Billboard Music Awards 2017 Live Stream: When And Where To Watch The May 21 Ceremony

The country’s most popular music artists will be honored Sunday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. Hosted by Ludacris and Vanessa Hudgens, the event can be seen in a number of ways.

Viewers can, of course, watch the 2017 Billboard Music Awards on TV, and ABC will broadcast the show at 8 p.m. EDT. A live stream will be available for free online at abc.go.com, though there’s much more to watch Sunday than just the awards show itself.

The official red carpet pre-show begins at 6 p.m. EDT, and it will be live streamed exclusively on twitter. Those who have Xfinity TV have other content to choose from before the start of the show with Xfinity On Demand and xfinity.com/BMMAs. This includes “Behind the Performance,” which shows fans the preparations for Camila Cabello’s performance of “I Have Questions,” as well as archival clips from past Billboard Music Awards and “BBMAs Roundtable,” which includes expert commentary on the show’s nominees.

Just because the show starts at 8 p.m. EDT, that doesn’t mean all of the winners have been determined by then. Fans can still cast votes for both Billboard Chart Achievement Award Presented by Xfinity and Top Social Artist Presented by ION360 by using billboardmusicawards.com/vote and Twitter. The polls close at 9 p.m. EDT.

The winner of one of the night’s biggest awards has already been revealed. It was announced earlier this month that Cher would be the recipient of the Icon Award. The pop star will perform her hit single “Believe,” which was released in 1998 and allowed her to become the oldest female artist to have a song atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

“Believe” reached No.1 in 1999, and was named the year’s No.1 song by Billboard.

“I’m honored to receive the 2017 Billboard Music Awards Icon Award and take the stage to celebrate my love of music with my fans,” Cher said in a statement. “Seeing so many powerful artists — especially female artists emerge and take their place in history through the years — has been incredible. I’m honored to be amongst the previous Icon Award winners and to celebrate this milestone achievement by performing ‘Believe’ on the show.”

Miley Cyrus, Florida Georgia Line, John Legend, Lorde, Bruno Mars, Nicki Minaj and Ed Sheeran are among the scheduled performers. The Chainsmokers and Drake, who are tied for the most nominations at 22, will also perform.

The Chainsmokers’ “Closer,” featuring Halsey, spent more time than any other song at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the last year, staying there for 12 straight weeks from Sept. 5 through Nov. 25. “Black Beatles” by Rae Sremmund and Gucci Mane took the top spot on Nov. 26 and stayed there for the rest of 2016.

Paris Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson, both children of Michael Jackson, will present awards, according to USA TODAY. The publication also reported that Kevin Hart, Olivia Munn, Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Duhamel will be among the presenters Sunday night.