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Welcome to the 2014 Billboard Music Awards! It has been an incredible year for music and tonight’s live show reflects the amazing talent of 2014.

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20 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS • 2014 JENNIFER LOPEZ is an award-winning , actress, and entertainer who has established herself in both music and film. THE She is a successful recording and touring artist with record sales in BILLBOARD excess of $75 million and a cumulative box office gross of over $2 billion. Lopez is one of the most influential female artists in history. ICON As an artist, fashion icon, entrepreneur, and a philanthropist, AWARD Jennifer Lopez has been named Forbes magazine’s most powerful celebrity and People Magazine’s first Most Beautiful Woman in the world. Jennifer Lopez is a global icon and the ultimate triple threat.

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Perry’s “Prism” album engagement and chart milestones. Meet the finalists of the arrived in October. ● • 2014 Billboard Music Awards • Rihanna leads the RIAA’s list of artists with the most digital single certifications, with 52 million. Her album a pop comeback with the ● LORDE Grammy nods for the song “” includes TOP ARTIST Grammy-nominated “The Lorde emerged on the interna- “ From the Bottom.” the multi-Platinum hits ● MILEY CYRUS 20/20 Experience.” The top tional stage with “Royals,” a ● “Diamonds” and “.” Miley Cyrus aimed for a five Hot 100 singles “Suit and radio staple across numerous Eminem, a.k.a. Marshall fresh start with “Bangerz,” a Tie” and “Mirrors” immedi- pop and rock formats. The Mathers, unleashed “The TOP DUO/GROUP buzzed-about album that ately put him back in . native received a Monster” in 2013. A candid boasts “Wrecking Ball,” “We 2013 Grammy nomination for assessment of his exceptional ● FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE Can’t Stop” and “Adore You.” TOP NEW ARTIST best new artist. career, the double-Platinum Florida Georgia Line earned ● IMAGINE DRAGONS ● PASSENGER duet with Rihanna reached the best-selling country Imagine Dragons paid their ● BASTILLE Passenger enjoyed a break- No. 1 around the world. single of all time with dues by playing casinos in Bastille conquered the air- through hit with “Let Her Go,” ● 6.3 million downloads of their native Las Vegas. They waves with “Pompeii,” a sleek, which emphasized intimate Bruno Mars magnified his “Cruise.” It’s also the lon- emerged as rock stars with double-Platinum single from production and poetic lyrics. fame with the Grammy- gest-running No. 1, having singles like “It’s Time,” the album “Bad Blood.” The Fronted by Mike Rosenberg, winning album “Unorthodox led for 24 weeks, on the Hot “Radioactive” and “Demons.” Brit Award-winning band is Passenger will release a new Jukebox,” as well as a dazzling Country chart. ● BRUNO MARS helmed by singer-songwriter album, “Whispers,” in June. halftime show that ● IMAGINE DRAGONS Bruno Mars won a Grammy Dan Smith. attracted a record 115 million Imagine Dragons guitarist Katy Perry for best pop vocal album with ● CAPITAL CITIES TOP MALE ARTIST viewers. , Ben “.” The Capital Cities is led by Sebu ● McKee and Daniel Platinum set includes “Locked Simonian and Ryan Merchant. ● LUKE BRYAN Justin Timberlake tempted Platzman all attended the of My Life” and “Best Song twice last year. Out of ,” “When I Was The Los Angeles band reached Luke Bryan has steadily built listeners with “The 20/20 prestigious Berklee School of Ever.” Members are Niall The compilation “Spring Your Man” and “Treasure.” No. 1 and spent a year on his career at country radio Experience” and its singles Music in . Horan, , Liam TOP BILLBOARD Break … Here to Party” ● KATY PERRY Billboard’s Alternative Songs since his first top 10 single in “Suit & Tie” and “Mirrors.” He ● & Payne, and Louis 200 ARTIST topped the chart in March, Katy Perry reflected all chart with “Safe and Sound.” 2007. He won the Academy of won a Grammy for best R&B Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Tomlinson. ● BEYONCE followed by “” sides of her personality with ● ’s entertainer of song with “.” are the first duo to have their ● ONEREPUBLIC Beyoncé became the first in August. “Prism,” her latest best-selling Ariana Grande arrived on the the year in 2013. first two singles — “Thrift OneRepublic reinstated woman to hit No. 1 on the ● EMINEM album. She’s topped the music scene with “The Way,” ● TOP FEMALE ARTIST Shop” and “Can’t Hold Us” — its chart dominance with Billboard 200 with her first Eminem earned the sec- with two of a flirtatious single featuring Drake dropped his third reach No. 1 on the Billboard “,” its biggest five studio when her ond-highest-selling debut week its first three singles: “Roar” rapper . The Platinum album with ● BEYONCE Hot 100. Hot 100 hit since 2007’s self-titled project debuted at of 2013 on the Billboard 200 and “Dark Horse.” youthful Florida native stars the Grammy-nominated Beyoncé defied conventional ● “Apologize.” and the top in December. with “The Marshall Mathers ● JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE as Cat Valentine in multiple “.” The wisdom by releasing her One Direction pointed to founded the band ● LUKE BRYAN LP 2.” It’s his seventh consecu- Justin Timberlake envisioned Nickelodeon shows. rapper also received two self-titled project without the pop charts with “Story in 2003. Luke Bryan crested the tive bow at the top of the chart.

