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2019 Billboard Music Awards
The 2019 Billboard Music Awards, held May 1, 2019 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and hosted by Kelly Clarkson on NBC, saw Drake win 12 awards including Top Artist, reaching a record 27 career BBMA wins; Cardi B led nominations with 21.
2019 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards (36th VMAs) were held August 26, 2019 at Prudential Center, Newark, hosted by Sebastian Maniscalco; Taylor Swift won Video of the Year, Lil Nas X Song of the Year, Missy Elliott the Video Vanguard.
2020 Billboard Music Awards
The 2020 Billboard Music Awards, postponed from April 29 to October 14, 2020, aired from the Dolby Theatre on NBC, hosted by Kelly Clarkson; Post Malone won nine awards including Top Artist, and ratings hit a record low.
2020 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, held August 30, 2020 and hosted by Keke Palmer, were a pandemic-era hybrid of outdoor New York performances and pre-taped xR segments after Barclays Center plans were dropped; The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" won Video of the Year and Lady Gaga took five awards including the inaugural Tricon Award.
2021 Billboard Music Awards
The 2021 Billboard Music Awards, held May 23, 2021 at the Microsoft Theater on NBC with host Nick Jonas, honored chart performance from March 2020 to April 2021; The Weeknd won ten awards, Drake received Artist of the Decade, and P!NK the Icon Award.
2022 Billboard Music Awards
The 2022 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs), the 29th edition, were held May 15, 2022 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, hosted by Sean "Diddy" Combs on NBC. Olivia Rodrigo led with seven wins; Mary J. Blige received the Icon Award.
2023 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, held September 12 at Newark's Prudential Center and hosted by Nicki Minaj, saw Taylor Swift win nine awards including a fourth Video of the Year for "Anti-Hero", Shakira receive the Video Vanguard Award, and a 50-years-of-hip-hop finale.
2024 Billboard Music Awards
The 2024 Billboard Music Awards, hosted by Michelle Buteau, aired December 12, 2024 on FOX, Fire TV Channels, and Paramount+. Taylor Swift won 10 awards including Top Artist, reaching 49 career wins as the show's most decorated winner.
2024 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, the 40th VMAs, held September 11, 2024 at UBS Arena, Elmont, New York, hosted by Megan Thee Stallion; Taylor Swift won seven awards including Video of the Year for "Fortnight."
2025 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, held September 7, 2025 at UBS Arena and first broadcast on CBS, hosted by LL Cool J; Lady Gaga won four awards, Ariana Grande took Video of the Year, Mariah Carey received the Video Vanguard Award.
2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards
The 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards, the 13th edition held March 26, 2026 at the Dolby Theatre on FOX, honored 2025's most-played iHeartRadio artists; Taylor Swift won seven awards, Alex Warren four.
2026 MTV Video Music Awards
2026 MTV Video Music Awards, held Sept. 27, 2026 at the Peacock Theater, Los Angeles, hosted by Snoop Dogg on CBS/MTV/Paramount+. Madonna won seven awards; Taylor Swift became the most-awarded VMA artist; 8.43 million viewers.
25th Annual Grammy Awards
The 25th Annual Grammy Awards, held February 23, 1983, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, marked the ceremony's 25th anniversary, with Toto winning six Grammys including Album of the Year.
26th Annual Grammy Awards
The 26th Annual Grammy Awards, held February 28, 1984, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, are remembered for Michael Jackson winning eight Grammys for Thriller.
2nd Annual Grammy Awards
2nd Annual Grammy Awards: second Grammy ceremony, held November 29, 1959 in Los Angeles and New York, the only year with two Grammy presentations and the first televised. Bobby Darin won Record of the Year and first Best New Artist; Sinatra won Album of the Year.
2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards
The 2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards (2001): winners announced October 30, 2001 at Los Angeles's Conga Room after the Miami show was moved and postponed by September 11; Alejandro Sanz won four awards for El Alma Al Aire.
31st Annual Grammy Awards
The 31st Annual Grammy Awards, held February 22, 1989 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, debuted the first hard rock/metal and rap categories, remembered for Jethro Tull's upset win over Metallica.
31st National Geographic Bee
The 31st National Geographic Bee (2019 GeoBee), held May 19-22, 2019 in Washington, D.C., was won by Nihar Janga of Austin, Texas on the Finnmark Plateau tiebreaker; runner-up Atreya Mallanna, third Rishi Kumar.
41st Annual Grammy Awards
41st Annual Grammy Awards (Feb 24, 1999, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles): Lauryn Hill won 5 Grammys including first hip-hop Album of the Year for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill; Celine Dion won Record of the Year; Ricky Martin's performance sparked the Latin pop boom.
42nd Annual Grammy Awards
The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, held February 23, 2000, in Los Angeles, honored recordings from October 1998 to September 1999; Santana swept eight awards for Supernatural and "Smooth," and Christina Aguilera won Best New Artist.
46th Annual Grammy Awards
The 46th Annual Grammy Awards, held February 8, 2004 at Staples Center, honored 2002-2003 recordings; OutKast won Album of the Year, Coldplay Record of the Year, Evanescence Best New Artist, and Beyoncé five trophies.
48th Annual Grammy Awards
The 48th Annual Grammy Awards, held February 8, 2006 at Staples Center in Los Angeles on CBS, honored recordings from October 2004 to September 2005; U2 won five Grammys including Album and Song of the Year, Green Day took Record of the Year, and John Legend was Best New Artist.
49th Annual Grammy Awards
49th Annual Grammy Awards, held February 11, 2007 at Staples Center, Los Angeles on CBS, honoring 2005-2006 recordings; the Dixie Chicks swept five Grammys including Record, Album, and Song of the Year.
50th Annual Grammy Awards
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards honored recordings from October 2006 to September 2007 and were held February 10, 2008, at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
51st Annual Grammy Awards
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards, held February 8, 2009 at Staples Center in Los Angeles on CBS, honored 2007-2008 recordings; Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's Raising Sand won Album and Record of the Year, Coldplay won Song of the Year, and Adele won Best New Artist.
52nd Annual Grammy Awards
The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (January 31, 2010) honored recordings from October 2008 to August 2009: Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for Fearless, Kings of Leon won Record of the Year, Beyoncé took six awards, and a 3-D Michael Jackson tribute aired.
54th Annual Grammy Awards
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards (2012 telecast, CBS, February 12, 2012) honored recordings from October 2010 to September 2011; Adele swept Record, Album, and Song of the Year, and the show drew nearly 40 million viewers after Whitney Houston's death.
55th Annual Grammy Awards
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (2013 Grammys), held February 10, 2013 at Staples Center, Los Angeles, hosted by LL Cool J on CBS. Gotye and Kimbra won Record of the Year, Mumford & Sons Album of the Year for Babel, and Fun. won Song of the Year and Best New Artist.
56th Annual Grammy Awards
56th Annual Grammy Awards, January 26, 2014, Staples Center, CBS, hosted by LL Cool J; 82 categories; Daft Punk won Album and Record of the Year, Lorde Song of the Year, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Best New Artist.
57th Annual Grammy Awards
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards (2015 Grammys), held February 8, 2015 at Staples Center, Los Angeles, honored recordings from Oct 2013 to Sept 2014; Sam Smith won four awards including Record and Song of the Year for "Stay With Me," while Beck's Morning Phase won Album of the Year.