--- description: Taylor Swift had the best time at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards title: Here's Proof Taylor Swift Had the Best Time at the Billboard Music Awards image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7887599cb5baa35d/69884d06524fc08d08df2519/473869690-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Proof Taylor Swift Had the Best Time at the Billboard Music Awards by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2015 4:53 PM CUT  LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 17: Singer Taylor Swift arrives at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage) LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 17: Singer Taylor Swift arrives at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage)Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage/Getty Images by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2015 4:53 PM CUT [Don Draper may have bought the world a Coke](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/18/mad-men-coke-commercial-finale "undefined"), but no one had a better Sunday night than Taylor Swift. The pop superstar owned the Billboard Music Awards, winning eight total trophies and giving the ceremony its one true viral highlight: [the debut of Swift’s video for “Bad Blood.”](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/17/bad-blood-video-taylor-swift "undefined") Haters gonna hate (hate, hate), but it wouldn’t be an awards show with Swift’s enthusiasm. Ahead, proof she had the best night. **She brought her squad out to celebrate the “Bad Blood” premiere** **She met Molly Ringwald** **She sang…** **…and sang…** **…and sang some more** **She also won eight awards** **And hugged Calvin Harris** **(**[**We know**](http://www.people.com/article/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-hug-billboard-music-awards "undefined")**.)** **So, overall, not a bad way to spend Sunday night** _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/18/taylor-swift-billboard-music-awards-calvin-harris "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3882817/billboard-awards-2015-taylor-swift/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3882817/billboard-awards-2015-taylor-swift/"},"headline":"Here's Proof Taylor Swift Had the Best Time at the Billboard Music Awards","datePublished":"2015-05-18T16:53:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:25:22.178Z","description":"She totally owned the night","url":"https://time.com/3882817/billboard-awards-2015-taylor-swift/","keywords":["celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7887599cb5baa35d/69884d06524fc08d08df2519/473869690-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7887599cb5baa35d/69884d06524fc08d08df2519/473869690-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Singer Taylor Swift arrives at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 17, 2015.","caption":"Singer Taylor Swift arrives at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 17, 2015.","creditText":"Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3882817/billboard-awards-2015-taylor-swift/","name":"Here's Proof Taylor Swift Had the Best Time at the Billboard Music Awards"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","description":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/I8WlXTNY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-11T16:58:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/I8WlXTNY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3882817/billboard-awards-2015-taylor-swift/","duration":"PT35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3882817/billboard-awards-2015-taylor-swift/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```