YOU
THIS IS OUR AWARD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
KIDS OUT THERE THAT SING AND
DANCE WHAT YOU DO IS WORTHY.
YOU ARE ARTISTS, AND YOUR GOAL
SHOULD BE TO EXPRESS THE VERY
REALITY AROUND YOU IN THE VERY
MOST BEAUTIFUL OR UGLY WAYS AS
YOU SEE FIT.
KIDS WHO RUN AND DANCE AND SING
AND JUMP AND ALL THAT, ALL THE
THINGS THEY TELL YOU DON'T
MATTER, YOU MATTER MORE THAN YOU
KNOW
THE KIDS PLOTTING, PLANNING,
STRATEGIZING, ON THE GROUND
MOBILIZING, YOU ARE NEEDED MORE
THAN EVER.
I'M A CULMINATION OF ALL THESE
THINGS
I LIKE TO HONOR MY AN SISTER
SOARS, GRANDMOTHER, MOTHER,
ALICE JOHNSON WHO TAUGHT ME TO
ORANGE, ALONG WITH REVEREND
JAMES, THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WHO HAVE HELPED ME ALONG THE
WAY.
I'M A PRODUCT OF ATLANTA
I APPRECIATE ATLANTA FOR MAKING,
I APPRECIATE THEM FOR CREATING
ME AND POURING INTO ME
I APPRECIATE ALL MY TEACHERS AT
FREDERICK DOUGLASS SOOL HIGH
SCHOOL
I ENCOURAGE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
PUSHED ME TO BE WHO I AM TODAY
THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS, KILLER MIKE,
ON A WELL-DESERVED HONOR
IN ADDITION TO ALL HIS OTHER
ENDEAVORS, KILLER MIKE HAS
STARTED GREENWOOD, A DIGITAL
BANKING PLATFORM THAT SUPPORTS
BLACK-OWNED BANKS AND BUSINESSES
FOR CONSUMERS.
THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS AND
NBC ARE DEPOSITING $1 MILLION,
WHAT
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
$1 MILLION TO HELP SUPPORT THIS
GREAT INITIATIVE
WE LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
KILLER MIKE, KEEP GOING.
COMING UP NEXT, LATIN
SUPERSTAR BAD BUNNY.
THEN LATER, DOJA CAT, DEMI
LOVATO, AND THIS YEAR'S
BILLBOARD THROWBACK, EN VOGUE
BILLBOARD THROWBACK, EN VOGUE
PERFORMS "FREE YOUR MIND."
WELCOME BACK TO THE
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
I HOPE Y'ALL ARE HAVING AS MUCH
FUN WATCHING AS I AM HOSTING
IF YOU'RE NOT, KNONEENER, I'M
HAVING AN AWESOME TIME
NOW FROM "ELLEN'S GAME OF
GAMES," PLEASE WELCOME TWITCH!
♪
LATIN MUSIC KEEPS GETTING
BIGGER AND BIGGER, EXPLODING ON
THE CHARTS, PROVING MUSIC IS A
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, CROSSING ALL
BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
THAT'S WHY THIS SHOW CELEBRATES
THE VERY BEST IN ALL GENRES AND
ALL THE GREAT ARTISTS WHEREVER
THEY ARE FROM.
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
LATIN ARTIST
BAD BUNNY ♪
♪
JAY BALDIN.
♪
♪ OZILLA.
♪
ROMEO SANTOS.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
BAD BUNNY
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WHOA, WHOA.
WHAT A TIME TO BE LATINO
WE GOT THE POWER, SO PROUD
THANK YOU TO THE BILLBOARDS.
THANK YOU TO ALL MY FANS AROUND
THE WORLD.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
COMING UP NEXT, DOJA CAT
♪
WELCOME BACK TO THE 2020
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
AND NOW, TO PRESENT THE NEXT
AWARD, FROM "A LITTLE LATE WITH
LILLY SINGH," HERE'S LILLY
SINGH!
HEY, WHAT'S UP, IMAGINARY
AUDIENCE
THEY'RE THE ARTISTS WE LISTEN TO
IN OUR CARS.
AT HOME, AT WORK, ON ZOOM CALLS
WHEN WE PUT OURSELVES ON MUTE,
ANYWHERE, ANYTIME WE WANT TO
HEAR THE MUSIC OF SOME OF THE
BEST OF THE PAST YEARS
THEY ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
MALE ARTIST.
DaBABY.
♪
KHALID.
♪
LIL NAS X
♪
POST MALONE
♪
ED SHEERAN.
♪
AND THE WINNER IS -
POST MALONE
POST MALONE AND "SUNFLOWER"
HAS OVER 1 MILLION LIKES ON
TIKTOK
♪
GREETINGS
WOW.
THIS IS -- THIS IS VERY STRANGE
HERE
THANK YOU, LILLY, FOR PRESENTING
ME, YOU'RE SO SWEET.
YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S -- IT'S A
WEIRD -- IT'S A WEIRD TIME FOR
EVERYBODY.
AND I JUST FOCUS -- I WANT TO
FOCUS ON SPREADING LOVE AND
JUST -- JUST DOING EVERYBODY'S
BEST
BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S WEIRD, AND
IT'S SO BIZARRE TO SEE NOBODY IN
THE AUDIENCE HERE.
BUT YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK
EVERYBODY AT HOME.
I WANT TO THANK ALL MY FANS.
I WANT TOTHANK MY BEAUTIFUL
MOTHER
I WANT TO THANK MY VERY HANDSOME
FATHER
I WANT TO THANK MY VERY
BEAUTIFUL STEPMOM, JODI.
