'I want to thank Billboard for this,' Luke said. Going for the gold! Luke Combs performed Better Together immediately after winning Top Country Artist I love you thank you, thank you, thank you, mwah.' It is always a shock when I win anything at all. I wanted to say, thank you to the fans, thank you for believing in me and caring about me still, I don't know why you do I also want to say that I never, ever take these for granted. Oh, this is heavy,' Eilish, 18, remarked as she accepted the award, live from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on Wednesday. There was also no traditional red carpet but instead a backdrop for stars to take photos during the show.Įilish became the very first winner at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, scooping up the gong for Top Billboard 200 Album for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?īeating out competitors Drake, Khalid, Post Malone, and Taylor Swift for the honor, Eilish arrived on stage wearing a face mask as she was presented the award by Nicole Richie. Social distancing was in full effect at the event held during the COVID-19 pandemic as awards were not handed off directly from presenter to winner. Sounds like success! The superstars left the show triumphant I'm floored,' Malone said.Įntering the show with 16 nominations to his name, Malone was the most-nominated artist of the evening, followed close behind Lil Nas X with 13 and Billie Eilish and Khalid with 12. 'I'm honestly blown away, just by the love that everybody's shown to me, and honestly, I appreciate it more than I could ever express and it's kind of a big deal for me, you know, and everybody involved because we work - we work our a**es off, and we just try our best every day and honestly, to be able to reach out to people who might, you know, not have anybody to turn to and just be able to reach out and show everybody that they're not alone, and music can bring everybody together, it's absolutely incredible and I just want to say, thank you so very much, ladies and gentlemen.

Win-win! Billie Eilish scored the awards for Top Billboard 200 Album and Top Female Artist at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, but it was Post Malone who left the show the biggest winner as the recipient of nine trophies, including Top Artist

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