The 2017 Google Music Awards was the seventh music award show presented by Google and Youtube. The awards were held on November 12, 2017, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and were hosted by Dennis Miller.
For the first time, three channels simulcasted and aired the live show, which is utilized to maximize the ceremony's ratings, and the new categories announced, including Viewers' Choice Award, the winner was decided by audience members, who could vote up until the very night of the show via text messages and Google voting poll. It was the award show were updated.
Winners[]
Artist of the Year[]
- Alessia Cara
- Bruno Mars
- Drake
- Ed Sheeran
- Kendrick Lamar
- Shawn Mendes
- Taylor Swift 🏆
- The Weeknd
Song of the Year[]
- Bruno Mars - "24K Magic"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- The Chainsmokers f/ Coldplay - "Something Just Like This"
- DJ Khaled f/ Rihanna and Bryson Tiller - "Wild Thoughts"
- Ed Sheeran - "Shape of You" 🏆
- Luis Fonsi f/ Daddy Yankee - "Despacito"
- Shawn Mendes - "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"
- Taylor Swift - "Look What You Made Me Do"
Viewers' Choice[]
- Bruno Mars - "24K Magic"
- The Chainsmokers f/ Coldplay - "Something Just Like This"
- Foo Fighters - "Run"
- Imagine Dragons - "Believer" 🏆
- Kendrick Lamar - "Humble"
- Linkin Park - "Talking to Myself"
- Taylor Swift - "Look What You Made Me Do"
Best Male Artist[]
- Bruno Mars
- Childish Gambino
- Drake
- Ed Sheeran 🏆
- Kendrick Lamar
- Shawn Mendes
- The Weeknd
Best Female Artist[]
- Alessia Cara 🏆
- Ariana Grande
- Camila Cabello
- Cardi B
- Halsey
- P!nk
- Taylor Swift
Best Duo/Group[]
- The Chainsmokers
- Coldplay
- Green Day
- Imagine Dragons
- Linkin Park 🏆
- Twenty One Pilots
Best New Artist[]
- Alessia Cara
- Camila Cabello
- Cardi B 🏆
- Khalid
- Lil Uzi Vert
- Niall Horan
Best Pop Artist[]
- Ariana Grande
- Ed Sheeran
- Katy Perry
- Lady Gaga
- Halsey
- Shawn Mendes 🏆
Best Pop Performance[]
- Ariana Grande f/ Nicki Minaj - "Side to Side"
- Charlie Puth - "Attention"
- Ed Sheeran - "Shape of You" 🏆
- Katy Perry f/ Skip Marley - "Chained to the Rhythm"
- Halsey - "Now or Never"
- P!nk - "What About Us"
- Shawn Mendes - "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"
Best Alternative Artist[]
- Arcade Fire
- Bastille
- Imagine Dragons 🏆
- Twenty One Pilots
- Weezer
Best Alternative Performance[]
- Arcade Fire - "Everything Now"
- Bastille - "Blame"
- Imagine Dragons - "Whatever It Takes" 🏆
- Maroon 5 - "Don't Wanna Know"
- Portugal. The Man - "Feel It Still"
- Weezer - "Feels Like Summer"
Best Rock Artist[]
- Fall Out Boy
- Green Day
- The Killers
- Linkin Park 🏆
- Thirty Seconds to Mars
Best Rock Performance[]
- Fall Out Boy - "Champion" 🏆
- Green Day - "Revolution Radio"
- Linkin Park - "Talking to Myself"
- Metallica - "Now That You're Dead"
- Shinedown - "How Did You Love"
- Thirty Seconds to Mars - "Walk On Water"
Best Dance/Electronic Artist[]
- Avicii
- Calvin Harris
- The Chainsmokers 🏆
- Kygo
- Zedd
Best Dance/Electronic Performance[]
- Calvin Harris f/ Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean - "Feels"
- The Chainsmokers f/ Coldplay - "Something Just Like This"
- Clean Bandit f/ Sean Paul and Anne-Marie - "Rockabye"
- Martin Garrix - "Pizza"
- Zedd and Alessia Cara - "Stay" 🏆
Best Hip-Hop Artist[]
- Cardi B
- Chance the Rapper
- DJ Khaled
- Drake 🏆
- Gucci Mane
- Kendrick Lamar
Best Hip-Hop Performance[]
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Childish Gambino - "Redbone"
- DJ Khaled f/ Rihanna and Bryson Tiller - "Wild Thoughts"
- Kendrick Lamar - "Humble" 🏆
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- Logic f/ Alessia Cara and Khalid - "1-800-273-8255"
Best R&B Artist[]
- Beyoncé
- Bruno Mars 🏆
- Chris Brown
- Rihanna
- The Weeknd
Best R&B Performance[]
- Beyoncé - "All Night"
- Bruno Mars - "That's What I Like"
- Chris Brown - "Privacy"
- Jhene Aiko - "While We're Young"
- Mary J. Blige f/ Kanye West - "Love Yourself"
- The Weeknd - "Reminder" 🏆
Best Latin Artist[]
- CNCO
- J Balvin
- Juanes
- Maluma
- Natalia Lafourcade
- Rosalia
- Shakira 🏆
Best Latin Performance[]
- CNCO - "Hey DJ"
- Leiva - "Sincericido"
- Luis Fonsi f/ Daddy Yankee - "Despacito" 🏆
- Maluma - "Felices los 4"
- Rosalia - "De Plata"
- Shakira f/ Maluma - "Chantaje"
Best Video[]
- Ariana Grande f/ Nicki Minaj - "Side to Side"
- Bruno Mars - "24K Magic"
- Kendrick Lamar - "Humble" 🏆
