The 2012 Billboard Music Awards is a music award ceremony that was held on May 20, 2012 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It aired live on ABC at 8:00/7:00 PM central. The show was hosted by Modern Family's Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell.^[1][2][3]

The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums from 2011.^[4][5][6]

Notes

^A - Midway through the performance, ABC cut to commercial.

• Julianne Hough – Presented the Top Social Artist Award
• Lisa Marie Presley – Presented the Spotlight Award
• Robin Thicke – Introduced Kelly Clarkson
• Miley Cyrus – Presented the Top New Artist Award
• Brandy – Introduced Chris Brown
• Natasha Bedingfield – Gave short monologue and tribute to Donna Summer
• Kris Kristofferson – Gave speech to highlight accomplishments of Taylor Swift
• Zooey Deschanel – Presented Woman of the Year Award
• Far East Movement – Introduced Usher
• Jason Derülo – Presented Hot 100 Song of the Year
• Wiz Khalifa – Presented Top Duo/Group
• Luke Bryan – Introduced Carrie Underwood
• Gladys Knight – Presented Male Artist of the Year
• Swizz Beatz – Introduced Linkin Park
• Monica and Eric Benet – Presented R&B Artist of the Year
• Whoopi Goldberg – Introduced Whitney Houston tribute
• Bobbi Kristina Brown and Pat Houston – Accepted Millennium Award
• Taio Cruz – Introduced Patent Pending
• Gavin DeGraw – Introduced Nelly Furtado
• Alicia Keys – Presented Icon Award

Winners are listed in bold.^[9][10]