Drake Breaks Taylor Swift's Record for Most Billboard Music Awards Drake took home 12 wins at
the 2019 Billboard Music Awards,
raising his career total to 27. He is now the most-awarded artist in
Billboard history, dethroning Taylor
Swift’s previous record of 23 career wins. Drake won awards for Top Artist,
Top Male Artist, Top Billboard
200 Album, Top Rap Artist and more. He beat out artists such as
Ariana Grande, Post Malone and
Ed Sheeran in several categories. In his Top Artist acceptance speech,
Drake dedicated the award to his mother. Drake, at Billboard Music Awards