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● ONE DIRECTION No. 2. Each song spent nearly chart with “Roar,” which Out of Heaven,” “When I Was One Direction debuted at No. six months on the chart. reached six-times-Platinum Your Man” and “Treasure.” 1 on the Billboard 200 with ● IMAGINE DRAGONS in February. She’s had a No. 1 ● KATY PERRY “.” The act Imagine Dragons’ each year since 2010. Katy Perry set a record in is the first group in history to “Radioactive” peaked at No. 2 on March for most total weeks at enter the chart at No. 1 with its Billboard chart, No. 1 on the Pop Songs chart, first three albums. where it debuted back in 2012. TOP with 46, thanks to new hits ● JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE The band’s name is an anagram ARTIST like “Roar” and “Dark Horse.” Justin Timberlake arrived of a secret phrase that the ● IMAGINE DRAGONS ● JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE atop the Billboard 100 with members have never revealed. Imagine Dragons spent a Justin Timberlake’s “Suit 968,000 units of “The 20/20 ● LORDE record-setting 23 weeks & Tie” set a record for the Experience.” Six months later, Lorde’s “Royals” rose to No. 1 atop the Hot Rock Songs most first-week spins on the he released the companion on Billboard’s Digital Songs chart with “Radioactive.” It Pop Songs chart. In addition, album, which also entered at survey and remained on top also reached No. 1 on the “Mirrors” became his sixth No. No. 1. for five weeks. She returned to Alternative Songs chart. 1 single on that chart. the top 10 with “Team.” ● LORDE ● MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS Lorde wrote “Royals” after TOP HOT 100 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ seeing a photo of Kansas City TOP TOURING ARTIST funky “” topped Royals legend in ARTIST ● MILEY CYRUS Billboard’s year-end Digital a magazine. She finally met ● BEYONCE Miley Cyrus secured her first Songs chart. The rappers’ the iconic athlete in Las Vegas Beyoncé surpassed $100 mil- No. 1 hit on the Hot 100 with “Can’t Hold Us” held the in April. lion in tickets sales for her 2013 “Wrecking Ball.” She also No. 6 slot. ● BRUNO MARS tour and enthralled 104 million placed “We Can’t Stop” at No. ● KATY PERRY Bruno Mars maneuvered his viewers during that year’s 2 and appeared on the chart Katy Perry popped to No. 1 way to multi-Platinum certi- Super Bowl halftime show. with third single “Adore You.” on Billboard’s Digital Songs fications for the hits “Locked ● ● IMAGINE DRAGONS Bon Jovi ranked first in Imagine Dragons leader Dan Billboard’s year-end recap of Reynolds will receive the touring figures. The enduring Hal David Starlight Award, band raked in $205 million presented to young songwrit- and performed 90 sold-out ers, at the Hall of shows, reaching more than 2.1 Fame gala in million fans. next month. ● P!NK ● LORDE P!nk sold out 111 of her 114 Imagine Dragons Lorde savored a nine-week stay shows, bringing in nearly at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with $148 million and to “Royals.” Follow-up singles 1.5 million fans. She famously “Team” and “Guts and Glory” incorporates acrobatics into in 2013. His account 40 million Twitter followers ● MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS have climbed the chart, as well. her incredible shows. boasts 51 million Beliebers. on their toes. The superstar Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ TOP R&B ARTIST ● KATY PERRY ● RIHANNA ● MILEY CYRUS told “Teen Vogue” that she’s “The Heist” was ’s Katy Perry extended her list Rihanna shines bright like a Miley Cyrus twerked her way the only person who knows most-streamed album ● BEYONCE of Hot 100 chart-toppers with diamond at her gigs, grossing into Twitter record books with her account’s password. globally in 2013. The - Beyoncé worked behind “Roar” and “Dark Horse,” both nearly $138 million and her controversial appearance based rappers placed second closed doors for her surprising from her best-selling new dazzling almost 1.6 million on MTV’s VMAs in 2013. on Spotify’s list of most- self-titled visual album, a album, “Prism.” Her new listeners in 2013. She sold out Astonished viewers reacted TOP STREAMING streamed albums in the U.S. critically-lauded collection single is “Birthday.” 84 of her 87 shows last year. by sending 360,000 tweets in ARTIST ● KATY PERRY that offered the singles ● JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ● & just one minute. ● MILEY CYRUS Katy Perry described “Prism” “XO,” “Drunk in Love” and Justin Timberlake tackled THE E STREET BAND ● ONE DIRECTION Miley Cyrus racked up 2.5 to Billboard as “more organ- “Partition.” the Hot 100 with “Suit & Tie” Bruce Springsteen & the E One Direction’s band members million Spotify streams of ic, au naturale, vulnerable ● and “Mirrors” after a six-year Street Band worked up a sweat sent four of the five most popu- “Wrecking Ball” in its first and honest, but still has the Pharrell Williams wears a lot of absence. Both sultry singles with 53 shows in 2013. The lar retweets on Twitter in 2013. week, thus achieving the same amount of fun” as hats, so to speak. As a solo artist, reached double-Platinum Boss brought in $147.6 million The photogenic fellows have 5 biggest week for a single her 2010 project, “Teenage “Happy” hit big, yet he shared status. after singing to more than 1.4 million followers. track in the company’s Dream.” in the massive success of