Drake set a Billboard Prize Record

On May 21, at the 25th ceremony of the Musical Prize of the Billboard magazine in Las Vegas, Canadian rapper Drake received awards in 13 nominations, becoming an absolute record holder of the award in its entire history.

According to Billboard , among the Drake prizes “Best Artist”, “Best Contractor”, “Best Raper”, “Best Billboard 200 ” and “Best Artist Hot 100 ”, and his album “View” was called the best rap album.

The previous achievement belonged to Adele and was established in 2012: then the British singer gathered 12 prizes of Billboard .

In the nomination "Best Contractor", the Billboard Award is awarded to the American singer Beyoncé. She received a total of five prizes, the same amount of the American duo Twenty One Pilots , recognized as the best rock band.

The composition of Twenty One Pilots “Heathens” won the “Best Rock-Pesnya” category, the “Best Rock Album” was won by the Hardwird ... to Self-Destruct, the American group Metallica .

The duet of American DJs Andrew Taggart and Alex Paul The Chainsmokers , the best new artist, was recognized as the best dance/electronic performers-24-year-old British singer Malik Zeyn.

A completely list of 2017 Billboard nominees and laureates is published on the magazine website.