2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena: Chart facts of nominees
In the last year, Beyonce notched her sixth No. 1 album on The Billboard 200 with “Lemonade” and earned eight Top 40 songs from the set on The Billboard Hot 100. “Lemonade” made the diva the first woman to debut at No. 1 with her first six studio albums. In support of “Lemonade,” she mounted “The Formation World Tour,” which played to more than 2.2 million at 49 shows and earned $256 million, Billboard Boxscore reported. Beyonce is a six-time Billboard Music Award winner and was honored with The Billboard Millennium Award in 2011.
Fifteen-time BMA winner Justin Bieber continued his success since releasing No. 1 Billboard 200 album “Purpose,” which generated his first three Hot 100 No. 1 singles: “What Do You Mean?,” “Sorry” and “Love Yourself.” He added two Top Five Hot 100 hits in 2016: His vocals helped Major Lazer’s “Cold Water” and DJ Snake’s “Let Me Love You” reach Nos. 2 and 4, respectively. “Cold Water” topped Pop Songs and Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, and “Purpose” has spent more than 70 weeks on the chart, his longest run since his 2010 LP “My World 2.0.”
EDM DJ duo The Chainsmokers surged to the mainstream with smash singles over the last year. The pair notched its first Top Five Hot 100 hit last summer, “Don’t Let Me Down” featuring Daya. The Chainsmokers followed with its first No. 1, the 12-week leader “Closer” featuring Halsey. The song logged the longest reign atop The Hot 100 of 2016 and went on to break the mark for the most weeks (27) tallied in the Top Five for any song in Hot 100’s 59-year history.
Breakout rapper Desiigner’s viral hit “Panda” exploded in 2016 on its way to a record-setting 14 weeks at No. 1 on Streaming Songs and 17 weeks atop Hot Rap Songs. It also clocked two weeks at No. 1 on The Hot 100. The song’s success helped the Brooklyn native earn year-end honors including top new R&B/hip-hop artist of 2016.
Everything Drake touched turned to chart gold in the last year. The artist claimed his first No. 1 as a lead act on Hot 100 with “One Dance” featuring Wiz Kid and Kyla; his album, “Views,” amassed 13 weeks at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 (the longest run atop the list for a man since 1992); and “More Life” opened at No. 1 this month. The latter set granted Drake his seventh consecutive No. 1, comprising every one of his full-length albums. “More Life” blasted in atop the chart with a record number of streams for its songs in a single week: 384.8 million in the U.S.
Since soaring onto the country charts in 2012, Florida Georgia Line has continued to conquer. “Dig Your Roots” arrived as the duo’s third No. 1 on Top Country Albums, and the set spun off FGL’s fifth No. 1 single on Hot Country Songs, the 18-week leader “H.O.L.Y.,” as well as follow-up hits featuring Tim McGraw and The Backstreet Boys. The act boasts two of the three longest-reigning No. 1s in Hot Country Songs’ six-decade history: before “H.O.L.Y.,” its debut hit “Cruise” ruled for a record 24 weeks.
Twelve-time BMA winner Rihanna continued a record-setting run with her No. 1 Billboard 200 album, “Anti.” As the set’s “Love on the Brain” reached No. 5 on The Hot 100, she became only the third act in Hot 100 history to earn 30 Top 10 hits, following The Beatles (34) and Madonna (38). Another “Anti” Top 10, “Needed Me,” gave the superstar her longest-charting Hot 100 hit: Its 45 weeks surpassed the 41 of “We Found Love,” featuring Calvin Harris, in 2011-2012.
Two-time BMA winners Twenty One Pilots spent the last year solidifying its domination of rock charts, claiming three long-running No. 1s on Hot Rock Songs. The duo’s “Stressed Out” ruled for 23 weeks; “Ride” followed with nine weeks; and “Heathens” spent a record 30 weeks at No. 1. All three tracks reached the Top Five on Hot 100, making Twenty One Pilots the first alternative rock act to earn three Top Five hits in a year since 1988.
After The Weeknd broke through to pop mainstream in 2015 with his No. 1 Billboard 200 album “Beauty Behind the Madness,” the eight-time BMA winner returned with another chart-topper, “Starboy.” The set ruled for five weeks and spun off a No. 1 Hot 100 in its title track featuring Daft Punk. The album saw its second single, “I Feel It Coming,” again featuring Daft Punk, reach the Top Five in April. The Weeknd charted all 18 songs from “Starboy” on Hot 100 on Dec. 17, making him one of only two artists to have charted that many titles from a single album.
