Billboard Music Awards 2020: Billie Eilish scoops up the first honor for Top Billboard 200 Album

Billboard Music Awards 2020: Billie Eilish scoops up the first honor for Top Billboard 200 Album as she accepts the gong wearing a face mask

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Billie Eilish became the first winner at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, scooping up the gong for Top Billboard 200 Album.

Beating out competitors Drake, Khalid, Post Malone, and Taylor Swift for the honor, Eilish arrived on stage wearing a face mask as she was presented the award by Nicole Richie. 

‘Oh, gosh. Oh, this is heavy,’ Eilish, 18, remarked as she accepted the award, live from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on Wednesday. ‘Thank you, Nicole. Thank you guys so much this is amazing. I wanted to say, thank you to the fans, thank you for believing in me and caring about me still, I don’t know why you do I also want to say that I never, ever take these for granted. It is always a shock when I win anything at all. Thank you, billboard thank you, guys. I love you thank you, thank you, thank you, mwah.’ 

‘Thank you for believing in me’: Billie Eilish became the first winner at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, scooping up the gong for Top Billboard 200 Album

Next, Sia performed Courage To Change on stage wearing an elaborate yellow bow on her hair.

The show opened with host Kelly Clarkson performing Higher Love in a dazzling gold dress, before enthusiastically kicking off the ceremony to an audience-less room.

‘There’s no audience, it’s just me. Yeah, I’m my own own hype girl!’ Kelly remarked as she enthusiastically opened the show.

'I love you thank you': Beating out competitors Drake, Khalid, Post Malone, and Taylor Swift for the honor, Eilish arrived on stage wearing a face mask as she was presented the award by Nicole Richie

‘I love you thank you’: Beating out competitors Drake, Khalid, Post Malone, and Taylor Swift for the honor, Eilish arrived on stage wearing a face mask as she was presented the award by Nicole Richie