Here are the winners of the 2002 Billboard Music Awards, as presented on the Dec. 9 live Fox broadcast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas:
Artist of the year: Nelly
Male artist of the year: Nelly
Female artist of the year: Ashanti
Top new pop artist of the year: Ashanti
Group/duo of the year: Creed
Album of the year: “The Eminem Show” (Aftermath/Interscope), Eminem
Group/duo albums artist of the year: Creed
Hot 100 singles artist of the year: Ashanti
Hot 100 Singles male artist of the year: Nelly
Hot 100 singles group/duo of the year: Nickleback
Hot 100 single of the year: “How You Remind Me,” Nickelback
Hot 100 airplay single of the year: “How You Remind Me,” Nickelback
Top 40 track of the year: “How You Remind Me,” Nickelback
R&B/hip-hop artist of the year: Ashanti
R&B/hip-hop male artist of the year: Nelly
R&B/hip-hop female artist of the year: Ashanti
New R&B/hip-hop artist of the year: Ashanti
R&B/hip-hop album of the year: “The Eminem Show” (Aftermath/Interscope), Eminem
R&B/hip-hop single of the year: “Foolish,” Ashanti
R&B/hip-hop singles artist of the year: Ashanti
R&B/hip-hop single (sales) of the year: “Uh Huh,” B2K
Rap artist of the year: Nelly
Rap track of the year: “Hot in Herre,” Nelly
Country singles artist of the year: Toby Keith
Rock artist of the year: Puddle Of Mudd
Rock track of the year: “Blurry,” Puddle Of Mudd
Modern rock artist of the year: Puddle Of Mudd
Modern rock track of the year: “Blurry,” Puddle Of Mudd
Dance/club play artist of the year: Cher
Electronic album of the year: “18,” Moby
Electronic albums artist of the year: Moby
Catalog artist of the year: Creed
Catalog album of the year: “Human Clay,” Creed (Wind-Up)
Century Award: Annie Lennox
Artist Achievement Award: Cher
Special Billboard Award: Michael Jackson (recognizing his 1982 Epic album “Thriller,” which spent more weeks at No. 1 (37 weeks) than any other album in the history of The Billboard 200.