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Monday, May 21, 2012

2012 Billboard Music Awards: And the Winners Are...

The outfit Miley Cyrus wore on the Billboard Music Awards may be dominating headlines right now, but a handful of trophies were handed out in Las Vegas tonight, as well.

Among the big winners, as listed below, included: Adele, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift.




SOCIAL ARTIST
Justin Bieber

SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Katy Perry

TOP NEW ARTIST
Wiz Khalifa

WOMAN OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift

HOT 100 SONG OF THE YEAR
"Party Rock Anthem” (LMFAO)

TOP DUO OR GROUP
LMFAO

TOP MALE ARTIST
Lil Wayne

R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Chris Brown

MILLENNIUM AWARD
Whitney Houston (accepted by Bobbi Kristina Brown)

BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Patent Pending

TOP ROCK SONG
"Pumped Up Kicks” (Foster the People)

TOP ALTERNATIVE ARTIST
Coldplay

TOP LATIN ARTIST
Shakira

TOP TOURING ACT
U2

TOP COUNTRY ARTIST
Lady Antebellum

TOP COUNTRY ALBUM
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party

TOP DANCE ARTIST
Lady Gaga

BILLBOARD ICON AWARD
Stevie Wonder

TOP HOT 100 ARTIST
Adele

TOP RAP ARTIST
Lil Wayne

TOP FEMALE ARTIST
Adele

TOP BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST
Adele

TOP ARTIST
Adele

Source: THG