The 2019 Billboard Music Awards take place Wednesday, May 1 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ceremony, hosted by Kelly Clarkson, will air live on NBC beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET. Leading the way is none other than Cardi B, who has a whopping 21 nominations in 18 categories. The 21 nominations is one shy of the record 22 nominations in 2017 by Drake and The Chainsmokers.
Drake and Post Malone are the next most nominated artists with 17 nods, while Travis Scott earned 12 nominations. Another artist up for double-digit awards is late-rapper XXXTentacion, who is up for 10 awards.
Along with the traditional awards, the 2019 awards show will feature Top Social Artist and Chart Achievement which will be voted on by the fans.
A full look at the 2019 presenters and performers can be seen below.
2019 Billboard Music Awards Performers & Presenters
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Performers
- Taylor Swift & Brendon Urie
- Ariana Grande
- Paula Abdul
- Ciara
- Halsey
- Dan + Shay
- Tori Kelly
- Madonna & Maluma
- Jonas Brothers
- BTS & Halsey
- Mariah Carey
- Kelly Clarkson (also hosting)
- Panic! At the Disco
- Khalid
- Lauren Daigle
Presenters
- Asher Angel
- Becky G
- Chrissy Metz & Justin Hartley
- Cobie Smulders
- Dave Bautista & Kumail Nanjiani
- David Guetta, Erin & Sara Foster
- Eva Longoria
- Florida Georgia Line
- Jennifer Hudson
- Jesse Spencer
- Julia Michaels
- Julianne Hough
- Kane Brown
- Olivia Wilde
- Beanie Feldstein & Kaitlyn Dever
- Ralph Macchio
- Rob Gronkowski
- Ross Lynch & Kiernan Shipka
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Sophie Turner & Tye Sheridan
- Terry Crews
- William Zabka