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Rihanna, wins R&B artist, album

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Rihanna cleaned up in  the R&B categories at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas last night.
The singer won an award in all three R&B categories — Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Album (“Unapologetic”), Top R&B Song (“Diamonds”) — and separate to R&B, Top Radio Songs Artist.
The singer was tied for second in most awards of the night with Gotye. She was nominated for ten awards in total.
Rihanna earned her first Billboard 200 No. 1 album in November when “Unapologetic” debuted atop the chart, selling 238,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Her album debut came one week after she scored her 12th No. 1 single on the Hot 100 chart with “Diamonds.”

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