Robin million listeners. ● RIHANNA history. ● PSY Thicke’s “” and TOP DIGITAL SONGS Rihanna remains one of the ● IMAGINE DRAGONS PSY introduced the spiffy, ’s “Get Lucky.” TOP SOCIAL ARTIST most visible artists in the Imagine Dragons received slapstick “Gentleman” ● RIHANNA ARTIST world with more than 86 an email from producer Alex to 670 million YouTube Rihanna should take a bow after ● MILEY CYRUS ● million followers on , da Kid asking to write. That viewers. Meanwhile, the sharing her unmistakable voice Miley Cyrus placed Justin Bieber ended 2013 on 35 million followers on Twitter fruitful partnership led to South Korean sensation is with superstars like “Wrecking Ball” at No. 1 on top of Billboard’s year-end and 13 million on Instagram. “Radioactive,” the most- approaching 2 billion views (“Can’t Remember to Forget Billboard’s Digital Songs chart, Social 50 chart. The pop star ● streamed song on Spotify in for the hilarious “Gangnam You”), Eminem (“The Monster”) Lorde as well as “We Can’t Stop” at released the film “Believe” Taylor Swift keeps more than the U.S. in 2013. Style.” and Drake (“Take Care”).

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● ROBIN THICKE Claiming No. 1 hits like ● TAYLOR SWIFT music scene. Their debut Robin Thicke blurred the lines “Crash My Party,” this upbeat Taylor Swift traveled the world album, “,” has between pop and R&B by Georgia native sold more than with her Red tour, named sold more than two million banking on his fondness for a million tickets for his Dirt for her quadruple-Platinum copies and offers the hits ‘70s soul and contemporary Road Diaries Tour. album. She sang on Tim “Radioactive” and “Demons.” urban riffs, not to mention his ● FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE McGraw’s No. 1 hit, “Highway ● LORDE undeniable charisma. Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Don’t Care,” then followed up Lorde presided over multiple ● JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Hubbard and with her single “Red.” charts with “Royals,” a Justin Timberlake turned became the first duo in two compelling single about the his focus to music with the decades to top Country TOP ROCK ARTIST regular life she shares with her long-awaited album “The Airplay with their first four friends. Her auspicious debut 20/20 Experience.” The singles: “Cruise,” “Get Your ● CAPITAL CITIES album is “.” singles “Suit and Tie” and Shine On,” “Round Here” Capital Cities draw on ‘70s ● PASSENGER “Mirrors” reflected his soulful and “Stay.” and ‘80s new wave for Passenger’s Mike Rosenberg influences. recorded the album “” in . TOP RAP ARTIST Aiming for a more modern sound, he landed an inter- ● DRAKE national hit single with the Drake dominated the pensive “Let Her Go.” Billboard 200 with “Nothing Was the Same.” Confident and TOP LATIN ARTIST revealing, the album includes the hits “Started From the ● Bottom” and “Hold On, We’re Marc Anthony returned to Going Home.” salsa with the album “3.0” and ● EMINEM its smash hit single, “Vivir Mi Eminem embraced his legacy Vida.” Anthony and bandlead- with “The Marshall Mathers LP er Sergio George recorded the 2,” a highly-anticipated album project live in the studio with a that produced “The Monster” full band. featuring Rihanna, as well as ● GERARDO ORTIZ “Berzerk” and “.” Gerardo Ortiz showed a softer ● JAY Z side with “Mañana Voy a Jay Z remains one of rap’s Conquistarla,” or “Tomorrow most revered figures. From a I’ll Make Her Mine.” He holds hard-knock life in , the record for most N.Y. to issuing the album won at the Billboard Mexican “Magna Carta … Holy Grail,” Music Awards, with 17. Jay Z shaped of ● JENNI RIVERA modern music. Jenni Rivera was beloved as ● MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS “La Diva de la Banda,” named Macklemore & Ryan Lewis for her specialty at singing grabbed Grammys for best banda music. The L.A. native new artist and best rap album Luke Bryan branched into fashion, reality (“The Heist”), as well as best television and activism before rap performance and best rap her tragic death in 2012. song for “Thrift Shop.” ● their electronic pop. Based ● ROYCE ● PITBULL Darius Rucker delivered the in Los Angeles, the former ruled the charts Pitbull savored Platinum biggest sing-along smash of jingle writers scored an in 2013 with the sensual certifications for the anthemic the summer with the triple- international smash with “Darte Un Beso,” or “Give You singles “Feel This Moment” Platinum “Wagon Wheel.” His “Safe and Sound.” a Kiss.” The single topped and “Don’t Stop the Party” latest album, “True Believers,” ● multiple Billboard Latin before scaling the Hot 100 also features the top five hit Fall Out Boy rebounded from charts and anchored the chart with “Timber,” featur- “Radio.” a hiatus with the album “Save album, “Soy El Mismo.” ing . ● ,” a superb blend ● Blake Shelton is one of of pop, punk and . Fall Romeo Santos stepped out country music’s most familiar Out Boy is , Pete of the Aventura to TOP COUNTRY faces, thanks to his role as a Wentz, Andrew Hurley and achieve a globally successful ARTIST funny, sincere judge on “The . solo career. A native of The ● LUKE BRYAN Voice.” He’s on a hot streak ● IMAGINE DRAGONS Bronx, N.Y., the bilingual Luke Bryan is one of country with No. 1 singles like “Boys Imagine Dragons cut their songwriter infuses his music music’s newest superstars. ‘Round Here.” teeth in the Las Vegas live with an urban influence.

