Awards

Fuerza Regida talk about what it means to be on the Billboard charts, how Vicente Fernandez inspires them, their favorite thing about performing live and more at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

Fuerza Regida
Charting on the Billboards means everything. Because I remember back in the day, we would see the charts, and we weren’t even on there, and now we’re on there. So we’re really happy to be there. We always working, always moving. Why should people tune in? Because we got the best group in the world, Fuerza Regida. You know what I’m saying? We hope for the fans to take all the great energy that our music is intended to give and use it toward something possible. Our favorite part of performing live is we like to receive the fans’ energy. And we’re always just, you know, giving the best of our best. It’s like therapy for us. You know, we need them. It’s like we’re going to therapy, right? There we go. We see all our fans. We feel great when we walk out. We have the best energy. We’re always prepared. We always ready to go, always on our tippy toes. Vicente Fernandez, I remember when I was little, I would look at movies with my dad, old-school movies, and I would see him act. He was a whole superstar actor, and then I would see him perform at stadiums. So it really inspired me to do the same. And thank God now we’re here doing the same.

Stray Kids reminisce about Billboard‘s support for them early in their career, their first album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard charts, being grateful for the support from their STAYs and more at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

Stray Kids:
The Billboard charts are something that felt so out of reach growing up. Thanks to receiving so much of STAYs’ love and support, we have been able to chart with our albums and achieve so many things. Accomplishing this is still so surreal to us. Thank you so, so much. It really wants us to work even harder going forward. Thank you, Billboard! I mean it’s funny because, you know back before even when we debuted, Billboard actually named us as, you know, the top five K-pop artists to watch out for in 2018. And we were No. 1, so that was, something very, very memorable. And also our very first Billboard No.1 would be ODDINARY. Yeah.

Well, we all believe that because of STAYs, STAYs are the reason why we are here on this stage, performing for the BBMAs. So it’s really important to share this moment with STAYs here on stage. And yeah, I think it’s something memorable and something we can all enjoy. We brought out the two best performances that Stray Kids had this year because of that. I hope you can feel Stray Kids’ colors a bit more deeply. Along with this large-scale set, soon there will be STAYs here as well. I hope you can also see the way we synergize with STAYs.

SEVENTEEN talks about how they feel about being on the Billboard charts and how much their CARATs mean to them at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

What does charting on the Billboard Charts mean to you and your career? 

SEVENTEEN:
What do you think, Woozi? It’s such an honor for SEVENTEEN and for CARATS. It’s so meaningful and one of the reason we always put in effort for good results. It feels like we’re given the strength to continue on with a feeling of accomplishment. These results are not something we could have achieved with just SEVENTEEN alone, so it’s even more meaningful. And we believe that rather than us, it’s our CARATs who achieved these results. So I hope they feel more proud and happy. Right, the reason SEVENTEEN exists is because of CARATs. 

Jelly Roll shares who he’s been listening to this year at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

Jelly Roll
It’s all about the fans. Always fan first in every regard, every time, all the time. We wouldn’t have a stage to stand on if there wasn’t people in front of it.

Question:
Who did you listen to most this year?

Jelly Roll
Oh goodness, probably Chappell Roan, dude, I’ve been “Hot to Go” like everybody else. I can’t lie, a lot of ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ Taylor, I thought had a great album. Sabrina’s album was incredible. Lainey Wilson’s ‘Whirlwind,’ Cody Johnson’s ‘Leather,’ Kelsea Ballerini’s ‘Pattern’ just came out. I’m sorry, I’m excited.

Teddy Swims talks about his favorite thing about performing “Lose Control” live and why the BBMAs are special this year at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

Teddy Swims:
I tried my very best that when we performed, I always make it feel like it’s our living room, you know. And in my living room, I walk around butt naked, not that I’ll physically be butt naked, but figuratively, I just try to create a safe place for myself and other people to feel that we’re, you know, in the same room together.

My favorite part about performing live is this, this beautiful thing that you get to, you know, when you’re writing the song, you kind of are just, it’s solely kind of for you in the moment. But I think what’s so beautiful is that the place that I was in at the time the song was written, when I was really down bad, it was it’s a moment that I got to kind of gain ownership of that trauma, and also people that are going through the same kind of like trauma that we get to kind of turn that into a celebration and own it and celebrate it together and come out on the other side. And always, always had that we won together.

You should tune in to watch the Billboard Music Awards, though, because I’m gonna be a part of it. So maybe, maybe, if that’s not enough, there’s a lot of huge artists. I think this year is so special because, you know, there’s so many new artists that I think are like legacy artists, and I think there’s so many new artists that are, I think, here to stay, and I think this is going to be a historic year. That’s going to be 10 years down the line, every one of those new artists you see this year are going to be still there.