2016 Billboard Music Awards

2016 Billboard Music Awards	2016 Billboard Music Awards
Date 	May 21, 2016
Location 	T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas,Nevada, U.S.
Most awards 	Ela!ne (4)
Most nominations 	Ela!ne (8)
Television/Radio coverage 	Television/Radio coverage
Network 	ABC
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The 2016 Billboard Music Awards was a music award ceremony that was held on May 21, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the first nationally televised event to originate from that venue. It aired live on ABC. This marked the first show the new trophy made its debut.
Ela!ne won 4 out of her 8 nominations, including Top Artist and Top Hot 100 Song for "Bang Bang". Brianna Danielle won all three awards in the country-genre categories. Jesse Del Rey won Top Billboard 200 Album for Born to Die. Other winners included GRome, and Drea Von D scoring two trophies each and winning Top Touring Artist for their joint Lonely Hearts Tour.
The nominees were announced on April 12, 2016, with Ela!ne earning the most nominations with eight. Jesse Del Rey was scheldueled to perform an 8-minute tribute to the late David Bowie but cancelled the week before due to him preparing for his world tour the following Friday in Tokyo, Japan. Del Rey released a statement through his Twitter and website apologizing. 
==Performers==
Artist(s) 	Song(s)
GRome 	"Jealous"
Drea Von D	"Boom"
Ela!ne 	"Same Old Love"
==Nominations==
​Top Artist
*Brianna Danielle
*Drea Von D
*Ela!ne (winner)
*GRome
*Jesse Del Rey
*Matt
Top Male Artist
*GRome (winner)
*Jesse Del Rey
*Matt
Top Female Artist
*Brianna Danielle
*Drea Von D (winner)
*Ela!ne
Top Touring Artist
*Brianna Danielle
*Ela!ne
*GRome (winner)
*Drea Von D (winner)
Top Rap/R&B Artist
*Ela!ne (winner)
*Matt
Top Country Artist
*Brianna Danielle (winner)
Top Billboard 200 Album
*Sucker - Drea Von D
*Sweet Talker - Ela!ne
*Another Lonely Night - GRome
*Born to Die - Jesse Del Rey (winner)
*U - Matt
Top Rap/R&B Album
*Sweet Talker - Ela!ne
*U - Matt (winner)
Top Country Album
*Pageant Material - Brianna Danielle (winner)
Top Hot 100 Song
*Bang Bang - Ela!ne (winner)
*3 - Jesse Del Rey
*Can't Feel My Face - Jesse Del Rey
*What Do You Mean? - GRome
Top Rap/R&B Song
*Feeling Myself - Ela!ne (winner)
Top Country Song
*Mama's Broken Heart - Brianna Danielle (winner)