It was her second time hosting the awards show.
And Kelly Clarkson made the most of her opportunity on Wednesday night, thrilling the crowd with an electrifying opening medley at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The 37-year-old songstress even impressed Cardi B with a scintillating recreation of her Best Rap Song award winning hit, I Like It.
Working it: Kelly Clarkson made the most of her hosting opportunity on Wednesday night, thrilling the crowd with an electrifying opening medley at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada
The American Idol-winning songstress began her hosting duties with a skit that poked fun at her Academy of Country Music Awards mishap earlier this year.
At the event, Kelly was mistaken for a seat filler by security - and she recreated the embarrassing scenario with New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski playing a guard who again tries to eject her from her seat.
So Clarkson attempts to prove she's truly the show's host, by busting into a medley of current hits, including songs by BTS and Cardi B.
In fact, her rendition of Cardi's I Like It drew applause from the rap superstar herself as she watched on from her seat.
The 37-year-old songstress even impressed Cardi B with a scintillating recreation of her Best Rap Song award winning hit, I Like It
She likes it: In fact, her rendition of Cardi's I Like It drew applause from the rap superstar herself as she watched on from her seat
However 'Gronk' is unmoved and despite her protests that she's the host, Clarkson is dragged away by the NFL star.
Clarkson wore a host of flattering outfits for her hosting duties.
The Since U Been Gone hitmaker took to the red carpet in a shimmering, high neck black gown.
A thigh-high split revealed her rainbow-strapped stilettos, as well as the singer's shapely gams.
Dragged out: The American Idol-winning songstress began her hosting duties with a skit that poked fun at her Academy of Country Music Awards mishap earlier this year
Practical: For her opening medley, Kelly swapped the restrictive gown for a little black dress that allowed her to dance more freely
Looking good: Clarkson wore a host of flattering outfits for her hosting duties
For her opening medley, Kelly swapped the restrictive gown for a little black dress that allowed her to dance more freely.
She paired the classic LBD with a pair of ankle boots.
The Grammy-winning musical artist wore her wavy blonde tresses loose and cascading across her shoulders for the performance, and she modeled chic black nails courtesy of celebrity manicurist Kim Truong, who used KISS Gel Fantasy Nails to create the look.
'Kelly loves KISS nails for the red carpet because she can quickly switch up her look the very next day,' Kim revealed.
'She wanted a gel effect black manicure tonight to compliment her sequined red carpet dress and knew it would for sure coordinate with all of her looks throughout the night.'
Good hair day: The Grammy-winning musical artist wore her wavy blonde tresses loose and cascading across her shoulders for the performance
Chart-toppers of all genres will celebrate their success at the Billboard Music Awards tonight.
The performance-heavy honors are set to impress as they take the stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Kicking off the Kelly Clarkson-hosted festivities, Taylor Swift will regale audiences with a rendition her brand new track ME! besides Panic At The Disco frontman Brendon Urie.
And though she hasn't had an album since 2017's Reputation, the 23-time Billboard winner is also nominated for the Top Female Artist and Top Touring Artist awards tonight.
The Jonas Brothers will serenade the crowd with their ear-worm Sucker while superstar Mariah Carey is set to take the stage to since her classic Always Be My Baby and new track A No No.
Performer Ariana Grande will not appear in person, but will offer a rendition of her favorite 7 Rings, which was Pre-recorded from the Sweetener World Tour at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
All that glitters: The Since U Been Gone hitmaker took to the red carpet in a shimmering, high neck black gown
Famous friends: The American Idol winner posed on the red carpet with Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria
Madonna is joining forces with Colombian crooner Maluma for a live performance of their track Medellin. (The star reportedly shelled out $5m of her own money for the lavish performance, according to TMZ.)
Halsey will team up with K-pop hotshots BTS as they grace their second ever Billboards.
And Paula Abdul will perform a medley of her greatest hits as the evening's recipient of The Icon Award.
Also set to hit the stage: Ciara, Lauren Daigle, Dan + Shay, Tori Kelly, Khalid, and Panic! At The Disco.
And there are plenty of trophies to hand out this evening.
Cardi B has the most nominations, competing 21 times in 18 categories - almost beating Drake and The Chainsmokers records for most noms.
The Bronx talent will even compete against herself in three categories, as she's up for honors in top Hot 100 song, as well as top selling song, and top collaboration.
Repeat offender: It was Kelly's second time hosting the awards show
Pretty in pink: Clarkson didn't just host, she also performed her song from the movie UglyDolls called Broken and Beautiful
Picture perfect: Clarkson also looked amazing in this final costume change from her night of hosting
Meanwhile, Post Malone and Drake follow close behind with a commendable 17 nominations a piece. Travis Scott joins the elite nominees with 12 nods.
Fans can expect an A-list collection of presenters as well.
