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| Justin Bieber won big at the awards ceremony – Photo: Billboard |
Awards are given based on Billboard charts, album and single sales, interaction between singers and fans as well as the singer’s influence through social networks such as Facebook, Twitter…
In particular, the artists’ sales are provided by the prestigious data auditing center Nielsen SoundScan; Number of radio stations watched by Nielsen BDS; measuring data transmission by Tubemogul and Nielsen BDS; Consumption of products provided by Next Big Sound and number of tours followed by Billboard Boxscore statistics. The above data is calculated for the period from February 28, 2010 to March 1, 2011.
The 2011 BMAs awards ceremony also marked the return of this prestigious music event after a hiatus since 2007.
Rapper Eminem won in the following categories: top artist, top male artist, top Billboard 200 album, top rap star, top rap song and top rap album.
Previously, Eminem won album of the year and R&B/Hip Hop album of the year at the Billboard Music Awards in 2002. However, he was not present at this awards ceremony.
Meanwhile, teenage idol Justin Bieber proved to be no less than his senior with 6 awards: new artist, most influential artist, promising artist, digital artist, pop album and promising song.
This is also the first time Justin Bieber has won at the Billboard Music Awards. In addition, this 17-year-old boy also won the fan favorite star award in the poll on Billboard.com from May 9 to 20 with 1.6 million votes from fans.
