Tyla tore the club up with her performance of “Push 2 Start” and “Shake Ah” at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards Thursday night (Dec. 12).

Tyla’s tiger motif didn’t come to play tonight, as the zebra mini skirt-wearing singer pushed open the bathroom door to start performing “Push 2 Start.” Dancers emerged from each stall, and the color-changing lights felt like the club was as much inside the ladies’ room as it was outside of it. The “Water” hitmaker and the girls recreated the choreography from her wet and wild music video released last month before they came out to where the real party was at.

Tyla keenly surveyed the scene by the DJ booth on the balcony while “Shake Ah” started playing and got the dancefloor jumping. “Too serious, too serious/ Hands on my hips, he don’t wanna let go/ Ah shake-a (Shake-a), shake-a (Shake-a),” she breathily cooed her verse before the crowd went crazy over her booty-shaking moves. Optimist Music ZA, one of the featured artists on the song, stormed onto the scene with his own posse in tow while rapping his second verse before propping himself up onto the bar with Tyla. The two eventually shut it down with confetti cannons, which rained down over viral duo Pete & Bas as they attempted to enjoy a cup of tea and a scone or two at the club.

The South African singer is a finalist eight times: Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Female Artist, Top Afrobeats Artist, Top R&B Album (Tyla), Top R&B Song (“Water”) and Top Afrobeats Song (“Truth or Dare,” “Water” and “Jump” with Gunna and Skillibeng).

Her Billboard Hot 100 No. 7 smash “Water,” “Truth or Dare” and “Jump” are all featured on her eponymous debut album, which was released on March 22, 2024, via FAX and Epic Records. It topped World Albums for five weeks, reached No. 8 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard 200. “Water” also won Tyla her first Grammy earlier this year for best African music performance during the category’s inaugural year. Tyla released the deluxe edition on Oct. 11 with three new tracks: “Shake Ah,” featuring Tony Duardo, Optimist Music ZA and Ez Maestro, “Push 2 Start” and “Back to You.”

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Tyler, The Creator’s performance at Kendrick Lamar‘s Pop Out concert almost didn’t happen.

During Billboard‘s conversation with the West Coast artist for our recent cover story, he told writer Rembert Browne the he decided to perform at the show at the very last minute where he did two songs: “WusYaName” from Call Me If You Get Lost and “Earfquake” from Igor.

“I wasn’t even supposed to go — I was in Atlanta working on [Chromakopia],” Tyler told Billboard. “But I landed that morning and couldn’t miss this sh—t,” in reference to Kendrick’s West Coast-themed victory lap. “And I don’t even get FOMO at all, n—a — I’ll go to sleep. But I’m cool with Kenny and Dave [Free] and Tim [Hinshaw] from Free Lunch. So I went home, showered and ran straight there.”

The Pop Out: Ken & Friends featured performances by not only Tyler, but a slew of guests that included Dr. Dre, Mustard, YG, Roddy Ricch, Ty Dolla $ign, members of Lamar’s former label TDE, and many more.

In the same interview, he critiqued the way podcasters have influenced music discourse, saying he would take podcast mics away if he ever were to become President of the United States.

Chromakopia is Tyler’s eighth studio album and his third straight No. 1 after his last two albums 2019’s IGOR and 2021’s Call Me If You Get Lost both reached the top of the Billboard 200, as well.

You can check out what else he said in our cover story here.

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has taken Shaboozey across the globe, and after spending a record-tying 19 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, the Boozey train makes a stop at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

From the W Hollywood hotel, the 29-year-old made his own stage to perform his J-Kwon-sampling anthem on Thursday night (Dec. 12). “Billboard Music Awards, let me tell you about my story,” he said kicking off his performance.

Rocking a dove-white suit with sparkling brown cowboy fringe, Shaboozey made his way down the white staircase to the elegant ballroom where he was greeted by a group of energetic fans cheering him on.

A three-piece band and team of dancers joined the show while Shaboozey showed off his vocal range to make the award show performance stand out compared to the standard “A Bar Song” CDQ version heard on streaming services.

For the finale, the Virginia-bred singer fittingly took his talents to the ballroom bar and the fans got in on the action while swinging black and white napkins in the air before last call. Boozey took a bow as the applause rained on him.

Shaboozey has proven to be one of music’s biggest breakout stars in 2024. He’s a first-time finalist in the Top New Artist, Top Song Sales Artist, Top Hot 100 Song, Top Streaming Song, Top Selling Song and Top Country Song categories.

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has enjoyed 19 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and needs just one more week at the summit to stand alone as the longest-running No. 1 Hot 100 hit ever.

The Billboard Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Corporation. PMC is also the parent company of Billboard.