BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS 2011

Last night, the Billboard Music Awards recognized the artists who have contributed the most to this past year of music. Taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the biggest names in music came to Sin City to celebrate their craft. Hosted by funnyman Ken Jeong, the awards were very entertaining the entire three hour broadcast. Performances included Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Pitbull and Ne-yo, Lady Antebellum, Ke$ha, Far East Movement f/ Snoop Dogg, Keith Urban, even Neil Diamond amongst others.

And who can forget Beyonce [entire story in itself] and Britney Spears who performed with Rihanna and Nicki Minaj. Though I love me some Britney, why is she lip-syncing to everything? It's not like she's dancing her heart out like she used to...check out her cameo in Rihanna's performance!

Eminem and Justin Bieber took home the most Billboard Music Awards, winning six each!!! Check out the complete list of categories and winners below:

TOP ARTIST: Eminem
TOP HOT 100 SONG: Dynamite Taio Cruz
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM: Recovery Eminem
TOP NEW ARTIST: Justin Bieber
TOP TOURING ARTIST: U2
TOP DUO/GROUP: Black Eyed Peas
TOP COUNTRY ALBUM: Speak Now Taylor Swift
TOP RAP ALBUM: Recovery Eminem
TOP ROCK ALBUM: Sigh No More Mumford & Sons
TOP SOCIAL ARTIST: Justin Bieber
TOP DIGITAL SONG: Dynamite Taio Cruz
TOP RADIO SONG: Just The Way You Are Bruno Mars
TOP STREAMING SONG [AUDIO]: Just A Dream Nelly
TOP STREAMING SONG [VIDEO]: Baby Justin Bieber
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST: Taylor Swift
TOP HOT 100 ARTIST: Katy Perry
TOP RADIO SONGS ARTIST: Rihanna
TOP STREAMING ARTIST: Justin Bieber
TOP DIGITAL MEDIA ARTIST: Justin Bieber
TOP MALE ARTIST: Eminem
TOP FEMALE ARTIST: Rihanna
TOP POP ARIST: Lady Gaga
TOP RAP ARTIST: Eminem
TOP COUNTRY ARTIST: Taylor Swift
TOP ROCK ARTIST: Train
TOP ALTERNATIVE ARTIST: Mumford & Sons
TOP LATIN ARTIST: Shakira
TOP DANCE ARTIST: Lady Gaga
TOP CHRISTIAN ARTIST: Chris Tomlin
TOP POP SONG: Dynamite Taio Cruz
TOP R&B SONG: OMG Usher f/ Will.I.Am
TOP RAP SONG: Love The Way You Lie Eminem f/ Rihanna
TOP COUNTRY SONG: Need You Now Lady Antebellum
TOP ROCK SONG: Hey, Soul Sister Train
TOP ALTERNATIVE SONG: Animal Neon Trees
TOP LATIN SONG: Waka Waka [This Time For Africa] Shakira f/ Freshleyground
TOP DANCE SONG: Stereo Love Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina
TOP CHRISTIAN SONG: Our God Chris Tomlin
TOP POP ALBUM: My World 2.0 Justin Bieber
TOP R&B ALBUM: Raymond v. Raymond Usher
TOP ALTERNATIVE ALBUM: Sigh No More Mumford & Sons
TOP LATIN ALBUM: Euphoria Enrique Iglesias
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM: The Fame Lady Gaga
TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUM: Awake Skillet

You Just Do You, Imma Do Me

Camille

Famous near-death experiences

Famous near-death experiences

Famous near-death experiences. For one brief moment, these famous figures gave their fans and followers a big scare. See which potentially fatal circumstances nearly caused these stars to fall.

Eminem
The award-winning rapper struggled with drug addiction for years and nearly overdosed in 2007. Which substance caused the scare?

Kanye West
In October 2002, the rapper-producer was involved in a car crash after leaving a late-night L.A. recording session.

Gabrielle Giffords
On Jan. 8, a gunman attempted to assassinate U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D.-Ariz., who is now on the road to recovery.

50 Cent
In May 2000, the platinum-selling rapper fell victim to violence outside his grandmother's home.

Travis Barker
In September 2008, the pop-punk drummer was listed in critical condition after a plane crash. 

Morgan Freeman
Rescuers had to use the Jaws of Life to rescue the distinguished actor after a flip-over car crash in 2008.

Serena Williams
On March 2, the tennis star underwent emergency treatment for a blood clot. What caused it?

Gary Busey
On Dec. 4, 1988, the Oscar-winning actor was severely injured in a motorcycle accident. 

Sharon Stone
In 2001, the actress's severe headaches revealed something more serious once she was rushed to the emergency room.

Erik Estrada
While filming a stunt for his '70s TV show, Estrada was thrown from, then crushed by, a motorcycle, sustaining multiple injuries

Chevy Chase
Chase was injured in a freak accident that seemed ripped from the plot of the 1981 movie he was filming.

Ozzy Osbourne
Many know about the aging rocker battling his past demons. But in 2003, he faced a different kind of threat to his livelihood

Rachel Bilson
As a teen, the actress was involved in a head-on car collision, which left her unconscious for days.

Celebrity beefs

Celebrity beefs

Has anyone else noticed that Twitter is becoming the hot spot to diss people and air your dirty laundry?  Here are some famous Tweet- and non-Tweet -related celebrity beefs.

Snooki & Ne-Yo
The reality show star recently appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone (see the photo), causing Ne-Yo to question the choice on Twitter Snooki didn’t appreciate the dis, (What did she say back?)  claiming she deleted all of his songs from her iPod, also via Twitter.

Beyoncé & Lady Gaga
Apparently, Beyoncé said this about Gaga, and then Gaga called Beyoncé a “hater.” Are the gossip mags correct about this Diva beef? Time will tell.

Charlie Sheen & Jon Cryer
Charlie Sheen seems to have a beef with everyone, and he had some choice words for his former sitcom’s co-star.  But Jon Cryer had the last laugh.

Rihanna & Ciara
Another day.  Another Twitter feud. Rihanna  felt dissed by Ciara’s comments on E! Fashion Police (Watch what she said) and the two traded barbs via Tweet, eventually making up.it’s not the first beef for these two singers.

NeNe Leakes & Star Jones
The women clashed on this reality show, and Leakes has said this about Star Jones.  Star had this to say about NeNe, and the feuding continues in the press and on the show.

Rosie O’Donnell & Donald Trump
Rosie took aim first, disagreeing with the way the Donald handled a situation with this beauty queen.  What did she say? How did Trump respond

Lil’ Kim & Nicki Minaj
It doesn’t get any more blatant than Lil’ Kim depicting a beheaded Nicki Minaj on a mix tape called Black Friday.This feud has mainly been one-way, until Minaj finally responded in music

Jay Leno & Conan O’Brien
Was the beef between the late night hosts or was it between NBC & Conan? It was NBC who gave Leno his job back after his 10 p.m. experiment failed. The two traded jabs, but the media made it into a beef.

Kanye West & Taylor Swift
It was the beef heard around the world. Kanye steals the spotlight from yet another award winner. Taylor handled it with grace, choosing to fire back in song.

Perez Hilton & will.i.am
Blogger to the stars Hilton claimed he was assaulted by will.i.am’s posse, and when will.i.am denied the incident, Hilton fired back with harsh words and a video that appears to prove him right. But, all seems to be resolved now.