Adele

The British singer Adele who were not given any award during 2012 Billboard Music Awards live telecast, was actually the big winner of the night picking up a total of 12 gongs, including the most coveted Top Artist. Last night ceremony, Sunday May 20 revealed its winners list soon after the curtain at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas fall down.

Adele won seven other prizes in the artist awards category. She sealed her domination by taking home two gongs in album awards and song awards categories each, thanks to her ground-breaking album "21" and her hit single "Rolling in the Deep" respectively. In the top category, Adele beat names such as Lady GaGa, Lil Wayne, Katy Perry and Rihanna. Despite of getting the most prizes, the British pop sensation was a no-show at the event. Party-meisters of LMFAO (Redfoo and SkyBlu) also took home some major booty — six trophies, to be precise, with their smash single "Party Rock Anthem" nabbing the award in three separate musical genre categories (Top Pop, Rap and Dance Song).

Another artist who skipped the show was Lil Wayne. Weezy won Top Male Artist, pushing aside the likes of Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Drake and Bruno Mars. Due to his absence, the award was accepted by presenter Gladys Knight on his behalf. In addition to the Top Male Artist, the rap mogul received two other gongs for Top Rap Artist and Top Rap Album ("Tha Carter IV"). Kelly Rowland's single "Motivation", which features him, additionally won Top R&B Song. At the same time, country cutie Taylor Swift was honored Woman of the Year. Taylor recently has donated $4 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville to fund what will now be known as the Taylor Swift Education Center, an exhibit and classroom space scheduled to open in 2014.

Additionally, Billboard handed Spotlight Award to Katy Perry, Woman of the Year to Taylor Swift, Millennium Award to Whitney Houston, and Billboard Music Icon Award to Stevie Wonder. Whitney, Stevie, Donna Summer and Adam Yauch were honored in special segments, while Robin Gibb was remembered in a moment of silence.

ARTIST AWARDS: Top Artist: Adele Top New Artist: Wiz Khalifa Top Male Artist: Lil Wayne Top Female Artist: Adele Top Duo/Group: LMFAO Top Billboard 200 Artist: Adele Top Hot 100 Artist: Adele Top Digital Songs Artist: Adele Top Radio Songs Artist: Adele Top Touring Artist: U2 Top Social Artist: Justin Bieber Top Streaming Artist: Rihanna Top Digital Media Artist: Adele Top Pop Artist: Adele Top R&B Artist: Chris Brown Top Rap Artist: Lil Wayne Top Country Artist: Lady Antebellum Top Rock Artist: Coldplay Top Alternative Artist: Coldplay Top Latin Artist: Shakira Top Dance Artist: Lady GaGa Top Christian Artist: Casting Crowns

ALBUM AWARDS: Top Billboard 200 Album: "21" - Adele Top Pop Album: "21" - Adele Top R&B Album: "4" - Beyonce Knowles Top Rap Album: "Tha Carter IV" - Lil Wayne Top Country Album: "My Kinda Party" - Jason Aldean Top Rock Album: "Mylo Xyloto" - Coldplay Top Alternative Album: "Mylo Xyloto" - Coldplay Top Latin Album: "Formula, Vol. 1" - Romeo Santos Top Dance Album: "Born This Way" - Lady GaGa Top Christian Album: "Come to the Well" - Casting Crowns

SONG AWARDS: Top Hot 100 Song: "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock Top Digital Song: "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock Top Radio Song: "Give Me Everything" - Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer Top Streaming Song (Audio): "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele Top Streaming Song (Video): "Super Bass" - Nicki Minaj Top Pop Song: "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock Top R&B Song: "Motivation" - Kelly Rowland ft. Lil Wayne Top Rap Song: "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock Top Country Song: "Dirt Road Anthem" - Jason Aldean Top Rock Song: "Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster the People Top Alternative Song: "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele Top Latin Song: "Danza Kuduro" - Don Omar & Lucenzo Top Dance Song: "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock Top Christian Song: "Blessings" - Laura Story

SPECIAL AWARDS: Spotlight Award: Katy Perry Woman of the Year: Taylor Swift Millennium Award: Whitney Houston Billboard Music Icon Award: Stevie Wonder