The “2015 Billboard Music Awards” will once again take over Las Vegas on this Sunday and this year the show will showcase music's hottest and biggest stars.  The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by Billboard magazine, a publication and music popularity chart covering the music business. The Billboard Music Awards show had been held annually since 1989 in December until it went dormant in 2007. The awards returned in 2011 and are held annually in May.

From 1989 to 2006, the show had the same categories and category names every year. In 2011, for the first time, all of the awards were renamed to "Top [award title]". The "of the year" portion of each category title no longer exists, and many of the awards have been further renamed. Other awards, including both "crossover" awards (No. 1 Classical Crossover Artist and No. 1 Classical Crossover Album) were discontinued.

So how are the Billboard music awards different from other awards?

Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital songs sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music. These measurements are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound. The awards are based on the reporting period of March 10, 2014 through March 8, 2015.

So there you have it. There is an award show to let the public know what songs/albums/musicians are the most popular. After all there should be favorites and also those songs that really don’t make it to the chart. The Billboard Music Awards fills this gap to let you know all about a song if it should be a chart or something……..

Below are the nominations for the final day: 

TOP ARTIST Ariana Grande One Direction Katy Perry Sam Smith Taylor Swift

TOP NEW ARTIST 5 Seconds of Summer Iggy Azalea Hozier Sam Smith Meghan Trainor

TOP MALE ARTIST Drake Pharrell Williams Ed Sheeran Sam Smith Justin Timberlake

TOP FEMALE ARTIST Iggy Azalea Ariana Grande Katy Perry Taylor Swift Meghan Trainor

TOP DUO/GROUP 5 Seconds of Summer Florida Georgia Line MAGIC! Maroon 5 One Direction

TOP BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST One Direction Pentatonix Ed Sheeran Sam Smith Taylor Swift

TOP HOT 100 ARTIST Iggy Azalea Ariana Grande Sam Smith Taylor Swift Meghan Trainor

TOP DIGITAL SONGS ARTIST Iggy Azalea Ed Sheeran Sam Smith Taylor Swift Meghan Trainor

TOP RADIO SONGS ARTIST John Legend Maroon 5 Ed Sheeran Sam Smith Taylor Swift

TOP TOURING ARTIST Lady Gaga One Direction Katy Perry The Rolling Stones Justin Timberlake

TOP SOCIAL ARTIST Justin Bieber Miley Cyrus Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Taylor Swift

TOP STREAMING ARTIST Iggy Azalea Ariana Grande Nicki Minaj Taylor Swift Meghan Trainor

TOP R&B ARTIST Beyoncé Chris Brown John Legend Trey Songz Pharrell Williams

TOP RAP ARTIST Iggy Azalea J. Cole Drake Nicki Minaj Rae Sremmurd

TOP COUNTRY ARTIST Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Florida Georgia Line Brantley Gilbert Blake Shelton

TOP ROCK ARTIST Bastille Coldplay Fall Out Boy Hozier Lorde

TOP LATIN ARTIST J Balvin Juan Gabriel Enrique Iglesias Prince Royce Romeo Santos

TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST Avicii Clean Bandit Disclosure Calvin Harris Lindsey Stirling

TOP CHRISTIAN ARTIST Casting Crowns Hillsong United Lecrae MercyMe Newsboys

TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM Maroon 5, V Pentatonix, That's Christmas to Me Ed Sheeran, x Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour Taylor Swift, 1989

TOP SOUNDTRACK The Fault in Our StarsFifty Shades of Grey Frozen Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix: Vol. 1 Into the Woods

TOP R&B ALBUM Beyoncé, Beyoncé Chris Brown, X Michael Jackson, Xscape John Legend, Love in the Future Pharrell Williams, G I R L

TOP RAP ALBUM J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint Iggy Azalea, The New Classic Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2

TOP COUNTRY ALBUM Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt Garth Brooks, Man Against Machine Luke Bryan, Crash My Party Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am Miranda Lambert, Platinum

TOP ROCK ALBUM AC/DC, Rock or Bust The Black Keys, Turn Blue Coldplay, Ghost Stories Hozier, Hozier Lorde, Pure Heroine

TOP LATIN ALBUM Juan Gabriel, Los Dúo Enrique Iglesias, Sex and Love Romeo Santos, Formula: Vol. 2 Santana, Corazon Marc Anthony, 3.0

TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM Avicii, True Disclosure, Settle Calvin Harris, Motion Skrillex, Recess Lindsey Stirling, Shatter Me

TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUM Lecrae, Anomaly Casting Crowns, Thrive Mercy Me, Welcome to the New NEEDTOBREATHE, Rivers in the Wasteland Chris Tomlin, Love Ran Red

TOP HOT 100 SONG Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, "Fancy" John Legend, "All of Me" Sam Smith, "Stay with Me" Taylor Swift, "Shake It off" Meghan Trainor, "All about That Bass"

TOP DIGITAL SONG Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk!" Sam Smith, "Stay with Me" Taylor Swift, "Shake It off" Meghan Trainor, "All about That Bass" Pharrell Williams, "Happy

TOP RADIO SONG John Legend, "All of Me" MAGIC!, "Rude" Nico & Vinz, "Am I Wrong" Sam Smith, "Stay with Me" Pharrell Williams, "Happy

TOP STREAMING SONG (AUDIO) Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, "Fancy" Hozier, "Take Me to Church" John Legend, "All of Me" Sam Smith, "Stay With Me" Tove Lo, "Habits (Stay High)"

TOP STREAMING SONG (VIDEO) Idina Menzel, "Let It Go" Bobby Shmurda, "Hot Boy" Taylor Swift, "Blank Space" Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off" Meghan Trainor, "All About That Bass"

TOP R&B SONG Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne, French Montana, Too $hort & Tyga, "Loyal" Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz, "Talk Dirty" Jeremih feat. YG, "Don't Tell 'Em" John Legend, "All of Me" Pharrell Williams, "Happy"

TOP RAP SONG Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, "Fancy" Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora, "Black Widow" Big Sean feat. E-40, "I Don't F--- With You" Nicki Minaj, "Anaconda" Bobby Shmurda, "Hot Boy"

TOP COUNTRY SONG Jason Aldean, "Burnin' It Down" Luke Bryan, "Play It Again" Sam Hunt, "Leave the Night On" Florida Georgia Line feat. Luke Bryan, "This Is How We Roll" Florida Georgia Line, "Dirt"

TOP ROCK SONG Bastille, "Pompeii" Coldplay, "A Sky Full of Stars" Fall Out Boy, "Centuries" Hozier, "Take Me to Church" Paramore, "Ain't It Fun"

TOP LATIN SONG J Balvin feat. Farruko, "6 AM" Enrique Iglesias feat. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona, "Bailando" Romeo Santos, "Eres Mía" Romeo Santos feat. Drake, "Odio" Romeo Santos, "Propuesta Indecente"

TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC SONG Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne, "Rather Be" Disclosure feat. Sam Smith, "Latch" DJ Snake & Lil Jon, "Turn Down For What" Ariana Grande feat. Zedd, "Break Free" Calvin Harris, "Summer"

TOP CHRISTIAN SONG Francesca Battistelli, "He Knows My Name" Hillsong United, "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" MercyMe, "Greater" Newsboys, "We Believe" Carrie Underwood, "Something in the Water"

BILLBOARD CHART ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG GALAXY (FAN-VOTED) Iggy Azalea Taylor Swift Meghan Trainor