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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>>> WE THE BEST MUSIC.

DON'T EVER PLAY IT

ANOTHER ONE, I AM.

♪ DJ KHALED

YEAH WE ON AND

WE GOIN' CRAZY

CRAZY GO ♪

♪ OH-OH-OH-WAY-OH

SAID WE ON AND

WE GOIN' CRAZY

♪ ONLY LIVE ONE LIF

CAME UP BY YOUR SIDE

JUST MIGHT

FASHION KILLA NO KNIFE ♪

♪ MURDER MURDER YEA

I WRIT

LONG ROAD WE ON ON

OH YEAH YEAH WE HIGH ♪

♪ CAN'T HAVE NO LAM

UP OUR VIB

WE GOIN' CRAZY ♪

OH I KNOW THAT YOU

ONLYFANS ♪

♪ RUN IT UP RUN-RUN IT UP

WE NEED MANY BANDS

MANY BANDS

WHEN I'M TALKIN' BANDS ♪

♪ YEAH WE ON AN

WE GOIN' CRAZY

CRAZY GO

OH-OH-OH-WAY-OH ♪

♪ SAID WE ON AN

WE GOIN' CRAZY

CRAZY WOO WOO WOO WOO GO

YEAH WE ON AND ♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

YEAH WE ON AND ♪

♪ WE GOIN' CRAZ

YEAH WE ON AND ♪

♪ WE GOIN' CRAZ

YEAH WE ON AND ♪

♪ WE GOIN' CRAZ

YEAH WE ON AND ♪

♪ WE GOIN' CRAZ

>> WE THE BEST MUSIC

AVAILABLE NOW, NUMBER ONE ON

BILLBOARDS

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR

GRADUATION

I LOVE YOU

I'M GOING TO DO IT FOR MY FAMILY

FOREVER.

THAT'S MY MAMA

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> I SAY WE CRAZY, WE VERY

CRAZY.

>> FROM MICROSOFT THEATERS, IT'S

THE 2021 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

WITH PERFORMANCES BY AJR

ALICIA KEYS.

BAD BUNNY.

BTS.

DURAN DURAN.

BLACK ANIMALS.

JONAS BROTHERS

CAROL G.

MARSHMELLO

PINK

THE WEEKND

21 PILOTS.

PLUS DOJA CAT.

SPECIAL MOMENT IN MINNEAPOLIS

WITH JIMMY AND JERRY LEWIS

ANN NESBY PERFORMS THE SOUNDS OF

BLACKNESS.

JOHN BON JOVI PRESENTS AN ICON

AWARD TO PINK.

THE BILLBOARD CHANGE MAKER

AWARDS AND THE SPECIAL

CELEBRATION, ARTIST OF THE

DECADE

>>> AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME YOUR

HOST, NICK JONAS

>> WELCOME TO THE BILLBOARD

MUSIC AWARDS

IT IS NO SECRET THIS LAST YEAR

HAS BEEN AN INSANE ROLLER

COASTER RIDE

BUT I THINK ALL OF US ARE

FEELING A LOT MORE OPTIMISTIC

LATELY

HOW GREAT IS IT TO BE BACK

TOGETHER AGAIN

NOW, LISTEN, WE ARE LIVE AND

THERE IS A CROWD TO SEE OUR

PERFORMANCES

WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE

WE'RE MAKING SURE TO FOLLOW ALL

THE PROPER COVID HEALTH AND

SAFETY PROTOCOLS

THIS WAY WE CAN ALL ENJOY WHAT

PROMISES TO BE A FUN

CELEBRATION, THE VERY BEST MUSIC

AND ARTISTS OF THE PAST YEAR

NOW, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME

HOSTING THE SHOW, AND I CAN'T

THINK OF A BETTER PLACE TO DO IT

BECAUSE WE HAVE LITERALLY TAKEN

OVER L.A. LIVE, AND WE'RE GOING

TO BE HERE ON THE PLAZA ON THE

OUTDOOR STAGE AND INSIDE THE

MICROSOFT THEATER.

IN FACT, LET'S HEAD INSIDE RIGHT

NOW FOR OUR NEXT PERFORMANCE

>>> AND NOW WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE

ONE OF THE MANY GREAT

PERFORMANCES COMING TO YOU FROM

INSIDE THIS THEATER TONIGHT.

OF XFINITY GIVES YOU A WAY

BETTER WAY TO WATCH THIS NEXT

PERFORMER DOJA CAT WHOSE HIGH

ENERGY TALENT IS A MUST-SEE

SPECTACLE.

ARE YOU READY?

FROM THE XFINITY STAGE LET'S

GIVE IT UP FOR DOJA CAT

FEATURING FIZZA.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪ WE HUG AN

YES, WE MAKE LOV

AND ALWAYS JUST SAY GOODNIGH

♪ AND WE CUDDLE

SURE I DO LOVE I

BUT I NEED

YOUR LIPS ON MINE ♪

♪ CAN YOU KISS ME MORE?

WE'RE SO YOUNG

BOY, WE AIN'T GO

NOTHIN' TO LOSE ♪

♪ UH-OH

IT'S JUST PRINCIPLE ♪

♪ BABY, HOLD ME

'CAUSE I LIK

THE WAY WE MOV

UH-OH ♪

♪ BOY, YOU WRITE YOU NAME

I CAN DO THE SAM

OH, I LOVE THE TASTE

LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA ♪

♪ ALL ON MY TONGU

I WANT IT ♪

♪ BOY, YOU WRITE YOU NAME

I CAN DO THE SAM

OH, I LOVE THE TASTE

LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA ♪

♪ ALL ON MY TONGU

I WANT IT ♪

♪ I, I FEEL LIK

CUFFIN' SOMETHIN

BUT WE COULD

BE CORNY, OKAY ♪

♪ SUGAR, I AIN'

NO DUMMY, DUMM

I LIKE TO SAY,

"WHAT IF?" ♪

♪ BUT IF WE COULD KIS

AND JUST CUT THE RUBBISH

THEN I MIGHT B

ONTO SOMETHIN' ♪

♪ I AIN'T GIVIN' YO

ONE IN PUBLI

I'M GIVIN' YOU HUNDRED

COME GET IT ♪

♪ SOMETHIN' WE JUST

GOTTA GET INTO ♪

♪ SIGN FIRST, MIDDLE, LAS

ON THE WISDOM TOOT

AND THEY WISHIN' THA

THE COOKIE WAS A KISSIN' BOOTH ♪

♪ TASTE BREAKFAST, LUNCH,

AND GIN AND JUICE ♪

♪ AND THAT DINNER

JUST LIKE DESSERT TO

AND WHEN WE FRENCH

REFRESH, GIMME TWO ♪

♪ WHEN I BITE THAT LIP,

COME GET ME TOO ♪

♪ HE WANT LIPSTICK,

LIP GLOSS,

HICKEYS TOO, HUH

♪ CAN YOU KISS ME MORE?

WE'RE SO YOUNG

BOY, WE AIN'T GO

NOTHIN' TO LOSE ♪

♪ UH-OH

IT'S JUST PRINCIPLE ♪

♪ BABY, HOLD ME

'CAUSE I LIK

THE WAY WE MOV

UH-OH ♪

♪ BOY, YOU WRITE YOU NAME

I CAN DO THE SAM

OH, I LOVE THE TASTE

LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA ♪

♪ ALL ON MY TONGU

I WANT IT ♪

♪ BOY, YOU WRITE YOU NAME

I CAN DO THE SAM

OH, I LOVE THE TASTE

LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA ♪

♪ ALL ON MY TONGU

I WANT IT ♪

♪ SAY GIVE ME A BUCK,

NEED THAT GUSHY STUF

PUSH THE LIMIT, NO

YOU AIN'T GOOD ENOUG

♪ ALL YOUR FELLAS SAY

THAT YOU LOST WITHOUT ME

ALL MY SHORTIES FEEL

LIKE I DODGED THE COUNTY ♪

♪ CUFFIN' WITH YO

FEEL LIKE JAIL, BUDD

I CAN'T EVEN

EXHALE, BUDDY ♪

♪ COOKIE LIKE HOLY GRAIL,

YOU KNOW THA

YOU GON' MAKE ME NEED BAIL

YOU KNOW THAT ♪

YOU AINT EVEN HALF MAN

LYIN' ON YOU

YOU KNOW THAT ♪

♪ GOT ME A BA

FULL OF BRICK,

YOU KNOW THAT ♪

♪ CONTROL, DON'T SLOW

THE PACE IF

THROW BACK ♪

♪ ALL THIS CASH FOR REAL, A

DRAMA MAKE YOU FEEL, A

FANTASY AND WHIP APPEA

IS ALL I CAN GIVE YOU ♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪ CAN YOU KISS ME MORE?

WE'RE SO YOUNG

BOY, WE AIN'T GO

NOTHIN' TO LOSE ♪

♪ UH-OH

IT'S JUST PRINCIPLE ♪

♪ BABY, HOLD ME

'CAUSE I LIK

THE WAY Y MOVE

UH-OH ♪

♪ OH, DARLING ♪

♪

♪ BOY, YOU WRITE YOU NAME

I CAN DO THE SAM

OH, I LOVE THE TASTE

OH, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA ♪

♪ ALL ON MY TONGU

I WANT IT ♪

♪ BOY, YOU WRITE YOU NAME

I CAN DO THE SAM

OH, I LOVE THE TASTE

OH, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA ♪

♪ ALL ON MY TONGU

I WANT IT ♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> ANOTHER INCREDIBLE

PERFORMANCE AND WE'RE ONLY TEN

MINUTES IN, PEOPLE

THANKS TO XFINITY FOR GIVING US

A WAY BETTER WAY TO WATCH.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE FIRST

AWARD OF THE NIGHT

HE'S AN AMAZING COMEDIAN AND THE

HOST OF NBC'S SMALL FORTUNE,

PLEASE WELCOME HOWIE

>> HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON,

EVERYBODY?

THIS IS CRAZY.

PEOPLE BE HAPPY, RIGHT

I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP

NOW, LOOK, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

THINKING

WHAT A YEAR IT HAS BEEN FOR ME

I GOT GLENN CLOSE TO DO THE BUTT

AT THE OSCARS, COME ON

EVERYBODY SAYS NOW WHEN I DO THE

AWARDS SHOWS THAT'S WHAT THEY

WANT ME TO DO TO EVERYBODY

IF I SEE BARBARA STRANGE, I'LL

SEE IF SHE'LL DO THE TOOTSY

ROLL

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS

I'M EXCITED BECAUSE I'M

PRESENTING THE TOP 100 ARTISTS

AT THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

NOW, LOOK, NOT ONLY DID ALL FIVE

OF THESE FINALISTS GIVE US SOME

IS AMAZING MUSIC IN THE PAST

YEAR, BUT I BEST BELIEVE GLENN

CLOSE WAS DANCING ALSO

EACH OF THESE ARTISTS ARE HERE

AND -- LOOK, JUST SHOW THEM WHO

IT IS.

>> OKAY, THERE GO THAT BABY,

HE'S BACK NOW.

>> DaBABY.

♪♪

♪♪

>> DRAKE

♪♪

♪♪

>> DUA LIPA.

♪♪

♪♪

>> POP SMOKE

♪♪

♪♪

>> THE WEEKND.

♪♪

♪♪

>> ALL RIGHT

AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO THE WEEKND

♪♪

[ APPLAUSE ]

>> THANK YOU

THANK YOU.

UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE

TO THANK MY FELLOW NOMINEES.

IT'S BEEN A DARK YEAR AND YOU

BROUGHT LIGHT AND ESCAPE WITH

YOUR MUSIC, GENIUS, BRILLIANCE,

AND YOU DESERVE THIS AWARD JUST

AS MUCH AS I DO, IF NOT MORE

I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM, LAMAR,

CASH, SAL, WOULD NOT BE HERE

WITHOUT THEM

I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FANS, OF

COURSE

GIVE IT UP FOR MY FANS

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY BACK

HOME IN TORONTO.

AND, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO THANK GOD

THAT I DON'T HAVE TO WEAR THAT

RED SUIT ANY MORE.

THANK YOU.

[ APPLAUSE ]

>> COMING UP NEXT, TWENTY ONE

PILOTS

THEN LATER PERFORMANCES BY

ALICIA KEYS, AJR

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>>> WELCOME BACK

OUR NEXT PERFORMERS HAVE WON

SEVEN BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS AND

ARE MULTIPLE FINALISTS THIS

YEAR

THEIR NEW SONG, "SHY AWAY," IS

ABOUT AN OLDER BROTHER'S ADVICE

TO A YOUNGER BROTHER

SOMETHING I KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT.

