Among them were global superstars BTS, who gave the debut performance of their second English-language hit, “Butter,” which arrived only days earlier on May 21. P!nk, who was honored with the Icon Award, kicked off her career-spanning medley with a gravity-defying performance alongside 9-year-old daughter Willow Hart. And The Weeknd, who was the night’s top winner with 10 awards, commanded a fleet of convertibles in an empty parking lot for “Save Your Tears.”
Check out all of the performances from the 2021 Billboard Music Awards below:
AJR: “Bang!” and “Way Less Sad”
Alicia Keys: “Piano and I,” “A Woman’s Worth,” “How Come You Don’t Call Me,” and “Fallin'”
Bad Bunny: “Te Deseo Lo Mejor”
DJ Khaled feat. H.E.R. and Migos: “We Going Crazy”
Doja Cat feat. SZA: “Kiss Me More”
Duran Duran: “Notorious,” “Invisible,” “Hungry Like the Wolf”
Glass Animals, “Heat Waves”
Jonas Brothers feat. Marshmellow: “Sucker,” “Only Human,” “Remember This,” “What a Man Gotta Do,” “Leave Before You Love Me”
Karol G: “Bichota” and “El Makinon”
P!nk: “Cover Me in Sunshine,” “Get the Party Started,” “Just Like a Pill,” “Blow Me (One Last Kiss),” “All I Know So Far” & more
Sounds of Blackness feat. Ann Nesby: “Optimistic”
The Weeknd: “Save Your Tears”
Twenty One Pilots: “Shy Away”