How to watch Billboard Music Awards 2023: live stream BBMAs free from anywhere

Watch Billboard Music Awards 2023 online

You can watch the 2023 Billboard Music Awards live and for free on the dedicated BBMAs.watch website all over the world. Full details on how to watch the 2023 Billboard Music Awards just below, including performances and nominees.

Billboard Music Awards 2023: preview 

Taylor Swift could make BBMA history on Sunday night, with the "Anti-Hero" singer leading the way with a whopping 20 nominations. The country starlet turned pop juggernaut already has 29 trophies on her shelf, which makes her the most successful female artist in Billboard Music Awards history, but if things go her way this weekend she could surpass Drake to become the outright leader. Drake has 34 BBMAs and is a 14-nomination finalist this year.

Other artists expected to win big at the big bash at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas include Morgan Wallen (back on the scene after his drunken racial slur a couple of years ago) with 17 nominations, the same number as SZA, followed by The Weeknd with 16. Drake and Zach Bryan have 14 nods apiece, while Luke Combs has rocked up with 10 nominations.

P Diddy presented last year’s awards, but Billboard has decided to shake things up this year, by eschewing a host altogether. Instead, the show will be anchored at a variety of locations. How that works in practice remains to be seen, but it’s good to see a bit of variety with awards.

The headline acts performing on the night are Karol G, Stray Kids, David Guetta, Peso Pluma, NewJeans and Morgan Wallen. Hot on the scene right now are Stray Kids, who are set to perform their hit single “Lalalala”, a debut for the K-Pop group at the BBMA. They’ve also been nominated for both Top Global K-Pop Artist and Top K-Pop Album.

And to round off the night, Mariah Carey will be performing her 29-year-old classic hit single “All I Want for Christmas Is You” to end the ceremony. Where has time gone?

Read on as we explain how to watch a 2023 Billboard Music Awards live stream from anywhere. We've also listed the Billboard Music Awards performances and main category nominees further down the page.

How to watch Billboard Music Awards 2023 for FREE

The 2023 Billboard Music Awards are being live streamed for FREE on the dedicated BBMAs.watch website, which isn't live at the time of writing, but will be up and running come showtime.

The BBMAs start at 8pm ET / 5pm PT on Sunday evening, which is 1am GMT in the early hours of Monday morning for viewers in the UK, and 12pm AEDT on Monday afternoon if you're on Australia time.

If you're currently visiting a country where the BBMAs.watch stream isn't accessible, you can use a VPN to unblock the feed from anywhere.  

How to watch Billboard Music Awards 2023 from outside your country

If you’re abroad when the 2023 Billboard Music Awards air, you might struggle to watch the ceremony due to annoying geo-blocking restrictions.

Thankfully, there’s an easy solution. Downloading a VPN will let you stream the BBMAs online no matter where you are. It's a simple bit of software that changes your IP address, meaning that you can access on-demand content or live TV like you would back at home.

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2023 Billboard Music Awards performances

• NewJeans
• David Guetta 
• Bebe Rexha
• KAROL G
• Peso Pluma
• Morgan Wallen
• Stray Kids

2023 Billboard Music Awards nominations

Top Artist

• Luke Combs
• Drake
• Taylor Swift
• SZA
• Morgan Wallen

Top New Artist

• Zach Bryan
• Ice Spice
• Jelly Roll
• Peso Pluma
• Bailey Zimmerman