2013 Billboard Music Awards


The 2013 Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held on May 19, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was aired on ABC at 8:00/7:00 PM central. The show was hosted by Tracy Morgan.

Performances

Presenters

Winners are listed first.

Artists with multiple wins and nominations

NominationsArtist
14Maroon 5
13fun.
12Taylor Swift
10One Direction
10Rihanna
9Carly Rae Jepsen
7Flo Rida
7Gotye
7Justin Bieber
7Nicki Minaj
6David Guetta
6PSY
5Adele
5Bruno Mars
5Kimbra
5Mumford & Sons
5Skrillex
4Calvin Harris
4Coldplay
4Janelle Monáe
4Jenni Rivera
4Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
4Swedish House Mafia
4Wiz Khalifa
3Alicia Keys
3Baauer
3Chris Brown
3deadmau5
3Don Omar
3Drake
3Jason Aldean
3Luke Bryan
3Madonna
3Pitbull
3Sia
3The Lumineers
3tobyMac
3Wanz
22 Chainz
2Bruce Springsteen
2Carrie Underwood
2Casting Crowns
2Frank Ocean
2Hunter Hayes
2Ellie Goulding
2Matt Redman
2MercyMe
2Phillip Phillips
2Prince Royce
2Romeo Santos
2Usher

WinsArtist
8Taylor Swift
4Gotye
4Kimbra
4Rihanna
3Justin Bieber
3Madonna
3Nicki Minaj
3One Direction
2Baauer
2Carly Rae Jepsen
2Jenni Rivera
2tobyMac

Live-GIFs

chose the 2013 Billboard Music Awards as the basis for their first live TV integration. Creative agency Deckhouse Digital was hired for the event, designing an innovative live-gif system which allowed them to produce animated GIFs during the broadcast, and post them directly to Billboard's tumblr page in real time. Users of the blogging site were able to view and share animated images of events unfolding on stage just minutes after watching them live on ABC.