AND HERE WITH "SHY AWAY,"

WELCOME 21 PILOTS.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪ WHEN I GET HOME

YOU BETTER NOT BE THER

WE'RE PLACING BETS YOU

WON'T SHED YOUR MODESTY ♪

♪ AND THE ONLY THING TO

LEAVE BEHIND I

YOUR OWN SKI

ON THE FLOOR ♪

♪ DON'T YOU

SHY AWAY

AH

MANIFEST A CEILING ♪

♪ WHEN YOU SHY AWAY

AH

SEARCHING FOR THAT FEELING

JUST LIKE AN I LOVE YOU ♪

♪ OOH OOH

THAT ISN'T WORDS

OH O

LIKE A SONG HE WROTE ♪

♪ THAT'S NEVER HEAR

DON'T YOU ♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪ WHEN YOU GET HOME

YOU BARELY RECOGNIZE

THE PICTURES THE

PUT IN A FRAME ♪

♪ CAUSE YOU SHE

YOUR MODESTY

DON'T CIRCLE THE TRACK

TAKE WHAT YOU HAVE ♪

♪ AND LEAVE YOUR SKIN

ON THE FLOOR

DON'T YO

SHY AWAY ♪

♪ A

MANIFEST A CEILING

WHEN YOU SHY AWA

AH ♪

♪ SEARCHING FOR THAT FEELIN

JUST LIKE AN I LOVE YO

OOH OO

THAT ISN'T WORDS ♪

♪ OH OH

LIKE A SONG HE WROTE

THAT'S NEVER HEARD

WHEN I GET HOME ♪

♪ BOY YOU BETTE

NOT BE THERE

YOU'RE LONG GONE

SHED YOUR MODESTY ♪

♪ DON'T CIRCLE THE TRAC

JUST BREAK THE

CYCLE IN HAL

AND LEAVE YOUR SKIN ♪

♪ ON THE FLOO

DON'T YO

SHY AWAY

AH ♪

SEARCHING FOR THAT FEELING ♪

♪ JUST LIKE AN I LOVE YOU

OOH OO

THAT ISN'T WORDS

OOH OOH ♪

♪ LIKE A SONG HE WROT

THAT'S NEVER HEARD

NO, IT'S NEVER HEARD ♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪ AN I LOVE YOU

THAT ISN'T WORDS

LIKE A SONG HE WROTE

THAT'S NEVER HEARD ♪

♪ DON'T YOU SHY AWAY ♪

♪♪

♪♪

WE GOT A NEW ALBUM

IT'S OUT NOW

GO CHECK IT OUT.

♪♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> Announcer: SHE'S AN ACTRESS,

AN ACTIVIST, AND AN AUTHOR, WITH

A NEW BOOK "SHADY BABY."

PLEASE WELCOME GABRIELLE UNION

>> THE BILLBOARD AWARD FOR TOP

SELLING SONG WAS FIRST GIVEN

IN 2016.

AMONG THE PAST WINNERS ARE NAMES

LIKE ADELE, LUIS FONSI,

MAROON 5, AND LIL NAS X.

IT JUST SHOWS THAT THIS AWARD

AND THE ARTISTS IT HONORS COME

FROM EVERY TYPE AND STYLE OF

MUSIC.

HERE ARE THIS YEAR'S FINALISTS

>> Announcer: GABBY BARRETT

FEATURING CHARLIE PUTH --

"I HOPE.

♪♪

BTS -- "DYNAMITE."

♪♪

CARDI B FEATURING

MEGAN THEE STALLION -- "WAP.

♪♪

MEGAN THEE STALLION FEATURING

BEYONCE -- "SAVAGE."

♪♪

THE WEEKND -- "BLINDING LIGHTS."

♪♪

>> AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO --

"DYNAMITE" - BTS

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN A BIG

NIGHT FOR BTS.

THEY WON TOP DUO GROUP

LET'S HEAD TO SEOUL, SOUTH

KOREA, FOR BTS

>> WE ARE BTS.

THANK YOU FOR THE TOP-SELLING

SONG AWARD, WHICH IS AMAZING AND

HUGE

IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO BE THE

WINNER OF SUCH A SIGNIFICANT

TITLE.

WE WANT TO SHARE SOME FRESH

ENERGY WITH EVERYONE THROUGH

"DYNAMITE.

WE THINK THIS AWARD, WE ACHIEVED

THAT GOAL.

A BIG THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU, AND

BLESS.

>> THANK YOU FOR LOVING OUR

MUSIC.

THANK YOU FOR THE AWARD WE WON

>> THANK YOU

>> THANK YOU

>> THANK YOU

>> UP NEXT, 20 YEARS AFTER SONGS

IN A-MINOR, ALICIA KEYS TAKES

THE STAGE TO PERFORM FROM THE

LEGENDARY ALBUM.

THIN LATER AJR, PINK, AND THE

TO

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>>> WE'RE HERE AT THE 2020 -- 21

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

IT IS SO GOOD TO HEAR AN

AUDIENCE AGAIN

WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 19, ALICIA

KEYS INTRODUCED HER SELF TO THE

WORLD WITH THE RELEASE OF HER

FIRST ALBUM, "SONGS IN A MINOR.

IT PUT HER ON THE MAP.

IT WAS THE FIRST STOP ON HER

REMARKABLE JOURNEY

SINCE HER RIDE, ALICIA KEYS HAS

DEDICATED HERSELF TO MAKING A

DIFFERENCE BEYOND THE STAGE AND

HER POWERFUL MUSIC AND ACTIVISM

HAVE INSPIRED SO MANY PEOPLE

AROUND THE WORLD

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ARTIST

AND THE ALBUM THAT STARTED IT

ALL.

>> Announcer: THE FIRST TIME YOU

HEARD "FALLIN'" FROM 2001'S

"SONGS IN A MINOR," IT WAS

INSTANTLY YOU KNEW IT WAS A

SOUND LIKE YOU HAD NOT HEARD

BEFORE

IT EARNED A SPOT ON THE HIT

SONGS OF THE DECADE.

SHE INSPIRED AN UNFORGETTABLE

CULTURAL WAVE.

SHE IS THE NUMBER ONE RRIA

CERTIFIEDER FEMALE ARTIST OF THE

MILLENNIUM

THE EMBODIMENT OF INNOVATION,

VERSATILITY, CONNECTION,

HUMILITY, CREATIVITY, STRENGTH

AND COMPASSION

>> I REMEMBER WHAT IT FELT LIKE

TO HEAR THE SONG "FALLEN" FOR

THE FIRST TIME

IT WAS EDGY AND SOULFUL,

GRACEFUL YET RAW

THIS YOUNG SINGER WAS TAKING US

TO CHURCH AND TO THE SYMPHONY

AND TO A CANDLE LIGHT DINNER AND

COUPLES THERAPY AND EVERYWHERE

ELSE, ALL IN A LITTLE MORE THAN

THREE MINUTES.

I KNEW RIGHT THEN AND THERE THAT

THIS WOULDN'T BE THE LAST WE'D

HEAR FROM ALICIA KEYS.

AND IN THE YEARS SINCE, SHE'S

AMAZED US AGAIN AND AGAIN IN SO

MANY WAYS.

ALICIA IS NOT JUST AN ARTIST

SHE'S ALSO AN ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN

AND FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD.

A LEADER ON SOCIAL JUSTICE

A WIFE

A MENTOR

A MOTHER

BUT MOST OF ALL, SHE IS HERSELF,

ALWAYS THOUGHTFUL, ALWAYS

HOPEFUL, ALWAYS ALICIA

AND IN BEARING HER TRUE SELF,

SHE CALLS US ALL TO DO THE SAME

IN OUR OWN LIVES, AND FOR EACH

OTHER.

ALICIA, YOU ARE SUCH A SHINING

LIGHT.

SUCH A SINGULAR FORCE.

YOU INSPIRE ME AND MY DAUGHTERS

AND MILLIONS OF FANS ALL AROUND

THE WORLD.

AND THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T BE

MORE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU

ALL THE ONE AND ONLY ALICIA

KEYS

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪♪

>> DO YOU KNOW MY NAME

DO YOU KNOW MY NAME.

ALWAYS GOT TO TRY.

NO MATTER HOW LONG THAT TAKE

YEAH YEAH.

THIS IS AMAZING.

♪♪

>> SO MUCH IS DIFFERENT.

BUT SO MUCH OF ME IS STILL THE

SAME

AND I REMEMBER WHEN THEY DOUBTED

ME

THEY MIGHT DOUBT YOU TOO, BUT WE

GON FLIP IT.

♪♪

AND NOW I GOT ALL THIS WISDOM

AND I'M NEVER LEAVING THE KEYS

CAUSE I KNOW MY WORTH NOW.

WE KNOW OUR WORTH NOW.

SING

♪ CAUSE A REAL MA

KNOWS A REAL WOMAN

WHEN HE SEES HER

AND A REAL WOMAN ♪

♪ KNOWS A REAL MA

AIN'T AFRAID TO PLEASE HER

AND A REAL WOMAN

KNOWS A REAL MAN ♪

♪ ALWAYS COMES FIRS

AND A REAL MAN

JUST CAN'T DEN

A WOMAN'S WORTH ♪

YEAH, UM-HMM

NA-NA-NA

YOU GOT TO SHOW US YOUR POWER

♪♪

>> SEE THE THING ABOUT WHEN YOU

KNOW YOUR WORTH.

CAN'T NOBODY TAKE IT FROM YOU.

SO EVEN WHEN YOU ON THE PHONE

CALLING THAT PERSON YOU LIKE AND

IT'S RINGING --

[ PHONE RINGS

YOU'RE WONDERING, WAIT, ARE THEY

GOING TO PICK UP THE PHONE

YOU'RE NOT PICKING UP THE PHONE

FOR ME

♪ U

I KEEP YOUR PICTUR

BESIDE MY BED MM

I STILL REMEMBER ♪

♪ EVERYTHIN

YOU SAID MMM

HEY YEAH

ALWAYS THOUGHT OUR LOVE ♪

♪ WAS SO RIGH

I GUESS I WAS WRON

ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU'D B

BY MY SIDE PAPA ♪

♪ NOW YOU'RE GONE

AND I'M NOT TRYN

HEAR THA

ALL I WANT TO KNOW BABY ♪

♪ IF WHAT WE HAD WAS GOOD

HOW COME YOU DON'T CALL ME

HE

HOW COME YOU DON'T CALL ME ♪

♪ OH NO N

HOW COME YOU DON'T CALL ME

CALL ME BABY ANYMORE

CALL ME NO MORE ♪

♪ JUST SPEAK YOUR TRUTH

♪♪

♪♪

♪ I KEEP ON FALLIN'

IN AND OUT OF LOVE

WITH YOU ♪

♪ SOMETIMES I LOVE YA

SOMETIMES YOU MAKE ME BLUE

SOMETIMES I FEEL GOO

AT TIMES I FEEL USED ♪

♪ LOVIN' YOU DARLIN

MAKES ME SO CONFUSED

I KEEP ON FALLIN

IN AND OUT ♪

♪ OF LOVE WITH YO

I NEVER LOVED SOMEON

THE WAY THAT I

LOVE YOU ♪

♪ NOW BABY ♪

I'M I'M I'M I'M FALLIN

I'M I'M I'M I'M FALLIN

FALL ♪

♪ I KEEP ON FALLIN'

♪ I KEEP ON FALLIN'

IN AND OUT

OF LOVE WITH YOU

I NEVER LOVED SOMEONE ♪

♪ THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU

I'M FALLIN' IN AND OUT

OF LOVE WITH YOU

I NEVER LOVED SOMEONE ♪

♪ THE WAY THAT

LOVE YOU ♪

P

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> Announcer: AND NOW, FROM

"GIRLS5EVA" ON PEACOCK, PLEASE

WELCOME, TONY AWARD WINNING

ACTRESS, RENEE ELISE GOLDSBERRY.

>> EACH OF THESE ARTISTS HAVE

BROKEN BILLBOARD 200 RECORDS

WITH CHART-TOPPING HITS.

THEIR INCREDIBLE MUSIC HAS

SHAPED COUNTRY MUSIC, PUSHING IT

IN NEW DIRECTIONS.

HERE ARE THE FINALISTS FOR

TOP COUNTRY FEMALE ARTIST.

>> Announcer: GABBY BARRETT.

♪♪

MAREN MORRIS

♪♪

CARRIE UNDERWOOD

♪♪

>> AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO --

GABBY BARRETT.

♪♪

♪♪

♪ HE'S ONE OF THE GOOD ONES ♪

♪ AND HE'S ALL MINE ♪

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH

OH, MY GOSH!

I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP IT

TOGETHER THE BEST I CAN.

OKAY, OH, MY GOSH.

THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY TEAM

I'VE BEEN PERFORMING FOR TEN

YEARS REALLY HARD.

