Billboard Live Music Awards: Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Beyonce Among Nominees
Hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr. and taking place at the Montage in Beverly Hills on Nov. 13, this year’s awards will honor John Mayer, Shawn Mendes, Kevin Lyman and Chip Hooper, among others.

Billboard has announced the nominees for this year’s Billboard Live Music Awards, honoring the top tours, festivals, venues and executives and touring artists in music. The awards take place the first night of the Billboard Live Music Summit on Nov. 13. at the Montage in Beverly Hills.
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. from The Daily Show With Trevor Noah will host this year's Billboard Live Music Awards, bringing his “charismatic crankiness” to the star-studded evening, which includes top honors for John Mayer, who is accepting the Legend of Live award; Shawn Mendes, who is accepting Billboard’s first-ever Artist of the Year award; and Sebastian Maniscalco, who is accepting Billboard’s first-ever Comedian of the Year award. Known for his thought-provoking humor, Wood is also the host of Comedy Central story-telling series This Is Not Happening and in 2017 released the critically acclaimed one-hour stand-up special Father Figure. His second Comedy Central one-hour special, No One Loves You, will premiere at the beginning of 2019.
Billboard has created a new award honoring industry pioneer Chip Hooper. Developed in association with Hooper’s family and Paradigm, the Chip Hooper Award will be presented to a rising star in music. The nominees for the inaugural award are Kelly Stelbasky with Live Nation, Brittanie Delava with AEG, Rebeca Leon from Lionfish Management, Jeff Krones with CAA and Alicia Karlin at Madison House Presents. A special jury compromising Billboard editorial staff, Paradigm agents, music industry executives and friends and family of Chip Hooper will vote to determine this year’s winner, who will be announced at the awards.
Billboard also will present Kevin Lyman from the Kevin Lyman Group with Billboard’s Humanitarian Award for the work he has done with FEND, an anti-opioid mobile phone app that uses gamification to teach young people about the dangers of abusing prescription drugs. Through activations like last year’s Warped Tour and cutting-edge apparel, FEND (Free Energy, No Drugs) encourages young people to check in, learn about the dangers of opioid use, earn points and win prizes.
A full list of nominees follows.
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Breakthrough Artist
Maluma
Cardi B
Post Malone
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Top World Tour
Beyonce & Jay-Z
Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift
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Top U.S. Tour
Beyonce & Jay-Z
Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift
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Top Draw
Beyonce & Jay-Z
Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift
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Top Comedy Tour
Kevin Hart
Sebastian Maniscalco
Chris Rock
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Top Festival
Life is Beautiful Festival
Lollapalooza Brazil
Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
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Top Agency
CAA
Paradigm
WME
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Concert Marketing and Promotion
Travis Scott x Red Bull, Lyft, Snapchat + American Express for the “ASTROWORLD”
Album & Tour Launch
Marshmello x Bumble
Khalid x Hollister
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Top Manager
Andrew Gertler
Sharon Osbourne
Dre London
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Top Arena
The Forum, Inglewood, Calif.
Madison Square Garden, New York
O2 Arena, London
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Top Venue
Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City
Radio City Music Hall, New York
Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas
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Top Venue
The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
Fox Theatre, Atlanta
Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis
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Top Club
9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn
The Showroom at the Flamingo, Las Vegas
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Top Amphitheater
Greek Theatre, Los Angeles
Hearst Greek Theatre, Berkeley
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
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Top Promoters AEG
Frontier
Touring Group
Live Nation
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Top Independent Promoter
Another Planet Entertainment
OCESA-CIE
T4F-Time For Fun
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Top Boxscore
Ed Sheeran
Wembley Stadium, London
June 14 – 17, 2018 (4 shows)Taylor Swift
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.
July 20 – 22, 2018 (2 shows)U2
Estadio do Morumbi, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Oct. 19 – 25, 2018 (4 shows)