Paula Abdul bonds with Taylor Swift's cats backstage at the Billboard Awards after hitting red carpet in sparkly frock
Paula Abdul took to social media after running into Taylor Swift and her cats backstage Wednesday at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.
The 56-year-old singer shared a photo on Instagram of herself holding one of the cats while Taylor, 29, clutched the other.
'Ran into @taylorswift and her two babies backstage at @bbmas I JUST ADORE YOU!!!!,' Paula wrote in the caption for her roughly 260,000 followers.
Backstage moment: Paula Abdul took to Instagram on Wednesday after running into Taylor Swift and her two cats backstage at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas
Taylor also took to Instagram and shared the moment with her 116 million followers.
'I'm trying to give them a normal upbringing but when the little ones and I ran into the flawless @paulaabdul on the way to red carpet we STRAIGHT UP had to get a pic,' she wrote in the caption.
Paula and Taylor were both set to perform at the awards event being held at the MGM Grand.
Taylor looked stylish in the photo in short ruffling lilac dress with a high collar and sheer, lace sleeves.
Normal upbringing: Taylor also shared the moment on social media and joked that she was trying to give her cats a 'normal upbringing'
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Paula meanwhile appeared ready to perform in a black bustier and fishnet stockings.
The former Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader earlier Wednesday announced that she was headlining her Las Vegas residency Forever Your Girl.
'I can't wait to share my music with you at the heart of the Vegas Strip,' Paula tweeted in making the announcement.
New residency: Paula, shown on the carpet at the Billboard Music Awards, announced earlier residency that she'll be headlining her Las Vegas residency, Forever Your Girl
Summer residency: The singer's Las Vegas residency was announced on Twitter
Getting ready: Paula is shown Sunday rehearsing at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for her performance at the awards event
RECORDS UP IN THE AIR AT 2019 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
Drake was the big winner Wednesday at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas as he lead a pack of artists hoping to set records.
The 32-year-old Canadian rapper became the most-awarded artist in BBMAs history as he won 12 awards out of 17 nominations to raise his total to 27.
He also became the first three-time winner for top rap artist after previously wining in 2016 and 2017.
Big winner: Drake posed with his 12 awards at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas as he become the most-awarded artist in BBMAs history with a total of 27
Imagine Dragons was up for two records with nominations to win top duo/group for the third time and also the first act to win back-to-back awards for top rock song since Collective Soul in 1994 and 1995.
They lost to BTS in the top duo/group category and to Panic! At The Disco in the top rock song category.
Romeo Santos, 37, was hoping to break a tie with Shakira, 42, to become the first three-time winner for top Latin artist, but the award went to Ozuna.
Imagine Dragons, shown in January in San Francisco, was up for two records with nominations to win top duo/group for the third time and also the first act to win back-to-back awards for top rock song, but lost in both categories
Florida Georgia Line became the first three-time winner for top country song with its record-breaking collaboration Meant To Be with Bebe Rexha, 29.
The country duo previously won in 2014 and in 2017, and were two-time winners in the category along with Brooks & Dunn and Jason Aldean.
The Chainsmokers scored a record three-peat for top dance/electronic artist.
DJ Snake was on the verge of becoming the first three-time winner for top dance/electronic song, but lost to Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey's song The Middle.
The Weeknd was on brink of joining rare company as a third two-time winner for top R&B album along with the late Whitney Houston and Beyoncé, but lost out to XXXTentacion.
Tie breaker: Romeo Santos, shown in May 2018 in Rome, was hoping to break a tie with Shakira to become the first three-time winner for top Latin artist, but lost to Ozuna
Lauren Daigle, 27, became the first three-time winner for top Christian Album since Alan Jackson completed the feat between 2006 and 2018.
The You Say singer also become the first female solo artist to win top Christian artist two times after previously winning in 2017.
Source: Billboard
The show is scheduled to open at the Flamingo in August and tickets will go on sale Saturday.
Paula earlier this month confirmed on Instagram that her 'superhero' father Harry had died at age of 85, a little more than a year after her mother died at age 85.
Taylor in addition to performing was nominated for Top Female Artist and Top Touring Artist.
Kelly Clarkson, 37, was hosting the Billboard Music Awards.
First love: The Straight Up singer earlier this month confirmed on Instagram that her father Harry Abdul had died
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
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