MY DAD, MY SISTER ARE HERE, AND

WE WORKED SO HARD TO GET HERE,

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY

THANK YOU TO THE LORD JESUS.

THANK YOU, LORD, FOR EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU, MY HUSBAND AND MY

SWEET DAUGHTERS BACK HOME

WATCHING

THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY, DAD,

SILS

SISTER, EVERYONE THAT SUPPORTED

ME COMING UP, MY LABEL, MY TEAM,

TOM AND BROOK, YOU'RE THE BEST

THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU GUYS SO

MUCH

I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO MESS UP MY

MAKEUP

BUT SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU GUYS SO

MUCH

YOU MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE.

THIS HAS CHANGED MY LIFE

FOREVER.

I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.

I GOT A NOTE CARD.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

THANK YOU.

YES!

>> HOLD ON A MINUTE, GABBY

THIS HAS BEEN A BIG NIGHT FOR

YOU, GABBY

WAIT ONE SECOND.

NOT ONLY DID YOU JUST WIN THE

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD FOR TOP

COUNTRY FEMALE ARTIST --

>> OH, GOSH.

>> I GET TO TELL YOU THAT YOU

WON THE AWARD FOR TOP COUNTRY

SONG

>> HEY

>> CONGRATULATIONS, GABBY.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY NOW?

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.

THANK YOU!

>> JUST AHEAD, MORE MUSIC AWARD

TOP NOMINATED AJR.

THEN LATER JOHN BON JOVI

PRESENTS THE ICON AWARD TO PINK,

FOLL

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>>> WE'RE BACK AT THE

2021 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS.

AND I'VE GOT TO SAY, I AM HAVING

A VERY GOOD TIME

HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS

IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THIS CROWD

I CAN'T GET ENOUGH

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING

I HAVEN'T LEFT MY HOUSE IN

ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF AND NOW

WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL CROWD

PLEASE WELCOME A DIGITAL STAR

"DUMB BOY.

OUT NOW, HERE IS DIXIE D'AMELIO.

>> OUR NEXT PERFORMERS ARE

FINALISTS TONIGHT FOR TOP GROUP

AND TOP ROCK ARTIST.

AND THESE THREE BROTHERS ARE

PROOF THAT YOU CAN MAKE GREAT

MUSIC ANYWHERE BECAUSE THEY

CREATED THEIR LATEST ALBUM IN

THEIR LIVING ROOM.

WITH "BANG!" AND "WAY LESS SAD."

HERE IS A J R!

♪♪

♪ I GET UP I GET DOWN

AND I'M JUMPING AROUND

AND THE RUMPUS AND RUCKU

ARE COMFORTABLE NOW ♪

♪ BEEN A HELL OF A RIDE

BUT I'M THINKING IT'

TIME TO GROW

SO I GOT AN APARTMENT ♪

♪ ACROSS FROM THE PAR

PUT QUINOA IN MY FRIDG

STILL I'M NO

FEELING GROWN ♪

♪ BEEN A HELL OF A RIDE

BUT I'M THINKING IT'

TIME TO GO

HERE WE GO

SO PUT YOUR BEST ♪

♪ FACE ON EVERYBODY

PRETEND YOU KNOW THI

SONG EVERYBODY

COME HANG ♪

♪ LET'S GO OUT WITH A BAN

BANG BANG BANG

I'M WAY TOO YOUN

TO LIE HERE FOREVER ♪

♪ I'M WAY TOO OLD

TO TRY SO WHATEVER

COME HAN

LET'S GO OUT WITH A BANG ♪

♪ BANG BANG BAN

FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA PUKE

CAUSE MY TAXES ARE DUE

DO MY PASSWORD BEGIN ♪

♪ WITH A ONE OR A TWO

BEEN A HELL OF A RID

BUT I'M THINKING IT'

TIME TO GROW ♪

♪ MAN I'M UP TO SOMETHING

OO-DEE-LA-DEE-DO

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING

I HOPE YOU LIKE THE SHOW ♪

♪ CAUSE IT'S ON A BUDGE

SO OO-DEE-LA-DEE-DOE

YEAH COME ON HERE WE G

YEAH COME ON ♪

♪ HERE WE G

SO PUT YOUR BEST

FACE ON EVERYBOD

PRETEND YOU KNOW THIS ♪

♪ SONG EVERYBOD

COME HAN

LET'S GO OUT WITH A BANG

BANG BANG BANG ♪

♪ I'M WAY TOO YOUNG

TO LIE HERE FOREVE

I'M WAY TOO OL

TO TRY SO WHATEVER ♪

♪ COME HANG

LET'S GO OUT WITH A BANG

BANG BANG BANG

HERE WE GO ♪

♪♪

>> BILLBOARD, THERE'S OUR DAD.

♪ DON'T YOU LOVE IT

DON'T YOU LOVE I

NO I AIN'T HAPPY YET

BUT I'M WAY LESS SAD ♪

♪ DON'T YOU LOVE IT

DON'T YOU LOVE I

NO I AIN'T HAPPY YET

♪ BUT I'M WAY LESS SA

I SHOULD MOV

CAUSE NEW YORK I

GETTING MUDDY OUT ♪

♪ THERE'S L.A

BUT IT'S ALWAY

KINDA SUNNY OU

AND I DON'T WANNA ♪

♪ HURT NO MOR

SO I SET MY BAR REAL LOW

I'M A-OKAY

I'M A-OKAY ♪

♪ YOU SAY IT BUT YO

JUST DON'T MEAN IT

YOU'RE SO INSANE

YOU'RE SO INSANE ♪

♪ SHUT UP AND JUS

ENJOY THIS FEELING

DON'T YOU LOVE I

DON'T YOU LOVE IT ♪

♪ NO I AIN'T HAPPY YE

BUT I'M WAY LESS SAD

DON'T YOU LOVE I

DON'T YOU LOVE IT ♪

♪ NO I AIN'T HAPPY YE

BUT I'M WAY LESS SAD

HEY HEY HE

HEY HEY HEY ♪

♪ HEY HEY HEY

BUT I'M WAY LESS SAD

HEY HEY HE

HEY HEY HEY ♪

♪ HEY HEY HEY

BUT I'M WAY LESS SAD

♪♪

♪♪

WELL I CAN'T FALL ASLEEP

AND I'M LOSING MY MIND ♪

♪ CAUSE IT'S HALF PAST THRE

AND MY BRAIN'S ON FIRE

I BEEN COUNTING SHEE

BUT THE SHEEP ALL DIED ♪

♪ AND I'M TRYING TOO HARD

BUT I CAN'T NOT TR

WELL I CAN'T FALL ASLEEP

AND I'M LOSING MY MIND ♪

♪ CAUSE IT'S HALF PAST THRE

AND MY BRAIN'S ON FIRE

BRAINS ON FIRE

I BEEN COUNTING SHEEP ♪

♪ BUT THE SHEEP ALL DIE

AND I'M NOT DEAD YET

SO I GUESS I'LL BE ALRIGHT

DON'T YOU LOVE IT ♪

♪ DON'T YOU LOVE IT

NO I AIN'T HAPPY YET

HAPPY YE

BUT I'M WAY LESS SAD ♪

♪ DON'T YOU LOVE IT

DON'T YOU LOVE I

NO I AIN'T HAPPY YET

BUT I'M WAY LESS SAD ♪

♪ SO PUT YOUR BES

FACE ON EVERYBOD

PRETEND YOU KNOW THI

SONG EVERYBODY ♪

♪ COME HANG

DON'T YOU LOVE I

DON'T YOU LOVE I

LET'S GO OUT WITH A BANG ♪

♪ BANG BANG BAN

HERE WE GO

BANG BANG ♪

♪♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME

EMMY AWARD WINNING WRITER AND

THE CREATOR OF SHOWTIME'S

"THE CHI," LENA WAITHE

>> THE IMPACT OF LATIN MUSIC IS

UNDENIABLE

THIS YEAR, LATIN ARTISTS

DOMINATED THE GLOBAL SCENE AND

BROKE STREAMING RECORDS ACROSS

MUSIC PLATFORMS.

TRANSFORMING THE INDUSTRY AND

REACHING NEW AUDIENCES

HERE ARE THE ARTISTS FOR TOP

LATIN ARTIST

>> Announcer: ANUEL AA

BAD BUNNY.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

J BALVIN

♪♪

MALUMA

♪♪

OZUNA.

♪♪

>> AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO --

BAD BUNNY.

♪♪

♪♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

[ SPEAKING IN SPANISH

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪♪

>> Announcer: COMING UP NEXT,

JON BON JOVI PRESENTS THE

BILLBOARD ICON AWARD TO PINK,

AND SHE PERFORMS SOME OF HER

GREATEST HITS.

IT'S THE

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>>> WHEN YOU GIVE OUT AN AWARD

OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE ICON

AWARD TO A VERY SPECIAL ARTIST,

YOU NEED IT TO BE BRENTED BY

ANOTHER ICON, A TRUE GIANT IN

THE MUSIC WORLD.

GUESS WHAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHO

IS COMING TO THE STAGE

ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

JOHN BON JOVI.

>> THANKS, NICK

WHEN I FIRST HEARD PINK PERFORM

I WAS STUNNED.

SHE HAD IT ALL TALENT, ENERGY, A

MESSAGE IN HER SONGS, AND STAGE

PRESENCE THAT ONLY THE GREATS

HAVE

THE SECOND TIME PINK STUNNED ME

WAS WHEN I MET HER WHEN SHE WAS

ABOUT 22 YEARS OLD

SHE TOLD ME SHE HAD A CRUSH ON

ME WHEN SHE WAS JUST SEVEN YEARS

OLD AND THAT WHEN SHE HEARD I

WAS MARRIED, IT BROKE HER HEART.

I FELT BAD, SO I TRIED TO MAKE

UP FOR IT BY SENDING HER A

LIFE-SIZE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT AND

A PAIR OF LEATHER PANTS WITH A

NOTE THAT SAID, "NOW YOU CAN

FINALLY GET INTO MY PANTS.

EVER SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN

FRIENDS.

NOT IN THAT FAKE MUSIC BUSINESS

WAY, BUT REAL FRIENDS.

AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THAT AND MY

DEEP RESPECT FOR HER ARTISTRY

AND HER EVER GROWING LEGACY THAT

I AM SO THRILLED TO HAVE BEEN

ASKED TO PRESENT HER WITH THE

ICON AWARD

BUT FIRST, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT

HER AMAZING CAREER

>> I'M BUSY, WHAT DO YOU WANT?

>> A FORCE OF NATURE FROM THE

VERY START, HER DEBUT ALBUM WENT

DOUBLE PLATINUM AND SHE EARNED

THE TITLE OF BILLBOARD NEW

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR.

♪♪

♪♪

BUT WHEN SHE FOLLOWED THAT UP

WITH "MISSUNDAZTOOD" PINK TRULY

CHANGED THE GAME

WITH INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE

SONGS "GET THE PARTY STARTED",

"DON'T LET ME GET ME," AND "JUST

LIKE A PILL.

PINK ANNOUNCED TO THE WORLD THAT

SHE WAS HERE TO STAY

♪♪

♪♪

A TRUE TRAILBLAZER, SHE BROKE

THE MOLD AND REDEFINED THE

CONCEPT OF A "POP STAR," A

SINGER, SONGWRITER, AND ARTIST

MAKING HER OWN KIND OF MUSIC

♪♪

♪♪

AND PINK HAS ALWAYS STAYED TRUE

TO HERSELF

BOLD AND BRASH, A WOMAN WHO

LIVES BY THE CREED THAT YOU

CAN'T MOVE MOUNTAINS BY

WHISPERING AT THEM

♪♪

♪♪

THROUGHOUT HER CAREER SHE HAS

BROKEN BARRIERS AND SHATTERED

BOUNDARIES

HER ONSTAGE PERFORMANCES ARE

LEGENDARY, ACROBATIC

MASTERPIECES THAT ARE SHEER

SPECTACLE.

OFFSTAGE, SHE IS PASSIONATELY

COMMITTED TO HER COMMUNITY AND

HER FANS, SHARING A MESSAGE OF

SELF-EMPOWERMENT THAT HAS

INSPIRED A GENERATION TO EMBRACE

THEMSELVES JUST AS THEY ARE.