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TOP DANCE/ embraced “Sick of It” and TOP BILLBOARD 200 ● EMINEM, The Marshall “Not Gonna Die.” Mathers LP 2 ELECTRONIC ARTIST ● TOBYMAC ALBUM Eminem entered the Billboard ● TobyMac praises ● BEYONCE, Beyonce 200 at No. 1 with “The Avicii appealed to audiences for the reggae icon’s ability to Beyonce dropped her self-titled Marshall Mathers LP 2.” worldwide with the inescap- roll spirituality and social is- album without fanfare in Writing about his past with able “Wake Me Up!” and the sues into his music. TobyMac’s December and still claimed the a modern perspective, the bluegrass-influenced “Hey latest album, 2012’s “Eye on No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200. rapper’s set has sold more than Brother.” The It,” debuted at No. 1 on the She filmed a video for each two million copies. star has surprised crowds by Billboard 200. track on the acclaimed project. ● JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, adding live music to his sets. ● ● LUKE BRYAN, Crash My Party The 20/20 Experience ● DAFT PUNK Chris Tomlin wrote his first Luke Bryan loaded the Justin Timberlake infused pop, Daft Punk delivered a dance worship song at age 14 and country charts with multiple R&B and rap into “The 20/20 sensation with the irresist- earned a college degree in hits from the double-platinum Experience,” which debuted ible “Get Lucky” from the psychology. His thoughtful “Crash My Party.” The album at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Grammy-winning album, album, “Burning Lights,” shot to No. 1 on the Billboard and became the best-selling “.” inspired a live DVD and sold- 200 in August. album of 2013. The Parisian duo also turn out tour. ● DRAKE, Nothing Was heads in its sleek stage ● The Same TOP R&B ALBUM helmets. Matthew West received more Drake showed remarkable ● than 10,000 letters after ask- growth as an artist on ● BEYONCE, Beyonce Calvin Harris crafted the ing fans for stories to inspire “Nothing Was the Same,” Beyoncé boosted her album “18 Months” with mag- a new album. The resulting stretching beyond his rap self-titled album with R&B nificent vocalists such as , project, “Into the Light,” led reputation. The self-assured all-stars Drake and Frank Rihanna, and to hits like “Forgiveness” and set debuted at No. 1 on the Ocean, as well as husband . The Scottish “Hello, .” Billboard 200. Jay Z on “Drunk in Love” DJ released the sensual single and their daughter Blue Ivy “Summer” in March. on “Blue.” ● ● R. KELLY, Black Panties S:10.125” B:11.25” Lady Gaga lives for the R. Kelly returned to a more T:11” applause. After recovering explicit style with “Black from medical and professional Panties,” which he compared setbacks in 2013, the resilient to his 1993 debut album, “12 global superstar launched her Play.” The new album’s first eye-catching ARTPOP Ball single, “My Story,” features 2 Tour this month. Chainz. ● ● ROBIN THICKE, Blurred Lines Zedd built a reputation Robin Thicke topped the

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“Confessions.” Guests include TOP RAP ALBUM , and the singer’s ● J. COLE, Born Sinner father, Vincente Fernández. J. Cole created a confessional ● JENNI RIVERA, collection with “Born Sinner,” 1969- Siempre: En Vivo which he produced. In the evoc- Desde Monterrey: Parte 1 ative “Power Trip,” featuring Jenni Rivera recorded Miguel, the rapper her concert in Monterrey, pursues an unrequited crush. Mexico in December 2012, ● DRAKE, Nothing Was not knowing it would be her The Same last. The posthumous set Drake delivered another debuted at No. 1 on the Top million-selling album with Latin Albums chart. “Nothing Was the Same,” ● PRINCE ROYCE, Soy El Mismo which addresses the Prince Royce bestowed a native’s thoughts on fame, bilingual project upon his family and true friends. fans with “Soy El Mismo,” or ● EMINEM, The Marshall “I’m the Same.” Highlights Mathers LP 2 include “Darte Un Beso” Eminem earned the sec- and the club track “Already ond-highest-selling album Missing You” with Selena of 2013 with “The Marshall Gomez. Mathers LP 2.” The insight- ● ROMEO SANTOS, ful set has since reached Formula: Vol. 2 double-Platinum status. Romeo Santos enticed Nicki ● JAY Z, Magna Carta… Minaj, Drake, Marc Anthony Holy Grail and to appear Jay Z teamed with on “Formula Vol. 2,” the and Jerome “J. Roc” Harmon sequel to his 2011 debut album. to produce much of “Magna Avicii Carta … Holy Grail.” Hit singles include “Tom Ford” and the 3 TOP DANCE/ million-selling “Holy Grail.” ELECTRONIC ALBUM ● MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS, ● FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, “Pure