I WANT TO THANK MY WHOLE FAMILY
AND EVERYBODY.
I'M NOT A MAN OF MANY WORDS, AS
YOU KNOW
LAST TIME, I THINK, I ACCEPTED
AN AWARD, I SAID I LOVE GRAPES
AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST
ACCENTUATE THAT STATEMENT.
BECAUSE I STILL DO, AND I VERY
MUCH DO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
STAY STRONG, AND JUST SPREAD
LOVE EVERYWHERE YOU GO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WOW, WHAT A BIG WIN FOR POST
MALONE, I LOVE HIM, Y'ALL, FOR
TOP MALE ARTISTS, HE'S ONE OF MY
FAVORITES.
OUR NEXT PERFORMER'S HIT SONG
"JUICY" IS UP FOR TOP R&B SONG,
AND DOJA CAT'S "SAY SO" HAS BEEN
USED IN MORE THAN 20 MILLION
VIDEOS ON TIKTOK
HERE WITH HER VERY FIRST
APPEARANCE ON THE BILLBOARD
MUSIC AWARDS IS DOJA CAT
I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE
THIS BEFORE.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH A
SPECIAL NIGHT AND IT'S JUST AN
AMAZING MOMENT
I FEEL I CAN REALLY TALK TO YOU,
AT ALL
FORGET WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, AND
FORGET WHAT YOU'VE HEARD
BECAUSE TONIGHT I'M GOING TO
KEEP IT REAL
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DOJA
CAT.
♪ IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE
YOU FELL IN LOVE ♪
♪ IF YOU COULD HAVE WAITED AND
WE CAN DANCE ♪
♪ IF YOU WANT IT I'LL BE THERE ♪
♪
♪
♪ WHY DON'T YOU SAY SO ♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪ DO THAT DO THAT BABY ALL NIGH
LONG ♪
♪ I'MA TURN OFF MY PHONE ♪
♪ SEND ME OUT RUNNING WITH THE
BEST ♪
♪ FANS IN THE EAST FANS IN THE
WEST ♪
♪
♪
♪ DON'T BE SCARED I AIN'T AFRAI
JUST LIKE THAT COME MY WAY ♪
♪ I LIKE IT I LIKE IT I LIKE IT
I LIKE IT ♪
♪
♪ I LIKE IT I LIKE IT THAT THAT
THAT THAT THAT ♪
♪ HEY HO HEY HO HEY HO HEY HO ♪
♪
♪
DOJA CAT, MAN
THAT WAS A BANGLE.
LET'S WATCH THAT BACK.
SURE.
OH, OKAY.
OH, YEAH!
OKAY.
OH, THAT'S COLD, OKAY.
CRAZY
GOING CRAZY
WHAT IS THAT?
SHE GOT SOME MOVES
HEY, HEY, HEY, YO
I LIKE THAT.
LOOK AT THE BARBIE DOLL SHE
GOT ON SHE COOL.
MAN, WE GOT
♪
♪
WE'RE BACK LIVE AT THE 2020
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
I DON'T THINK ANYONE COULD EVER
IMAGINE ME SPEECHLESS.
JUST HOW I CAME OUT, Y'ALL
BUT I AM PRETTY CLOSE TO A LOSS
FOR WORDS RIGHT NOW WHEN I TELL
YOU WHO OUR NEXT PRESENTER IS.
LET ME JUST LIST SOME OF THE
AWARDS SHE HAS ON HER MA
MANTELPIECE ON HOME.
AN OSCAR, A COUPLE OF GOLDEN
GLOBES, THE KENNEDY CENTER
HONOR, A BILLBOARD ICON AWARD.
HERE IS AN ICON AND A TRY LUE
LEGEND AND ONE OF MY FAVORITES,
CHER
♪
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
ESPECIALLY YOU, TRISHA YEARWOOD.
IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE
TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE BILLBOARD
ICON AWARD TO A TRUE MUSIC
LEGEND AND MY FRIEND, GARTH
BROOKS
THEICON AWARD WAS CREATED A
DECADE AGO TO HONOR THOSE
OUTSTANDING ARTISTS WHO HAVE
ACHIEVED EXCELLENCE IN THE
RECORDING STUDIO AND ON THE
CONCERT STAGE.
THEIR PASSION FOR MUSIC HAS MADE
THEM LEGENDS IN THEIR OWN TIME
AND THAT PERFECTLY DESCRIBES
GARTH.
GARTH BROOKS HAS HAD AT LEAST
ONE TOP TEN HIT SINGLE ON A
BILLBOARD CHART IN FIVE STRAIGHT
DECADES.
KNOWING GUARD, HE'S SET HIS
SIGHTS ON A SIXTH.
AND KNOWING TRISH, SHE'S GENTLY,
LOVINGLY PUSHING HIM TO HIS
SEVENTH.
WHEN I RECEIVED MY AWARD IN
2017, IT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST
HONORS OF MY LIFE AND A MEMORY
I'LL NEVER FORGET.
TO KNOW THAT I WAS RECEIVING THE
SAME HONOR AS PRINCE AND STEVIE
WONDER JUST ADDED TO THE THRILL
OF IT ALL.
AND I KNOW GARTH FEELS THE SAME
WAY.
NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
AMAZING CAREER OF GARTH BROOKS
♪
SINCE HIS DEBUT ALBUM, IT
SEEMS GARTH BROOKS HAS STOOD AT
THE VERY TOP OF THE MUSIC WORLD,
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS, TOPPING
THE CHARTS, AND REDEFINING THE
VERY NATURE OF COUNTRY MUSIC,
BOTH IN THE STUDIO AND ON STAGE.
