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2021 Billboard Music Awards: The Weeknd wins big, Houston rapper honored for activism

By: Alyssa Wilson    The 2021 Billboard Music Awards was held on May 23, 2021, with an in-person ceremony and many Black artists won for their chart-topping projects.   RELATED: Mickey Guyton makes history as first Black woman to host Country Music Awards  The Weeknd won 10 awards and the late Pop Smoke won five. South Korean boyband BTS and Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny each took home four awards.   winning BIG tonight. @theweeknd #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/CuHL2FGiiS — Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) May 24, 2021 Drake was honored as the artist of the decade. He is the only solo male artist with more than 50 […]

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