2013 Billboard Music Awards

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2013 Billboard Music Awards
DateMay 19, 2013 (2013-05-19)
Location MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Hosted by Tracy Morgan
Most awards Taylor Swift (8)
Most nominations Maroon 5 (14)
Television/radio coverage
Network ABC
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The 2013 Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held on May 19, 2013, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was aired on ABC at 8:00/7:00 PM central. [1] The show was hosted by Tracy Morgan. [2] [3]

Contents

Performances

Performer(s)Song(s)Digital sales
reaction
Bruno Mars "Treasure"24,000 (+220%)
Selena Gomez "Come & Get It"171,000 (+4%)
The Band Perry "Better Dig Two"
Icona Pop "I Love It"134,000 (+4%)
Chris Brown "Fine China"35,000 (+41%)
Macklemore
Ryan Lewis
Wanz
"Thrift Shop"
Taylor Swift
Jabbawockeez
"22"
Kacey Musgraves "Merry Go 'Round"
David Guetta
Chris Brown
Lil Wayne
"I Can Only Imagine"
Justin Bieber "Take You"81,000 (+3%)
Pitbull
Christina Aguilera
Morten Harket (a-ha)
"Feel This Moment"
"Take On Me"

3,000 (+30%)
Miguel "Adorn"56,000 (+134%)
Ed Sheeran "Lego House"
Jennifer Lopez
Pitbull
"Live It Up"65,000 (+53%)
will.i.am
Justin Bieber
"#thatPOWER"
David Guetta
Akon
Ne-Yo
"Play Hard"48,000 (+313%)
Nicki Minaj
Lil Wayne
"High School"
Prince "Let's Go Crazy"
"FixUrLifeUp"

Presenters

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first. [4] [5]

Top Artist Top New Artist
Top Male Artist Top Female Artist
Top Duo/Group Top Billboard 200 Artist
Top Billboard 200 Album Top Hot 100 Artist
Top Hot 100 Song Top Touring Artist
Top Digital Songs ArtistTop Digital Song
Top Radio Songs Artist Top Radio Song
Top Streaming Artist Top Streaming Song (Audio)
Top Streaming Song (Video) Top Pop Artist
Top Pop AlbumTop Pop Song
Top R&B Artist Top R&B Album
Top R&B Song Top Rap Artist
Top Rap Album Top Rap Song
Top Country Artist Top Country Album
Top Country Song Top Rock Artist
Top Rock Album Top Rock Song
Top Latin Artist Top Latin Album
Top Latin Song Top Dance Artist
Top Dance AlbumTop Dance Song
Top EDM ArtistTop EDM Album
Top EDM Song Top Christian Artist
Top Christian Album Top Christian Song
Top Social Artist (fan-voted)Milestone Award (fan-voted) [6]
Icon Award
Prince

Artists with multiple wins and nominations

Live-GIFs

Tumblr chose the 2013 Billboard Music Awards as the basis for their first live TV integration. [7] Creative agency Deckhouse Digital was hired for the event, designing an innovative live-gif system which allowed them to produce animated GIFs during the broadcast, and post them directly to Billboard's tumblr page in real time. [8] Users of the blogging site were able to view and share animated images of events unfolding on stage just minutes after watching them live on ABC. [9]

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