ALONG THE WAY, BROOKS TOOK
COUNTRY MUSIC FROM THE HEARTLAND
AND BROUGHT IT TO ALL AMERICA
AND THEN THE WORLD WITH ALBUMS
AND SINGLES THAT DOMINATED THE
CHARTS
19 NUMBER ONE HITS
17 NUMBER ONE ALBUMS
AND NINE NUMBER ONES ON THE
BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM CHART.
HE SOLD MORE ALBUMS THAN ANY
SOLO ARTIST IN THE U.S. AND
BROKE THE RECORD HELD BY THE
BEATLES WHEN HE BECAME THE FIRST
ARTIST IN MUSIC HISTORY WITH
SEVEN ALBUMS SELLING 10 MILLION
COPIES EACH TO REACH DIAMOND
AWARD STATUS
BUT HE DIDN'T STOP THERE
BROOKS JUST RECEIVED HIS NINTH
DIAMOND AWARD EARLIER THIS YEAR,
GIVING US SONGS THAT SPEAK TO
HEARTACHE, HOPE, LOSS, AND LOVE.
ONES THAT SPEAK TO OUR YEARNING
TO BE FREE
AND REMINDING US WE ALL HAVE
FRIENDS IN ALL TYPES OF PLACES
WITH LIVE PERFORMANCES THAT
MESMERIZE CROWDS ACROSS THE
GLOBE, THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN
A COUNTRY STAR ON THE CONCERT
STAGE LIKE GARTH
AND HE BRINGS THE HIGHEST ENERGY
AND THE LATEST PRODUCTION TO
EVERY PERFORMANCE.
FROM DIVE BARS TO STADIUMS, FROM
TELEVISION TO THE INTERNET, HE
HAS GONE HIGHER AND HIGHER INTO
THE STRATOSPHERE WHILE NEVER
FORGETTING THE PEOPLE HE'S MET
ALONG THE JOURNEY, AND THE ROOTS
AND THE PLACES WHERE HE WAS
BORN
GARTH BROOKS, AMERICAN ARTIST,
GLOBAL SUPERSTAR, 2020 BILLBOARD
MUSIC ICON
♪
♪
HOW CRAZY THE WORLD IS,
Y'ALL.
I'M THE LUCKIEST MAN IN THE
WORLD.
THANK YOU, GUYS.
GOD BLESS YOU, EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF YOU
GOOD NIGHT
THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH!
FOR EVERYTHING
I LOVE YOU
NOW, WITH SOME AWARD SHOWS,
THIS IS THE MOMENT WHEN THE
HONOREE COMES ON STAGE, SAYS A
FEW WORDS, AND SITS DOWN
BUT IF GARTH THINKS HE WAS GOING
TO GET AWAY WITHOUT SINGING
TONIGHT, HE'S GOT ANOTHER THINK
COMING
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE IS
THE BILLBOARDS ICON OF 2020,
GARTH BROOKS
♪
♪
♪ 3:30 IN THE MORNING NOT A SOU
IN SIGHT ♪
♪ LOOKING LIKE A GHOST TOWN ON
MOONLESS SUMMER NIGHT NOTE
♪ AS THE STORM BLOWS UP AND THE
THUNDER ROLLS ♪
♪
♪
♪ PUT HER ON THE LINE I GOT TO
TALK TO MY GIRL ONE MORE TIME ♪
♪
♪
♪ TILL THE RIVER RUNS DRY ♪
♪ LIKE A BIRD ABOVE THE WIND
THESE WATERS ARE MY SKY ♪
♪ TILL THE RIVER RUNS DRY ♪
♪ I WILL SAIL MY VESSEL ♪
COME ON!
YEAH
♪ STANDING UPSIDE THE FIRE
STANDING UPSIDE THE FIRE ♪
♪ LIFE IS NOT TRYING IT'S MEREL
SURVIVING IF YOU'RE STANDING
OUTSIDE THE FIRE ♪
♪ SHE GOT A NEED TO FEEL THE
THUNDER YEAH ♪
♪ CHASE THE LIGHTNING FROM THE
SKY ♪
♪ WATCH THE STORM WITH ALL ITS
WONDER ♪
♪ SHE HAD THE RIGHT TO SEE THE
PASSION LIKE A COMET BURNING
BRIGHT ♪
♪ WILL SHE GET ALONG IN THE WIN
TURNING BACK ANOTHER NIGHT ♪
♪ WE'RE GONNA SPEND A WEEKEND I
THE DEEP END ♪
♪ THE WATER'S FINE JUST COME ON
IN ♪
♪ IN THE DEEP END OF THE DIVE
BAR ♪
♪
♪
COME ON!
♪ I GOT FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES
WHISKEY ROUNDS AND BEER
CHASERS ♪
I WANT TO HEAR YOU SING IT
♪
COME ON!
♪
YEAH
YEAH
♪
♪ I'VE GOT FRIENDS ♪
♪
♪
♪ AND WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW THE WA
IT ALL ENDS THE WAY IT ALL
GOES ♪
♪ OUR LIVES ARE BETTER LEFT TO
CHANCE ♪
♪ LOVE DANCE ♪
♪
TO MISS CHER
GETTING THE AWARD YOU GOT MAKES
ME FEEL COOL
AND COOL IS NEVER A WORD I WOULD
USE TO DESCRIBE ME
IF I HAD TO THANK ONE PERSON,
ONE ENTITY, IT WOULD BE GOD
ALLMIGHTY, FOR THROUGH HIM ALL
THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
DOWN ON THIS PLANET, BOB DOYLE
THE GROUP FROM NASHVILLE
L.A.
THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, TRISHA
YEARWOOD, MY THREE GIRLS
I WILL LOVE YOU FOR ALL MY TIME
ON THIS PLANET
COUNTRY RADIO, YOU GAVE ME THIS.
TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO FILL
THOSE STANDS, THANK YOU!
THANK YOU FOR MY LIFE!
♪
♪
♪
WHOO!
HERE'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT
THAT, PEOPLE
YEAH
THAT JUST HAPPENED
I LOVE GARTH BROOKS!
AND TRICIA
WHOO
JUST AHEAD, DEMI LOVATO AND
BTS.
AND 30 YEARS AFTER THEY BECAME
THE ONLY FEMALE GROUP TO SEND
ITS FIRST THREE SINGLES TO
NUMBER ONE ON THE HOT R&B
HIP-HOP SONG CHART, EN VOGUE
RETURNS TO THE STAGE
YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT
YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT
THEN LATER, WE FIND OUT IF
YOU'RE BACK AT THE BILLBOARD
MUSIC AWARDS
AND NOW FROM HBO'S "INSECURE,"
PLEASE WELCOME JAY ALEX!
IT CAN BE HARD TO DEFINE R&B.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST MUSIC,
IT'S A GROOVE.
IT'S A VIBE.
AND OVER TIME, IT HAS BEEN
INFUSED WITH DIFFERENT SOUNDS AS
ARTISTS COME IN WITH THEIR OWN
UNIQUE STYLES, PUSHING IT TO NEW
FRONTIERS.
WHAT REMAINS THE SAME IS HOW
THIS MUSIC MAKES US FEEL
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
R&B ARTIST
CHRIS BROWN
♪
KHALID.
♪
LIZZO
♪
SUMMER WALKER
♪
THE WEEKND.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
WHERE'S KELLY WITH THAT BUTTON
AT
KHALID
KHALID'S MOST POPULAR TRACK
ON TIKTOK WITH OVER 600,000.
FIRST OFF, THANK YOU, JAY,
MAN.
THIS IS AMAZING.
ALSO, Y'ALL, I WANT TO THANK
BILLBOARD SO MUCH FOR HONORING
ME WITH THIS AWARD
THIS MEANS THE MOST TO ME, THIS
MEANS A LOT TO ME.
I REALLY WANT TO GIVE IT OUT TO
MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY MOM,
FOR ALL THE SUPPORT SHE'S GIVEN
ME, FROM A CHILD TO NOW.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
I WANT TO REALLY GIVE A BIG
SHOUT-OUT TO MY FANS
THANK YOU, GUYS, SO MUCH FOR
ROCKING WITH ME.
I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH AND I
MISS YOU
I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM.
I WANT TO THANK, YEAH, ONCE
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK BILLBOARD
SO MUCH FOR THIS
AND BEFORE I GO, I WANT TO LET
YOU GUYS KNOW THAT YOUR VOICE
MATTERS.
PLEASE USE YOUR VOICE.
YOUR VOICE MATTERS NOW MORE THAN
EVER
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES.
BE SAFE.
LOVE YOU GUYS, AND PEACE OUT
I LOVE YOU, KHALID!
YES!
I'M SO HAPPY FOR THAT WIN.
OH MY GOSH, IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN
AMAZING NIGHT, Y'ALL
HOW AWESOME, WITH BRANDY AND
DOJA CAT, SHE KILLED IT, I WAS
LIKE, WHAT
AND SEEING GARTH RECEIVE THE
ICON AWARD AND PERFORM, I THINK
WE ALL KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
I BOW TO THE ICON.
I'M SO LUCKY BEING HERE TONIGHT,
I'M SO HAPPY
EVERY YEAR WE HONOR AN ARTIST
THAT'S HAVING A BREAKOUT YEAR.
ED SHEERAN, KACEY MUSGRAVES HAVE
TAKEN THE STAGE AND BEEN
SHOWCASED AS THE BILLBOARD MUSIC
AWARD BREAKOUT ARTIST.
THIS YEAR SAINT JOHN UNLESS THE
SPOTLIGHT.
HIS SONG "ROSES" IS A GLOBAL
SMASH THAT HAS RULED THE EDM
CHART FOR OVER 20 WEEKS.
