'Billboard Music Awards' 2022 Lineup: All the Performers and How to Watch
The Billboard Music Awards 2022 are coming to NBC this May, with an all-star lineup of performers planned for the ceremony at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Travis Scott is among the most notable BBMA performers this year. The rapper will be giving his first televised performance since 10 people died in a crushing incident during his Astroworld Festival gig in November 2021.
Per BBMAs executive producer Diddy, it was at his insistence that Scott is playing, with the rap legend saying in an Instagram video: "For the Billboard Music Awards this Sunday I made a request, I made a demand. I said 'My brother Travis Scott has to perform. I'm executive producing, he has to perform." He added in a statement to Revolt: "I am uncanceling the canceled."
The 2022 BBMAs, however, won't feature the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The band was due to perform at the ceremony for the first time since 1999, but had to cancel due to what the Billboard Music Awards Instagram account called "unforeseen circumstances." Machine Gun Kelly and Dan + Shay were added to the performer lineup shortly after the news broke of RHCP dropping out
Ed Sheeran will also be performing live from Belfast for the ceremony. Performing in the United States, meanwhile, will be artists like Megan Thee Stallion, Silk Sonic and Burna Boy. Mary J. Blige, meanwhile, will be receiving the Billboard Icon Award a few months after her rapturously received Super Bowl performance.
Here's everyone set to perform at this year's Billboard Music Awards – and where you can watch all the performances online.
Who Is Performing?
Confirmed so far are the following:
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Dan + Shay
- Morgan Wallen
- Elle King and Miranda Lambert
- Florence + the Machine
- Mary J. Blige
- Silk Sonic (Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars)
- Travis Scott
- Ed Sheeran
- Burna Boy
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Rauw Alejandro
- Maxwell
- Becky G
How to Watch the 2022 BBMAs
This year's Billboard Music Awards will be airing live on NBC on Sunday, May 15, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
If you want to live stream the ceremony online, you have a few options. Cable subscribers can log in to the NBC website or app livestream with their TV provider details, while cord cutters can watch the BBMAs on NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock.
Peacock is live-streaming the ceremony at the same time it airs on NBC. The ceremony, however, will only be available to those who have one of the two paid tiers of Peacock – Peacock Premium ($4.99 a month/$49.99 a year) or Peacock Premium Plus ($9.99 a month/$99.99 a year).
The streaming service no longer offers a free trial, but there is a way of watching the Billboard Music Awards live online for free. An NBC live stream is offered on online cable alternatives like YouTubeTV, Hulu Plus Live TV and Sling. Most of these services offer a free trial for new subscribers.
