Yesterday, Drake broke a new record by taking home 13 awards at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. Adele held the record previously with winning 12 awards back in 2012.

Out of his 22 nominations, Drizzy won awards in the categories: “Top Billboard 200 Artist”, “Top Hot 100 Artist”, “Top Song Sales Artist”, “Top Streaming Songs Artist”, “Top Rap Artist”, “Top Rap Album”, “Top Rap Tour”, “Top Streaming Song (Audio)”, “Top R&B Song”, “Top R&B Collaboration”, “Top Male Artist”, “Top Billboard 200 Album”, and “Top Artist”.

You can see Drizzy Drake accepting 3 of his awards in clips after the jump below. When accepting the “Top Artist” award, the 6 God brought up his Young Money label-mates on stage with him!

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The nominations for the 2017 Billboard Music Awards have been announced today and Drake was one of the most nominated music artists.

Drizzy was nominated a total of 22 times in the categories: “Top Artist”, “Top Male Artist”, “Top Billboard 200 Artist”, “Top Hot 100 Artist”, “Top Song Sales Artist”, “Top Radio Songs Artist”, “Top Streaming Songs Artist”, “Top Rap Artist”, “Top Rap Tour”, “Top Billboard 200 Album”, “Top Rap Album”, “Top Hot 100 Song”, “Top Selling Song”, “Top Radio Song”, “Top Streaming Song (Audio)”, “Top Collaboration”, “Top R&B Song”, “Top R&B Collaboration”, and “Top Rap Song”.

Nicki Minaj also received a nomination in the “Billboard Chart Achievement Award” category. This year’s Billboard Music Awards will air May 21st at 8:00PM on ABC. You can see who the Young Money artists’ competition is to win their awards below!

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