HERE IS SAINT JOHN
♪
♪
♪ ROSES I WALKED IN THE CORNER
WITH THE BODY SCREAMING ♪
♪ I ALREADY KNOW ALREADY KNOW
ROSES ALL I NEED IS ROSES ♪
♪ ALL I NEED IS ♪
♪ TURN IT UP WHEN I TURN IT ON ♪
♪ CAN'T HATE IT WHEN I TURN IT
ON ♪
♪ TOO FAST NEVER ASK IF LIFE
DON'T LAST BEEN THROUGH IT ALL ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU WON'T TELL NOBODY
NOTHING I KNOW YOU WON'T TELL
NOBODY NO ♪
♪ I MIGHT TELL YOUR GIRL YOU
CUTE BUT BALLING GO ♪
♪ STANDING ON THE TABLE ROSE YO
KNOW WHO THE GOD IS TURN UP
BABY ♪
♪ YOU KNOW HOW I GET LIT WHEN I
TURN IT ON ♪
♪ TOO FAST NEVER ASK THE LIFE
DON'T LAST BEEN THROUGH IT ALL ♪
♪ ROSES ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU CAN'T TELL NOBODY
NO ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU WON'T TELL NOBODY
NO ♪
♪
♪
♪ YOU ALREADY KNOW YOU ALREADY
KNOW ♪
♪ I WON'T BE IN THE CORNER ♪
♪ I ALREADY KNOW ALREADY KNOW ♪
♪ ALL I NEED ONE TWO THREE ♪
♪
♪
♪ THAT'S WHO YOU ARE I WATCH YO
IN THE CORNER WITH THE BODY ON
MY FINGER ♪
♪
SHE MIGHT GET IT POPPING I MIGHT
WIFE HER FOR THE WINTER ♪
♪ I ALREADY KNOW ALREADY KNOW
ROSES ♪
♪ ALL I NEED IS ROSES ♪
♪ YOU AND YOUR FRIEND AND STUFF
I ALREADY KNOW JUST COME FROM
THE JUNGLE BACK TO THE
BUNGALOW ♪
♪
♪
♪ TWO CHAMPAGNES FOR A FUN TIME
ROSES ♪
♪ I WALK IN THE CORNER WITH THE
MONEY ON MY FINGER ♪
♪ SHE MIGHT GET IT POPPING I
MIGHT WIFE HER FOR THE WINTER ♪
♪ I ALREADY KNOW ALREADY KNOW ♪
♪ TURN IT ON I TURN IT ON YOU
KNOW HOW I GET LIT WHEN I TURN
IT ON ♪
♪ TOO FAST NEVER ASK IF THE LIF
DON'T LAST ♪
XFINITY CUSTOMERS CATCH A
BONUS BILL BOARDS MUSIC AWARDS
PERFORMANCE.
SAY "SAINT JOHN" INTO YOUR
XFINITY VOICE REMOTE
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT!
TONIGHT IS A CELEBRATION OF THE
MUSIC OF TODAY THAT WE LOVE, BUT
IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REMEMBER THOSE FROM OUR
COMMUNITY WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH
US
SADLY WE LOST SO MANY OF OUR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY OVER THE PAST
YEAR
JUICE WRLD, KENNY ROGERS, HELEN
REDDY, POP SMOKE, MAC DAVIS, AND
LITTLE RICHARD, TO NAME BUT A
FEW.
AND JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, A TRUE
GIANT WAS TAKEN FROM US.
EDDIE VAN HALEN.
HE WAS A LEGENDARY GUITARIST, AN
AMAZING MUSICIAN, AND AN
INCREDIBLE SONGWRITER.
FIVE YEARS AGO, HE BROUGHT HIS
BAND TO THE BILLBOARD MUSIC
AWARDS STAGE IN LAS VEGAS FOR
ONE OF THEIR RARE LIVE TV
PERFORMANCES
AND WHAT MADE THAT MOMENT EVEN
MORE SPECIAL IS THAT HE WAS
JOINED BY HIS SON, WOLFGANG.
THAT MOMENT IS ONE THAT ALL WHO
THAT MOMENT IS ONE THAT ALL WHO
SAW IT WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER.
♪
♪
♪
♪ YEAH YEAH UH-HUH ♪
♪ JUMP BACK WHAT'S THAT SOUND ♪
♪ DON'T YOU KNOW SHE'S COMING
HARD FOR ME ♪
♪ PANAMA PANAMA ♪
♪ PANAMA PANAMA ♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
WE ARE BACK AT THE BILLBOARD
MUSIC AWARDS
AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME TIKTOK
CREATOR, ADDISON RAY
OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR,
MY LIFE HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED
BECAUSE OF A SHORT-FORM VIDEO
APP CALLED TIKTOK.
THE PLATFORM ALLOWS USERS TO
EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN ALL
DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS,
INCLUDING VIRAL DANSIE
CONSEQUENCES FEATURING THE
HOTTEST NEW TRACKS
WHETHER IT'S DOJA CAT'S "SAY
SO," CARDI B AND MEGAN THEE
STALLION'S "WAP," OR FLEETWOOD
MAC'S "DREAMS," THE CHANCE OF
SUCCESS ARE ENDLESS ON TIKTOK.
IT CAN TRANSFER SOMEONE FROM
LOUISIANA TO THE BILLBOARD MUSIC
STAGE TONIGHT.
HERE'S A LOOK AT HIGHLIGHTS FROM
THE LAST YEAR.
♪
♪
♪ I'M A SAVAGE ♪
♪
♪ I'M A PRETTY BOY ♪
♪ YOU WANT TO SAY SO ♪
THIS IS THE FIRST AWARD OF
THE NIGHT CHOSEN BY YOU, THE
FANS
YOU MAKE SONGS FS TREND ON TIKTO
YOU MAKE SONGS HIT THE BILLBOARD
CHARTS
AND YOU VOTED LIKE CRAZY ON
TIKTOK TO SEE YOUR FAVORITE
ARTIST WIN THIS AWARD.
THESE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR THE
CHART ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
MARIAH CAREY.
♪
LUKE COMBS.
♪
LIL NAS X
♪
HARRY STYLES.
♪
TAYLOR SWIFT.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD CHART
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD GOES TO --
HARRY STYLES!
HARRY STYLES IS UNABLE TO BE
HERE TONIGHT, SO WE ACCEPT THIS
AWARD ON HIS BEHALF.
PLEASE WELCOME TIKTOK
CREATOR SPENCER X.
HELLO, HELLO.
THE TOP SOCIAL ARTIST AWARD
SPOTLIGHTS THE MOST ACTIVE MUSIC
ARTIST ON SOCIAL MEDIA
IT'S VERY COOL THAT THE FANS GOT
TO VOTE FOR THE WINNER ON
TIKTOK
NOW I KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT
BEING ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
AND I ALSO KNOW A THING OR TWO
ABOUT MUSIC.
