David Guetta won dance artist of the year, also for the first time. Machine Gun Kelly won alternative rock artist of the year, also for the first time. It’s the fourth year in a row that a female artist has taken that award.

Jazmine Sullivan won R&B artist of the year.

Bad Bunny likewise took Latin pop/reggaeton artist of the year for the second time. Drake won hip-hop artist of the year for the fourth time, and Calibre 50 won Regional Mexican artist of the year for the fourth time, though their runs haven’t been consecutive.įoo Fighters took rock artist of the year for the second time. Luke Combs won country artist of the year for the fourth consecutive year. It beat, among others, a second Bieber collab, “Peaches,” which featured Daniel Caesar and Giveon. “Stay” by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber won best collaboration. The song brought Rodrigo the award for TikTok bop of the year, while Camila Cabello won best cover song for her cover version of the smash. And Rodrigo’s pop-punk smash “good 4 u,” which shows the influence of such Lavigne hits as “Sk8er Boi,” resulted in two awards. Rodrigo was likewise 17 when she scored her breakthrough smash, “driver’s license.” Rodrigo also won the award for new pop artist. “It’s OK to be delusional when you’re chasing your dreams,” he concluded.Īvril Lavigne, who landed her first hit on the Billboard Hot 100, “Complicated,” when she was just 17, presented Rodrigo’s award. In accepting his award, Lil Nas X pointed out that he was “delusional” to think he could drop out of school and make it big, come out of the closet at the peak of his career, and record a song about gay lust (“Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”) and have it become a smash hit.

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