♪♪

♪♪

ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST SELLING

ARTISTS AND 2013'S BILLBOARD

WOMAN OF THE YEAR, SHE IS TRULY

THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

SHE'S A GROUND BREAKER

A BAD-ASS, A ONE OF A KIND

PERFORMER WHOSE JOURNEY HAD

TAKEN HER TO THE TOP AND DAZZLED

US ALL ALONG THE WAY

AND ONLY THE 10th ARTIST EVER TO

BE RECIPIENT OF THE

BILLBOARD ICON AWARD

♪♪

♪♪

TONIGHT, WE RAISE OUR GLASS TO

CELEBRATE AND HONOR PINK

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> AND NOW, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, ENOUGH TALK

HOW ABOUT SOME MUSIC, PINK

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪♪

♪ I'VE BEEN DREAMIN

OF FRIENDLY FACE

I'VE GOT SO MUCH

TIME TO KILL ♪

♪ JUST IMAGIN

PEOPLE LAUGHIN

I KNOW SOME DAY WE WIL

AND EVEN IF IT'S FAR AWAY ♪

♪ GET ME THROUGH ANOTHER DA

COVER ME IN SUNSHINE

SHOWER ME WITH GOOD TIME

TELL ME THAT THE WORLD'S ♪

♪ BEEN SPINNING

SINCE THE BEGINNIN

AND EVERYTHING WIL

BE ALL RIGHT ♪

♪ COVER ME IN SUNSHIN

FROM A DISTANC

ALL THESE MOUNTAIN

ARE JUST SOME TINY HILLS ♪

♪ WILDFLOWERS THE

KEEP LIVING WHILE THEY'R

JUST STANDING STIL

I'VE BEEN MISSING ♪

♪ YESTERDAY BUT WHAT IF

THERE'S A BETTER PLACE

COVER ME IN SUNSHINE

SHOWER ME WITH GOOD TIMES ♪

♪ TELL ME THAT THE WORLD'

BEEN SPINNING SINCE TH

BEGINNING AND EVERYTHING

WILL BE ALL RIGHT ♪

♪ COVER ME IN SUNSHIN

LA LA LA

LA L

LA LA LA

LA L

COVER ME IN SUNSHINE ♪

♪ SHOWER ME WITH GOOD

TIME

TELL ME THAT THE

WORLD'

BEEN SPINNING SINC

THE BEGINNING AND EVERYTHING ♪

♪ WILL BE ALL RIGHT

♪♪

♪♪

♪ I HAVEN'T ALWAY

BEEN THIS WA

I WASN'T BORN A RENEGADE

I FELT ALONE ♪

♪ STILL FEEL AFRAID

I STUMBLE THROUG

IT ANYWA

I WISH SOMEONE WOULD ♪

♪ HAVE TOLD M

THAT THIS LIFE I

OURS TO CHOOSE

NO ONE'S HANDING ♪

♪ YOU THE KEY

OR A BOOK WITH

ALL THE RULE

THE LITTLE THAT I KNOW ♪

♪ I'LL TELL TO YO

WHEN THEY DRESS YO

UP IN LIES

AND YOU'RE LEFT NAKED ♪

♪ WITH THE TRUT

YOU THROW YOUR HEAD BACK

AND YOU SPIT IN THE WIND

LET THE WALLS CRACK ♪

♪ CAUSE IT LETS THE LIGHT I

LET'EM DRAG YO

THROUGH HELL THEY CAN'

TELL YOU TO CHANGE ♪

♪ WHO YOU ARE

♪ PUT YOUR SWORD DOWN

DIVE RIGHT INTO THE PAIN

STAY UNFILTERED AND LOUD

YOU'LL BE PROUD OF THAT ♪

♪ SKIN FULL OF SCAR

THAT'S ALL I KNOW SO FAR

SO YOU MIGHT GIVE ♪

♪ YOURSELF AWAY YEA

AND PAY FULL PRICE

FOR EACH MISTAKE

BUT WHEN THE CANDY-COATING ♪

♪ HIDES THE RAZOR BLADE

YOU CAN CUT YOURSELF LOOSE

AND USE THAT RAG

I WISH SOMEONE WOULD ♪

♪ HAVE TOLD ME THAT THI

DARKNESS COMES AND GOE

PEOPLE WILL PRETEN

BUT BABY GIRL ♪

♪ NOBODY KNOW

AND EVEN I CAN'T TEACH

YOU HOW TO FLY

BUT I CAN SHOW YOU ♪

♪ HOW TO LIVE

LIKE YOUR LIFE I

ON THE LIN

YOU THROW YOUR HEAD BACK ♪

♪ AND YOU SPIT IN THE WIN

LET THE WALLS CRAC

CAUSE IT LETS THE LIGHT IN ♪

♪ LET'EM DRAG YOU

THROUGH HELL

THEY CAN'T TELL YO

TO CHANGE WHO YOU ARE ♪

♪ THAT'S ALL I KNOW SO FA

AND WHEN THE STORM'S OUT

YOU RUN IN THE RAI

PUT YOUR SWORD DOWN ♪

♪ DIVE RIGHT INTO THE PAI

STAY UNFILTERED AND LOUD

YOU'LL BE PROUD OF THA

SKIN FULL OF SCARS ♪

♪ THAT'S ALL I KNOW SO FA

THAT'S ALL I KNO

THAT'S ALL I KNOW SO FAR

THAT'S ALL I KNOW ♪

♪ THAT'S ALL I KNOW SO FA

THAT'S ALL I KNO

THAT'S ALL I KNOW SO FAR

THAT'S ALL I KNOW ♪

♪ THAT'S ALL I KNOW SO FA

I WILL BE WITH YOU

TIL THE WORLD BLOWS UP

HMM ♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪♪

♪ I'M COMIN' UP

SO YOU BETTER GE

THIS PARTY STARTED

I'M COMIN' UP ♪

♪ SO YOU BETTER GET

THIS PARTY STARTED

I GUESS I JUST

LOST MY HUSBAND ♪

♪ I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE WEN

SO I'M GONNA DRINK

MY MONEY I'M NOT GONNA

PAY HIS RENT NOPE ♪

♪ I GOT A BRAND NEW ATTITUD

AND I'M GONNA WEAR

IT TONIGHT ♪

♪ I WANNA GET IN TROUBL

I WANNA START A FIGH

NA-NA-NA-NA NA-NA NA

I WANNA START A FIGHT ♪

♪ NA-NA-NA-NA NA-NA N

I WANNA START A FIGH

SO SO WHAT

I'M STILL A ROCK STAR ♪

♪ I GOT MY ROCK MOVES

AND I DON'T NEED YOU

AND GUESS WHAT

I'M HAVING MORE FUN ♪

♪ AND NOW THAT WE'RE DONE

I'M GONNA SHOW YOU TONIGHT

I'M ALL RIGH

I'M JUST FINE ♪

♪ AND YOU'RE A TOOL

SO SO WHAT

I AM A ROCK STAR

I GOT MY ROCK MOVES ♪

♪ AND I DON'T WAN

YOU TONIGH

I THINK I'VE FINALLY

HAD ENOUGH ♪

♪ I THINK I MAYBE THINK

TOO MUCH

I THINK THIS MIGHT

BE IT FOR US ♪

♪ BLOW ME ONE LAST KISS

YOU THINK I'M JUST

TOO SERIOU

I THINK YOU'RE FULL OF IT ♪

♪ MY HEAD IS SPINNING S

BLOW ME ONE LAST KIS

IF SOMEONE SAID THRE

YEARS FROM NOW ♪

♪ YOU'D BE LONG GON

I'D STAND UP AND

PUNCH THEM OUT

CAUSE THEY'RE ALL WRONG ♪

♪ AND THAT LAST KIS

I'LL CHERISH

UNTIL WE MEET AGAI

AND TIME MAKES IT HARDER ♪

♪ I WISH I COULD REMEMBER

BUT I KEEP YOUR MEMORY

YOU VISIT ME IN MY SLEEP

MY DARLING WHO KNEW ♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪ WHERE I CAN RUN

JUST AS FAST AS I CA

TO THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

TO THE MIDDLE OF MY ♪

♪ FRUSTRATED FEAR

AND I SWEA

YOU'RE JUST LIKE A PIL

STEAD OF MAKIN ME BETTER ♪

♪ YOU KEEP MAKIN' ME IL

MAKIN' ME MAKIN' ME IL

JUST GIVE ME A REASO

JUST A LITTLE BIT'S ENOUGH ♪

♪ JUST A SECOND WE'RE

NOT BROKEN JUST BENT

AND WE CAN LEARN

TO LOVE AGAIN ♪

♪ IT'S IN THE STARS

IT'S BEEN WRITTE

IN THE SCARS ON OUR HEARTS

WE'RE NOT BROKEN JUST BENT ♪

♪ AND WE CAN LEAR

TO LOVE AGAI

I WILL BE WITH YOU

TIL THE WORLD BLOWS UP ♪

♪♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> AND NOW, IT'S MY HONOR TO

PRESENT THE

2021 BILLBOARD ICON AWARD

TO PINK.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> THANK YOU

THIS IS RIDICULOUS

HI, MOM, HI, DAD, HI, JASON, HI,

JOHN BON JOVI.

I THINK YOU KNOW THIS.

I DIDN'T COME OUT OF MY ROOM FOR

A WEEK WHEN YOU MARRIED

DORATHIA

I RIPPED YOUR POSTER OFF THE

WALL AND REPLACED YOU WITH

SEBASTIAN BACH

I'M GLAD YOU FOUND LASTING LOVE,

BUT YOU BROKE MY HEART

I TAKE IT AS AN APOLOGY.

I ACCEPT

BILLBOARDS, THANK YOU.

WILLOW NAILED IT

JAMISON NAILING IT

I LOVE WHAT I DO AND I LOVE THE

PEOPLE THAT I GET TO DO IT WITH.

AND WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT WHAT WE

DO, BUT IT WOULDN'T MATTER IF NO

ONE CAME TO SEE US AND PLAY WITH

US

SO ALL YOU GUYS OUT THERE AND

AROUND THE WORLD, THANK YOU FOR

COMING OUT

THANK YOU FOR LETTING US FEEL

TOGETHER

I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL WE CAN DO IT

AGAIN, SO WE CAN JUST SWEAT ALL

OVER EACH OTHER.

AND JUST THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE

HONOR.

DREAM BIG BECAUSE WHAT IF IT

COMES TRUE

THANK YOU.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> Announcer: KEEP WATCHING.

WE'VE GOT PERFORMANCES BY

KAROL G, BTS

AND COMING UP NEXT, THE AWARD

FOR TOP HOT 100 SONG PRESENTED

BY ROCKSTAR ENERGY

>>> BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS, HOW

WE FEELING

YOU KNOW WE'RE JUST GETTING

STARTED.

WE HAVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST

AWARDS COMING UP

ARE YOU READY?

LET'S GET INTO IT.

THIS YEAR ROCK STAR ENERGY HAS

TEAMED UP WITH THE BBMAs TO

BRING YOU ONE OF THE MOST

PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS

TO TELL US ABOUT IT FROM HIS

RECORDING STUDIO IN ATLANTA,

HERE IS LIL BABY

CHEERS

>> WHAT'S UP, IT'S LIL BABY HERE

IN THE STUDIO.

DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO

GET A SONG ON THE BILLBOARD

HOT 100 CHART?

MILLIONS OF SONGS ARE RELEASED

EVERY YEAR BUT ONLY ONE CAN

BECOME THE TOP HOT 100 SONG.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY SALUTES THE

ARTISTS WHO HUSTLE TO BEAT THOSE

INCREDIBLE ODDS AND GRIND TO

SHINE TO BECOME OUR FINALISTS

TONIGHT.

>> Announcer: 24KGOLDN FEATURING

IANN DIOR -- "MOOD."

♪♪

GABBY BARRETT FEATURING

CHARLIE PUTH -- "I HOPE.

♪♪

CHRIS BROWN AND YOUNG THUG,

"GO CRAZY.

♪♪

DABABY FEATURING RODDY RICCH,

"ROCKSTAR.

♪♪

THE WEEKND, "BLINDING LIGHTS."

♪♪

>> LIL BABY, THANK YOU

AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE

MUSIC YOU'RE WORKING ON.

AND NOW, THE

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD FOR TOP

HOT 100 SONG PRESENTED BY

ROCKSTAR ENERGY GOES TO --

"BLINDING LIGHTS" THE WEEKND!

♪♪

♪♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> THANK YOU

I WANT TO TALK TO MY FANS.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE

INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS MAGICAL

SONG

I WANT TO THANK MY FANS, OF

COURSE

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

YOU GUYS MAKE ME WANT TO DO THIS

FOREVER.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THE AFTER

HOURS ARE DONE AND THE DAWN IS

COMING

THANK YOU.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪♪

>> FOR OVER A YEAR THE EYES OF

THE WORLD HAVE BEEN

ON MINNEAPOLIS

A CITY THAT STOOD AS A SYMBOL OF

ACTIVISM AND STRENGTH.

WHEN WE WENT TO MINNEAPOLIS A

FEW DAYS AGO FOR THIS NEXT

PERFORMANCE, WE HAD NO WAY OF

KNOWING THE TRAGEDY THAT WAS

AWAITING THAT CITY THAT HAS GONE

THROUGH SO MUCH.

OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE

VICTIMS' FAMILIES THERE AND THE

INNOCENT VICTIMS' FAMILIES ALL

OVER THE WORLD

AT THIS MOMENT IT IS SO CRUCIAL

THAT WE GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO

SHOW LOVE WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

AND BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MAKE

THIS WORLD THE BETTER ONE IN

WHICH WE WANT TO LIVE.

[ APPLAUSE ]

THIS NEXT SONG REPRESENTS JUST

THAT

HERE ARE LEGENDARY SONG WRITER

PRODUCERS JIMMY JAM AND TERRY

LEWIS.

♪♪

♪ KEEP YOUR HEAD TO THE SKY ♪

♪ KEEP YOUR HEAD TO THE SKY ♪

♪ TO THE SKY ♪

♪

>> WE'RE HERE AT PRINCE'S

LEGENDARY PAISLEY PARK JUST

OUTSIDE OF OUR HOMETOWN OF

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

A PLACE THAT MUSICALLY HAS

REPRESENTED CHANGE TO THE STATUS

QUO, COMBINING RACES, GENDERS,

UPTOWN AND DOWNTOWN, TO GIVE THE

WORLD HARMONIOUS GROOVES

THANKS TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS

CITY AND OTHER PEACEFUL

PARTICIPANTS

MINNEAPOLIS IS IN THE MIDST OF

CHANGING THE STATUS QUO YET

AGAIN.

>> AS FELLOW MINNESOTAN

BOB DYLAN PROMISED; "THE TIMES

THEY ARE A-CHANGING.

TIMES CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE

POWER OF THE PEOPLE.

MAKES IT CHANGE.

MUSIC IS A POWERFUL CATALYST AND

THIS NEXT SONG THAT WE WROTE

30 YEARS AGO EXPRESSES OUR

PERSPECTIVE THAT FAITH IS KEY TO

MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE

>> I LIKE TO SAY GOD PUT THE PEN

IN OUR HAND AND GUIDED IT FOR

THIS SONG.

>> SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE

WANT YOU TO WELCOME RIGHT HERE

FROM MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA,

CELEBRATING THEIR 50th YEAR

ANNIVERSARY, JOINED BY ANN

NESBY, "THE SOUNDS OF

BLACKNESS.

♪ WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF SORROW ♪

♪ SORROW ♪

♪ YOU KEPT ME UP WHEN LOOKING

DOWN ♪ ♪

♪ LOOKING DOWN ♪

♪ A BRIGHTER DAY, TOMORROW WILL

BRING ♪

♪ TOMORROW WILL BRING ♪

♪ OH, OH, OH, ♪

♪ BE OPTIMISTIC ♪

♪ YOU HEAR THAT VOICE ♪

♪ TELLING YOU THIS CAN NEVER BE

DOWN ♪ OH, YEAH ♪

♪ NO MATTER HOW HARD REALITY ♪

♪ REALITY IS ♪

♪ JUST HOLD ONTO YOUR DREAMS ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ OH, ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ AS LONG AS YOU KEEP YOUR HEAD

TO THE SKY ♪

♪ MY, MY, MY, YOU CAN WIN,

CHILD ♪

♪ AS LONG AS YOU KEEP YOUR HEAD

TO THE SKY ♪

♪ BE OPTIMISTIC ♪

♪ WHEN THINGS AROUND YOU

CRUMBLE ♪

♪ CRUMBLE ♪

♪ SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO STUMBLE

AND FALL ♪

♪ OH, OH, ♪

♪ KEEP PUSHING ON AND DON'T YOU

LOOK BACK ♪

♪ DON'T LOOK BACK ♪

♪ NO, NO, NO, NO ♪

♪ OOH ♪

♪ OPTIMISTIC ♪

♪ I KNOW THE STORMS AND STRIFE ♪

♪ YOU KNOW THEY WILL ♪

♪ CLOUD YOUR EYES ♪

♪ JUST LOOK AHEAD AND YOU'LL

BE -- ♪

♪ HIGHER ♪

♪ YOU MAY BE DOWN BUT NEVER

OUT ♪

♪ THAT'S WHAT OPTIMISTIC IS ALL

ABOUT ♪

♪

♪♪

♪ AS LONG AS YOU KEEP YOUR HEAD

TO THE SKY ♪

♪ HEAD TO THE SKY ♪

♪ MY, MY, MY ♪

♪ YOU CAN WIN ♪

♪ YOU CAN WIN, CHILD ♪

♪ AS LONG AS YOU KEEP YOUR HEAD

TO THE SKY ♪

♪ BE OPTIMISTIC ♪

♪ YOU CAN WIN ♪

♪ LONG AS YOU KEEP YOUR HEAD TO

THE SKY ♪

♪ THANK YOU, LORD ♪

♪ LONG AS YOU KEEP YOUR HEAD TO

THE SKY ♪

♪ DON'T YOU LET NOBODY STOP

YOU ♪

♪ YOU CAN WIN ♪

♪ YOU CAN WIN ♪

♪ LONG AS YOU KEEP YOUR HEAD TO

THE SKY ♪

♪ SKY O-O-O-O ♪

♪ BE OPTIMISTIC ♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> COMING UP NEXT, CAROL G

THEN LATER PER FORMATANCES B

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>>> WELCOME BACK

OUR NEXT ARTIST IS BREAKING ALL

THE RULES AND BREAKING RECORDS

ALONG THE WAY.

HER FIRST ALBUM LANDED THE

NUMBER ONE SPOT ON THE

BILLBOARD LATIN ALBUMS CHART,

AND SHE IS A RISING FORCE IN

REGGAETON MUSIC.

MAKING HER DEBUT PERFORMANCE ON

THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS, HERE

IS KAROL G

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>>> AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME

RAPPER AND MEGAPRODUCER SWIZZ

BEATS.

>> THIS YEAR, WE LOST SO MANY IN

THE HIP-HOP COMMUNITY.

RAPPER AND PRODUCER SHOCK G,

BAD-BOY RAPPER BLACK ROB,

AND I

PRINCE MARKIE DEE OF

THE FAT BOYS AND

ECSTASY OF WHODINI

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT

TO REMEMBER MY FRIEND, MY

BROTHER, D M X

HE MADE MUSIC WITH A RAW PASSION

THAT SPOKE TO THE STREETS AND TO

THE WORLD.

FOLLOWING 2PAC, HE WAS THE

SECOND RAPPER TWO HAVE TWO

NUMBER ONE ALBUMS IN ONE YEAR.

HIS LEGACY WILL FOREVER BE

REMEMBERED

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

I WANT EVERYBODY AROUND THE

WORLD TO PUT YOUR Xs UP IN THE

AIR AND MAY DMX REST IN PEACE.

OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, I'VE

HAD THE HONOR OF PRODUCING HITS

FOR SO MANY TALENTED ARTISTS,

AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS HOW TO

LAY THE GROUNDWORK AND STEP

AWAY

WHEN THE PERFECT VERSE AND FLOW

MEET THE PERFECT ARRANGEMENT AND

BEAT, YOU GOT MAGIC.

HERE ARE THE FINALISTS FOR

TOP RAP SONG

>> Announcer: 24KGOLDN FEATURING

IANN DIOR, "MOOD."

♪♪

CARDI B FEATURING

MEGAN THEE STALLION, "WAP.

♪♪

DABABY FEATURING RODDY RICCH,

"ROCKSTAR.

♪♪

JACK HARLOW FEATURING DABABY,

TORY LANEZ AND LIL WAYNE,

"WHATS POPPIN.

♪♪

MEGAN THEE STALLION FEATURING

BEYONCE, "SAVAGE."

♪♪

>> NEW DMX ALBUM "EXODUS" COMING

FRIDAY."

>> AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO --

ZONE, ZONE, ZONE

YES, SIR

♪♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> IT'S ME, IT'S ME.

HOW I LOOK

I SAY, HOW I LOOK WITH THAT?

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

ALL RIGHT, LET THEM KNOW WHO

THEY PLAYING WITH.

MAN, LOOK, YOU KNOW.

HEY, THE TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUT A

SONG LIKE "ROCK STAR" DURING THE

PANDEMIC AND SEE IT GO NUMBER

ONE, LONGEST RUNNING NUMBER ONE

ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 FOR

2020

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

IT'S SORT OF A BLESSING.

NONE OF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE

WITHOUT GOD AND MY TEAM.

I APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL

OH, YEAH, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY,

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE FANS AND

THE SUPPORTERS

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

BECAUSE IF Y'ALL DON'T, BECAUSE

IF Y'ALL DON'T PRESS PLAY, THE

MUSIC DON'T GET HEARD.

APPRECIATE Y'ALL

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪♪

>> Announcer: KEEP WATCHING AS

TRAE THA TRUTH RECEIVES THE

BILLBOARD CHANGE MAKER AWARD

THEN LATER, PERFORMANCES BY BTS

BAD BUNNY, AND THE WEEKND HERE

ON NBC

>> Announcer: XFINITY BRINGS YOU

A WAY BETTER WAY TO WATCH YOUR

FAVORITE ARTISTS

AND NOW, CUSTOMERS CAN CATCH A

SPECIAL BONUS PERFORMANCE FROM

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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪♪

>>> LAST YEAR KILLER MIKE

RECEIVED THE VERY FIRST

BILLBOARD CHANGE MAKER AWARD

HERE TO HONOR THIS YEAR'S

RECIPIENT, IS THE ONE AND ONLY,

TINA KNOWLES-LAWSON.

>> TRAE THA TRUTH IS A

MODERN-DAY SUPERHERO

HE JUST DOESN'T WEAR THE CAPE.

I FIRST MET TRAE DOING WHAT HE

DOES BEST, HELPING OTHERS.

WHEN HURRICANE HARVEY RAVAGED

HOUSTON, TRAE WAS THERE RESCUING

PEOPLE FROM THE FLOODWATERS WITH

HIS BOAT AND DISTRIBUTING

MUCH-NEEDED SUPPLIES TO LOCAL

COMMUNITIES.

TRAE THA TRUTH IS A LEGEND

IN HOUSTON, WITH A HEART AS BIG

AS TEXAS

HE IS A TALENTED RAPPER, A VOICE

FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, AND A TRUE

HUMANITARIAN WHOSE WORK TOUCHES

CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

HIS NAME IS SO FITTING BECAUSE

TRAE REALLY IS THE TRUTH

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW

TRAE THA TRUTH'S COMMITMENT TO

ADVOCACY THROUGH HIS ART HAS

CREATED POWERFUL CHANGE.

>> IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO

ALWAYS STEP UP

>> FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES RAPPER

AND ADVOCATE TRAE THA TRUTH HAS

BEEN SHOWING UP.

HE LED THE EFFORT TO DIRECT AID

TO FAMILIES IN NEED AND HAS

BECOME ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED

ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA.

>> I'VE BEEN WITH PEOPLE ALL

MORNING.

WHAT'S UP, BRO

>> TRAE'S COMMITMENT TO SERVICE

GOES FAR BEYOND DISASTER RELIEF.

HE IN 2008 HE FOUNDED ANGEL BY

NATURE DEDICATE TODAY IMPROVING

THE LIVES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY

HARDSHIP, ESPECIALLY UNDER

SERVED YOUTH

>> I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE.

RATHER THAN SIT BACK, WAITING

AND TRYING TO STRATEGIZE,

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MOVE RIGHT

THEN AND THERE BECAUSE THAT

PERCENT THAT YOU'RE HELPING CAN

CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES.

>> IN RECOGNITION OF HIS WORK,

THE CITY OF HOUSTON HONORS HIM

EVERY JULY 22nd KNOWN AS TRAE

DAY.

>> IT'S ABOUT BRINGING

ENTERTAINMENT TO UNDER

PRIVILEGED PEOPLE IN HOUSTON

>> TRAE, MY DEDICATION AND MY

OBLIGATION, I FEEL LIKE I NEED

TO

I TAKE CARE OF THE CITY.

>> TRAE THA TRUTH IS WILLING TO

PUT HIMSELF ON THE LINE TO MAKE

THINGS BETTER.

AND HE DOES THESE THINGS SIMPLY

BECAUSE HE CARES

AND THAT'S WHY THIS CITY LOVES

HIM.

AND NOT ONLY DO I RESPECT HIM, I

LOVE THE BROTHER

>> TRAE'S IMPACT IS FELT ACROSS

THE NATION

VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE AND

DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST POLICE

BRUTALITY.

LAST YEAR ALONGSIDE THE CITY OF

HOUSTON, TRAE ORGANIZED A SMALL

MARCH TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY OF

HIS FRIEND GEORGE FLOYD.

WITH ONLY TWO DAY'S NOTICE, THE

EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY OVER

60,000 PEOPLE.

