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The Billboard Awards took place last night, and The Weeknd was the biggest winner of the night, taking home awards in 10 categories, including top artist, top male artist, and top Hot 100 artist, according to CNN<\/a>. His album, After Hours<\/i>,\u00a0was also named top R&B album, and his single \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d won for top radio song and top R&B song, according to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last night’s live show in Los Angeles, which was hosted by Nick Jonas, was held before a crowd of around 500 to 600 people.\u00a0 DJ Khaled with H.E.R. and Migos kicked off the 2021 Billboard Music Awards on an outdoor stage.<\/p>\n

Bad Bunny was named Billboard\u2019s top Latin artist during the live ceremony and he gave his acceptance speech entirely in Spanish. He also won for top Latin male artist, top Latin song, and top Latin album, setting a record as the first Latin artist to receive three awards in the same category.<\/p>\n

Drake received the Artist of the Decade Award. The late Pop Smoke won the award for top Billboard 200 album for his posthumously released debut album, \u201cShoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon,” as well as for top new artist and top rap album.<\/p>\n

Pink was also given the special Icon Award, which was presented to her by Jon Bon Jovi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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