Billboards Music Awards 2021 is here! It will feature everything from breathtaking
performances to unexpected collaborations, buzzworthy pop culture moments. The event is here to complete your demands, to celebrate the
chart-topping hits of the year 2021. The 2021 BBMAs will air live on NBC
this Sunday (May 23) from Los Angeles.

The 2021 Billboard Music Awards will air Sunday, May 23 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on NBC. The show will go live simultaneously on the East Coast and West Coast, though West Coast viewers can tune into a replay at 8 p.m. PST as well. The 2021 BBMAs will have Nick Jonas hosting from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

This year BBMA’s event will feature some
record-breaking artists, from The Weeknd (finalist
in 16 categories, including Top Artist) to DaBaby (11 categories,
including multi-finalist in the Top Streaming Song category for “Rockstar” and
“What’s Poppin,”) and Megan Thee Stallion (including
Top Female Artist and Top Rap Female Artist).

The late Pop Smoke and Juice WRLD are also
up for posthumous nods in several categories. Billboards will also feature
first-timers like “I Hope” singer Gabby Barrett who
became the female artist with the most nods this year.

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 DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, and Dua Lipa could
potentially secure their first-ever Billboard Music
Awards this year. BTS could
also win their 5th consecutive award in the Top Social Artist category, beating
out Justin Bieber’s previous record.

 Drake will receive the Artist of the
Decade Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, who holds the record for the
most Billboard Music Awards with 27. He’s also broken several Billboard chart records,
including having nine Number One albums and 33 top 10 songs on the Hot 100.

Three-time BBMA winner Pink was also earlier announced to be taking home the honorary Icon Award for 2021,
joining the ranks of Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson, and more. She
will take the stage later in the night for a performance at this year’s awards.

This year’s BBMAs will also feature the second
annual Change Maker Award, awarded to rapper, philanthropist, and social
activist Trae Tha
Truth. He had previously led the Houston march for justice on behalf of
long-time friend George Floyd, and his nonprofit Angel By Nature has been instrumental in providing $1.5
million of basic living supplies to families and individuals in need.

The musical lineup will present a mix of in-person
and remote performances. The Weeknd is
also going to perform live at the awards show. Duran Duran will make their
BBMAs debut with a distant performance in London, joined by the Jonas Brothers who
will accompany them stateside.

BTS will also deliver the world television debut
of their new single, “Butter,” remote from Korea. Other performances of the
night will feature Bad Bunny, Karol G, Alicia Keys, DJ Khaled with H.E.R. and
Migos, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis with Sounds of Blackness, AJR, Glass Animals,
and Twenty One Pilots.

The 2021 BBMA presenters will include Lena Waithe,
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Leslie Odom Jr., Cynthia Erivo, Henry Golding, Dixie
D’Amelio, Lil Rel Howery etc. Beyoncé’s mother, Tina
Knowles-Lawson, will also be presenting Trae Tha Truth with the Change Maker
Award.