The Top Moments on Twitter from the Billboard Music Awards

By Adam Flomenbaum 

The hype before last night’s Billboard Music Awards was all about the release of Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated music video, ‘Bad Blood.’ Still, the moments that generated the most conversation on Twitter globally (from three hours before the show to the end of the ceremony) were:

  1. Kendall and Kylie Jenner introduce Kanye and he performs
  2. Taylor Swift wins Top Female Artist
  3. Hozier performs “Take Me to Church”

And the most Tweeted-about stars (from three hours before the show to the end of the ceremony):

  1. Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13)
  2. One Direction (@onedirection)
  3. Iggy Azalea (@IGGYAZALEA)
  4. Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran)
  5. 5th Harmony (@FifthHarmony)

For the lead up to the ‘Bad Blood’ premiere Twitter created custom hashtag emoji exclusively on mobile, Yesterday and today, tweeting with #BadBloodMusicVideo triggers this:

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