2013 Billboard Music Awards

The 2013 Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held on May 19, 2013, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was aired on ABC at 8:00/7:00 PM central. The show was hosted by Tracy Morgan.

Presenters

 * Shania Twain — Presented "Top Rap Artist"
 * Jennifer Nettles – Introduced The Band Perry
 * Carly Rae Jepsen — Introduced Icona Pop
 * PSY — Introduced Chris Brown
 * Alyssa Milano and Avril Lavigne — Presented "Top Digital Song"
 * Hayden Panettiere — Introduced Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
 * Kid Rock — Presented "Top Rap Song"
 * Selena Gomez — Introduced Taylor Swift
 * Florida Georgia Line — Introduced Kacey Musgraves
 * will.i.am — Presented "Top Touring Artist"
 * Ariana Grande — Introduced Justin Bieber
 * Emmy Rossum and Jason Derulo — Presented "Top Billboard 200 Album"
 * Ke$ha — Introduced Pitbull and Christina Aguilera
 * Miley Cyrus — Presented "Top Male Artist"
 * Jennifer Morrison — Introduced Miguel
 * Chloë Grace Moretz — Introduced Ed Sheeran
 * Gabriel Mann and Stana Katic — Introduced Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull
 * Kelly Rowland and Austin Mahone — Presented "EDM – Electronic Dance Music"
 * Wiz Khalifa and SkyBlu — Introduced will.i.am and Justin Bieber
 * Jenny McCarthy – Introduced David Guetta, Akon and Ne-Yo
 * Cee Lo Green — Presented "Milestone Award"
 * Celine Dion — Presented "Artist of the Year"
 * Erykah Badu and Janelle Monáe – Presented "Icon Award"

Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first.

Live-GIFs
Tumblr chose the 2013 Billboard Music Awards as the basis for their first live TV integration. Creative agency Deckhouse Digital was hired for the event, designing an innovative live-gif system which allowed them to produce animated GIFs during the broadcast, and post them directly to Billboard's tumblr page in real time. Users of the blogging site were able to view and share animated images of events unfolding on stage just minutes after watching them live on ABC.