CHECK THIS OUT
♪
♪
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES
BTS
♪
BILLIE EILISH
♪
XO.
♪
GOT 7
♪
ARIANA GRANDE
♪
OH -- AND THE TOP SOCIAL
ARTIST AWARD GOES TO -
BTS
LET'S GO TO SOUTH KOREA!
TAKE IT AWAY, GUYS
WHOO!
THANK YOU, ARMY, FOR GIVING
US THIS AWARD.
FOUR YEARS IN A ROW, WHOO
WE THINK THIS AWARD IS LIVING
PROOF THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU
ARE, ARMY, BTS, ACTIVE AS
ALWAYS
HM
YEAH.
IT'S A CELEBRATION OF OUR
TREASURED CONNECTION
UH-HUH!
BIG THANKS TO YOU, AGAIN,
ARMY
YEAH, WHOO!
NOT ONLY DID BTS WIN, WE GET
TO SEE THEM PERFORM IN A FEW
MINUTES.
BUT NEXT, AN ARTIST WHO IS A
POWERHOUSE VOCALIST.
HER SONGS ARE FILLED WITH
EMPOWERMENT AND CONFIDENCE
HERE WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
HER BRAND-NEW SONG, PLEASE
WELCOME DEMI LOVATO!
♪
♪ WERE YOU EVER TOLD WHEN YOU
WERE YOUNG IF YOU DO THINGS
SELFISHLY THEY'RE ABOUT TO COME
UNDONE ♪
♪ I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE AFFECTED
AND I'M A LUCKY ONE ♪
♪ BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT
HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH HAVEN'T
THEY SUFFERED ENOUGH ♪
♪ PRAYING FOR RAIN COMMANDER IN
CHIEF HONESTLY ♪
♪ IF I DID THE THINGS YOU DO I
COULDN'T SLEEP ♪
♪ SERIOUSLY DO YOU EVEN KNOW TH
TRUTH ♪
♪ WE'RE IN A STATE OF CRISIS
PEOPLE ARE DYING ♪
♪ WHILE YOU LINE YOUR POCKETS
DEEP ♪
♪ COMMANDER IN CHIEF HOW DOES I
FEEL TO STILL BE ABLE TO
BREATHE ♪
♪ WE WERE TAUGHT WHEN WE WERE
YOUNG IF WE FIGHT FOR WHAT'S
RIGHT THERE WON'T BE JUSTICE FOR
JUST SOME ♪
♪ WON'T GIVE UP STAND OUR GROUN
WE'LL BE IN THE STREETS WHILE
YOU'RE BUNKERING DOWN ♪
♪ LOUD AND PROUD BEST BELIEVE
WE'LL STILL TAKE A KNEE WHILE
YOU'RE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ♪
♪ HONESTLY IF I DID THE THINGS
YOU DO I COULDN'T SLEEP ♪
♪ SERIOUSLY DO YOU EVEN KNOW TH
TRUTH ♪
♪ WE'RE IN A STATE OF CRISIS
PEOPLE ARE DYING ♪
♪ WHILE YOU LINE YOUR POCKETS
DEEP ♪
♪ COMMANDER IN CHIEF HOW DOES I
FEEL TO BE ABLE TO BREATHE ♪
♪
♪ O O ABLE TO BREATHE ♪
♪ WON'T GIVE UP STAND OUR
GROUND ♪
♪ WE'LL BE IN THE STREETS WHILE
YOU'RE BUNKERING DOWN ♪
♪ WON'T GIVE UP STAND OUR
GROUND ♪
♪ WE'LL BE IN THE STREETS WHILE
YOU'RE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ♪
♪ HONESTLY IF I DID THE THINGS
YOU DO I COULDN'T SLEEP ♪
♪ SERIOUSLY DO YOU EVEN KNOW TH
TRUTH ♪
♪ WE'RE IN A STATE OF CRISIS
PEOPLE ARE DYING ♪
♪ WHILE YOU LINE YOUR POCKETS
DEEP COMMANDER IN CHIEF ♪
♪ HOW DOES IT FEEL TO STILL BE
ABLE TO BREATHE ♪
♪ ABLE TO BREATHE ♪
COMING UP NEXT, K-POP SUPER
GROUP "B" TS COMES TO US ALL THE
WAY FROM SOUTH KOREA
THE AWARD FOR TOP ARTIST, AND A
BILLBOARD THROWBACK PERFORMANCE
BY EN VOGUE YOU WON'T WANT
WE'RE BACK WITH THE 2020
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
LAST TIME I PRESENTED OUR NEXT
PERFORMERS, THEY WERE GITH US ON
STAGE IN LAS VEGAS, AND THEIR
FANS SCREAMING COULD LITERALLY
BE HEARD ALL THE WAY BACK IN
KOREA.
TONIGHT THEY'RE ACTUALLY WITH US
FROM KOREA
AS MUCH AS I'D LOVE TO SEE THEM
20 FEET AWAY FROM ME, MY EARS
ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THEIR
FANS THE LAST TIME, BECAUSE THEY
HAVE AN AMAZING FAN BASE
WITH "DYNAMITE," THEIR FIRST
NUMBER ONE HIT ON THE BILLBOARD
HOT 100, HERE'S BTS!
