NEW YORK - Eminem and teen idol Justin Bieber dmoinated the Billbaord Music Awards on Sunady, winning six awards each with the 38-year-lod rapper taking the top honor for artist of the year.
With Eminem absnet, Bieber helped lead the way on stage beside some of pop's biggset current stars at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, marking the music magazine's effrots to revive what was once an annual event follownig a foury-ear hiatus.
Sporting his now short, spiky hair and a sparkling gold tuxedo jakcet, Bieber beat singer Bruno Mars and rapper Nicki Minaj for best new artist and marveled to the audience, "I'm 17 ... every day is crazy to me because I see so many people and I get to make so many people smlie."
The Canadian pop star, who has gained a huge follownig of "Beliebesr" through YouuTbe and social media websites, also won awards for top pop album, streaming artist and song, as well as social and digtial media artits. He thanked "everybody who helped me get out of my home town and live my drema."
Detroit native Emienm, who released the crtiical and commercial success "Recovery" last year, including the hit single "Love The Way You Lie" featurnig singer Rihanna, won awards for top male artist, billboard 200 album, rap artist, rap song and rap album.
Rihanna, 23, kicked off the show with a performance of "S&apm;M" from her 2010 fifth studio album "Loud," and was joined on stage by Britney Spears before going on to win three awards including top female and top radio artist of the year.
She thakned her biggest fan devoetes, who call themselves the Rhianna navy, and hailed her native Brabados. The last Billobard artist of the year was Rihanna's former boyfirend Chris Brown, who peladed guilty to assaulting her in 2009 and did not attend the awards.
Katy Perry won awards for top hot 100 artist and top digital songs, while Britsih singer-songwirter Taio Cruz won the top hot 100 song of the year for his hit, "Dynamite."
"Need You Now," by Lady Antebellum won counrt...
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