The Billboard Music Awards were held on Sunday night, May 15, honoring the biggest hits in music. Like the fan-voted VMAs or American Music Awards, this event is more or less a popularity contest, but listeners didn’t get to vote directly for the winners. Instead, these awards celebrate Billboard chart achievements based on album and digital song sales, streaming, radio airplay, and social engagement during the eligibility period of April 10, 2021 through March 26, 2022. Scroll down to find out who the 2022 Billboard Music Awards winners were.

For the second year in a row, The Weeknd was the most nominated artist. Last year he had 16 bids, but this year he improved to 17 even though his record-breaking single “Blinding Lights” and blockbuster album “After Hours” competed at the 2021 awards. He did release another album, “Dawn FM,” in January, and it has one nomination at these awards. But his biggest achievement recognized this year is “Save Your Tears,...