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪ LIGHT IT UP LIKE DYNAMITE
HEY ♪
♪ BRING A FRIEND JOIN THE CROWD
WHOEVER WANNA COME ALONG ♪
♪ SO WE DANCE TO THE BREAK OF
DAWN ♪
♪ LADIES AND GENTLEMEN YOU
SHOULD KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE
BALL ♪
♪ LIFE IS SWEET AS HONEY YEAH
THIS BEAT CHA-CHING LIKE MONEY ♪
♪ I'M GOOD TO GO I'M DIAMOND YO
KNOW I GLOW ♪
♪ I'M IN THE STARS TONIGHT WATC
ME BRING THE FIRE AND SET THE
NIGHT ALIGHT ♪
♪ SHINING THROUGH THE CITY WITH
A LITTLE FUNK AND SOUL LIGHT IT
UP LIKE DYNAMITE ♪
♪ NA NA NA NA NA NA LIKE
DYNAMITE ♪
♪ NA NA NA NA NA NA LIKE
DYNAMITE ♪
♪ SHINING THROUGH THE CITY WITH
A LITTLE FUNK AND SOUL LIGHT IT
UP LIKE DYNAMITE ♪
♪ NA NA NA YEAH NA NA NA NA NA
NA YEAH LIGHT IT UP LIKE
DYNAMITE ♪
♪ NA NA NA NA NA NA YEAH NA NA
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA YEAH LIGHT
IT UP LIKE DYNAMITE ♪
♪ SHINING THROUGH THE CITY WITH
A LITTLE FUNK AND SOUL LIGHT IT
UP LIKE DYNAMITE ♪
♪ SO WATCH ME BRING THE FIRE AN
SET THE NIGHT ALIGHT ♪
♪ SHINING THROUGH THE CITY WITH
A LITTLE FUNK AND SOUL LIGHT IT
UP LIKE DYNAMITE WHOA ♪
♪ NA NA NA NA NA NA LIKE
DYNAMITE ♪
♪ NA NA NA NA NA NA LIKE
DYNAMITE ♪
♪ SHINING THROUGH THE CITY WITH
A LITTLE FUNK AND SOUL LIGHT IT
A LITTLE FUNK AND SOUL LIGHT IT
UP LIKE DYNAMITE ♪
BEVERLY HILLS" ON BRAVO, HERE IS
GARCELLE BEVE.
TODAY'S CHRISTIAN SONGS
ENCOMPASS VIRTUALLY EVERY TYPE
OF MUSIC
POP, RAP, HIP-HOP, GOSPEL,
CONTEMPORARY, HARD ROCK.
REGARDLESS, ITS MUSICAL ROOTS,
THE TRUE POWER OF CHRISTIAN
MUSIC IS THE WAY IT CONNECTS
LISTENERS TO THE POWER AND
IMPORTANCE OF FAITH.
HERE ARE THE NOMINATED -- HERE
ARE THE NOMINEES FOR THE TOP
CHRISTIAN ARTIST
LAUREN SLAGLE
♪
ELEVATION WORSHIP
♪
FOR KING AND COUNTRY.
♪
HILL SONG UNITED ♪
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KANYE WEST.
♪
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
LAUREN DAIGLE
♪ YOU SAY I AM LOVE WHEN I CAN'
FEEL A THING ♪
♪ YOU SAY I AM STRONG WHEN I SA
I AM WEAK ♪
WHEW, THAT FEELS AMAZING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
INCREDIBLE HONOR
THANK YOU TO BILLBOARD
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO IS A
PART OF THIS
IT WAS KIND OF CRAZY LAST NIGHT.
I WAS SITTING WITH MY MANAGER.
AND SHE SAID, LAUREN, GUESS WHAT
TOMORROW MARKS
AND I SAID, WHAT
SHE SAID, FIVE YEARS AGO TO THE
DAY, YOU WROTE THE SONG "YOU
SAY" ALONG WITH TWO OTHERS
AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THAT'S KIND
OF CRAZY, THE TIMING OF
EVERYTHING
AND WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT
THAT SIGNIFIES IS JUST THAT
THERE IS AMAZING HOPE FOUND IN
GOD.
AND HE HAS AN INCREDIBLE WAY TO
TAKE ONE STORY AND TURN IT
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
I WAS JUST A GIRL FROM
LOUISIANA, AND NOW I'M STANDING
HERE IN LOS ANGELES.
AND FOR ALL THOSE WATCHING THAT
NEED HOPE TONIGHT, HE HAS IT
HE HAS THE HOPE.
ESPECIALLY FOR TIMES LIKE THESE.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO
VOTED AND WHO WAS A PART
I LOVE IT.
I'M SO GRATEFUL.
AND WE'LL SEE YOU SOON
HOPEFULLY IN PERSON.
COMING UP NEXT, THE BIGGEST
AWARD OF THE NIGHT
AND THEN EN VOGUE'S THROWBACK
AND THEN EN VOGUE'S THROWBACK
PERFORMANCE WHEN THEY TAKE THE
WE'RE BACK AT THE 2020
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME ACADEMY
AWARD NOMINATED ACTRESS TARAJI
P. HENSON.
IT'S THE FINAL AND MOST
PRESTIGIOUS AWARD OF THE NIGHT,
AND THERE'S A REASON WHY WE SAY
THAT UNTIL NOW
BECAUSE THESE TRULY ARE THE TOP
ARTISTS OF THE PAST YEAR
THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC
TODAY.
THE ONES WHO CREATE THE MUSIC
THAT SETS THE STANDARD FOR ALL
TO FOLLOW.
HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR TOP
ARTIST
BILLIE EILISH
JONAS BROTHERS
KHALID
POST MALONE.
TAYLOR SWIFT
AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD
GOES TO --
POST MALONE
♪
♪
GREETINGS, ALL.
