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Billboard Music Awards 2015 winners list in full: Taylor Swift, Sam Smith and One Direction sweep board in Las Vegas

Taylor Swift picked up an impressive eight awards on Sunday night

Jess Denham
Monday 18 May 2015 06:04 EDT
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One Direction win Top Group at the Billboard Music Awards 2015
One Direction win Top Group at the Billboard Music Awards 2015 (Getty Images)

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Taylor Swift dominated last night's Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, winning a massive eight gongs, mostly for her first pop album 1989.

Sam Smith, One Direction, Pharrell Williams and Meghan Trainor were among the other artists to take home multiple awards, with Kanye West, Mariah Carey and the Empire cast joining the line-up for some memorable performances.

Here's the winners list in full:

Top artist - Taylor Swift

Top new artist - Sam Smith

Top male artist - Sam Smith

Top female artist - Taylor Swift

Top duo/group - One Direction

Top Billboard 200 artist - Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 artist - Taylor Swift

Top digital songs artist - Taylor Swift

Top radio songs artist - Sam Smith

Top touring artist - One Direction

Top social artist - Justin Bieber

Top streaming artist - Iggy Azalea

Top R&B artist - Pharrell Williams

Top rap artist - Iggy Azalea

Top country artist - Florida Georgia Line

Top rock artist - Hozier

Top Latin artist - Romeo Santos

Top dance/electronic artist - Calvin Harris

Top Christian artist - Hillsong

Top Billboard 200 album - Taylor Swift, 1989

Top soundtrack - Frozen

Top R&B album - Pharrell, G I R L

Top rap album - J Cole, 2014 Forest Hill Drive

Top country album - Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt

Top rock album - Coldplay, Ghost Stories

Top Latin Album - Enrique Iglesias, Sex and Love

Top dance/electronic album - Lindsey Stirling, Shatter Me

Top Christian album - Lecrae, Anomaly

Top Hot 100 song - Meghan Trainor, All About That Bass

Top digital song - Meghan Trainor, All About That Bass

Top radio song - John Legend, All Of Me

Top streaming song (audio) - John Legend, All Of Me

Top streaming song (video) - Taylor Swift, Shake It Off

Top R&B song - Pharrell, "Happy"

Top rap song - Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX, "Fancy"

Top country song - Jason Aldean, "Burnin' It Down"

Top rock song - Hozier, "Take Me To Church"

Top Latin song - Enrique Iglesias ft. Descemer, "Bailando"

Top dance/electronic song - DJ Snake & Lil Jon, "Turn Down For What"

Top Christian song - Carrie Underwood, "Something In The Water"

Billboard chart achievement award - Taylor Swift

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