The nu-metal band also received three awards.
Linkin Park performed their single “The Emptiness Machine” at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards. Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong closed the event with their duet.
Live recording of their hit “The Emptiness Machine” in Brazil
The Billboard Music Awards took place on December 12, 2024. The event was streamed live on Paramount+ and was also available on Fox and Amazon Fire TV. The BBMA show was hosted by American comedienne and actress Michelle Bureau. At the end of the award ceremony there was a recording of the Linkin Park show from November 15th in São Paulo, Brazil. Here they performed the song from their current album FROM ZERO. In addition to Linkin Park, Coldplay also performed “All My Love” as well as Fuerza Regida, Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney, Teddy Swims, Tyla, Seventeen, Shaboozey and Stray Kids.
By the way, the Billboard Music Awards are not determined by a jury or through voting. In fact, the awards are based on chart rankings, sales figures and other data-based factors about the participants.
Linkin Park won three trophies
The nu-metal band won in the categories “Top Hard Rock Artist”, “Top Rock Duo” and “Top Rock Group”. According to Billboard, Linkin Park’s record FROM ZERO topped the charts in 14 countries and landed at number two on the Billboard 200 charts. The track, which was aired for Billboard recognition, peaked at number three on the Billboard Global 200 chart, among others.
Taylor Swift received the most BBMA awards of all time
By the way, Taylor Swift was able to achieve extraordinary success. She won ten awards that evening, making her the musician with the most BBMA wins in the history of the awards. She won in the categories “Top Artist”, “Top Billboard 200 Artist” and “Top Hot 100 Songwriter” – just to name a few. But other artists such as Chappell Roan, Tyla, Teddy Swims and Zach Bryan also did not miss out on the awards.