It was a historic Billboard Music Awards for Drake, who entered the night with an all-time record in nominations with a total of 22. Before the show even began Drizzy had already won 10 of those 22. By the end of the award show, Drake broke Celine Dion and Adele’s record of 12 with 13 total wins.
Drake shared a special moment on stage for his record-breaking final award of the night “Top Artist of the Year.” Accompanied by his squad comprised of father Dennis Graham, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Jas Prince, and his core of childhood friends, Drizzy showed gratitude and appreciation while mixing some jokes in there.
“Life is like toilet paper. Either you’re on a roll or you’re taking shit from assholes,” he said before continuing with, “I want to say, Nicki Minaj, I’m so glad we found our way back because I love you and I could never ever see it any other way. I want to say, Lil Wayne, if it wasn’t for the risk you took, none of us would be here tonight. And I want to say, my dad got on a purple suit with purple shoes. Boy, if you don’t stop!”
Aside from the “Top Artist of the Year” honors, Champagne racked up wins in other categories like Top Male Artist, Top 100 Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Song Sales Artist, Top Streaming Songs Artist, Top Rap Artist, and Top Rap Tour.
Next year’s awards can be pretty record-breaking considering all these awards were for his ‘Views’ album, which many people believe to be his weakest body of work. In 2018 his ‘More Life’ album (or playlist) will be in the running having already broke a number of streaming records and currently charting at No. 5, after topping the Billboard 200. However, next year he will face some tougher competition with Kendrick Lamar’s ‘DAMN.’ album also in the running.
Oh what a time to be alive.
Congrats, Drizzy.
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