Morgan Wallen performs ’98 Braves’ at the Billboard Music Awards: watch

Wallen was also chosen to close the event, but instead of performing his award-winning “Last Night,” he opted for “’98 Braves,” his ode to Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves, which “compares a relationship that has soured on the titular Atlanta baseball team, which was torn apart during the regular season only to be fired during the league championship series” as Rolling Stone describes the song. in the review of the One thing at a time where the clue appears.

He appropriately performed the song from Atlanta’s Truist Park, home of the Braves, during his One Night at a Time tour. Along with her fans, ’98 Braves pitchers John Smoltz and Tom Glavine attended. The two Bravos introduced the singer when receiving their awards.

“As the song says, you win some, you lose some. The last awards show I attended we came home empty-handed,” she said. “And with this one, I don’t have enough hands to go around. So, either way, I promise I’ll stay the same no matter if we come home with 10 or zero. I’m going to give it my all every night, every time I go into the studio. So thank you for this award. All these awards are really fair, they are for my fans. So thank you very much guys. Thank you.”

“You took a guy from East Tennessee driving a two-door Toyota Tacoma and made me one of Billboard’s top artists, so God bless you all,” he concluded.

Taylor Swift was another big winner with 10 awards. She took home Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Top Hot 100 Songwriter, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top Song Sales Artist, Top Billboard Global 200 Artist, Top Billboard Global Artist (excluding US). USA), Best Female Country Artist, and Best Selling Song for “Anti-Hero”.

“Thank you 10 million times for this,” Swift said as she accepted her 10 trophies.