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It's Still Scorpion Season! Drake Beats Taylor Swift For the Most Billboard Music Award Wins

02/05/2019 - 04:35 PM

LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 01:  Drake accepts Top Artist onstage during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for dcp)

Drake may have "started from the bottom," but now he's definitely sitting pretty and pleased at the top. The Canadian rapper took home a remarkable 12 trophies at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards [1] on Wednesday night, officially bringing his career total to 27. The wins have crowned him the most-awarded artist in the ceremony's history, dethroning Taylor Swift [2] and her 23 career wins.

The 32-year-old rapper scored some of the show's most prestigious wins, including awards for Top Artist, Top Rap Artist, and Top Rap Album for his hit album, Scorpion [3]. The winning album included smash singles like "I'm Upset [4]" (with that epic Degrassi reunion [5] music video) and "In My Feelings [6]," which the rapper won Top Streaming Song (Video) for.

When the diehard Game of Thrones [7] fan went onstage to claim his Top Billboard 200 Album win, he ended his speech with a shout-out to Maisie Williams' Arya Stark [8], for "putting in that work [9]" during "The Long Night" episode of the HBO series. No word on whether the fan-favourite character is now doomed to suffer from the "Drake curse." [10]

Swift, the former title award holder for most Billboards, was nominated for two awards herself, including Top Female Artist and Top Touring Artist. She left the award show empty-handed, but did take the stage for a colorful opening performance [11] of her new single, "Me!," with Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie. Host Kelly Clarkson [12], the Mariah Carey [13], and Paula Abdul [14] also put on amazing performances during Wednesday night's show, making it truly one amazing night for music.


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