2012 Billboard
Music Awards
This years Billboard Music Awards were held in Las Vegas,
NV at the MGM Grand Garden Arena May 20, 2012. With music transitioning to
being primarily digital the Billboard Charts continue to track music and
artist. This year’s finalist, consist of a variety of artist that held the
spots for the top hot 100 songs. Adele who took top of the 2012 Grammy Awards
is listed on this list. In addition to Adele this Year the top artist list
consisted of Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Katy Perry, and Rihanna.
This award show is very significant to artist as
the Billboard Charts are used primarily to track data for sales. The finalist
for the Billboard Music Awards are determined by performance from data tracked
by Nielsen data for sales, number of downloads, and total air-play. There are
many categories involved in this award show from
Album of the year to best Digital track. Janet Jackson remains the record
holder for winning the most Billboard Awards, with 33 awards total.
This year the Award’s promotion team took advantage
of using Twitter to promote the show and also keep people up to date with every
step leading up to the show. Justin Beiber has grabbed the attention of this
year’s award show after having an amazing performance during the 2011 Award
show.
The Billboard Music Award show went dormant the
year of 2007 and returned in 2011. This makes the 2012 awards very exciting for
today’s artist. The music industry continues to transition with the new
technologies of the world. Today the record labels are beginning to find ways on
how to run the music business effectively and adapt to all of the technical
changes. The 2012 Billboard Music awards will make history. All of the
top finalist, have had an amazing year in music thus far, this is a show for
all music lovers must see.
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