>> WHEN WE DID AND CAME TO DO

THIS SUNDAY, WE HAD NO IDEA IT

WAS GOING TO BE TEN PEOPLE OR

10,000

I WANT TO TELL EACH AND EVERY

ONE OF Y'ALL PERSONALLY FROM THE

BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK Y'ALL.

>>> PEOPLE IS WHAT MAKES THE

WORLD FEEL SAFE.

AND TRAE THA TRUTH PROVIDES

DECENCY TO HIS COMMUNITY IN A

WAY THAT'S SO INSPIRING.

>> I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE

THE CORNERSTONE OF TRAE'S

LEGACY

HE USES HIS POWER TO HELP HIS

FELLOW MAN

>> HE MOTIVATES OTHER TO

MOTIVATE PEOPLE.

>> I'M GOING TO CONTINUE DOING

IT UNTIL MY JOB IS DONE.

>> TRAE THA TRUTH IS A TRUE

CHANGE MAKER

>> AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME THE

RECIPIENT OF THIS 2021 BILLBOARD

CHANGE MAKER AWARD TRAE THA

TRUTH.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER

BLESSING

YOU KNOW NONE OF THIS WOULD BE

POSSIBLE IF IT WASN'T FOR THE

MAN UP ABOVE

SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO

THANK HIM RIGHT NOW.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY

FAMILY

THANK YOU TO MY KIDS

I KNOW MY MAMA PROBABLY

SOMEWHERE GOING CRAZY RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU TO MY TEAM AB RELIEF

GANG

MY BROTHER D.J. MR. ROGERS

MY BUMP BOX TEAM

MY FLEE DOMREEDOM FAMILY.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, Y'ALL THE

REASON I DO WHAT I DO.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

COMING FROM WHERE I COME FROM,

NOTHING WAS EVER PROMISED.

I SAID IF I EVER GOT IN

POSITION, I'D BE THERE FOR THOSE

IN NEED.

WHETHER IT BE ASSISTING LITTLE

HOMIES IN MUSIC, ASSISTING

PEOPLE IN NEED OF RELIEF OR

WHETHER JUST FIGHTING ON THE

FRONT LINE FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T

FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES

I WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE

BILLBOARD FOR TAKING THE TIME TO

SHED LIGHT ON ME RIGHT NOW

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU SHED LIGHT

ON HOUSTON RIGHT NOW

YOU SHED LIGHT ON TEXAS.

YOU SHED LIGHT ON THE FEW REAL

LEADERS LEFT

I'M ONE OF THE ONES WHO

REPRESENTS THE STRUGGLE IN THE

LESS FORTUNATE

WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGE IT'S

IMPORTANT.

THAT'S WHY THIS AWARD IS SO

IMPORTANT TO ME, MAN

IT'S IMPORTANT TO CHANGE

PEOPLE'S LIVES

IT'S IMPORTANT TO CHANGE THE

THOUGHTS OF THOSE WHO GIVE UP AT

TIMES.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO CHANGE THINGS

THAT WEREN'T DESIGNED FOR OUR

BEST INTEREST.

FOR ME, I COME FROM THE STREETS.

WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR WOMEN

WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.

WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR ELDERS.

IT'S TIME FOR US TO CHANGE AND

CONTROL OUR OWN STORY RIGHT

ABOUT NOW.

IT'S ABOUT STEPPING UP, NOT

TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER.

AND IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW I

NEVER BACK DOWN.

AND MOST OF ALL, NEVER GIVE UP

AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT

RIGHT NOW TO DEDICATE THIS TO MY

BROTHER MONEY CLIFF D, MY LITTLE

BRO NIPSEY HUSSLE.

MY BROTHER D.J., ALL MY SUC

ANGELS

MY BROTHER DMX

THIS IS FOR MY NIECE, TOO.

YOU KNOW YOUR UNCLE, BABY.

THIS IS FOR ANYBODY WHO EVER

WALKED UP TO ME AND TOLD ME THEY

WERE INSPIRED OR MOTIVATED BY

ANYTHING I DO, MAN

I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO

SAY THANK YOU TO MISS TINA,

BEYONCE.

THEY GOOD, YOU KNOW THEY WHOLE

FAMILY

IT'S TIMES WHEN PEOPLE WOULDN'T

STAND FOR ME

THEY ALWAYS STOOD WHEN OTHERS

DECIDED TO OVERLOOK.

AND PLUS IT'S CRAZEY BECAUSE MIS

TINA ALWAYS CALLS ME A

SUPERHERO.

THIS MEANS MORE TO ME THAN

ANYTHING TO BE GETTING AN AWARD

FROM YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M

SAYING

[ APPLAUSE ]

WHAT I WILL SAY, I'D BE WRONG IF

I WOULDN'T LET THEM KNOW, RIGHT

NOW, THIS IS FOR HOUSTON, TEXAS.

THIS IS FOR THE AA TIME WE GOT

ONE.

WE ALL ONE RELIEF GANG

BUT ONE LAST THING, TOO.

DANIEL CAMERON, WE'RE STILL

GOING TO NEED JUSTICE FOR

BREONNA TAYLOR

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> TRAE THA TRUTH HEAD TO

NFT.COM.

GET YOUR OWN COMMEMORATIVE

CHANGE MAKER ART NFT

THE PROCEEDS FROM SALES WILL BE

DONATED TO TRAE'S FOUNDATION,

ANGEL BY NATURE.

AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME THE

EMMY AWARD-WINNING HOST OF

BRAVO'S "TOP CHEF,"

PADMA LAKSHMI.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> THE NEXT PERFORMERS JUST KEEP

BREAKING RECORDS

THEY MADE HISTORY ON BILLBOARD'S

GLOBAL 200 CHART

EARNING FIVE TOP 10 HITS SO FAR,

THE MOST AMONG GROUPS.

AND THEY'VE HAD FIVE

NUMBER 1 ALBUMS ON THE

YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT

ON THE BILLBOARD 200 CHART

IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT THEIR ARMY

KEEPS GROWING.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

COMING TO US FROM SEOUL,

SOUTH KOREA, AND PERFORMING

THEIR NEW SINGLE, "BUTTER," HERE

IS BTS

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

[ WHISTLING

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪ PUT THAT BUTTER BACK UNDER

COVER ♪

♪ BREAKING INTO YOUR HEART LIKE

THAT ♪

♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

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♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> Announcer: NEXT UP, DRAKE

ACCEPTS THE AWARD FOR

ARTIST OF THE DECADE

THEN LATER PERFORMANCES BY

DURAN DURAN FROM LONDON,

BAD BUNNY, GLASS ANIMALS AND

JONAS BROTHERS

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> Announcer: WE'RE HERE AT THE

2021 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS.

AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE

BILLBOARD ARTIST OF THE DECADE

AWARD.

>> SO, I'M SURE YOU'RE WRON

DERRING

WONDERING WHO ALL THESE PEOPLE

ON THE STAGE WERE.

WHEN DRAKE WAS ASKED WHO SHOULD

PRESENT HIM WITH THE ARTIST OF

THE DECADE, HE HAD A LOT OF

CHOICES.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF HIS

PEERS.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF HIS

MENTORS.

IT COULD HAVE JUST BEEN ONE OF

HIS FAMOUS FRIENDS THAT ARE

INTERESTING.

BUT HE LOOKED ME STRAIGHT IN THE

EYE AND SAID, IT SHOULD BE YOU

GUYS, MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, THE

PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE

EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WITH ME.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

YOU SEE, THAT'S JUST WHO DRAKE

IS

HE'S THE MOST KIND, SELFLESS,

GENEROUS PERSON WE KNOW.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

HERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT

THE ARTIST OF THE DECADE

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING

ACTORS DON'T REP

RAPPERS DON'T SING

RAPPERS DON'T COME FROM CANADA

WHERE IS CANADA?

I'M SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE IN THIS

LIGHT SKINNED R & B FACE CRYING

ON EVERY SONG?

DOES HE EVEN WRITE HIS OWN

SONGS?

WRITE HIS OWN SONGS, WRITE HIS

OWN SONGS?

I PROMISE YOU, THIS IS NEVER

GOING TO WORK.

THIS IS NEVER GOING TO LAST.

EVEN IF HE HAD A COSIGNER.

EVEN IF LIL' WAYNE COSIGNED, IT

DOESN'T EVEN MATTER.

OKAY, BEST I EVER HAD WAS A CUTE

ONE, BUT HE NEEDS ANOTHER ONE.

NO, ANOTHER ONE.

NO [ BLEEP ] THAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

OKAY

HE DID IT, BUT CAN HE DO IT

AGAIN?

NO, AGAIN.

NO, AGAIN.

NO, AGAIN.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

YOU KNOW WHAT?

HE'S JUST A LUCKY GUY.

>> ARE WE SURE IT'S LUCK

NINE NUMBER ONE ALBUMS

SIX NUMBER ONE SONGS

A RECORD 232 SONGS ON THE

BILLBOARD CHARTS

45 TOP TEN COMPOSITIONS, THE

MOST OF ANY ARTIST EVER.

ARE WE SURE IT'S LUCK?

THE FIRST ARTIST TO DEBUT AT

NUMBER ONE, TWO AND THREE

SIMULTANEOUSLY

MORE WEEKS ON THE HOT 100 THAN

ELVIS PRESLEY, ELTON JOHN,

STEVIE WONDER, MICHAEL JACKSON

MOST STREAMED ARTIST OF ALL

TIME

13 BILLBOARD AWARDS, THE MOST

EVER IN ONE NIGHT.

27 TOTAL BILLBOARD AWARDS, THE

MOST WINS IN MUSIC HISTORY

A RECORD 431 WEEKS ON HOT 100.

LUCK IS DEFINED AS SUCCESSOR

FAILURE APPARENTLY BROUGHT BY

CHANCE RATHER THAN THROUGH ONE'S

OWN ACTIONS.

A SPARK OF CHANCE.

PURPOSEFUL CHOICES

SELFLESS GESTURES.

RELENTLESS HOURS AND A WHOLE LOT

OF GOOD.

IT'S CLINICAL.

SURGICAL

MILITANT

EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO

COMPETE ANY MORE, YOU FIND

SOMEONE TO CHALLENGE EVERY

SINGLE TIME.

EVEN IF THAT SOMEONE IS

YOURSELF

IT'S NOT LUCK, MY GOOD FRIEND.

IT'S CERTAIN DESTINY

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS

OUR HONOR TO PRESENT THE ARTIST

OF THE DECADE TO THE LEADER OF

OUR FAMILY, DRAKE.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> HEY

♪♪

♪♪

>> CAN YOU HOLD IT

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY

MUCH

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

THAT VIDEO WAS, THAT VIDEO WAS

REALLY FULL OF A LOT OF

CONFIDENCE AND BRAVADO, BUT YOU

KNOW, THE TRUTH IS I'M REALLY

BAD AT TAKING COMPLIMENTS, YOU

KNOW

I'M -- THANK YOU

I'LL TAKE THAT ONE, THOUGH

THANK YOU.

YEAH, NO, I'M REALLY

SELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT MY MUSIC.

EVEN IF I DO A GOOD JOB, I

ALWAYS WONDER HOW I COULD HAVE

DONE IT BETTER

I RARELY CELEBRATE ANYTHING.

AND JUST FOR ANYONE WATCHING

THIS THAT'S WONDERING HOW THIS

HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S

REALLY THE ANSWER.

IT'S BEING SO UNSURE HOW YOU'RE

GETTING IT DONE THAT YOU JUST,

YOU JUST KIND OF KEEP GOING IN

THE HOPES OF FIGURING OUT THE

FORMULA, JUST FEELING SO LUCKY

AND BLESSED THAT THE FEAR OF

LOSING IT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT.

I DIDN'T REALLY WRITE A

GRANDIOSE SPEECH ABOUT HOW TO

MAKE IT WORK OR WHAT IT TOOK

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TO BE REALLY

HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T, I

DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT

MYSELF

BUT I JUST KNOW --

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

I JUST KNOW THAT, I KNOW I'VE

SPENT AN IN CALCULABLE AMOUNT OF

HOURS TRYING TO ANALYZE ALL THE

THINGS I DID WRONG ARE, BUT

TONIGHT FOR ONCE, I'M SURE AS

HELL WE DID SOMETHING RIGHT.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

I WANT TO DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO

MY FRIENDS

I WANT TO DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO

MY LONG-TIME COLLABORATORS

I WANT TO DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO

ALL MY PEERS, ALL OF YOUR

DECISIONS AND THE MUSIC YOU MAKE

REALLY DOES HAVE ME TOSSING AND

TURNING AT NIGHT TRYING TO

FIGURE OUT WHAT I SHOULD DO

NEXT

SO THANK YOU

TO MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY -- HEY,

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT

AND TO YOU

I WANT TO DEDICATE IT TO --

[ LAUGHTER ]

♪♪

♪♪

>> Reporter: KEEP WATCHING AS WE

HAVE PERFORMANCES FROM DURAN

DURAN, AND THE

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>>> WE'RE BACK AT THE

2021 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS.