Heroine” when she was ● AVICII, True The Heist Here’s To The Good Times TOP ROCK ALBUM only 16. With understated Avicii advanced to No. 1 on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Florida Georgia Line’s deluxe production and grounded Billboard’s Dance/Electronic reigned on the Top Rap edition of its debut album ● , lyrics, the full-length debut Albums chart with his Albums chart with “The Heist,” features “,” Lana Del Rey evoked a bygone album features “Royals” and debut album, “True.” Adam thanks to its hit singles “Thrift a party duet with Luke Bryan. era with her Platinum debut, “Team.” Lambert, Incubus’ Mark Chris Tomlin Shop,” “Can’t Hold Us,” “Same The duo also found crossover “Born to Die.” The New York ● MUMFORD & SONS, Babel Einziger and all Love” and “.” success by remaking “Cruise” native’s collection features the Mumford & Sons debuted at appear on the project. with . sultry singles “Video Games,” No. 1 on the Billboard 200 ● DAFT PUNK, Random Access TOP COUNTRY ● THE ROBERTSONS, “Blue Jeans” and “Summertime with “Babel.” Featuring the Memories music on her self-titled debut. hymns like “” ● CHRIS TOMLIN, Duck The Halls: A Robertson Sadness.” passionate “I Will Wait,” the Daft Punk, and The “America’s Got Talent” and “O How I Love Jesus” for Burning Lights ALBUM Family Christmas ● FALL OUT BOY, double-platinum collection Pharrell Williams brought star enhanced her artistic the follow-up to his 2006 Chris Tomlin debuted at ● , Blame It All The “” family won the 2012 Grammy for a disco vibe to “Random vision with gorgeous videos collection, which he recorded No. 1 on the Billboard 200 On My Roots: Five Decades of placed a few (duck) calls for Fall Out Boy secured a Album of the Year. Access Memories” with “Lose like “Crystallize.” for his mother. with “Burning Lights,” Influences this holiday collection. Luke triple-Platinum comeback Yourself to Dance,” a No. 1 ● ZEDD, Clarity ● SKILLET, Rise becoming just the fourth Garth Brooks drew on the Bryan, , Willie with “I Know What You Did TOP LATIN ALBUM single on Billboard’s Dance Zedd enlisted Hayley Skillet lead singer John Cooper Christian album ever to lead music from his favorite artists Nelson and in the Dark (Light ‘Em Up),” Club Songs chart. Williams of to sing stated that while recording the list. The popular project for this best-selling box set. contributed to the Platinum the dramatic from ● MARC ANTHONY, 3.0 ● LADY GAGA, ARTPOP “Stay the Night” on his deluxe “Rise,” it evolved into the story includes the hit “Whom He divided four of the CDs by project. “Save Rock and Roll.” Marc Anthony debuted at Lady Gaga landed at No. edition of “Clarity.” Ellie of a teenager who strives to feel Shall I Fear (God of Angel genre: classic country, classic ● BLAKE SHELTON, ● IMAGINE DRAGONS, No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin 1 on the Billboard 200 Goulding and OneRepublic’s comfortable and confident in a Armies).” rock, blue-eyed soul and the Based On A True Story Night Visions Albums chart with “3.0.” The when “ARTPOP” arrived in Ryan Tedder also appear on challenging world. ● VARIOUS ARTISTS, “melting pot.” Blake Shelton is a natural Imagine Dragons jumped to Grammy-nominated collec- November. Fans embraced the project. ● , Miracle WOW Hits 2014 ● LUKE BRYAN, Crash My Party storyteller on “Based on a rock stardom with “Night tion became the top-selling “Applause,” as well as “Do Third Day enlisted Brendan The “WOW Hits 2014” Luke Bryan made a splash with True Story.” Singles “Sure Visions,” thanks to alterna- Latin album of 2013. What U Want,” a dance club TOP CHRISTIAN Benson to produce “Miracle,” showcased the contemporary “Crash My Party,” with 528,000 Be Cool If You Did,” “‘Boys tive airplay for outstanding ● ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ , collab with R. Kelly. switching things up for the Christian scene with more copies sold in its first week. Its Round Here,” “Mine Would tracks like “Radioactive,” Confidencias ● , LINDSEY ALBUM Southern rock-influenced band. than two hours of hits by arrival marked the highest Be You” and “Doin’ What She “Demons” and “It’s Time.” Alejandro Fernandez STIRLING ● , Precious “I Need a Miracle” topped artists like , weekly total by a male country Likes” all topped the Country ● LORDE, Pure Heroine honored the Latin classics Lindsey Stirling married Memories: Volume II Billboard’s Hot Christian and Casting artist in almost nine years. Airplay chart. Lorde wrote and recorded with “Confidencias,” or classical violin and electronic Alan Jackson selected heartfelt Songs chart. Crowns.

