Bieber booed at Billboard Awards

Justin Bieber has been booed at the Billboard Music Awards, which handed out its first ever “Milestone Award” to the diminutive popster. Having had some bad press in Europe for (very) late arrivals and onstage times, spats with paparazzi, cancellations and some ill thought out comments, the award was amazingly a fan-voted award for musical ingenuity and innovation - and yes it went to Justin Bieber, beating off Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift. Bieber was booed before he could even give his speech, and when the 19 year old finally got to talk, he was not very humble. “This is not a gimmick,” Bieber told the crowd. “I’m an artist and I should be taken seriously.” That only led to more boos.

Other winners included

Top Artist:  Taylor Swift

Top 100 Song: Someone That I used To Know  Gotye ft Kimbra

Top Billboard 100 Album:  Red by Taylor Swift 

Top Group:  One Direction

Top New Artist:  One Direction

Top Touring Artist: Madonna

Top Male Artist: Justin Bieber

Top Female Artist:  Taylor Swift

Top 100 Artist: Maroon 5

Top Radio Song Artist: Rihanna

Top Pop Album: 21 by Adele

Top R&B Album: Unapologetic  Rihanna

Top Rap Album: Reloaded by Nicki Minaj

Top Rock Album: Babel by Mumford & Sons

Top Latin Album:  La Misma Gran Senora  by Jenni Rivera

Top Dance Album: Bangarang by Skrillex

Top Streaming Video: Gangnam Style by Psy

http://www.billboard.com/bbma/winners for all the winners