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"Taylor Swift has scooped eight prizes at this year&amp;#039;s Billboard Music Awards. The country singer was presented with the &amp;#039;Top Artist&amp;#039; trophy - beating nominees including Justin Bieber and One Direction - along with the awards for &amp;#039;Top Billboard 200 Album&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Top Female Artist&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Top Billboard 200 Artist&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Top Digital Songs Artist&amp;#039;.  She also took home the awards for &amp;#039;Top Country Artist&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Top Country Album&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Top Country Song&amp;#039;.  Swift, who performed during Sunday night&amp;#039;s (May 19) telecast at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, was pipped to the &amp;#039;Milestone&amp;#039; award by Justin Bieber, who also won the awards for &amp;#039;Top Male Artist&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Top Social Artist&amp;#039;. Other major winners included Carly Rae Jepsen, who was presented with the award for &amp;#039;Top Digital Song&amp;#039;, and One Direction, who took home two prizes - &amp;#039;Top New Artist&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Top Duo/Group&amp;#039;.  American Idol judge Nicki Minaj was named &amp;#039;Top Streaming Artist&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Top Rap Artist&amp;#039;, and also won the &amp;#039;Top Rap Album&amp;#039; gong.   Madonna was presented with the &amp;#039;Top Touring Artist&amp;#039; trophy by will.i.am, while the &amp;#039;Top 100 Song&amp;#039; award was won by Gotye and Kimbra&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Somebody That I Used To Know&amp;#039;. Prince made an appearance at the ceremony to accept the prestigious &amp;#039;Billboard Music Icon&amp;#039; award, bringing the broadcast to a close with a special performance. Other performers at the awards, which were hosted by Tracy Morgan, included Christina Aguilera, Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Icona Pop, Selena Gomez and David Guetta. Photo gallery - Billboard Music Awards 2013 ceremony in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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