Mother's Day is in a couple weeks, but rap star Drake honoured his mom when he won the night's top honour at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards.
Drake picked up top artist -- besting Cardi B, Ariana Grande, Post Malone and Travis Scott -- in Las Vegas on Wednesday night.
"Shout-out to Arya Stark for putting in that work last week," he said of the "Game of Thrones" star who shined in last week's episode. Imagine Dragons did pick up top rock artist, and band leader Dan Reynolds used his speech to highlight the dangers of conversion therapy on LGBTQ youth. He earned rousing applause. Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard followed suit, telling the audience after winning top country song: "In the spirt of so much truth being spoken tonight by so many talented artists, I think we should speak some truth.
Mariah Carey's twins cheered her on as she sang a medley of her hits and accepted the Icon award. She was in diva form before taking the award from Jennifer Hudson, throwing her napkin on the floor after dabbing her face with it. "I remember when I first hit the Billboard at No. 85 with 'Bodak Yellow' -- I celebrated that the same way I celebrated all my No. 1s on the Hot 100," she said after winning the top rap song honour for "I Like It."
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