Eminem, Justin Bieber scoop Billboard Music Awards
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Eminem and teen idol Justin Bieber dominated the Billboard Music Awards Monday, winning six awards each with the 38-year-old rapper taking the top honor for artist of the year.
With Eminem absent, Bieber, beating Bruno Mars and rapper Nicki Minaj for best new artist, helped lead the way on stage beside some of pop's biggest current stars at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, marking the music magazine's efforts to revive what was once an annual event following a four-year hiatus.
Detroit native Eminem, who released the critical and commercial success Recovery last year, which included the hit single "Love The Way You Lie" featuring singer Rihanna, won awards for top male artist, billboard 200 album, rap artist, rap song and rap album.
Rihanna, 23, kicked off the show with a performance of "S&M" from her 2010 fifth studio album Loud, and was joined on stage by Britney Spears before going on to win three awards including top female and top radio artist of the year.
Katy Perry won awards for top hot 100 artist and top digital songs, while Brit Taio Cruz won the top hot 100 song of the year for his hit, "Dynamite."
"Need You Now," by Lady Antebellum won country song of the year. Taylor Swift, 21, who has swept music award shows in the past several years, won country artist of the year. She sold 1,047,000 first-week copies of her third album Speak Now in the United States last November, making it the fastest-selling new album in five years.
Accepting the top duo or group award for the The Black Eyed Peas, Will.i.Am singled out "technology because without [it] we wouldn't be here as an industry."
Beyonce was honored with the Millennium Award for her musical influence and hailed as a role model for women.
U2 won the top touring award for its current "U2 360 degrees" tour, which features revolutionary staging and has become the highest-grossing tour of all time.
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