Top Artist:
    Justin Bieber
    Eminem
    Lady Gaga
    Rihanna
    WINNER: Taylor Swift

    Top New Artist:
    WINNER: Justin Bieber
    Taio Cruz
    Ke$ha
    Bruno Mars
    Nicki Minaj

    Top Male Artist:
    Justin Bieber
    Drake
    WINNER: Eminem
    Bruno Mars
    Usher

    Top Female Artist:
    Ke$ha
    Lady Gaga
    Katy Perry
    WINNER: Rihanna
    Taylor Swift

    Top Duo/Group:
    WINNER: The Black Eyed Peas
    Bon Jovi
    Lady Antebellum
    Linkin Park
    U2

    Top Billboard 200 Artist:
    Justin Bieber
    Susan Boyle
    Eminem
    Lady Antebellum
    WINNER: Taylor Swift

    Top Radio Songs Artist:
    Drake
    Bruno Mars
    Katy Perry
    WINNER: Rihanna
    Usher

    Top Touring Artist:
    Bon Jovi
    Michael Buble
    Lady Gaga
    WINNER: U2
    Roger Waters

    Top Social Artist:
    Akon
    WINNER: Justin Bieber
    Eminem
    Lady Gaga
    Rihanna

    Top Streaming Artist:
    WINNER: Justin Bieber
    Eminem
    Lady Gaga
    Rihanna
    Shakira

    Top Digital Media Artist:
    Akon
    WINNER: Justin Bieber
    Eminem
    Lady Gaga
    Rihanna

    Top Rap Artist:
    Drake
    WINNER: Eminem
    Lil Wayne
    Ludacris
    Nicki Minaj

    Top Country Artist:
    Jason Aldean
    Kenny Chesney
    Lady Antebellum
    WINNER: Taylor Swift
    Zac Brown Band

    Top Dance Artist:
    The Black Eyed Peas
    David Guetta
    WINNER: Lady Gaga
    LaRoux
    Rihanna

    Top Christian Artist:
    Casting Crowns
    MercyMe
    Skillet
    tobyMac
    WINNER: Chris Tomlin

    Viral Innovator of the Year:
    WINNER: Cee Lo Green

    Fan Favorite of the Year:
    WINNER: Justin Bieber

    ALBUMS AWARDS:

    Top Billboard 200 Album:
    Justin Bieber — “My World 2.0″
    Susan Boyle — “The Gift”
    WINNER: Eminem — “Recovery”
    Lady Antebellum — “Need You Now”
    Taylor Swift — “Speak Now”

    Top Pop Album:
    WINNER: Justin Bieber — “My World 2.0″
    Black Eyed Peas — “The E.N.D.”
    Ke$ha — “Animal”
    Lady Gaga — “The Fame”
    Katy Perry — “Teenage Dream”

    Top R&B Album:
    Monica — “Still Standing”
    Rihanna — “Loud”
    Sade — “Stronger Than Love”
    Trey Songz — “Passion, Pain & Pleasure”
    WINNER: Usher — “Raymond v. Raymond”

    Top Rap Album:
    Drake — “Thank Me Later”
    WINNER: Eminem — “Recovery”
    Nicki Minaj — “Pink Friday”
    Lil Wayne — “I Am Not a Human Being”
    Kanye West — “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”

    Top Country Album:
    Jason Aldean — “My Kinda Party”
    Lady Antebellum — “Need You Now”
    Sugarland — “The Incredible Machine”
    WINNER: Taylor Swift — “Speak Now”
    Zac Brown Band — “The Foundation”

    Top Rock Album:
    The Black Keys — “Brothers”
    Jack Johnson — “To the Sea”
    Kid Rock — “Born Free”
    Linkin Park — “A Thousand Suns”
    WINNER: Mumford & Sons — “Sigh No More”

    Top Alternative Album:
    The Black Keys — “Brothers”
    Jack Johnson — “To the Sea”
    Kings of Leon — “Come Around Midnight”
    Linkin Park — “A Thousand Suns”
    WINNER: Mumford & Sons — “Sigh No More”

    Top Dance/Electronic Album:
    Daft Punk — “Tron Legacy (Soundtrack)”
    WINNER: Lady Gaga — “The Fame”
    Lady Gaga — “The Fame Monster”
    Lady Gaga — “The Remix”
    Owl City — “Ocean Eyes”

    Top Christian Album:
    MercyMe — “The Generous Mr. Lovewell”
    WINNER: Skillet — “Awake”
    tobyMac — “Tonight”
    Chris Tomlin — “And If Our God is for Us”
    Various Artists — “WOW Hits 2011″

    Top Latin Album:
    Marc Anthony — “Iconos”
    WINNER: Enrique Iglesias — “Euphoria”
    Camila — “Dejarte De Amar”
    Prince Royce — “Prince Royce”
    Shakira — “Sale El Sol″

    SONG AWARDS:

    Top Hot 100 Song:
    WINNER: Taio Cruz — “Dynamite”
    Eminem Feat. Rihanna — “Love The Way You Lie”
    Bruno Mars — “Just the Way You Are”
    Katy Perry Feat. Snoop Dogg — “California Gurls”
    Usher Feat. will.i.am — “OMG”

