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"I want to say, hold tight Adele, because when a new thing
drops you'll be back to get the record back," the Canadian
recording artist said in accepting one of his awards at the
star-studded event held in Las Vegas.
Drake, who also won top artist, top male artist and top rap
album for "Views", later posed for photographers surrounded by
his microphone-shaped trophies.
The three-hour show -- hosted by hip-hop artist Ludacris and
former High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgins -- included
performances by Miley Cyrus, the Chainsmokers, Nicki Minaj and
Imagine Dragons.
Beyonce and Twenty One Pilots each took five awards, although
they were absent from the ceremony. The Chainsmokers earned
four, including top collaboration and top hot 100 song for
"Closer" with Halsey.
Blake Shelton took home the award for top country artist, and
top country song went to Florida Georgia Line.
Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling" won top selling
song and top radio song.
The Icon Award for achievement in music went to Cher, 71, who
gave a heartfelt speech after performing two of her biggest hits
-- "Believe" and "If I Could Turn Back Time".
"I want to thank my mom because when I was really young, my mom
said 'You're not going to be the smartest. You're not going to
be the prettiest. You're not going to be the most talented, but
you're going to be special,'" Cher said.
Canadian singer Celine Dion delivered an emotional performance
of her award-winning song "My Heart Will Go On" from the
soundtrack of the movie "Titanic" to mark 20 years since its
release.
Dion, who was Billboard's Icon last year, lost her husband and
former manager Rene Angelil to cancer in 2016.
(Reporting by Reuters Television, Writing by Karishma Singh,
Editing by Darren Schuettler)
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