Taylor
Swift, right, hugs Calvin Harris after winning the award for top
billboard 200 album for “1989” at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM
Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 17, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Photo by
Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Taylor Swift and Chris Brown showed affection at the Billboard Music Awards while the cameras were rolling.
Swift
kissed rumored boyfriend DJ-producer-singer Calvin Harris on the cheek
and gave him a hug before winning top Billboard 200 album Sunday night.
Taylor
Swift arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden
Arena on Sunday, May 17, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Eric
Jamison/Invision/AP)
"I
am so happy to win this for '1989,' " Swift said at the MGM Grand
Garden Arena. "To the fans who I talk to online and the ones I see at
the shows, I love you so much more than I'll ever be able to say to
you."
Brown showed a softer side when he walked the red carpet with his daughter, Royalty, on their way to the show inside the arena.
Zendaya,
from left, Hailee Steinfeld, Taylor Swift, Lily Aldridge, and Martha
Hunt arrive at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena
on Sunday, May 17, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Eric
Jamison/Invision/AP)
Swift
kicked off the awards by debuting her action-filled music video for
"Bad Blood" starring Selena Gomez and Lena Dunham and showcasing Swift
as a fighting vixen.
The
video opened with Swift and Gomez fighting men in an office and then
fighting one another. It ended with Swift and Gomez's armies going
head-to-head. Other stars in the clip included Mariska Hargitay, Ellen
Pompeo, Jessica Alba, and Ellie Goulding and Hayley Williams of
Paramore.
Britney
Spears, left, and Charlie Ebersol arrive at the Billboard Music Awards
at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 17, 2015, in Las Vegas.
(Photo by Eric Jamison/Invision/AP)
Swift
swapped her first two verses with new ones from rapper Kendrick Lamar
for "Bad Blood," a song rumored to be about Swift's friendship with Katy
Perry.
"I am so excited I got to the show the world," Swift told the audience Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Nick
Young, left, and Iggy Azalea arrive at the Billboard Music Awards at
the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 17, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Photo
by Eric Jamison/Invision/AP)
One
Direction, which recently downsized to four members, won the night's
first award for top duo/group. "There is one more person to share this
with, and that's our brother Zayn," Liam Payne said of Zayn Malik, who
left the group.
Mariah
Carey arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden
Arena on Sunday, May 17, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Eric
Jamison/Invision/AP)
Iggy
Azalea won top rap song for "Fancy" as her NBA player boyfriend, Nick
Young, looked at the rapper with emotion. Azalea also won top streaming
artist and rap artist.
Sam
Smith, who recently had vocal surgery, didn't attend the show. He won
top male artist and wrote his thank you speech on cue cards, which aired
via video.
Mariah
Carey arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden
Arena on Sunday, May 17, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Eric
Jamison/Invision/AP)
Van
Halen was the night's first performance and rocked the crowd with its
1984 hit "Panama." Mariah Carey sang her first hit, "Vision of Love,"
which was pitchy. She followed it with new single, "Infinity," where she
also struggled. She ended with a strong high note, though.
Iggy
Azalea, left, and Britney Spears arrive at the Billboard Music Awards
at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 17, 2015, in Las Vegas.
(Photo by Eric Jamison/Invision/AP)
The
night is expected to include other performances, including ones by
Britney Spears, Iggy Azalea, Nicki Minaj, David Guetta, Chris Brown,
Pitbull and Ed Sheeran. Kanye West will close the three-hour show.
Hosts
Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen offered some jokes Sunday night: The rapper
went on to describe why he's a good host and namechecked his music and
acting credits. And then Teigen replied: "And I bang a musician" as her
husband, John Legend, stood up.
Swift
was the lead nominee with 14 nominations, including top artist, pitting
her against Smith, Sheeran, One Direction and Ariana Grande. Swift won
awards that didn't make the broadcast, including top Hot 100 artist,
billboard 200 artist and digital songs artist.
Imagine
Dragons will pay tribute to Ben E. King, while Charlie Puth and Wiz
Khalifa performed their dedication to actor Paul Walker, the No. 1 hit
"See You Again." Clips of "Fast & Furious" played in the background
while Lindsey Stirling played the violin onstage.
And
there may be a tribute to blues legend B.B. King, who died Thursday in
Las Vegas. "At this point we are really not sure, but it will be
acknowledged in the broadcast for sure," executive producer Robert
Deaton said in an interview Friday.
"We
are working on it," executive producer Mark Bracco added. "There's
going to be a lot of emotion in the show in addition to a lot of fun."
Performers
also include Kelly Clarkson, Fifth Harmony, Hozier, Fall Out Boy and
Jussie Smollett and Bryshere "Yazz" Gray from the hit series, "Empire."
Presenters include Idina Menzel, Khloe Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and
Prince Royce.
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