The 2024 Billboard Music Awards, which aired Thursday night, celebrated the artists, songs, and albums that defined the charts and resonated with audiences over the past year. The ceremony spotlighted the industry’s biggest stars alongside emerging talents, showcasing the year’s standout achievements in music.
This year, the competition was fierce, with country rocker Zach Bryan and global pop icon Taylor Swift leading the nominations. Swift, poised to make history, once again went head-to-head with rap titan Drake to determine who would become the BBMAs’ all-time most-awarded artist. Both artists entered the night with a career total of 39 awards, tied for the top spot.
Taylor Swift emerged victorious, securing 10 new trophies and cementing her status as the most-decorated artist in Billboard Music Awards history. Her wins came just before her 35th birthday, making the occasion a double celebration.
Swift’s dominance was a testament to her enduring relevance and unparalleled ability to connect with fans across generations. Her victories included top honors in categories like Top Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album, further solidifying her as a music industry powerhouse.
The awards also recognized a host of first-time finalists, giving emerging stars their moment in the spotlight. Pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter, whose viral hit Espresso became a global phenomenon, was nominated for categories like Top Hot 100 Artist and Top Streaming Songs Artist.
While Carpenter didn’t take home any awards, her multiple nominations highlighted her growing influence in the industry. Other fresh faces included Teddy Swims, Benson Boone, Enhypen, Tyla, and The Red Clay Strays, whose nominations marked their breakout moments on the global stage.
The evening was equally a celebration of live music, featuring electrifying performances from a diverse array of artists. Coldplay brought their signature energy to the stage, while country music was represented by Shaboozey and Megan Moroney.
Rock legends Linkin Park delivered a powerful set, and the K-pop sensation Stray Kids thrilled fans with their dynamic performance. Other acts included regional Mexican group Fuerza Regida and genre-blending star Jelly Roll, ensuring the night showcased the richness of musical genres dominating the charts.
Hosted by actress and comedian Michelle Buteau, known for her roles in Babes and The Circle, the pre-taped ceremony combined humor, music, and heartfelt moments. Buteau’s wit and charm kept the evening lively as the show honored both established icons and rising stars.
Her lighthearted commentary provided a balance to the intense competition and emotional acceptance speeches, making the event as entertaining as it was celebratory.
The eligibility period for the awards spanned from October 28, 2023, to October 19, 2024, aligning with Billboard’s year-end chart tracking. This timeline ensured that the awards reflected the music that truly defined the past year.
With historic wins, memorable performances, and a showcase of new talent, the 2024 Billboard Music Awards reinforced its reputation as a barometer of musical success and a celebration of the industry’s brightest stars.
Full List of the Winners
Top artist
Zach Bryan
Sabrina Carpenter
Drake
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Morgan Wallen
Top new artist
Benson Boone
Tommy Richman
WINNER: Chappell Roan
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Top male artist
Zach Bryan
Luke Combs
Drake
Post Malone
WINNER: Morgan Wallen
Top female artist
Sabrina Carpenter
Billie Eilish
Chapell Roan
WINNER: Taylor Swift
SZA
Billboard Latin Music Awards:J Balvin receives Spirit of Hope Award
Top duo/group
Blink-182
Coldplay
WINNER: Fuerza Regida
Linkin Park
Stray Kids
Top Billboard 200 artist
Zach Bryan
Drake
WINNER: Taylor Swift
SZA
Morgan Wallen
Top Hot 100 artist
Zach Bryan
Sabrina Carpenter
Billie Eilish
