Billboard Music Awards 2020: Billie Eilish scoops up the first honor for Top Billboard 200 Album

Billie Eilish became the first winner at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, scooping up the gong for Top Billboard 200 Album.

Beating out competitors Drake, Khalid, Post Malone, and Taylor Swift for the honor, Eilish arrived on stage wearing a face mask as she was presented the award by Nicole Richie. 

‘Oh, gosh. Oh, this is heavy,’ Eilish, 18, remarked as she accepted the award, live from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on Wednesday. ‘Thank you, Nicole. Thank you guys so much this is amazing. I wanted to say, thank you to the fans, thank you for believing in me and caring about me still, I don’t know why you do I also want to say that I never, ever take these for granted. It is always a shock when I win anything at all. Thank you, billboard thank you, guys. I love you thank you, thank you, thank you, mwah.’ 

Next, Sia performed Courage To Change on stage wearing an elaborate yellow bow on her hair.

The show opened with host Kelly Clarkson performing Higher Love in a dazzling gold dress, before enthusiastically kicking off the ceremony to an audience-less room.

‘There’s no audience, it’s just me. Yeah, I’m my own own hype girl!’ Kelly remarked as she enthusiastically opened the show.

The next award was for Top Hot 100 song, which went to Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus for their smash hit Old Town Road.  

Nas accepted the award by himself, and blew kisses to the crowd-less room following his brief speech.

‘Thank you to everybody, thank you to Billy Ray Cyrus. I want everybody going to look out next month for Nas-vember, it’s going to go crazy. 2021 dropping the best album of all time, I love you, good night,’ Nas said.   

Alicia Keys dazzled viewers at home with a powerful performance of her track Love Looks Better.