OUR NEXT ARTIST IS ALWAYS

PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF MUSIC

TO NEW LIMITS AND BREAKING

RECORDS ALONG THE WAY.

HIS LATEST ALBUM,

"EL ULTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO," IS

THE FIRST EVER ALL-SPANISH ALBUM

TO TAKE THE NUMBER ONE SPOT ON

THE BILLBOARD 200 ALBUMS CHART

PLEASE WELCOME, BAD BUNNY.

♪♪

♪♪

[ SINGING IN SPANISH ]

♪♪

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[ SINGING IN SPANISH ]

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[ SINGING IN SPANISH ]

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[ SINGING IN SPANISH ]

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[ SINGING IN SPANISH ]

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> WHAT A GREAT PERFORMANCE AND

CONGRATULATIONS TO BAD BUNNY FOR

WINNING TOP ARTIST, INCREDIBLE

THIS NEXT PRESENTER HAD A HABIT

OF POKING FUN AT ME AND MY

BROTHERS WITH HER SHOW YEARS

AGO.

HONESTLY, WHO WOULDN'T MAKE FUN

OF US, RIGHT

I WOULD MAKE FUN OF US

PLEASE WELCOME CHELSEA HANDLER

>> AC/DC, A J R,

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH,

MACHINE GUN KELLY,

TWENTY ONE PILOTS -- THESE ARE

ALL THE DIFFERENT STRAINS OF

MARIJUANA I SMOKED BEFORE THE

SHOW STARTED

THEY'RE ALSO THE FINALISTS FOR

OUR NEXT AWARD, TOP ROCK ARTIST.

>> Announcer: AC/DC.

♪♪

A J R.

♪♪

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH.

♪♪

MACHINE GUN KELLY.

♪♪

TWENTY ONE PILOTS.

♪♪

>> AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO --

MACHINE GUN KELLY.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪♪

>> I RELEASED MY FIRST MIX TAPE

15 YEARS AGO AND THIS IS THE

FIRST BIG STAGE I'VE EVER BEEN

INVITED TO ACCEPT AN AWARD ON,

SO --

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

I JUST WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO

SAY SOMETHING TO THE DREAMERS

OUT THERE WHO ARE GOING TO BE

TESTED BY REALITY THE WAY I WAS.

SUSPEND LOGIC AND INVITE MAGIC

AT FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS, 12

YEARS WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO LONG

WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT, I

WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS MOMENT

JUST SHOW THE UNIVERSE IT CAN'T

TAKE YOUR DREAM FROM YOU

IT'S FAMILY AND FANS THAT HELD

ME DOWN.

I LOVE YOU

MY BROTHERS, MANAGEMENT, BAND,

THOSE WHO MADE THE ALBUM WITH

ME

TO MY DAUGHTER WHO IS MY LIGHT,

MY TWIN WHO SHOWS ME LOVE, MY

FATHER WHO GAVE ME MY FIRST

GUITAR WHO IS LOOKING DOWN

PROUD.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

AND TO THE BOX THAT SOCIETY

KEEPS TRYING TO PUT ME IN.

YOU NEED STRONGER MATERIAL

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T KEEP ME IN IT.

I LOVE Y'ALL

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪♪

>> Announcer: UP NEXT,

GLASS ANIMALS HERE AT

MICROSOFT THEATER.

THEN LATER, THE WEEKND,

DURAN DURAN, JONAS BROTHERS AND

THE BILLBOARD TOP ARTIST AWARD

HERE ON NBC.

>> Announcer: THE NEXT ARTIST IS

THE 2021 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS.

AND NOW, FROM "WANDAVISION" ON

DISNEY PLUS, PLEASE WELCOME

KATHRYN HAHN

>> THE NEXT ARTISTS MET IN GRADE

SCHOOL IN THE U.K. WHEN THEY

WERE 13 YEARS OLD.

TONIGHT THEY MAKE THEIR DEBUT

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD

PERFORMANCE WITH THEIR HIT

SINGLE "HEAT WAVE.

PLEASE WELCOME ONE OF MY LEGIT

FAVORITES, GLASS ANIMALS

♪♪

♪ SOMETIMES ALL I THINK

ABOUT IS YOU

LATE NIGHTS IN

THE MIDDLE OF JUNE ♪

♪ HEAT WAVES BEEN

FAKING ME OU

CAN'T MAKE YOU

HAPPIER NOW ♪

♪ SOMETIMES

ALL I THINK ABOUT IS YOU

LATE NIGHTS IN

THE MIDDLE OF JUNE ♪

♪ HEAT WAVES BEEN

FAKING ME OU

CAN'T MAKE YOU

HAPPIER NOW ♪

♪ USUALLY I PUT

SOMETHING ON T

SO WE NEVER THIN

ABOUT YOU AND ME ♪

♪ BUT TODAY I SEE

OUR REFLECTION

CLEARLY IN HOLLYWOOD

LAYING ON THE SCREEN ♪

♪ YOU JUST NEED

A BETTER LIFE THAN THI

YOU NEED SOMETHING

I CAN NEVER GIVE ♪

♪ FAKE WATER ALL ACROSS

THE ROAD

IT'S GONE NO

THE NIGHT HAS COME BUT ♪

♪ SOMETIMES

ALL I THINK ABOUT IS YOU

LATE NIGHTS IN

THE MIDDLE OF JUNE ♪

♪ HEAT WAVES BEEN

FAKING ME OU

CAN'T MAKE YOU

HAPPIER NOW ♪

♪ YOU CAN'T FIGHT I

YOU CAN'T BREATH

YOU SAY SOMETHIN

SO LOVING BUT ♪

♪ NOW I'VE GOT TO

LET YOU GO

YOU'LL BE BETTER OFF

IN SOMEONE NEW ♪

♪ I DON'T WANNA BE ALON

YOU KNOW IT HURTS ME TOO

YOU LOOK SO BROKEN

WHEN YOU CRY ♪

♪ ONE MORE AND THEN

I'LL SAY GOODBYE

SOMETIME

ALL I THINK ABOUT IS YOU ♪

♪ LATE NIGHTS I

THE MIDDLE OF JUNE

HEAT WAVES BEE

FAKING ME OUT ♪

♪ CAN'T MAKE YO

HAPPIER NO

SOMETIME

ALL I THINK ABOUT IS YOU ♪

♪ LATE NIGHTS I

THE MIDDLE OF JUNE

HEAT WAVES BEE

FAKING ME OUT ♪

♪ CAN'T MAKE YO

HAPPIER NOW ♪

♪♪

♪ I JUST WONDER WHA

YOU'RE DREAMING OF

WHEN YOU SLEEP

AND SMILE SO COMFORTABLE ♪

♪ I JUST WISH THA

I COULD GIVE YOU THA

THAT LOOK THAT'S

PERFECTLY UNSAD ♪

♪ SOMETIMES

ALL I THINK ABOUT IS YOU

LATE NIGHTS IN

THE MIDDLE OF JUNE ♪

♪ HEAT WAVES BEEN

FAKING ME OU

HEAT WAVES BEE

FAKING ME OUT ♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪ SOMETIMES

ALL I THINK ABOUT IS YOU

LATE NIGHTS IN

THE MIDDLE OF JUNE ♪

♪ HEAT WAVES BEEN

FAKING ME OU

CAN'T MAKE YOU

HAPPIER NOW ♪

SOMETIME

ALL I THINK ABOUT IS YOU

LATE NIGHTS IN

THE MIDDLE OF JUNE ♪

♪ HEAT WAVES BEEN

FAKING ME OU

CAN'T MAKE YOU

HAPPIER NOW ♪

♪ ROAD SHIMME

WIGGLING THE VISIO

HEAT HEAT WAVE

I'M SWIMMING IN A MIRROR ♪

♪ ROAD SHIMME

WIGGLING THE VISIO

HEAT HEAT WAVE

I'M SWIMMING IN A ♪

♪♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> ANOTHER GREAT PERFORMANCE AT

THE BILLBOARD AWARDS

NOW LET'S GO TO DOWNTOWN L.A.

AND WELCOME, FROM THE UPCOMING

FILM "SNAKE EYES," HENRY

GOLDING.

>> I LOVE WATCHING THIS NEXT

ARTIST PERFORM

FROM HIS BRILLIANT MUSIC VIDEOS,

TO HIS EXPLOSIVE SUPER BOWL

HALFTIME SHOW.

HE NEVER DISAPPOINTS

AND TONIGHT, HE HAS 16 BILLBOARD

NOMINATIONS.

WITH "SAVE YOUR TEARS," HERE IS

THE WEEKND

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪ SAW YOU IN A CROWDED ROOM, YO

LOOKED SO HAPPY BUT I KNOW IT'S

YOU ♪

♪ ♪

♪ A SINGLE TEAR DROP FALLING

FROM YOUR EYE ♪

♪

♪

♪ I MADE YOU CRY ♪

♪ I RUN AWAY ♪

♪ YOU COULD HAVE ASKED ME WHY I

BROKE YOUR HEART ♪

♪ YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT

YOU FELL APART ♪

♪ YOU LOOKED LIKE I WASN'T THER

AND ACTED LIKE YOU DIDN'T CARE ♪

♪ I DON'T KNOW WHY I RUN AWAY ♪

♪ OOH GIRL ♪

♪ I RUN AWAY ♪

♪ YOU'LL TAKE ME BACK BECAUSE I

WANT TO STAY ♪

♪ SAVE YOUR TEARS FOR ANOTHER

DAY ♪

♪ YOUR TEARS FOR ANOTHER DAY ♪

♪ SAVE YOUR TEARS FOR ANOTHER

DAY ♪

♪ HEY ♪

♪ I THINK YOU THINK THAT I WOUL

ALWAYS STAY ♪

♪ I SAID SOME THINGS THAT I

SHOULD NEVER SAY ♪

♪ I BROKE YOUR HEART LIKE

SOMEONE DID YOU WRONG ♪

♪ NOW YOU WON'T LET ME FOR A

SECOND TIME ♪

♪ I DON'T KNOW WHY I RUN AWAY ♪

♪ OOH BABE ♪

♪ I MADE YOU CRY ♪

♪ YOU RUN AWAY ♪

♪ YOU'LL TAKE ME BACK 'CAUSE I

WANT TO STAY ♪

♪ SAVE YOUR TEARS FOR ANOTHER -

HEY ♪

♪ FEEL ALIVE ♪

♪ A BETTER DAY ♪

♪ SAVE YOUR TEARS FOR ANOTHER

DAY ♪

♪ OOH BABY ♪

♪ I SAID, SAVE YOUR TEARS FOR

ANOTHER DAY ♪

♪ HEY ♪

♪ I DON'T KNOW WHY I RUN AWAY ♪

♪ YEAH ♪

♪ I MAKE YOU CRY WHEN I RUN

AWAY ♪

♪ SAVE YOUR TEARS FOR ANOTHER

DAY ♪

♪ OOH OH, OH, ♪

♪ SAVE YOUR TEARS FOR ANOTHER

DAY ♪

♪ YOUR TEARS FOR ANOTHER -- ♪

♪ O-O-O ♪

♪ SAVE YOUR TEARS FOR ANOTHER

DAY ♪

[ APPLAUSE ]

>> KEEP WATCHING

WE'VE GOT MORE AWARDS COMING UP

AND PERFORMANCES BY DURAN DURAN

AND JONAS BROTHERS JOINED BY

>> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME

AWARD WINNING SINGER,

SONGWRITER, CYNTHIA ERIVO.

>> I STREAMED, DOWNLOADED, AND

PLAYED THESE RECORDS OVER AND

OVER

TWO OF THE MEN WE LOST TOO SOON,

BUT WE'LL CELEBRATE THEM FOREVER

MORE

ALL FIVE CREATED ALBUMS WE

COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF

HERE ARE THE FINALISTS FOR THE

TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM.

>> Announcer: JUICE WRLD,

♪♪

"LEGENDS NEVER DIE."

LIL BABY, "MY TURN."

POP SMOKE, "SHOOT FOR THE STARS,

AIM FOR THE MOON."

TAYLOR SWIFT, "FOLKLORE.

THE WEEKND, "AFTER HOURS."

>> AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO --

"SHOOT FOR THE STARS, AIM FOR

THE MOON."

ACCEPTING THE AWARD ON BEHALF OF

POP SMOKE IS HIS MOTHER AUDREY

JACKSON.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> GOOD EVENING.