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anthem about the economics ● ROBIN THICKE TOP HOT 100 SONG of ambition set to an irresistible FEATURING T.I. & PHARRELL TOP RADIO SONG chorus. WILLIAMS, “Blurred Lines” ● MILEY CYRUS, ● KATY PERRY, “Roar” Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” ● AVICII, “Wake Me Up!” THE NEXT BIG THING “Wrecking Ball” Katy Perry’s “Roar” achieved a earned a six-times-Platinum Avicii attracted all kinds of Miley Cyrus took her biggest feat no other single of hers has: certification in less than six listeners with “Wake Me Up!” swing at No. 1 on the Billboard it spent its first four weeks on months. The seductive track The persistent track rose to No. Hot 100 when “Wrecking Ball” Billboard’s Digital Songs chart is his first multi-Platinum 1 on the Hot Dance/Electronic became her first No. 1 on the at No. 1. certification. Songs chart as well as the IN MUSIC ranking. Triple A radio airplay chart. ● IMAGINE DRAGONS, ● LORDE, “Royals” “Radioactive” Lorde told Billboard she wrote Imagine Dragons appealed the lyrics to “Royals” in half to rock listeners with an hour. She shared a Grammy “Radioactive,” which set a nomination for record of the 200+ Ad Free* Customized record in February when it year with producer . Stations Radio For You marked its 77th week on the ● KATY PERRY, “Roar” Billboard Hot 100. Katy Perry picked up ● LORDE, “Royals” Grammy nominations for Lorde ruled over the Hot 100 best pop solo performance for nine weeks with “Royals,” and song of the year with the the debut single from the knockout hit “Roar.” With more than 200 stations and a catalog of over 13 million songs, New Zealand native’s first ● ROBIN THICKE listen to your favorite songs with no interruption from ads. full-length album, “Pure FEATURING T.I. & PHARRELL Heroine.” WILLIAMS, “Blurred Lines” ● KATY PERRY, “Roar” Robin Thicke, T.I. and Katy Perry conquered the Hot Pharrell Williams proved 100 with “Roar” in September, to be a powerhouse trio with paving the way for a ravishing “Blurred Lines,” which set a debut of her newest album, Nielsen BDS record with “Prism.” 229 million in weekly ● ROBIN THICKE audience in August. FEATURING T.I. & PHARRELL ● JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, WILLIAMS, “Blurred Lines” “Mirrors” Robin Thicke, T.I. and Pharrell Justin Timberlake landed his Williams snatched Billboard’s longest reign as a lead artist on official song of the summer Billboard’s Radio Songs chart with “Blurred Lines,” which with “Mirrors,” which racked spent 12 weeks atop the seven weeks at No. 1. Billboard Hot 100. TOP STREAMING TOP DIGITAL SONG SONG (AUDIO) ● IMAGINE DRAGONS, ● DAFT PUNK FEATURING “Radioactive” PHARRELL WILLIAMS, Imagine Dragons snared a “Get Lucky” six-times-Platinum single with Daft Punk picked up Spotify’s the powerful “Radioactive,” most-shared viral track of 2013 marking the first multi- with “Get Lucky,” a Grammy- Platinum certification for the winner for best pop duo/group Las Vegas band. performance and record of ● LORDE, “Royals” the year. Lorde addressed consumerism ● IMAGINE DRAGONS, with “Royals,” which ironically “Radioactive” sent listeners on a shopping Imagine Dragons seized spree. Within a year of its Spotify’s most-streamed track release, the single reached in the U.S. with “Radioactive.” six-times-Platinum. The band’s “Night Visions” ● ONEREPUBLIC, placed first on Spotify’s most- “Counting Stars” streamed albums in the U.S. OneRepublic tallied another multi-Platinum single with Robin Thicke “Counting Stars,” a complex

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● DRAKE FEATURING , “Hold On, We’re Going Home” Drake emphasized his pop and R&B influences in “Hold On, We’re Going Home.” The cine- matic is set against a backdrop of organized crime in Miami, circa 1985. ● PHARRELL WILLIAMS, “Happy” Pharrell Williams claimed his biggest Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 WHETHER YOU’RE UP FOR AN AWARD OR NOT, as a lead act with the buoy- ant “Happy.” As part of the YOU’LL STILL BE TREATED LIKE A WINNER. to “ 2,” the song brought Williams an Oscar nomination. ● ROBIN THICKE FEATURING T.I. & PHARRELL WILLIAMS, “Blurred Lines” Robin Thicke, T.I. and Pharrell Williams’ “Blurred Lines” broke the record for the most weeks at No. 1 (16) on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart dating to the early ‘90s advent of Nielsen Music data. ● JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FEATURING JAY Z, “Suit & Tie” Justin Timberlake slipped his smooth groove into “Suit & Tie” featuring Jay Z. Beyonce Appropriately filmed in black and white, the stylish music video won a Grammy.

