Rapper Drake set a record with the most wins ever, taking home 12 honours at the Billboard Music Awards.
The ceremony took place on Wednesday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena here with singer Kelly Clarkson as the host.
Drake surpassed singer Taylor Swift to become the top award recipient in the Billboard Music Awards history. He won 12 awards, bringing his career total to 27. Swift has won 23 Billboard Music Awards, reports billboard.com.
Drake won the top artist and top Billboard 200 album, among others.
Drake fans were in for a surprise at the Billboard Music Awards as the rapper revealed himself to be a Game of Thrones follower.
The recording artiste, who took home the Top Billboard 200 Album award for his 25-track ‘Scorpion’, was excited by the shock reveal in the show thanks to fan favourite ‘GOT’ character Arya Stark (played by Maisie Williams).
He said: ‘Thank you to everybody who gave me their time, their energy, stayed away from their family and friends while we were trying to complete this. I always had a dream of doing a double album and I finally did it so now I’ll never do it again.”
‘I need a glass of champagne’, the God’s plan performer joked, before concluding, ‘Hey, shout-out to Arya Stark for putting in that work last week.’
The rapper is infamous for jinxing any team he supports publicly. “Drake just thanked Arya Stark at the #BillboardMusicAwards… which sadly means Arya Stark is dead. Drake is the biggest jinx in all of media,” a tweeple said.
Ariana Grande took top female artist for the first time. She also won the fan-voted Billboard chart achievement award. Cardi B took home six, while Maroon 5 scored four, and Ella Mai, Ozuna, Luke Combs and Lauren Daigle nabbed three, reports a website.
Swift made her Billboard Music Awards return with a performance of her new single ME!, her first performance since singing 22 back in 2013. BTS became the first K-Pop act to win top duo/group. BTS also took the fan-voted top social artist award for the third year in a row. Other performers included Paula Abdul, Jonas Brothers, Halsey, Madonna, Khalid, and 2019 ICON Award recipient Mariah Carey, among others. (IANS)