    Top Digital Song:
    B.o.B Feat. Hayley Williams — “Airplanes”
    WINNER: Taio Cruz — “Dynamite”
    Eminem Feat. Rihanna — “Love the Way You Lie”
    Bruno Mars — “Just the Way You Are”
    Katy Perry Feat. Snoop Dogg — “California Gurls”

    Top Radio Song:
    Taio Cruz — “Dynamite”
    Eminem Feat. Rihanna — “Love the Way You Lie”
    WINNER: Bruno Mars — “Just the Way You Are”
    Usher Featuring Pitbull — “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love”
    Usher Feat. will.i.am — “OMG”

    Top Streaming Song (Audio):
    Taio Cruz — “Dynamite”
    Eminem Feat. Rihanna — “Love the Way You Lie”
    Lady Antebellum — “Need You Now”
    Bruno Mars — “Just the Way You Are”
    WINNER: Nelly — “Just A Dream”

    Top Streaming Song (Video):
    WINNER: Justin Bieber Feat. Ludacris — “Baby”
    Eminem — “Not Afraid”
    Eminem Feat. Rihanna — “Love the Way You Lie”
    Lady Gaga — “Bad Romance”
    Shakira Feat. Freshleyground — “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)”

    Top Pop Song:
    WINNER: Taio Cruz — “Dynamite”
    Bruno Mars — “Just the Way You Are”
    Katy Perry Feat. Snoop Dogg — “California Gurls”
    Katy Perry — “Firework”
    Katy Perry — “Teenage Dream”

    Top R&B Song:
    Alicia Keys — “Unthinkable (I’m Ready)”
    Rihanna Featuring Drake — “What’s My Name”
    Trey Songz Feat. Nicki Minaj — “Bottoms Up”
    WINNER: Usher Feat. will.i.am — “OMG”
    Usher — “There Goes My Baby”

    Top Rap Song:
    B.o.B Feat. Hayley Williams — “Airplanes”
    B.o.B Feat. Bruno Mars — “Nothin’ on You”
    WINNER: Eminem Feat. Rihanna — “Love the Way You Lie”
    Far*East Movement Feat. Dev & The Cataracs — “Like A G6″
    Nelly — “Just a Dream”

    Top Country Song:
    The Band Perry — “If I Die Young”
    WINNER: Lady Antebellum — “Need You Now”
    Miranda Lambert — “The House That Built Me”
    Sugarland — “Stuck Like Glue”
    Taylor Swift — “Mine”

    Top Rock Song:
    The Dirty Heads Featuring Rome — “Lay Me Down”
    Florence + The Machine — “Dog Days Are Over”
    Mumford & Sons — “Little Lion Man”
    Neon Trees — “Animal”
    WINNER: Train — “Hey, Soul Sister”

    Top Alternative Song:
    Florence + The Machine — “Dog Days Are Over”
    Linkin Park — “Waiting on the End”
    Mumford & Sons — “The Cave”
    Mumford & Sons — “Little Lion Man”
    WINNER: Neon Trees — “Animal”

    Top Latin Song:
    Enrique Iglesias Featuring Juan Luis Guerra — “Cuando Me Enamoro”
    Pitbull — “Bon Bon”
    Shakira — “Gypsy”
    Shakira Feat. El Cata — “Loca”
    WINNER: Shakira Feat. Freshleyground — “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)”

    Top Dance Song:
    Lady Gaga — “Bad Romance”
    Lady Gaga Feat. Beyonce — “Telephone”
    La Roux — “Bulletproof”
    WINNER: Edward Maya &Vika Jigulina — “Stereo Love”
    Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup — “We Speak No Americano”

    Top Christian Song:
    Kris Allen — “Live Like We’re Dying”
    MercyMe — “All of Creation”
    Sanctus Real — “Lead Me”
    tobyMac — “Get Back Up”
    WINNER: Chris Tomlin — “Our God”

Country’s teen singing sensation Taylor Swift shows just how much of a fighter she is in the new issue of Billboard. She’s talking about her music though and not her break up from Joe Jonas. She said “Being on a little record label, you have to fight harder than being on a bigger record label to be on award shows, to be a performer and a presenter and to get big tours and support. My record label [Big Machine Records] had 12 employees when I put out my album and my single and I just kept looking around and thinking, ‘Some day we are going to grow and this is going to change and we are going to have a fighting chance.’”

The Jonas Brothers are one of three artists featured in an outdoor billboard campaign for MySpace Music in New York City’s Times Square. MIA and Lil Wayne are the other two featured artists. It’s all publicity for MySpace’s taste of the pie for digital media with their new venture. Considering that they’ve done a lot for artists like Colbie Caillat for one, I think they’d be greatly received. iTunes is about to get some competition. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Monopoly is an evil thing especially in a capitalist world. Plus, you can cheat with MySpace and be able to download stuff for free sometimes. Shh! Don’t tell anyone.

Miley Cyrus is featured on the cover of the new issue of Billboard. She talks about a lot of things like Vanity Fair, fans being shut out of her last tour, Hannah Montana, acting in a flick not related to Disney or Hannah Montana, on being a role model, but the most interesting part for me was when she talked about her new album and her songwriting. She says “It’s grown-up. I wrote all the songs except two… I wrote my first song when I was probably 7–it was called ‘Pink.’ That shows what kind of song it was about—it’s about the color pink. But you know what, darn it, I wrote it and I’ve been writing since I was my little sister’s age.” She tries so hard to be an artist.