TO MY AMERICAN FAMILY, GOOD

NIGHT TO MY CARIBBEANS

I BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM THE

LAND OF CANARSIE ALSO KNOWN AS

THE FOSSIE

[ APPLAUSE ]

I THANK YOU TO THE FANS FOR

HONORING THE LIFE AND SPIRIT OF

MY SON, SO MUCH THAT HE

CONTINUES TO MANIFEST AS IF HE

WERE STILL HERE IN FLESH

[ APPLAUSE ]

HE CREATED MUSIC FOR THE KID WHO

HAS TO SLEEP FOUR IN A ROOM, THE

KID WHO HAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO

GET TO SCHOOL EACH DAY SO HE CAN

GRADUATE AND MAKE HIS MOM PROUD.

HE DID THIS SO THAT 14-YEAR-OLDS

WOULD NOT HAVE TO KILL TO PROVE

THEY ARE SOMEBODY.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

THAT IS THE IRONY IN THIS.

SO THANK YOU TO THE BILLBOARD

AWARDS LEADERSHIP FOR HONORING

MY YOUNG WARRIOR

BASHIR BARACK JACKSON, WE CALL

YOUR NAME.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME

PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS.

>> DURAN DURAN MADE ITS

BILLBOARD

CHART DEBUT IN 1981,

REVOLUTIONIZING MUSIC VIDEOS AND

MUSIC ITSELF, BENDING GENRES

INTO A DYNAMIC NEW SOUND

SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE EARNED AN

IMPRESSIVE 21 HITS ON THE

BILLBOARD HOT 100.

TONIGHT WE CELEBRATE THEIR

ICONIC CAREER, AND THE

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THEIR

FORTHCOMING ALBUM "FUTURE PAST,"

OUT ON OCTOBER 22ND.

NOW, LET'S HEAD OVER TO LONDON

TO THE HISTORIC

HAMMERSMITH APOLLO WHERE

DURAN DURAN RECORDED LIVE AT

THE HAMMERSMITH IN 1982.

WITH A SPECIAL

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

PERFORMANCE OF "HUNGRY LIKE THE

WOLF," "NOTORIOUS," AND THEIR

NEW SINGLE INVISIBLE," HERE IS

DURAN DURAN.

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♪ NOTORIOUS ♪

♪ I CAN'T BREATHE ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I'LL DO FINE WITHOUT IT ♪

♪ HERE'S ONE YOU DON'T

COMPROMISE ♪

♪ NIGHT COME HARD IN THE SKIES ♪

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♪ NO-NO-NOTORIOUS ♪

♪ NOTORIOUS ♪

♪ NO-NO-KNOWNOTORIOUS ♪

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♪♪

♪ WALKING BY THE WALL ♪

♪ THE SHADOWS DO NOT FALL ♪

♪ YOU SILENTLY IGNORE ♪

♪ DISCOURAGED BY THE NOISE ♪

♪ LIVING WITHOUT ♪

♪ IT'S A LIFE WITHOUT A VOICE ♪

♪ WHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY MY

NAME ♪

♪ 'CAUSE THE MEMORY'S GONE ♪

♪ NOW YOU'RE FEELING NUMB ♪

♪ I KNOW MY NAME ♪

♪ I CAN'T PLAY THIS GAME, SO I

ASK AGAIN ♪

♪ WILL YOU SAY MY NAME ♪

♪ 'CAUSE THE MEMORY'S GONE ♪

♪ ARE YOU FEELING NUMB ♪

♪ OR HAVE I BECOME INVISIBLE ♪

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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> Announcer: WHO WILL WIN THE

AWARD FOR TOP ARTIST

WILL IT BE DRAKE, JUICE WRLD,

POP SMOKE, TAYLOR SWIFT OR

THE WEEKND?

FIND OUT WHEN WE COME BACK

PLUS, KEEP WATCHING FOR A

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY

JONAS BROTHERS

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>>> WELCOME BACK

FROM THE UPCOMING SERIES

"CENTRAL PARK" ON APPLE TV, HERE

IS AN EMMY NOMINEE, A MULTIPLE

OSCAR NOMINEE AND TONY AWARD

WINNING ACTOR, LESLIE ODOM JR.

>> EVERY AWARD SHOW IS

DIFFERENT,

BUT THE ONE THING ALMOST ALL OF

THEM HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT THE

FINAL PRESENTATION OF THE NIGHT

IS FOR THE BIGGEST, AND THE MOST

PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.

FOR THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS,

THAT'S FOR TOP ARTIST.

TWO OF THESE FINALISTS HAVE WON

THIS IN PAST YEARS -- FOR THE

OTHERS, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST

TIME THEY ARE RECOGNIZED FOR

TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT.

EITHER WAY, IT IS AN HONOR THAT

MEANS SO MUCH IN THE MUSIC

WORLD.

HERE ARE THIS YEAR'S FINALISTS

FOR TOP ARTIST

>> Announcer: DRAKE.

♪♪

JUICE WRLD

♪♪

POP SMOKE.

♪♪

♪♪

TAYLOR SWIFT

♪♪

THE WEEKND

>> AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO --

THE WEEKND

♪♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> WHAT A NIGHT IT'S BEEN.

I'M GOING TO TAKE IT THIS TIME

SORRY ABOUT THAT

I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY

TO THANK MY PARENTS.

I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

I AM THE MAN I AM TODAY BECAUSE

OF YOU, SO THANK YOU, AND THANK

YOU TO MY FANS, OF COURSE.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

I DO NOT TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED

THANK YOU.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> Announcer: AND NOW PLEASE

WELCOME COUNTRY SUPERSTAR KELSEA

BALLERINI.

>> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE NIGHT, YOU

GUYS

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WEEKND

AND ALL THE NOMINEES TONIGHT

NOW, ARE YOU READY FOR ONE MORE

PERFORMANCE TO CLOSE OUT THE

SHOW

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

I KNOW I AM BECAUSE I'M A HUGE

FAN.

I'M ALSO PUMPED TO SEE THESE

BROTHERS ON THE STAGE.

KIND OF A PREVIEW FOR ME BECAUSE

I'M GOING ON TOUR WITH THIS THIS

SUMMER

FOR MARSHMELLO, KEVIN AND NICK,

GIVE IT UP FOR THE JONAS

BROTHERS

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪ I SEE YOU CALLIN'

I DIDN'T WANNA

LEAVE YOU LIKE THA

IT'S FIVE IN THE MORNING ♪

♪ YEAH YEAH

A HUNDRED ON THE DAS

CAUSE MY WHEELS ARE ROLLIN

AND TAKIN' MY FOOT ♪

♪ OFF THE GAS

AND IT ONLY TOOK

THE ONE NIGH

TO SEE THE END OF THE LINE ♪

♪ STARIN' DEEP IN YOUR EYES

EYES

DANCIN' ON THE EDG

BOUT TO TAKE IT TOO FAR ♪

♪ IT'S MESSIN' WITH MY HEAD

I WON'T MESS WITH YOUR HEART

IF YOU WAKE UP IN YOUR BED

ALONE IN THE DARK ♪

♪ I'M SORRY

GOTTA LEAVE BEFORE

YOU LOVE M

LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME ♪

♪ LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE M

LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME

LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME

IT'S SO GOOD TO KNOW IT ♪

♪ IF WE'RE TO LEAVE

THE PARTY BEHIND

DON'T CARE IF THEY NOTIC

YEAH YEAH NO ♪

♪ I'LL JUST CATCH YOUR EY

I'D RATHER BE LONELY YEA

THAN WRAPPED AROUN

YOUR BODY TOO TIGHT ♪

♪ YEAH I'M THE TYPE

TO GET NAKED

WON'T GIVE MY HEAR

A FULL BREAK IN ♪

♪ CAUSE I'M TOO GONE TO BE

STAYIN

STAYIN

DANCIN' ON THE EDG

BOUT TO TAKE IT TOO FAR ♪

♪ IT'S MESSIN' WITH MY HEAD

I WON'T MESS WITH YOUR HEART

IF YOU WAKE UP IN YOUR BED

ALONE IN THE DARK ♪

♪ I'M SORRY

GOTTA LEAVE BEFORE

YOU LOVE M

LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME ♪

♪ LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE M

LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME

LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME ♪

♪♪

>> MAKE SOME NOISE FOR

MARSHMELLO

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪ I'M A SUCKER FOR YOU YEAH

YOU SAY THE WORD

AND I'LL GO ANYWHERE BLINDLY

I'M A SUCKER FOR YOU ♪

♪ YEA

ANY ROAD YOU TAK

YOU KNOW THAT YOU'LL FIND ME

I'M A SUCKER FOR ALL ♪

♪ THE SUBLIMINAL THINGS

NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT YOU

ABOUT YO

ABOUT YOU ABOUT YOU ♪

♪ AND YOU'RE MAKIN'

THE TYPICAL ME

BREAK MY TYPICAL RULES

IT'S TRUE ♪

♪ I'M A SUCKER FOR YOU ♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> BILL BOARD MUSIC AWARDS

LET'S TURN THIS UP A NOTCH

COME ON!

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪ WE GON' DANCE

IN MY LIVING ROO

SLAVE TO THE WAY YOU MOV

HURTS WHEN I'M LEAVING YOU ♪

♪ JUST DANCE IN

THE LIVING ROO

LOVE WITH AN ATTITUD

DRUNK ♪

♪ IT'S ONLY HUMAN

YOU KNOW THAT IT'S REA

KNOW THAT IT'S REA

SO WHY WOULD YOU FIGHT ♪

♪ OR TRY TO DEN

THE WAY THAT YOU FEE

OH BABE ♪

♪ YOU CAN'T FOOL ME

YOUR BODY'S GO

OTHER PLANS SO

STOP PRETENDING YOU'RE SHY ♪

♪ JUST COME ON AN

DANCE DANCE DANC

DANCE OH

♪♪

♪♪

ONLY HUMAN MAN MAN ♪

♪ ONLY HUMAN ♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪♪

♪ WE SHOULD PRAY FO

A MOMENT JUST LIKE THI

THERE'S A FIRE IN YOUR EYE

I CAN'T RESIST ♪

♪ BABY WE'RE GONN

WANNA REMEMBER THI

BABY WE'RE GONNA

WANNA REMEMBER THIS ♪

♪ I CAN TASTE THE FOREVER

ON YOUR LIPS

THERE'S A LIFETIME LIVIN

INSIDE THAT KISS ♪

♪ BABY WE'RE GONN

WANNA REMEMBER THI

BABY WE'RE GONNA

WANNA REMEMBER THIS ♪

♪♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR A GREAT

NIGHT.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR HOSTING THIS

SHOW

WE'LL SEE YOU ON TOUR THIS

SUMMER

♪♪

♪♪

♪ SO WHAT A MAN GOTTA D

WHAT A MAN GOTTA D

TO BE TOTALLY LOCKED U

BY YOU ♪

♪ WHAT A MAN GOTTA SA

WHAT A MAN GOTTA PRA

TO BE YOUR LAST "GOODNIGHT

AND YOUR FIRST "GOOD DAY" ♪

♪ SO WHAT A MAN GOTTA D

WHAT A MAN GOTTA D

WHAT A MAN GOTTA D

OH ♪

♪ TO BE TOTALLY

LOCKED UP BY YOU

TOTALLY LOCKED UP BY YOU

WHAT A MAN GOTTA DO ♪

♪ HEY BAB

WHAT A MAN GOTTA PROVE

WHAT A MAN GOTTA PROVE

TO BE TOTALLY ♪

♪ LOCKED UP BY YO

TOTALLY LOCKED U

BY YOU ♪

♪♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

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>> Announcer:

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS FINALISTS

AND WINNERS ARE BASED ON KEY FAN

INTERACTIONS WITH MUSIC,

INCLUDING AUDIO AND VIDEO

STREAMING, ALBUM AND SONG SALES,

RADIO AIRPLAY, AND SOCIAL

ENGAGEMENT

THESE MEASUREMENTS ARE TRACKED

BY BILLBOARD, MRC DATA AND

NEXT BIG SOUND

THE AWARDS ARE BASED ON THE

BILLBOARD CHARTS DATED MARCH 21,

2020 THROUGH APRIL 3, 2021

FAN VOTING FOR TOP SOCIAL ARTIST

AND TOP COLLABORATION AWARDS ARE

ADMINISTERED, MONITORED, AND

VERIFIED BY TELESCOPE INC. -- AN

INDEPENDENT VOTE MANAGEMENT

COMPANY AND THE RESULTS REMAIN

CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL THE TIME OF

PRESENTATION

IN THE EVENT OF TECHNICAL

INTERFERENCE OR DIFFICULTIES,

THE PRODUCERS AND NBC RESERVE

THE RIGHT TO REVIEW THE VOTED

AWARDS FOR ACCURACY AND TO TAKE

ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION

"THE VOICE" LIVE FINALE BEGINS