Among the presenters: Asher Angel, Becky G, Chrissy Metz & Justin Hartley, Cobie Smulders, Dave Bautista & Kumail Nanjiani, David Guetta, Erin & Sara Foster, Eva Longoria, Florida Georgia Line, Jennifer Hudson, Jesse Spencer, Julia Michaels, Julianne Hough, Kane Brown, Olivia Wilde, Beanie Feldstein & Kaitlyn Dever, Ralph Macchio, Rob Gronkowski, Ross Lynch & Kiernan Shipka, Sabrina Carpenter, Sophie Turner & Tye Sheridan, Terry Crews and William Zabka.
The Billboard Music Awards will air Wednesday May 1 at 8pm EST on NBC.
2019 Billboard Awards Winners
ARTIST AWARDS
TOP ARTIST
Cardi B
Drake - WINNER
Ariana Grande
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Drake was a big winner at the awards
BILLBOARD CHART ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dan + Shay
Drake
Ariana Grande - WINNER
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Dua Lipa
TOP FEMALE ARTIST
Cardi B
Ariana Grande - WINNER
Halsey
Ella Mai
Taylor Swift
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST
Drake - WINNER
Ariana Grande
Post Malone
Travis Scott
XXXTentacion
TOP STREAMING SONGS ARTIST
Cardi B
Drake - WINNER
Ariana Grande
Post Malone
XXXTentacion
Though Swift didn't have an album this year, she competed for two honors
TOP RADIO SONGS ARTIST
Cardi B
Drake - WINNER
Ariana Grande
Maroon 5
Post Malone
TOP TOURING ARTIST
Beyoncé & JAY-Z
Bruno Mars
Ed Sheeran - WINNER
Taylor Swift
Justin Timberlake
TOP R&B MALE ARTIST
Khalid
The Weeknd - WINNER
XXXTentacion
Top R&B Female Artist
H.E.R.
Ella Mai - WINNER
Queen Naija
TOP RAP MALE ARTIST
Drake - WINNER
Post Malone
Travis Scott
TOP RAP TOUR
Beyoncé & JAY-Z - WINNER
Drake
Travis Scott
TOP COUNTRY ARTIST
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs - WINNER
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Imagine Dragons won top Rock Artist
TOP COUNTRY DUO/GROUP
Dan + Shay - WINNER
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
TOP ROCK ARTIST
Imagine Dragons - WINNER
Lovelytheband
Panic! At The Disco
Queen
Twenty One Pilots
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST
Calvin Harris
Kygo
Marshmello
Odesza
The Chainsmokers - WINNER
TOP GOSPEL ARTIST
Kirk Franklin
Koryn Hawthorne
Tori Kelly
Tasha Cobbs Leonard - WINNER
Marvin Sapp
ALBUM AWARDS
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM
Cardi B 'Invasion of Privacy'
Drake 'Scorpion' - WINNER
Post Malone 'beerbongs & bentleys'
Travis Scott 'ASTROWORLD'
XXXTentacion '?'
TOP R&B ALBUM
H.E.R. 'H.E.R.'
Ella Mai 'Ella Mai'
Khalid 'American Teen'
The Weeknd 'My Dear Melancholy,'
XXXTentacion '17' - WINNER
TOP COUNTRY ALBUM
Jason Aldean 'Rearview Town'
Kane Brown 'Kane Brown'
Luke Combs 'This One's For You' - WINNER
Dan + Shay 'Dan + Shay'
Carrie Underwood 'Cry Pretty'
TOP LATIN ALBUM
Anuel AA 'Real Hasta la Muerte'
Bad Bunny 'X 100PRE'
J Balvin 'Vibras'
Maluma 'F.A.M.E.'
Ozuna 'Aura' - WINNER
Panic! At The Disco won Top Rock Album
TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUM
Cory Asbury 'Reckless Love'
Lauren Daigle 'Look Up Child'- WINNER
For King & Country 'Burn The Ships'
Hillsong Worship 'There Is More'
Zach Williams 'Chain Breaker'
SONG AWARDS
TOP HOT 100 SONG
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin 'I Like It'
Juice Wrld 'Lucid Dreams'
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B 'Girls Like You' - WINNER
Post Malone 'Better Now'
Travis Scott 'SICKO MODE'
TOP STREAMING SONG (Video)
Drake 'In My Feelings' - WINNER
Juice Wrld 'Lucid Dreams'
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B 'Girls Like You'
Travis Scott 'SICKO MODE'
XXXTentacion 'SAD!'
