The 2011 Billboard Music Awards

Announcer: The Billboard music awards are back and bigger than ever.

With the hottest performances from the best stars in music.

Get ready, because, here it comes.

The 2011 Billboard music awards.

Ladies and gentlemen, rihanna.

Grand in Las Vegas, it's the 2011 Billboard music awards.

Hosted by Ken jeong.

Announcer: Live from the mgm with performances by -- the Black Eyed Peas

Mary j. Blige taio Cruz Neil diamond far east movement cee lo green ke$ha

lady antebellum lil' Wayne Nicki minaj ne-yo onerepublic pitbull rihanna

snoop dogg Keith urban and special appearances by -- Beyonce Britney Spears

and u2.

Ladies and gentlemen, your host for tonight's Billboard music

awards, from "the hangover part 2," Ken jeong.

Yeah, Ken.

It's a music show.

Aren't you, like, a comedian or something?

What the hell?

What the hell?

Oh, no you didn't!

Take that!

Okay, let's do this.

Give it up for my boo Nicki give it up for the Ken jeong dancers!

Yeah.

Hey, hey.

That's all right.

She got drops of Jupiter.

Pat monahan, give it up.

How you doing, Vegas?

Make some noise!

Thank you so much for coming.

My name is Ken jeong, I'll be your host for tonight.

It is great to see you again here in Vegas.

This time with my clothes on.

So, I get it.

Welcome to the 2011 Billboard music awards.

The music show that's number one with a bullet.

All right?

What about, give it up, rihanna and Britney.

Oh, my lord.

Don't worry.

Pat and I will be back to work some poems later on in the show for symmetry.

Listen.

I couldn't be more honored to be standing in this town hosting

the biggest and best stars in music today.

I love you, too, baby.

That's not just according to me.

That's according to the people at Billboard who keep track of

the music you're buying, downloading, streaming, listening to on the radio,

seeing on tour and massacring when you sing in the shower.

You are in for an amazing night full of people who sing and

perform much better than me.

So, while I regain my breath,

please allow me to gleefully introduce our first presenter of

the night, he's America's favorite teacher, and a great

singer with his debut album just out, here to teach us how it's

done, give it up, Matthew morrison.

Wow.

Ken obviously listened to his music teacher.

To make it to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart is pretty cool.

To stay at the top, that's even cooler.

When you put them all together, the five finalists for album

artist of the year spent almost half of the past year at number

one on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Here's why.

Lady antebellum.

Taylor swift.

Emin eminem.

Susan boyle.

Justin bieber.

And the Billboard 200 album artest of the year is -- Taylor swift.

Announcer: Taylor swift's last two albums both debuted at

number one and "speak now"

became only the third by a woman to sell more than a million copies in a week.

Wow.

I want to thank -- I want to thank my record label for

working so hard and I want to thank my family, my mom, my dad,

my brother, for giving me the chance to make albums.

And -- you know, the impact of an album is all determined by

the fans, you're the ones who play the music in your cars and in your rooms.

And you've just given me another reason to be completely in love with you.

Thank you so much for this.

Announcer: Turn it up.

The Black Eyed Peas mash up their greatest hits next.

Then, Keith urban, cee lo, lady an tell bell lum and Beyonce.

Announcer: Welcome back to the mgm grand in Las Vegas.

Please welcome two kings of television.

Your host, Ken jeong, and the emmy-winning star of modern

family, Eric stonestreet.

Elvis.

Take a hike, tiny Elvis.

I'm leaving the building.

All right, thank you, Ken, thank you very much.

Our next award is digital artist of the year.

The five finalists have been viewed an amaiding 5.6 billion

times on YouTube and vivo.

And have sold 129 million tracks.

Here are the musicians we have all downloaded into our hearts this past year.

Announcer: Rihanna.

Eminem.

Justin bieber.

Akon.

Lady gaga.

And the digital artist of the year is -- get up here, bieber.

Announcer: His view owe is the most-watched clip all-time on YouTube.

And he spent more weeks at number one of billworld's social

50 charts than anyone else.

Thank you so much.

I want to thank all my fans, I wouldn't be here without my fans.

I want to thank my mom, I want to thank my whole family, I want

to thank scooter braun, Usher, I want to thank basically

everybody who's helped me get out of my hometown and really

just live my dream, so -- I want to thank everybody at the label,

you guys are amazing.

I love you.

I love you, I love you.

Announcer: Please welcome Kylie minogue.

This quartet makes it look simple.

But their hard-hitting beats and seductive lyrics are masterful.

Together they've given us a stunning series of crowd-pleasing party anthems.

So Vegas, the question is -- are you ready to party?

Good, because I give you the Black Eyed Peas!

Okay, you win already, black * she give the hotness a new meaning *

Billboard hot 100 song of this year?

You'll find out next.

Plus, performances by Keith urban, Mary j. Blige and lil

Wayne, lady antebellum, cee lo and Nicki minaj returns with

special guest Britney Spears when the 2011 Billboard music

awards continue, live on abc.

You ever wonder in the middle of an award show, the

host disappears, what does he do?

Wonder no more.

I got a lot to do in 20 minutes.

Vegas baby, yeah!

Okay, you're in luck.

Two tickets.

One for you and one for you.

Need some seat fillers.

Okay, go.

Can I get a what what?

Focus.

Got to get my drink on.

Woo.

Okay.

I'd like a ripple -- we have a lot of other good wine here.

Go get it, my man.

Running out of time.

Running out of time.

Ticket for one.

Ken jeong!

Yeah.

Kiss me on my mouth.

I'm the host!

I'm out.

Wow.

I think I might have dropped something.

Let's go, boys.

Running out of time.

Thank you.

How is Vegas treating you?

the best 20 minutes of my life.

Wow.

So glad I wiped the wine off of my face.

You know what else I love about * I'm stuck in your head lock *

Vegas?

You run into so many old friends here.

Like, these guys, who may look far.

Hey, Vegas.

We really wish we could be there tonight with our good friend and

your host tonight, Ken jeong.

We all love Ken.

Who doesn't?

Especially when he's properly dressed, as we can only pray he is tonight.

In fact, the only thing that we loved more than Ken is music.

Mostly urban music.

So let's hear it for the most urban artist of all -- Keith urban.

Gentleman, Randy Jackson.

What's going down?

What's going down?

All right, so, listen.

Let me ask you a question, all right?

So, what do you get when you take some new artists that are,

like, new to the game and their topping the charts and you mix

them with some veterans that have been at the top of the charts for years?

Yo, you get some amazing music, right?

And here are the finalists for the top hot 100 Billboard song

of the year right here.

Check it out.

Announcer: "Tdynamite," taio Cruz.

Bruno Mars, "just the way you are."

Eminem featuring rihanna, "love the way you lie."

Katy Perry featuring snoop dogg, "California gurls."

Usher featuring will.I.Am, "omg."

And the hot 100 song of the year is -- taio Cruz, "dynamite."

Announcer: After his debut hit "break your heart" topped

the charts, taio Cruz's career continued to explode with

"dynamite" which stayed on the hot 100 charts for a whopping 46 weeks.

This is the first time I've ever received an award and come

up here to receive it.

So, I'm very, very nervous right now.