Annual Billboard Music Awards ceremony recognizing chart-based music achievements, held in 2022 as part of a series running since 1990.
Key Facts
- Award Organizer
- Billboard
- Annual Show Since
- 1990
- Hiatus Years
- 2007–2010
- Typical Month (post-2011)
- May
- Digital-only shift announced
- October 19, 2023
By the Numbers
Cause → Event → Consequence
Billboard, a long-running music industry publication known for its popularity charts, established an annual awards show in 1990 to recognize artists based on chart performance metrics rather than peer or industry panel voting, reflecting commercial success in the music industry.
The 2022 Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held as part of the annual series recognizing musicians and albums based on Billboard chart data. The show, which had returned to a May broadcast format since 2011, honored top-performing artists across multiple chart-based categories.
The awards continued to serve as a major benchmark for commercial music success. Shortly after, in October 2023, Billboard announced a significant format change, moving the ceremony from broadcast television to a digital-only presentation on its website and social media, marking a shift in how the awards would be distributed.