Tag: American Music Awards

October 12, 2017

• Via web at billboard.com/amas and theamas.com/vote
• Posting a tweet on Twitter that includes the nominee’s name or Twitter handle, the category name and #AMAs within the tweet

• Celebrated musician Bruno Mars’ third full-length studio album, 24K Magic, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, granting the performer his third top 10 effort. The album spun off a trio of top 40-charting hits on the Billboard Hot 100, so far: “24K Magic,” “That’s What I Like” and “Versace On the Floor.” In 2017, “That’s What I Like” became Mars’ seventh No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, following his previous leaders “Uptown Funk!” (Mark Ronson featuring Mars), “When I Was Your Man,” “Locked Out of Heaven,” “Grenade,” “Just the Way You Are” and “Nothin’ On You” (B.o.B featuring Mars).
• Debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in December of 2016, The Weeknd’s Starboy album marked his second straight No. 1, following 2015’s Beauty Behind the Madness. Starboy yielded a No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit with its title track, as well as a No. 4 smash with “I Feel It Coming.” Both tracks feature Daft Punk. All 18 songs from Starboy charted on the Billboard Hot 100.
• R&B singer Drake’s More Life was his seventh straight album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. More Life became the first album to earn over 375 million on-demand U.S. audio streams of its tracks in a single week, according to Nielsen Music. The album set the record in the week ending March 24. Drake wrapped a record 431 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in August, which dates back to his first appearance in 2009. The streak is the longest among all artists in Hot 100 history. Drake placed a record 24 titles on the Hot 100 at once, on the chart dated April 8, 2017. Drake linked 51 straight weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10, the longest streak by a male act. His run began on Oct. 3, 2015 with “Hotline Bling” and ended on Sept. 24, 2016, when “One Dance” fell from the tier. Drake has placed a record 157 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 in his career.
• Rapper and song-writer Kendrick Lamar earned his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit as a lead act with “Humble.” in 2017. He scored his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with DAMN., which had the best first-sales week of his career (353,000 copies sold in its first week, according to Nielsen Music). Lamar was the first artist of 2017 to post two concurrent titles in the Hot 100’s top five with “Humble.” and “DNA.” on May 6.
• Ed Sheeran scored his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 in 2017 with “Shape of You,” which debuted at No. 1 and reigned for 12 weeks. “Shape of You” broke the record for the most time spent in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10: 33 weeks. Sheeran became the first artist to debut two titles in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10 simultaneously, with “Shape of You” and “Castle on the Hill.” Sheeran earned his second Billboard 200 No. 1 album with ÷ (Divide). Upon its No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200, ÷ (Divide) generated 13 simultaneous entries on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.
• Music duo of Drew Taggart and Andrew Pall, The Chainsmokers, charted three songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10 in the past year, including the chart-topping “Closer,” featuring Halsey. “Closer” became just the 17th song in the Hot 100’s history to spend at least 12 weeks at No. 1. “Closer” spent 27 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, breaking the 26-week record previously held by Avicii’s “Wake Me Up!” The Chainsmokers earned three No. 1 hits on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart over the past year: “Closer,” “Paris” and “Something Just Like This,” with Coldplay. Their debut full-length set Memories…Do Not Open opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It was the first No. 1 for a dance/electronic album in three-and-a-half years.
• Pop superstar Justin Bieber joined Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee on the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Despacito.” It tied the record for the longest run at No. 1 — 16 weeks. With “Despacito,” Bieber jumped to his first No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Latin Songs chart. Bieber banked his first No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts as featured on DJ Khaled’s all-star “I’m the One.” Bieber became the first artist ever to tally new No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 in back-to-back weeks, with “I’m the One” and “Despacito” (on charts May 20 and 27). Bieber has spent more than three years cumulatively at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Social 50 chart, easily the most among all acts since the list’s inception at the start of the decade.
• Daddy Yankee claimed his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Despacito” (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber), which tied the record for most weeks spent at No. 1: 16 weeks. “Despacito” spent 16 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 – tying the record for the longest run at No. 1 in the chart’s history. He has tallied more than 50 hits on the Hot Latin Songs chart, including top 40-charting singles in the past year like “Hula Hoop” and “La Rompe Corazones,” with Ozuna.
• Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito,” with Daddy Yankee and featuring Justin Bieber, spent 16 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 – tying the record for the longest run at No. 1 in the chart’s history. “Despacito” marked Fonsi’s third hit on the Hot 100, but he’s been charting hits on the Hot Latin Songs chart since 1998, where he’s notched 30 hits. Overall, on Hot Latin Songs, Fonsi has collected 11 top 10 hits, seven of which reached No. 1 (including “Despacito”).
• Premier country musician Keith Urban’s “The Fighter,” featuring Carrie Underwood, marked the former’s 38^th straight top 10 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Urban’s hit “Blue Ain’t Your Color” topped Hot Country Songs for 12 weeks from Nov. 19, 2016 – Feb. 4, 2017. His latest album, 2016’s Ripcord, became his fifth Top Country Albums No. 1 and sixth top 10 on the Billboard 200. “The Fighter” reached No. 40 on Billboard’s Adult Pop Songs airplay chart, his first hit on the chart since 2009’s “Kiss a Girl.” Further, the crossover track climbed to No. 15 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart.
• Pop superstar Rihanna notched her 60^th hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Wild Thoughts” (DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller). “Wild Thoughts” became the diva’s 31^st top 10 hit on the Hot 100 and seventh No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. She added three new No. 1s on the Rhythmic Songs airplay chart in the past year: “Too Good” (Drake featuring Rihanna), “Loyalty.” (Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna) and “Wild Thoughts.”