I'M HONESTLY BLOWN AWAY, JUST BY
THE LOVE THAT EVERYBODY'S SHOWN
TO ME, AND HONESTLY, I
APPRECIATE IT MORE THAN I COULD
EVER EXPRESS
AND IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL FOR
ME, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY
INVOLVED
BECAUSE WE WORK -- WE WORK OUR
ASSES OFF, AND WE JUST TRY OUR
BEST EVERY DAY
AND HONESTLY, TO BE ABLE TO
REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT,
YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE ANYBODY TO
TURN TO AND JUST BE ABLE TO
REACH OUT AND SHOW EVERYBODY
THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE, AND
MUSIC CAN BRING EVERYBODY
TOGETHER, IT'S ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK
YOU SO VERY MUCH, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
I'M BLOWN AWAY
I'M FLOORED.
SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY,
VERY MUCH, YES
ALL RIGHT
WELL, EARLIER YOU WON TOP MALE
ARTIST
AND WITH THAT YOU HAVE WON A
TOTAL OF NINE TROPHIES TONIGHT,
MY MAN
AND WE HAVE THEM ALL RIGHT HERE,
COVID STYLE.
NINE TROPHIES
I CAN'T TOUCH YOU, SO I HAD
TO WHEEL IT OUT.
THAT'S OKAY, YOU KNOW, I'M
STILL HERE
OH MY GOD.
I HAVE -
YOU HAVE NINE TROPHIES.
THAT'S PRETTY BAD-ASS.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE,
IT WILL BE FINE.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT, WE CAN
SHARE THEM, DO A TIMESHARE ON
IT
HONESTLY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH
I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY BESIDES,
I'M SO GRATEFUL AND SO THANKFUL.
AND THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HONESTLY
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'RE KILLING IT
YES!
ALL RIGHT.
THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
THROWBACK IS HOW WE PAY TRIBUTE
TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST
MILESTONES IN MUSIC.
THIS YEAR WE'RE THROWING IT BACK
30 YEARS, Y'ALL, TO 1990 WHEN
THIS GROUP SENT THEIR FIRST
THREE SINGLES TO NUMBER ONE ON
THE HOT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS CHART,
MAKING THEM THE FIRST FEMALE
GROUP EVER TO DO IT.
THEY'RE HERE TO PERFORM ONE OF
THEIR BIGGEST HITS, "FREE YOUR
MIND," A SONG JUST AS RELEVANT
NOW AS IT WAS THEN
HERE IS EN VOGUE
WE ARE IN A STATE OF
EMERGENCY.
WROTE A SONG ABOUT IT.
♪ FREE YOUR MIND ♪
♪
♪ I WEAR TIGHT CLOTHING HIGH
HEEL SHOES ♪
♪ IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M A
PROSTITUTE NO NO ♪
♪ I LIKE RAP MUSIC WEAR HIP-HOP
CLOTHES ♪
♪ THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M OU
SELLING DOPE NO NO NO ♪
♪ MAMA FORGIVE ME FOR HAVING
STRAIGHT HAIR IT DOESN'T MEAN
THERE'S ANOTHER BLOOD IN MY
HEIRS ♪
♪ I MIGHT DATE ANOTHER RACE OR
COLOR IT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T
LIKE MY STRONG BLACK BROTHERS ♪
♪
♪ WHY OH WHY MUST IT BE THIS
WAY ♪
♪
♪ BEFORE YOU CAN READ ME YOU GO
TO LEARN HOW TO SEE ME ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND AND THE REST
WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND AND THE REST
WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ SO I'M A SISTER BUY THINGS
WITH CASH ♪
♪ THAT REALLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT
ALL MY CREDIT'S BAD NO ♪
♪ SO WHY DISPUTE ME AND WASTE M
TIME ♪
♪ BECAUSE YOU REALLY THINK THE
PRICE IS TOO HIGH FOR ME ♪
♪ I CAN'T LOOK NO WITHOUT BEING
WATCHED ♪
♪ YOU RANG MY BUY BEFORE I MADE
UP MY MIND ♪
♪ NOW ATTITUDE WHY EVEN BOTHER
WHY EVEN BOTHER ♪
♪ CAN'T CHANGE MY MIND NO CAN'T
CHANGE MY COLOR ♪
♪
♪ WHY OH WHY MUST IT BE THIS
WAY ♪
♪
♪ BEFORE YOU CAN READ ME YOU
GOTTA LEARN HOW TO SEE ME ♪
♪ I SAID FREE YOUR MIND AND THE
REST WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND AND THE REST
WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND ♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪ WHY OH WHY MUST IT BE THIS
WAY ♪
♪
♪ BEFORE YOU CAN READ ME YOU
GOTTA LEARN HOW TO SEE ME ♪
♪ I SAID FREE YOUR MIND AND THE
REST WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND AND THE REST
WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND AND THE REST
WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND AND THE REST
WILL FOLLOW ♪
♪ BE COLOR BLIND DON'T BE SO
SHALLOW ♪
♪ FREE YOUR MIND ♪
THANK YOU, GOOD NIGHT
ALL RIGHT, GOOD NIGHT,
EVERYBODY!
WE HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD TIME.
IF NOT, MY BAD
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
NOMINEES AND WINNERS ARE BASED
ON KEY FAN INTERACTIONS WITH
MUSIC, INCLUDING AUDIO AND
STREAMING, MEASUREMENTS TRACKED
BY BILLBOARD AND MARCIE DATA
THE AWARDS ARE BASED ON THE
BILLBOARD CHARTS MARCH 2019
THROUGH MARCH 2020