Billboard Awards 2022: Doja Cat wins the first award of the night for Top R&B Album

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Olivia Rodrigo and Kanye West were the early big winners at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, taking home six awards each of the 54 awards that were announced before the show started at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.Other big winners were Drake with five awards, adding to his all-time most Billboard Award wins with 34, and The Kid Laroi, who won his first five awards for his song with Justin Bieber, Stay.Doja Cat also won two awards -Top R&B Artist, and won Top R&B Female Artist - before the show started, hosted by Diddy, before winning the first award on the telecast.

First winner:Doja Cat also won two awards - Top R&B Artist, and won Top R&B Female Artist - before the show started, hosted by Diddy, before winning the first award on the telecastDoja Cat won the first award for Top R&B Album for her album Planet Her, beating out GIVĒON (When It’s All Said And Done…Take Time), Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak - An Evening With Silk Sonic), Summer Walker (Still Over It) and The Weeknd (Dawn FM).'Wow.

We did it! We did it! Thank you guys so much. I want to thank my fans again and yeah, I'm very grateful and I'm excited to see more people win,' she began. 'It's just wonderful to be here tonight with everybody, and, yeah, thank you, mom and, yeah, that's it,' she concluded.

First winner:Doja Cat won the first award for Top R&B Album for her album Planet Her, beating out GIVĒON (When It’s All Said And Done…Take Time), Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak - An Evening With Silk Sonic), Summer Walker (Still Over It) and The Weeknd (Dawn FM) Wonderful:'It's just wonderful to be here tonight with everybody, and, yeah, thank you, mom and, yeah, that's it,' she concludedMegan Thee Stallion took home the second award.