Luke Combs won country artist of the year for the fourth consecutive year. It beat, among others, a second Bieber collab, “Peaches,” which featured Daniel Caesar and Giveon. “Stay” by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber won best collaboration. The song brought Rodrigo the award for TikTok bop of the year, while Camila Cabello won best cover song for her cover version of the smash. And Rodrigo’s pop-punk smash “good 4 u,” which shows the influence of such Lavigne hits as “Sk8er Boi,” resulted in two awards. Rodrigo was likewise 17 when she scored her breakthrough smash, “driver’s license.” Rodrigo also won the award for new pop artist. “It’s OK to be delusional when you’re chasing your dreams,” he concluded.Īvril Lavigne, who landed her first hit on the Billboard Hot 100, “Complicated,” when she was just 17, presented Rodrigo’s award. In accepting his award, Lil Nas X pointed out that he was “delusional” to think he could drop out of school and make it big, come out of the closet at the peak of his career, and record a song about gay lust (“Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”) and have it become a smash hit.

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