Yeah so like I said she snuck in an album last year

Oh you’re talking about Lover, idk why I thought you were talking about folklore

No... billboard already reported the list. Drake won.

It was after the deadline. I believe the deadline was in October

Another giveaway was him calling himself the artist of the decade in his interview with Elliott Wilson and B. Dot late last year. I bet Billboard has already let him know that he has the honor in the bag. The ceremony honoring him just got delayed for obvious reasons.

I wonder if it will officially be announced tmrr or will it be hush hush like the VMAs did with Gaga

pretty sure it came out in the summer

iirc they said the top 5 would be announced during the BBMAs

It will be announced on October 14 at the award ceremony. The only thing being announced today are nominations for the normal awards they give out.

Billboard already took that album into account. She came second according to the leaked list

Damn... They’re really having to do an award show for pretty much 2 year old songs because of COVID lol

Like Sunflower came out in October 2018

Not really. It was meant to hold in April, it got pushed to October. This is always how it happens. The tracking period for the BBMAs is March-March every year.

Drake has won the Top Billboard 200 Artist award 3 years in a row now (2017, 2018 and 2019), a testament to the consistency and dominance of his albums on the Billboard 200. I wonder if he'll be able to win this year again.

Drake about to do something Michael Jordan never did..

4-Peat

Wait so is artist of the decade being given?

Yes.

He didn't win it in 2018. Kendrick did.

Nah it was Drake
google.com/amp/s/www.billboard.com/amp/articles/news/bbma/8456842/billboard-music-awards-2018-winners-list-bbmas

Presumably not since DLDT came out after their tracking ended?

You're thinking of Top Billboard 200 ALBUM. I'm referring to Top Billboard 200 ARTIST.

ol boy in this thread currently 0/5. need to start fact checking

The person who wins the award is the artist whose entire catalog moves the most unit in the tracking period the BBMAs considers. Drake mostly wins even if he doesn't drop because he charts so many albums every week. Also, Scorpion moved over 1M unit last year, along with the units SFG and Care Package moved. It'll be between him and Post Malone.