● LORDE, “Royals” ● MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS TOP RAP SONG Lorde won her first Grammys TOP STREAMING FEATURING , when “Royals” received “Thrift Shop” ● EMINEM FEATURING trophies for best pop solo per- SONG (VIDEO) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis RIHANNA, “The Monster” formance and song of the year. ● BAAUER, “ Shake” raided the racks in “Thrift Eminem evoked characters She was Spotify’s most-shared Baauer debuted at No. 1 on Shop” with only $20 in their from his past, including Slim artist of 2013. the Billboard Hot 100 with pocket. The humorous video Shady, on “The Monster,” fea- ● MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS the insanely catchy “Harlem proved a wise investment, with turing Rihanna. She portrays FEATURING , Shake.” With worldwide more than 500 million views. his unconventional psychiatrist “Can’t Hold Us” YouTube interest, the ● KATY PERRY, “Roar” in the captivating music video. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Brooklyn producer remained Katy Perry knows it’s a jungle ● JAY Z FEATURING JUSTIN achieved Spotify’s most- there for five weeks. out there, yet she ensured that TIMBERLAKE, “Holy Grail” streamed song around the ● MILEY CYRUS, the whole world heard her Jay Z and Justin Timberlake world with “Can’t Hold Us.” “We Can’t Stop” “Roar” with a colorful, empow- considered the fallout from im- The global list also placed Miley Cyrus caused a stir with ering music video. mense fame in “Holy Grail.” The them as the most-streamed “We Can’t Stop,” a provocative recording won a 2013 Grammy artist. video that grabbed 100 million TOP R&B SONG for best rap/sung . ● ROBIN THICKE FEATURING views on in just 37 days, ● MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS T.I. & PHARRELL WILLIAMS, setting a new record. ● BEYONCE FEATURING JAY Z, FEATURING RAY DALTON, “Blurred Lines” ● MILEY CYRUS, “Wrecking Ball” “Drunk In Love” “Can’t Hold Us” Robin Thicke erased boundar- Miley Cyrus ditched her Beyoncé intoxicated listeners Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ies with “Blurred Lines,” which wardrobe and demolished a with “Drunk in Love,” a steamy aroused audiences around placed in the top 10 of Spotify’s Vevo record with “Wrecking collaboration with husband the world with “Can’t Hold most-streamed tracks of 2013, Ball,” a startling video that Jay Z. The track comes from Us,” a vibrant summer smash Las Vegas is a proud partner of the Billboard Music Awards. While you’re here, both in the U.S. and around accrued 19.3 million views in a her self-titled album that she that spent five weeks atop the the world. 24-hour period. delivered in December. Billboard Hot 100. be sure to enjoy the designer shops, fi ve-star restaurants, nonstop nightlife and world-class spas. Even if you don’t walk away with an award, Vegas is a pretty amazing consolation prize.

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● MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS the title track of Bryan’s latest Antebellum to sing harmony. a pleading anthem from FEATURING WANZ, Platinum album. ● BLAKE SHELTON FEATURING “Night Visions.” The video “Thrift Shop” ● LUKE BRYAN, ­ PISTOL ANNIES & FRIENDS, contrasted the band’s rousing Macklemore & Ryan Lewis “That’s My Kind Of Night” “Boys ‘Round Here” live show with its audience’s tagged a clever, catchy hit with Luke Bryan made a catfish din- Blake Shelton celebrates personal struggles. “Thrift Shop,” celebrating the ner by the campfire sound like a rednecks, chewing tobacco ● IMAGINE DRAGONS, joys of big-ass coats, Velcro- romantic dream in this upbeat and Bocephus in this No. 1 “Radioactive” The Vanderbilt Voice Center, a part of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and strap shoes and your grandpa’s No. 1 single. Rapper T-Pain and hit. Shelton’s Imagine Dragons invented enviable wardrobe. country legend wife, Miranda Lambert, is a an indisputable radio smash prevention of voice problems. Our physicians, singing specialists and vocal therapists work to help singers overcome ● PITBULL FEATURING KE$HA, also get shout-outs. founding member of Pistol with “Radioactive.” The “Timber” ● FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE Annies. dynamic single has been voice difficulties so that they may maintain their unique vocal sound and keep their voice in prime condition. Pitbull and native FEATURING NELLY, “Cruise” certified six-times Platinum Kesha combined rowdy country, Florida Georgia Line’s pop TOP ROCK SONG and won the Grammy for pop and rap on “Timber,” a crossover smash “Cruise,” best rock performance. worldwide success that spent featuring rapper Nelly, set the ● CAPITAL CITIES, ● LORDE, “Royals” three weeks atop the Billboard record for the most weeks – a “Safe And Sound” Lorde carried “Royals” to No. Vanderbilt Voice Center Appointments Hot 100. whopping 24 – at No. 1 in the Capital Cities earned a 1 on Billboard’s Alternative 70-year history of Billboard’s Grammy nomination for their chart, becoming the first solo 615-343-SING (7464) TOP COUNTRY SONG Songs chart. innovative “Safe and Sound” female artist in 17 years to ● DARIUS RUCKER, music video, which seamlessly reach the summit. ● LUKE BRYAN, “Wagon Wheel” showcases dance sensations ● PASSENGER, “Let Her Go” “Crash My Party” Darius Rucker learned this throughout the decades. Passenger brought perspec- Luke Bryan would change all ● IMAGINE DRAGONS, tive to a failed romance in his plans for one lovely lady, tune from his daughter’s high “Demons” “Let Her Go,” a thoughtful even if she called in the dead of school talent show. Rucker Imagine Dragons drew on folk-pop single that reached the night. The sensual song is personally invited Lady their dark sides for “Demons,” triple-Platinum status.

