Olivia Rodrigo, BTS, Silk Sonic win Billboard Music Awards

Olivia Rodrigo, left, and Silk Sonic members Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak.

Olivia Rodrigo won the most Billboard awards Sunday with seven, including new artist, female artist, Hot 100 artist, streaming songs artist, radio songs artist, Billboard Global 200 artist and Billboard 200 album.

The Billboard awards was icing on the cake for the Filipino American songwriter/singer. Since she released her first single, drivers license, Rodrigo continues her winning streak that began   with the MTV Music Awards, Peoples Choice and continued with major wins in the prestigious Grammy's. 

The K-pop boy band BTS won awards for Group, Sales Song Artist and Song Sales.

BTS won Top Group Billboard award for the third straight year.

The R&B duo Silk Sonic of Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak took home awards for Top Song (Leave the Door Open) and Top R&B Tour.

Unlike other award shows the Billboard awards are based on hard data. Nominees and winners are determined by Billboard chart rankings and winners are selected based on several criteria, including their album and digital song sales, airplay and streaming success and touring.