The 2015 Billboard Music Awards may as well have been re-named the Taylor Swift appreciation night. Not only did the star absolutely clean up, scoring pretty much all the major awards she could have, she has also managed to dominate the red carpet and the post-show gossip.
First of all, the star’s is-it-isn’t-it romance with Calvin Harris was well and truly confirmed as on during the show thanks in part to whoever the seating chart guru is who sat the pair together. During the show, Calvin, 31, was spotted tucking one arm behind Taylor and when she was announced as the winner of the Top 200 Album for 1989, T-Swift leaned in for a kiss with her rumoured boyfriend.
In addition, after a steady Insta-feed of teasers from stars like Cara Delevingne, Jamie King, Gigi Hadid, Karlie Kloss and, of course, Taylor herself, the Bad Blood film clip has finally debuted. The track is a collaboration with Kendrick Lamar and the clip stars Swift’s all-star cast of BFFs including Lily Aldridge, Hailee Steinfeld, Gigi Hadid, Ellie Goulding, Jessica Alba, Cindy Crawford, Ellen Pompeo, Martha Hunt, and more.
Thankfully for Tay-tay, the much-hyped clip lived up to the sky-high expectations of her fans. The action-packed, Tarantino-esque clip directed by Joseph Kahn (the same man who directed Swift’s Blank Space video), is simply epic and beyond the levels of a mere music clip. Really, rather than us explaining, just watch Taylor Swift Bad Blood clip below…
Swift’s clean up aside, Sam Smith proved a favourite at the Billboard Awards as did, of course, One Direction. Meaghan Trainer also scored a couple of gongs and Iggy Azalea got a few mentions too. See the full list of winners below.
Top Duo/Group – One Direction
Top Billboard 200 Album – Taylor Swift, 1989
Top Rap Song – Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
Top Male Artist– Sam Smith
Top Radio Song- John Legend, “All of Me”
Top Female Artist– Taylor Swift
Top Touring Artist– One Direction
Top Hot 100 Song – Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”
Billboard Chart Achievement Award (Fan-voted) – Taylor Swift
Top Country Artist – Florida Georgia Line
Top Artist – Taylor Swift
Top New Artist– Sam Smith
Top Billboard 200 Artist – Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist – Taylor Swift
Top Digital Songs Artist – Taylor Swift
Top Social Artist – Justin Bieber
Top Streaming Artist – Iggy Azalea
Top R&B Artist – Pharrell Williams
Top Rap Artist – Iggy Azalea
Top Rock Artist – Hozier
Top Latin Artist – Romeo Santos
Top Dance/Electronic Artist – Calvin Harris
Top Christian Artist – Hillsong United
Top Soundtrack – Frozen
Top R&B Album – Pharrell Williams, G I R L
Top Rap Album – J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Top Country Album – Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt
Top Rock Album – Coldplay, Ghost Stories
Top Latin Album – Enrique Iglesias, Sex and Love
Top Dance/Electronic Album – Lindsey Stirling, Shatter Me?”
Top Christian Album – Lecrae, Anomaly
Top Digital Song – Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”
Top Streaming Song (Artist) – John Legend, “All of Me”
Top Streaming Song (Video) – Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
Top R&B Song – Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
Top Country Song – Jason Aldean, “Burnin’ It Down”
Top Rock Song – Hozier, “Take Me to Church”
Top Latin Song – Enrique Iglesias feat. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona, “Bailando”
Top Dance/Electronic Song – DJ Snake & Lil Jon, “Turn Down For What”
Top Christian Song – Carrie Underwood, “Something in the Water”
Top Radio Songs Artist – Sam Smith
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