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Morgan Wallen
Top Hot 100 songwriter
Amy Allen
Jack Antonoff
Zach Bryan
Kendrick Lamar
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 producer
WINNER: Jack Antonoff
Zach Bryan
Daniel Nigro
Finneas O’Connell
Taylor Swift
Top streaming songs artist
Zach Bryan
Sabrina Carpenter
Kendrick Lamar
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Morgan Wallen
Top radio songs artist
Sabrina Carpenter
Doja Cat
WINNER: Taylor Swift
SZA
Morgan Wallen
Top song sales artist
Jelly Roll
Jung Kook
WINNER: Shaboozey
Taylor Swift
Teddy Swims
Top Billboard Global 200 artist
Sabrina Carpenter
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
WINNER: Taylor Swift
The Weeknd
Top Billboard global artist
Sabrina Carpenter
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
WINNER: Taylor Swift
The Weeknd
Top R&B artist
Brent Faiyaz
Tommy Richman
WINNER: SZA
Tyla
The Weeknd
Top R&B male artist
Brent Faiyaz
WINNER: Tommy Richman
The Weeknd
Top R&B female artist
Muni Long
WINNER: SZA
Tyla
Top R&B Touring Artist
Chris Brown
WINNER: Bruno Mars
Usher
Top rap artist
WINNER: Drake
Future
Kendrick Lamar
Metro Boomin
Travis Scott
Top rap male artist
WINNER: Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Travis Scott
Top rap female artist
WINNER: Doja Cat
GloRilla
Nicki Minaj
Top Rap Touring Artist
Nicki Minaj
WINNER: Travis Scott
$uicideboy$
Top country artist
Zach Bryan
Luke Combs
Post Malone
Chris Stapleton
WINNER: Morgan Wallen
Top country male artist
Zach Bryan
Luke Combs
WINNER: Morgan Wallen
Top country female artist
Nicki Minaj
WINNER: Travis Scott
$uicideboy$
Top country artist
Zach Bryan
Luke Combs
Post Malone
Chris Stapleton
WINNER: Morgan Wallen
Top country male artist
Zach Bryan
Luke Combs
WINNER: Morgan Wallen
Top country female artist
Hozier
Jelly Roll
Noah Kahan
Linkin Park
Top rock duo/group
Good Neighbours
WINNER: Linkin Park
The Red Clay Strays
Top Rock Touring Artist
WINNER: Coldplay
The Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Top Latin artist
WINNER: Bad Bunny
Fuerza Regida
Junior H
KAROL G
Peso Pluma
Top Latin male artist
WINNER: Bad Bunny
Junior H
Peso Pluma
Top Latin female artist
WINNER: Karol G
Shakira
Kali Uchis
Top Latin duo/group
Eslabon Armado
WINNER: Fuerza Regida
Grupo Frontera
Top Latin Touring Artist
Bad Bunny
Karol G
WINNER: Luis Miguel
Top global K-Pop artist
Enhypen
Jimin
Jung Kook
WINNER: Stray Kids
Tomorrow X Together
Top K-Pop Touring Artist
Enhypen
WINNER: Seventeen
Tomorrow X Together
Top Afrobeats Artist
Asake
Burna Boy
Rema
Tems
WINNER: Tyla
Top Dance/Electronic Artist
Beyoncé
The Chainsmokers
WINNER: Charli XCX
Dua Lipa
Calvin Harris
Top Christian Artist
Lauren Daigle
WINNER: Elevation Worship
Forrest Frank
Brandon Lake
Anne Wilson
Top Gospel Artist
Kirk Franklin
Maverick City Music
Chandler Moore
Naomi Raine
WINNER: CeCe Winans
Top Billboard 200 Album
Zach Bryan “Zach Bryan”
Drake “For All The Dogs”
Noah Kahan “Stick Season”
Taylor Swift “1989 (Taylor’s Version)”
WINNER: Taylor Swift “The Tortured Poets Department”
Top Soundtrack
“Hazbin Hotel: Season One”
WINNER: “Trolls: Band Together”
“Twisters: The Album”
“Wish”
“Wonka”
Top R&B Album
WINNER: Chris Brown “11:11”
Brent Faiyaz “Larger Than Life”
PartyNextDoor “PartyNextDoor 4 (P4)”
Bryson Tiller “Bryson Tiller”
Tyla “Tyla”
Top Rap Album
21 Savage “american dream”
WINNER: Drake “For All the Dogs”
Future & Metro Boomin “We Don’t Trust You”
Nicki Minaj “Pink Friday 2”
Rod Wave “Nostalgia”
Top Country Album
Beyoncé “Cowboy Carter”
Zach Bryan “The Great American Bar Scene”
WINNER: Zach Bryan “Zach Bryan”
Chris Stapleton “Higher”
Bailey Zimmerman “Religiously. The Album.”
Top Rock Album
Zach Bryan “The Great American Bar Scene”
Zach Bryan “Zach Bryan”
Hozier “Unheard (EP)”
WINNER: Noah Kahan “Stick Season”
Dolly Parton “Rockstar”
Top Hard Rock Album
Bring Me The Horizon “Post Human: NeX GEn”
Falling In Reverse “Popular Monster”
Hardy “Quit!!”
