2022 Billboard Music Awards: Drake, BTS, and Olivia Rodrigo Win Big in Non-Televised Categories
The 2022 Billboard Music Awards will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 15. For the 2022 BBMAs, there are a total of 62 categories. Not all of the categories can fit into a television broadcast, so the winners of 54 categories were announced in a TikTok livestream hosted by Tetris Kelly and Tiffany Taylor. Drake, Olivia Rodrigo, and BTS are some of the most notable winners from the non-televised part of the music award show.
Here is the complete list of winners from the non-televised categories at the 2022 BBMAs.
Drake, Olivia Rodrigo, and BTS won multiple artist awards at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards
Finalists and winners at the 2022 BBMAs are based on Billboard chart performances from April 10, 2021, through March 26, 2022. Leading up to the main broadcast of the BBMAs, a great number of artist awards were announced during the non-televised TikTok stream.
Non-televised artist award winners from the 2022 BBMAs are listed below:
- Top Artist: Drake
- Top New Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
- Top Male Artist: Drake
- Top Duo/Group: BTS
- Top Billboard 200 Artist: Taylor Swift
- Top Hot 100 Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
- Top Streaming Songs Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
- Top Song Sales Artist: BTS
- Top Radio Songs Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
- Top Billboard Global 200 Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
- Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Artist: Ed Sheeran
- Top Tour: The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour)
- Top R&B Male Artist: The Weeknd
- Top R&B Female Artist: Doja Cat
- Top R&B Tour: Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars at Park MGM)
- Top Rap Artist: Drake
- Top Rap Male Artist: Drake
- Top Rap Tour: Omarion and Bow Wow (The Millennium Tour 2021)
- Top Country Artist: Taylor Swift
- Top Country Female Artist: Taylor Swift
- Top Country Tour: Eric Church (Gather Again Tour)
- Top Rock Tour: The Rolling Stones (No Filter Tour)
- Top Latin Artist: Bad Bunny
- Top Latin Male Artist: Bad Bunny
- Top Latin Female Artist: Kali Uchis
- Top Latin Duo/Group: Eslabon Armado
- Top Latin Tour: Los Bukis (Una Historia Cantada Tour)
- Top Christian Artist: Ye
- Top Gospel Artist: Ye
Eight albums were named in the TikTok livestream
During the TikTok livestream for the non-televised 2022 BBMAs, eight albums were honored. Some of the album categories named in the livestream were genre-specific albums, including Top Rap Album, Top Country Album, Top Rock Album, and Top Latin Album.
The complete list of non-televised album winners from the 2022 BBMAs is listed below:
- Top Billboard 200 Album: Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR
- Top Soundtrack: Encanto
- Top Rap Album: Drake, Certified Lover Boy
- Top Country Album: Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version)
- Top Rock Album: twenty one pilots, Scaled And Icy
- Top Latin Album: KAROL G, KG0516
- Top Christian Album: Ye, Donda
- Top Gospel Album: Ye, Donda
Justin Bieber and The Kid LAROI dominated song categories for the non-televised 2022 BBMAs
Out of all the song categories announced in Billboard’s TikTok livestream, The Kid LAROI and Bieber won multiple awards for their collaboration song, “Stay.”
Winners of the non-televised song categories from the 2022 BBMAs can be viewed below:
- Top Hot 100 Song: The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber, “Stay”
- Top Streaming Song: The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber, “Stay”
- Top Selling Song: BTS, “Butter”
- Top Radio Song: Dua Lipa, “Levitating”
- Top Collaboration: The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber, “Stay”
- Top Billboard Global 200 Song: The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber “Stay”
- Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Song: The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber “Stay”
- Top Viral Song: Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me More”
- Top R&B Song: Silk Sonic, “Leave The Door Open”
- Top Rap Song: Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “INDUSTRY BABY”
- Top Country Song: Walker Hayes, “Fancy Like”
- Top Rock Song: Måneskin, “Beggin’”
- Top Latin Song: Kali Uchis, “telepatía”
- Top Dance/Electronic Song: Elton John and Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix”
- Top Christian Song: Ye, “Hurricane”
- Top Gospel Song: Ye, “Hurricane”
The 2022 BBMAs will be broadcast on NBC starting at 8 p.m. EDT on May 15 and will also be streamed on Peacock.