Rihanna

The &#8220;official&#8221; highlight of last night&#8217;s Billboard Awards was <a href="/profile/Madonna" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Madonna</a> and Stevie Wonder&#8217;s Prince tribute, for many the highlight was <a href="/profile/Rihanna" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Rihanna</a>&#8217;s performance. Two thirds of the way into the show, she stepped out on stage, rocking the green boa scarf and basking in fluorescent green light, and delivered a captivating rendition of ANTI standout &#8220;Love on the Brain.&#8221;
Rihanna was nominated for several awards and won the fan-voted Billboard Chart Achievement Award. The big news from the night: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/baltimore-officer-edward-nero-freddie-gray-court-verdict.html?_r=0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Meek Mill scored an upset in the Top Rap Album category,</a> beating out <a href="/profile/Drake" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Drake</a>&#8217;s IYRTITL, Drake and <a href="/profile/Future" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Future</a>&#8217;s WATTBA, <a href="/profile/DoctorDre" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Dr. Dre</a>&#8217;s Compton, and Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s To Pimp a Butterfly for the trophy.
Watch Rihanna perform &#8220;Love on the Brain&#8221; above.