Adele clears 12 of 18 2012 Billboard Music Award

British singer Adele on Sunday walked away with 12 of the 18 award nominations, at the just concluded 2012 Billboard Music Award. The awards were won from her album 21, she also won top female artist, top artist and top album. Other awardees include LFAO who got an award for their “Party Rock Anthem” as song of the year, Top duo group, as well as 4 awards out of 6. Other highlights of the show were tributes session which allowed some fans to pay tribute to Robin Gibb who recently died of cancer. Natasha Bedingfield paid tribute to Donna Summer, while Wiz Khalifa praised late Beastie Boy Adam “MCA” Yauch. John Legend and Jordin Sparks sang “The Greatest Love of All” and “I Will Always Love You” to remember Whitney Houston.