Pearl Jam “Dark Matter”
WINNER: Sleep Token “Take Me Back to Eden”
Top Latin Album
WINNER: Bad Bunny “nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana”
Fuerza Regida “Pa Las Baby’s Y Belikeada”
Grupo Frontera “El Comienzo”
Junior H “$ad Boyz 4 Life II”
Karol G “Mañana Sera Bonito (Bichota Season)”
Top K-Pop Album
Ateez “The World EP.Fin Will”
WINNER: Jung Kook “Golden”
Stray Kids “Rock-Star”
Stray Kids “Ate: Mini Album”
Tomorrow X Together “The Name Chapter: Freefall”
Top Dance/Electronic Album
WINNER: Charli XCX “Brat”
Jungle “Volcano”
Odetari “XXIII Sorrows”
Troye Sivan “Something To Give Each Other”
John Summit “Comfort in Chaos”
Top Christian Album
WINNER: Elevation Worship “Can You Imagine”
Forrest Frank “Child of God”
Brandon Lake “Coat of Many Colors”
Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine “The Maverick Way Complete: Complete Vol 02”
Katy Nichole “Jesus Changed My Life”
Top Gospel Album
Kirk Franklin “Father’s Day”
Koryn Hawthorne “On God”
WINNER: Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine “The Maverick Way Complete: Complete Vol 02”
CeCe Winans “More Than This”
Naomi Raine “Cover The Earth: Live in New York”
Top Hot 100 Song
Benson Boone “Beautiful Things”
Jack Harlow “Lovin on Me”
Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”
Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
WINNER: Teddy Swims “Lose Control”
Top Streaming Song
WINNER: Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”
Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us”
Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”
Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Teddy Swims “Lose Control”
Top Radio Song
Benson Boone “Beautiful Things”
Jack Harlow “Lovin on Me”
Tate McRae “Greedy”
Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer”
WINNER: Teddy Swims “Lose Control”
Top Selling Song
Benson Boone “Beautiful Things”
Jung Kook “Standing Next to You”
Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”
WINNER: Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Teddy Swims “Lose Control”
Top Collaboration
Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar “Like That”
WINNER: Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”
Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone “Fortnight”
Morgan Wallen ft. Ernest “Cowgirls”
Top Billboard Global 200 Song
WINNER: Benson Boone “Beautiful Things”
Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso”
Tate McRae “Greedy”
Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer”
Teddy Swims “Lose Control”
WINNER: Benson Boone “Beautiful Things”
Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso”
Tate McRae “Greedy”
Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer”
Teddy Swims “Lose Control”
Top R&B Song
4batz ft. Drake “act ii: date @ 8 (remix)”
Muni Long “Made for Me”
WINNER: Tommy Richman “Million Dollar Baby”
SZA “Saturn”
Tyla “Water”
Top Rap Song
Doja Cat “Agora Hills”
Doja Cat “Paint the Town Red”
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar “Like That”
Jack Harlow “Lovin on Me”
WINNER: Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us”
Top Country Song
Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”
Dasha “Austin”
Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”
WINNER: Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Morgan Wallen “Thinkin’ Bout Me”
Top Rock Song
Zach Bryan “Pink Skies”
WINNER: Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”
Djo “End of Beginning”
Hozier “Too Sweet”
Noah Kahan “Stick Season”
Top Hard Rock Song
WINNER: Falling In Reverse ft. Jelly Roll “All My Life”
Falling In Reverse, Tech N9ne & Alex Terrible “Ronald”
Hardy “Psycho”
Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine”
Superheaven “Youngest Daughter”
Top Latin Song
Bad Bunny “Monaco”
Bad Bunny & Feid “Perro Negro”
WINNER: FloyyMenor & Cris MJ “Gata Only”
Karol G & Peso Pluma “QLona”
Xavi “La Diabla”
Top Global K-Pop Song
Illit “Magnetic”
Jimin “Who”
WINNER: Jung Kook “Standing Next to You”
Jung Kook ft. Jack Harlow “3D”
Le Sserafim “Perfect Night”
Top Afrobeats Song
Adam Port & Stryv ft. Malachiii “Move”
Tems “Me & U”
Tyla “Truth or Dare”
WINNER: Tyla “Water”
Tyla, Gunna & Skillibeng “Jump”
Top Dance/Electronic Song
WINNER: Dua Lipa “Houdini”
Dua Lipa “Illusion”
Kenya Grace “Strangers”
Ariana Grande “yes, and?”
Marshmello & Kane Brown “Miles on It”
Top Christian Song
WINNER: Elevation Worship ft. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore “Praise”
Forrest Frank “Good Day”
Josiah Queen “The Prodigal”
Seph Schlueter “Counting My Blessings”
Tauren Wells with We the Kingdom & Davies “Take It All Back”
Top Gospel Song
Koryn Hawthorne “Look at God”
Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine “God Problems”
Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine ft. Tasha Cobbs Leonard “In the Room”
Victor Thompson X Gunna ft. Ehis ‘D’ Greatest “This Year (Blessings)”
WINNER: CeCe Winans “That’s My King”