• Bruno Mars
• The Chainsmokers
• Drake
• Kendrick Lamar
• Ed Sheeran

• James Arthur
• Niall Horan
• Julia Michaels
• Post Malone
• Rae Sremmurd

• The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey “Closer”
• DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne “I’m the One”
• Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber “Despacito”
• Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar “Don’t Wanna Know”
• The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk “Starboy”

• Garth Brooks
• Coldplay
• U2

• Bruno Mars “That’s What I Like”
• Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee “Despacito”
• Ed Sheeran “Shape of You”

• Bruno Mars
• Drake
• Ed Sheeran

• Alessia Cara
• Lady Gaga
• Rihanna

• The Chainsmokers
• Coldplay
• Imagine Dragons

• Bruno Mars “24K Magic”
• Drake “More Life”
• The Weeknd “Starboy”

• The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey “Closer”
• Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber “Despacito”
• Ed Sheeran “Shape of You”

• Sam Hunt
• Thomas Rhett
• Keith Urban

• Miranda Lambert
• Maren Morris
• Carrie Underwood

• Florida Georgia Line
• Little Big Town
• Old Dominion

• Jason Aldean “They Don’t Know”
• Chris Stapleton “From A Room: Volume 1”
• Keith Urban “Ripcord”

• Sam Hunt “Body Like A Back Road”
• Jon Pardi “Dirt On My Boots”
• Keith Urban “Blue Ain’t Your Color”

• Drake
• Kendrick Lamar
• Migos

• Drake “More Life”
• Kendrick Lamar “DAMN.”
• Migos “Culture”

• DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne “I’m the One”
• Kendrick Lamar “HUMBLE.”
• Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane “Black Beatles”

• Bruno Mars
• Childish Gambino
• The Weeknd

• Beyoncé
• Kehlani
• Rihanna

• Bruno Mars “24K Magic”
• Childish Gambino “Awaken, My Love!”
• The Weeknd “Starboy”

• Bruno Mars “That’s What I Like”
• Khalid “Location”
• The Weeknd “Starboy”

• Imagine Dragons
• Linkin Park
• twenty one pilots

• Bruno Mars
• Shawn Mendes
• Ed Sheeran

• Daddy Yankee
• Luis Fonsi
• Shakira

• Lauren Daigle
• MercyMe
• Chris Tomlin

• The Chainsmokers
• DJ Snake
• Calvin Harris

• Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2
• Moana
• Trolls