2014 Billboard Music Awards 2014 Billboard Music Awards The 2014 "Billboard" Music Awards ceremony was held on May 18, 2014, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It aired live on ABC at 8:00/7:00 PM Central. The show was hosted by Ludacris. Justin Timberlake won 7 out of his 11 nominations, including Top Artist, Top Male Artist and top Billboard 200 Artist for "The 20/20 Experience". Other winners included Imagine Dragons who won five of their 12 nominations and Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. scoring four trophies each. Lorde had 12 nominations. Katy Perry had 10 nominations, including top artist,
2014 BBC Music Awards 'Song of the Year', which was decided by the public. Ed Sheeran, Pharrell Williams and Sam Smith all had two nominations apiece, with Williams winning two awards and Sheeran winning 'British Artist of the Year'. The show achieved a total of 4.17 million viewers, making it the fifth most watched programme of the night. The show received higher ratings than the 2014 BRIT Awards earlier in the year, which achieved 3.84 million viewers, the lowest ratings in its history. 2014 BBC Music Awards The 2014 BBC Music Awards was the inaugural music award show, created out of the BBC's new