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TOP LATIN SONG with “Get Lucky,” an anthem on “Late Show With David perspective on “Help Me Find PEACE LOVE AND of anticipation that climbed Letterman.” It,” from their latest album, ● MARC ANTHONY, to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot “.” ● COUNTRY MUSIC “Vivir Mi Vida” 100 chart. TOP CHRISTIAN CHRIS TOMLIN, Marc Anthony immediately ● FEATURING “Whom Shall I Fear captured fan interest with CHARLI XCX, “I Love It” SONG (God Of Angel Armies)” .....THE LATEST SOLO CD BY THE MOST AWARDED SINGER & SONGWRITER IN COUNTRY MUSIC. “Vivir Mi Vida,” or “Living My Icona Pop got reckless and ● , Chris Tomlin considered Life.” The irresistible track crazy amid the persistent beat “We Won’t Be Shaken” “Whom Shall I Fear (God of spent 17 weeks at No. 1 on of its breakup tune, “I Love It.” Building 429’s sent Angel Armies)” to be a prayer Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs Aino Jawo and Caroline Hject a message of determination set to music. It became his chart, his longest career make up this Swedish duo. in “We Won’t Be Shaken.” fifth No. 1 on Billboard’s command. ● LADY GAGA, “Applause” His role as worship pastor Christian Songs chart. ● , “Limbo” Lady Gaga earned her 11th influenced the lyrics of the ● MATTHEW WEST, Daddy Yankee raised the bar multi-Platinum single band’s album, “Listen to the “Hello, My Name Is” with “Limbo,” an infectious with “Applause.” The Sound.” Matthew West confronted a dance track that rose to No. 1 infectious track rose to No. 1 ● MANDISA, “Overcomer” sense of uncertainty in “Hello, on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs on Billboard’s Hot Dance/ Mandisa emphasized her love My Name Is,” then shared his chart. The dazzling video has Electronic Songs chart. for the Lord in “Overcomer,” belief that Christ can offer been viewed more than 200 ● ZEDD FEATURING FOXES, using Bible verses and real-life relief from self-doubt. million times. “Clarity” experiences to convey her ● Zedd earned a Platinum relationship with God. FEATURING ROMEO SANTOS, single and a Grammy ● , “Loco” for “Clarity” featuring “Help Me Find It” Enrique Iglesias holds the re- Foxes. They shared a lush Sidewalk Prophets conveyed MILESTONE AWARD cord for the most No. 1 songs of the song a sense of longing and a pop PRESENTED BY CHEVROLET on the Hot Latin Songs chart, ● ELLIE GOULDING with 24. The seductive “Loco” Ellie Goulding showcasesd comes from the star’s newest her dance-inspired music album, “Sex and Love.” and commanding vocals ● PRINCE ROYCE, on “Burn,” a highlight of her “Darte Un Beso” album “Halcyon.” The British Prince Royce fell for a gorgeous star first found fame in the U.S. mermaid in the tantalizing, with “Lights.” tropical-themed video for “Darte Un Beso,” or “Give You ● ONEREPUBLIC a Kiss.” The tantalizing music OneRepublic reached video has attracted more than multi-Platinum status with 200 million views. “Counting Stars,” the center- ● ROMEO SANTOS, piece of the album “Native.” “Propuesta Indecente” Led by Ryan Tedder, the Romeo Santos offered pop band’s new single is the the sensual “Propuesta pulsating “.” Indecente” and fans couldn’t resist the temptation. The ● CARRIE UNDERWOOD stylish music video has been Carrie Underwood captured viewed 250 million times. attention by starring in a live broadcast of “The Sound of Music” and scaled the country TOP DANCE/ charts with “Two Black ELECTRONIC SONG Cadillacs,” “” ● AVICII, “Wake Me Up!” and more. Avicii relied on Los Angeles musician for the rich vocals on “Wake Me Up!” The dynamic collaboration has achieved quadruple- Platinum status. ● DAFT PUNK FEATURING PHARRELL WILLIAMS, MADE AVAILABLE BY MUSIC ALLIANCE “Get Lucky” Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams enchanted listeners @ITUNES @PANDORA @COUNTRYOUTFITTR

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