Gotye wins four Billboard Music Awards Gotye doesn't exactly strike you as the kind of musician to have groupies. But over the past year a group of women from around the world, dubbed the Gotyettes, have bonded over their shared devotion to the artist formerly known as Wally. They include founder Joellen from the US, Emma from Britain, Elena from Russia, Mar from Spain, Isa from Mexico, Cynthia from the Netherlands and four Australians (Jacqui from WA, Shayla from NSW and Kaneesha and Chauni from Victoria). When Gotye scooped four Billboard Music Awards today, for Top Hot 100 Song, Top Radio Song, Top Rock Song and Top Streaming Song (Audio), the Gotyettes were quick off the mark with congratulory tweets "Way to go Wally!" and some cheeky ones. In response to an observation that it might be time for the Gotyettes to host their own ceremony in his honour, @xGotyettesx pondered that "by the end of the night he would be all smudgy with our fingerprints all over him!" Gotyette Jacqui Rooney with Wouter De Backer, aka Gotye, in December 2012. Photo: Gotyettes.wix.com But Jacqui Rooney, from Perth, is adamant the Gotyettes don't see Wally as a pin-up: "Don't even go there! It's all about the music. We're just really excited ... we think he's doing amazing. Somebody just seems to keep going on and on ... it's got over 400 million views on YouTube now as well. We just hope it leads to people discovering his other music as well. Taylor Swift was the big winner in the Billboard Awards, with eight category wins including the Top Artist prize. Like Gotye, Rihanna took home four awards. The awards went to script, with the world's biggest popstars scooping most of the awards, including One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Madonna and Justin Bieber. One of the few surprises was R&B artist Miguel's unscheduled leap into the audience, landing on two fans and injuring one of them in the process, although it wasn't serious. Gotye missed out on awards in three other categories: New Artist, Rock Artist and Digital Song. The Gotyettes group began life as likeminded fans on Twitter last March. Before we knew it we were a group of 10 women chatting about him every day. One night Emma from the UK flippantly said 'goodnight Gotyettes and the name stuck," Rooney said. She says the women are now firm friends and use the group to talk about "family, friends and of course Wally and his music." We are everyday people: some of us are stay-at-home mums, some of us are professionals, some are students. They are in regular contact with Gotye on Twitter and by email and occasionally meet him at his shows, overseas and in Australia: "Meeting each other became as exciting as meeting Wally himself because we've just become so close." Why Wally? His music just touches us, his voice is awesome, he plays the drums awesome [sic], we love the ways he he experiments with different types of different instruments ... he's a bit out of the box and we like that. His music-making process is so different from anyone else, the way he locks himself away and tinkers away. They say never meet your idols - does Wally live up to his laid-back image? "He's the most down-to-earth person you could ever meet," Rooney says. He's very warm, talks to you with full eye contact, really interested in what you have to say and doesn't make you feel like a silly fan. He's a nice everyday Aussie bloke. So do the Gotyettes expect another mega-hit from Wally? "I believe he's going to go in a different direction and be a bit more playful and experimental and not do the breakup anthem again," Rooney says. Billboard Music Awards: major prizes Top artist - Taylor Swift Top Hot 100 Song - Somebody That I used to Know, Gotye feat. Kimbra Top Billboard 200 Album - Red, Taylor Swift Duo / Group - One Direction New Artist - One Direction Touring Artist - Madonna Male Artist - Justin Bieber Female Artist - Taylor Swift Top Hot 100 Artist - Maroon 5 Top Billboard 200 Artist - Taylor Swift Digital Songs Artist - Carly Rae Jepsen & Taylor Swift (tie) Radio Songs Artist - Rihanna Social Artist - Justin Bieber Streaming Artist - Nicki Minaj Pop Artist - One Direction R & B Artist - Rihanna Rap Artist - Nicki Minaj Country Artist - Taylor Swift Rock Artist - Fun Dance Artist - Madonna Electronic Dance Music Artist - David Guetta Pop Album - 21, Adele R & B Album - Unapologetic, Rihanna Rap Album - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj Country Album - Red, Taylor Swift Rock Album - Babel, Mumford & Sons Dance Album - MDNA, Madonna EDM Album - Bangarang, Skrillex Radio Song - Somebody That I used to Know, Gotye feat. Streaming Song (Audio) - Somebody That I used to Know, Gotye feat. Streaming Song (Video) - Gangnam Style, Psy Pop Song - Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen R & B Song - Diamonds, Rihanna Rap Song - Thrift Shop, Macklemore & Lewis Country Song - We Are Never Getting Back Together, Taylor Swift Rock Song - Somebody That I Used To Know, Gotye feat. Dance Song - Harlem Shake, Baauer EDM Song - Harlem Shake, Baauer