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The 2013 Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift performs Sunday on ABC. (Albert Ferreira/STARTRAKS PHOTO via ABC)

Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Gotye come up big at 2013 Billboard Music Awards

by jmaloni

Press release

Mon, May 20th 2013 01:40 pm

One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Justin Bieber, Jenni Rivera, Baauer and tobyMac take home multiple awards

The 2013 Billboard Music Awards, executive-produced by Don Mischer, aired live from Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 19, on the ABC Television Network. Taylor Swift took home an impressive eight awards in the following categories: Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Digital Songs Artist, Top Country Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album, Top Country Album and Top Country Song. Following closely behind, Rihanna and Gotye won four awards each. Rihanna claimed Top Radio Songs Artist, Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Album and Top R&B Song. The partnership between Gotye and Kimbra on the hit, "Somebody That I Used to Know," won the pair Top Hot 100 Song, Top Radio Song, Top Streaming Song (Audio) and Top Rock Song.

One Direction, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj and Madonna each won three Billboard Music Awards, while Jenni Rivera, Baauer and tobyMac took home two each. In addition, Maroon 5, fun., Carly Rae Jepsen, David Guetta, PSY, Adele, Mumford & Sons, Skrillex, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz, Matt Redman and Michel Telo each took home one.

During the broadcast, special honors were given to Madonna as Top Touring Artist for her 2012 MDNA tour, and to Prince, who was recognized with the Billboard Icon Award, highlighting his unique journey and history of groundbreaking accomplishments in the music industry.

Some of the night's hit songs that took home multiple wins included "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra, "Harlem Shake" by Baauer and "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen.

Billboard Music Awards finalists were based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital singles sales, radio airplay, touring, streaming and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, VEVO, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music. These measurements were tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Entertainment and Next Big Sound. The awards were based on the reporting period of March 12, 2012, through March 10, 2013.

For more coverage around this year's award winners, visit www.billboard.com.

The complete winners list for the 2013 Billboard Music Awards is as follows:

ARTIST AWARDS

Billboard Icon Award: Prince

Milestone Award presented by Chevrolet: Justin Bieber

Top Touring Artist: Madonna

Top Artist: Taylor Swift