- Harry Styles - "Sign of the Times"
- Miley Cyrus - "Malibu"
- The Weeknd - "Reminder"
Best Video with a Message[]
- Dram f/ Lil Yatchy - "Broccoli"
- Fall Out Boy - "Champion" 🏆
- Imagine Dragons - "Believer"
- Kodak Black - "Tunnel Vision"
- Logic f/ Damien Lemar Hudson - "Black Spiderman"
- Martin Garrix - "Pizza"
- Sia - "The Greatest"
Best Video Director[]
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow" (Picture Perfect)
- Imagine Dragons - "Thunder" (Joseph Kahn)
- Kendrick Lamar - "Humble" (Dave Meyers) 🏆
- Sia - "The Greatest" (Daniel Askill)
- Taylor Swift - "Look What You Made Me Do" (Joseph Kahn)
Best Album[]
- Drake - More Life
- Ed Sheeran - ÷ 🏆
- Katy Perry - Witness
- Jay-Z - 4:44
- Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
Best Producer[]
- Mike Will Made It 🏆
Best Songwriter[]
- Sia 🏆
Best Composing[]
- Dan Reynolds 🏆
Performers[]
Pre-show[]
- Sam Smith - "One Last Song"
- Grace VanderWaal - "Sick of Being Told", "Moonlight"
- Martin Garrix and Matisse & Sadko - "Forever"
Main show[]
- Enrique Iglesias, Nicole Scherzinger, Daddy Yankee, Luis Fonsi - "Heartbeat", "Subeme La Radio"
- Dua Lipa - "Be the One", "Scared to be Lonely", "New Rules"
- Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, Imagine Dragons - "Believer", "Whatever it Takes", "Run", "Electric Blue"
- Beck, U2 - "Up All Night", "You're the Best Thing About Me"
- Bruno Mars - "Chunky"
- Maroon 5, Future - "Cold", "Wait"
- Halsey, Khalid, Jay-Z, Daddy Yankee - "Bad at Love (remix)", "Young, Dumb & Broke (remix)"
- Niall Horan - "Too Much To Ask"
- Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Future - "Swish Swish"
- Daddy Yankee, Cardi B, Luis Fonsi, Ozuna - "Despacito (Cardi B remix)", "Vuelve (Ozuna remix)"
- Monsta X - "Dramarama"
- Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Halsey, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj - "Say You'll Be There, "Wannabe", "2 Become 1", "Viva Forever"
- Ed Sheeran - "Shape of You", "Perfect"
- Shawn Mendes - "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"
- U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name", "One", "Vertigo", "Beautiful Day", "Zooropa (interlude)", "Lights of Home"
Presenters[]
- Sean Paul - made a special appearance during Dennis' opening skit and introduced Kelly Clarkson
- Kelly Clarkson - presenting Best Alternative Performance
- Kevin Hart - introduced Dua Lipa
- Halle Berry and Adam Sandler - presenting Best Video Director
- Jakob Dylan - appeared in several vignettes explaining the Viewers' Choice award voting procedures
- Anthony Gonzalez and Chris Pine - presenting the movie, Coco, and Best Latin Performance
- Trey Songz - introduced Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters and Imagine Dragons
- Sway Calloway and Nicole Richie - presenting Best Video with a Message
- Sean Combs - introduced Beck and U2
- Dave Grohl - presenting Best Duo/Group
- Charlie Day - presenting Best Pop Performance
- Justin Timberlake and Joey Fatone - introduced Bruno Mars
- David Del Rio - presenting Best Album
- Johnny Depp and Jamie Foxx - introduced Maroon 5 and Future
- Blink-182 - presenting Best Rock Performance
- Mandy Moore - introduced Khalid, Halsey and Jay-Z
- Alessia Cara - presenting Best R&B Performance
- John Cusack - introduced Niall Horan
- Jessica Simpson - introduced Katy Perry
- TLC (Tionne and Rozonda) and Hailee Steinfeld - In Memoriam segment and presenting New Artist
- Ed Lover - introduced Daddy Yankee, Cardi B, Luis Fonsi, Ozuna
- James Cromwell, Kate Hudson and Mark Wahlberg - presenting Best Video and introduced Monsta X
- Freddie Prinze Jr. - paid tribute to Chester Bennington
- Pink - presenting the winners of the artists and professional categories
- Ice-T - introduced Best Hip-Hop Performance
- Sandra Bullock - introduced Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Halsey, Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj and tribute to Spice Girls
- Renee Zellweger, Andy Samberg, Mark Messier and Drew Carey - presenting Best Dance/Electronic Performance
- Ed Helms - poem speech and introduced Ed Sheeran
- Chadwick Boseman and Elizabeth Banks - presenting Best Female Artist and Best Male Artist
- Mary J. Blige - introduced Shawn Mendes
- Robert Downey Jr - presenting Viewers' Choice
- Paul McCartney - presenting Song of the Year
- Dweezil Zappa - presenting Artist of the Year
- Jimmy Fallon - introduced U2 and presenting Google's Lifetime Award