TOP RADIO SONG
Khalid & Normani 'Love Lies'
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B 'Girls Like You' - WINNER
Post Malone 'Better Now'
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 'Meant to Be'
Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey 'The Middle'
Halsey is a performer and nominee
TOP R&B SONG
DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper & Quavo 'No Brainer'
Ella Mai 'Boo'd Up' - WINNER
Ella Mai 'Trip'
Khalid 'Better'
Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown 'Freaky Friday'
TOP COUNTRY SONG
Kane Brown 'Heaven'
Luke Combs 'She Got the Best of Me'
Dan + Shay 'Speechless'
Dan + Shay 'Tequila'
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 'Meant to Be' - WINNER
Drake took home a whopping 12 trophies
TOP LATIN SONG
Bad Bunny ft. Drake 'Mia'
Daddy Yankee 'Dura'
DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B 'Taki Taki'
Nicky Jam & J Balvin 'X'
Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny & Ozuna 'Te Bote' - WINNER
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC SONG
DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B 'Taki Taki'
Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa 'One Kiss'
Marshmello & Bastille 'Happier'
Tiësto & Dzeko ft. Preme & Post Malone 'Jackie Chan'
Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey 'The Middle' - WINNER
TOP NEW ARTIST
Bazzi
Juice Wrld - WINNER
Lil Baby
Dua Lipa
Ella Mai
TOP MALE ARTIST
Drake - WINNER
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Ed Sheeran
XXXTentacion
TOP DUO/GROUP
BTS - WINNER
Dan + Shay
Imagine Dragons
Maroon 5
Panic! At The Disco
TOP HOT 100 ARTIST
Cardi B
Drake - WINNER
Ariana Grande
Juice Wrld
Post Malone
K-pop favorites BTS performed
TOP SONG SALES ARTIST
Drake - WINNER
Ariana Grande
Imagine Dragons
Lady Gaga
Post Malone
TOP SOCIAL ARTIST
BTS - WINNER
EXO
GOT7
Ariana Grande
Louis Tomlinson
TOP R&B ARTIST
H.E.R.
Khalid
Ella Mai - WINNER
The Weeknd
XXXTentacion
TOP RAP ARTIST
Cardi B
Drake
Juice Wrld
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Cardi B was Top Rap Female, in addition to her five other honors
TOP R&B TOUR
Beyoncé & JAY-Z - WINNER
Childish Gambino
Bruno Mars
TOP RAP FEMALE ARTIST
Cardi B - WINNER
City Girls
Nicki Minaj
TOP COUNTRY MALE ARTIST
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs - WINNER
TOP COUNTRY FEMALE ARTIST
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood - WINNER
TOP COUNTRY TOUR
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney - WINNER
Shania Twain
TOP ROCK TOUR
Elton John - WINNER
The Rolling Stones
U2
TOP LATIN ARTIST
Anuel AA
Bad Bunny
J Balvin
Ozuna - WINNER
Romeo Santos
TOP CHRISTIAN ARTIST
Cory Asbury
Lauren Daigle - WINNER
For King & Country
Hillsong Worship
MercyMe
TOP SOUNDTRACK
'13 Reasons Why: Season 2'
'A Star is Born' by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen
'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'
'The Greatest Showman' - WINNER
The late XXXTentacion won Top R&B
TOP RAP ALBUM
Cardi B 'Invasion of Privacy'
Drake 'Scorpion' - WINNER
Post Malone 'beerbongs & bentleys'
Travis Scott 'ASTROWORLD'
XXXTentacion '?'
TOP ROCK ALBUM
Dave Matthews Band 'Come Tomorrow'
Imagine Dragons 'Origins'
Mumford & Sons 'Delta'
Panic! At This Disco 'Pray For The Wicked' - WINNER
Twenty One Pilots 'Trench'
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Clean Bandit 'What Is Love?'
David Guetta '7'
Kygo 'Kids in Love'
Major Lazer 'Major Lazer Essentials'
The Chainsmokers 'Sick Boy' - WINNER
TOP GOSPEL ALBUM
Snoop Dogg & Various Artists 'Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love'
Aretha Franklin 'Gospel Greats'
Koryn Hawthorne 'Unstoppable'
Tori Kelly 'Hiding Place' - WINNER
Jonathan McReynolds 'Make Room'
Tori Kelly was nominated for in the three top Gospel categories
TOPS STREAMING SONG (Audio)
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin 'I Like It'
Juice Wrld 'Lucid Dreams'
Post Malone 'Better Now'
Travis Scott 'SICKO MODE' - WINNER
XXXTentacion 'SAD!'
TOP SELLING SONG
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin 'I Like It'
Drake 'In My Feelings'
Halsey 'Without Me'
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 'Shallow'
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B 'Girls Like You'- WINNER
TOP COLLABORATION
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin 'I Like It'
Khalid & Normani 'Love Lies'
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B 'Girls Like You'
Marshmello & Bastille 'Happier'
Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign 'Psycho'
TOP RAP SONG
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin 'I Like It' - WINNER
Drake 'In My Feelings'
Juice Wrld 'Lucid Dreams'
Post Malone 'Better Now'
Travis Scott 'SICKO MODE'
TOP ROCK SONG
Foster The People 'Sit Next to Me'
Imagine Dragons 'Natural'
Imagine Dragons 'Whatever It Takes'
Lovelytheband 'broken'
Panic! At The Disco 'High Hopes' - WINNER
TOP CHRISTIAN SONG
Cory Asbury 'Reckless Love'
Lauren Daigle 'You Say' - WINNER
For King & Country 'joy.'
Hillsong Worship 'Who You Say I Am'
Tauren Wells 'Known'
TOP GOSPEL SONG
Todd Dulaney 'Your Great Name'
Koryn Hawthorne 'Won't He Do It' - WINNER
Tori Kelly ft. Kirk Franklin 'Never Alone'
Jason Nelson 'Forever'
Brian Courtney Wilson 'A Great Work'
Dan + Shay are up for six awards at the event