The BMAs have been held annually since 1989, and like the AMAs, this awards show honors winners based on popularity—in this case, based on Billboard's year_end music charts, with awards for top selling album/artist/single in a particular genre.
Since its inception, the BMAs have been telecast live on the Fox network.
It may sometimes seem that the only music you can find on the Billboardmusic charts is by "bubblegum" artists like Britney Spears or N Synch, which can get old quickly.
But the last decade or so of Billboardmusic charts is a vast cavern with many nooks and crannies, some of which you may not have discovered yet.
Deep Breakfast remained on the Billboardmusic chart for years, as you can see from the 1994Billboardmusic chart, where, after ten years, Deep Breakfast is still at position number 10.