Taylor Swift dominated the Billboard Music Awards with eight wins, including top artist, while Kanye West was booed during his performance that closed the three-hour event which was hosted by Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen .
Swift also won top Billboard 200 album for “1989” and top female artist Sunday night.
“Oh, this is such a good night!” she said after winning the top prize, besting One Direction, Ariana Grande, Sam Smith and Katy Perry. “Early this morning I watched my brother Austin graduate from Notre Dame … (and) to anyone who’s graduating this year … this is for you.”
“This is kind of a graduation for us,” Swift said to the audience of top musicians.
West, however, was booed during his smoky performance of “All Day” and “Black Skinhead.”
“And now a doctor,” Kylie Jenner said while introducing the rapper, who earned an honorary doctorate from the Art Institute of Chicago last week.
Swift owned the night with wins for top Hot 100 artist and the fan-voted artist achievement award.
Swift kissed her rumored boyfriend Calvin Harris on the cheek and gave him a hug at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Swift, who sat next to the DJ-producer-singer, kicked off the awards by debuting her action-filled music video for “Bad Blood,” which stars Selena Gomez and Lena Dunham and showcases Swift as a fighting vixen.
“I am so excited I got to show the world,” Swift told the audience.
One Direction, which recently downsized to four members, won the night’s first award for top duo/group. They also won top touring artist.
“There is one more person to share this with, and that’s our brother Zayn,” Liam Payne said of Zayn Malik, who left the boy band.
Iggy Azalea won top rap song for “Fancy” as her NBA player boyfriend, Nick Young, watched her with emotion. Azalea also won top streaming artist and rap artist.
Like Azalea, Smith and Pharrell also won three awards – the most after Swift.
Smith, who recently had vocal surgery, didn’t attend the show. He wrote his thank you speech on cue cards, which aired via video when he won top male artist.
John Legend won top radio song for his No. 1 hit, “All of Me.” Legend also won top streaming digital song (audio); other double winners included Trainor, Jason Aldean, Hozier and Enrique Iglesias.
Ludacris offered some words about the late B.B. King and his renowned career while the camera panned to a guitar on an empty stage.
There were performances also from Van Helen, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Iggy Azalea, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj,The Simple Minds, Meghan Trainor, John Legend, Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa, Chris Brown, Pitbull, Little Big Town and Faith Hill.
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