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Prince to Be Honored at Billboard Music Awards on May 19

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The 2013 Billboard Music Awards are returning to Las Vegas on Sunday, May 19 and will honor the legendary artist Princeduring a live ABC broadcast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Prince will be honored with the Billboard Icon Award and is set to deliver what will likely be an unforgettable performance during the broadcast, produced by Don Mischer and sponsored by Chevrolet and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

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The "Purple Rain" singer-songwriter-musician follows the 2012 Icon recipient, Stevie Wonder, who received a multi-tiered tribute led by Alicia Keys.

Also at last year's event, Adele dominated with twelve awards, including Top Artist , Pop Artist and Female Artist, while LMFAO followed with six nods, including for Hot 100 Song of the Year ("Party Rock Anthem"). The show featured over 15 live performances from some of the biggest names in music, including Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Usher and Justin Bieber.

The star-studded telecast resulted in a ratings win for ABC, attracting its second-largest audience since 2003 and trumping NBC's season finale of "Celebrity Apprentice" by 27% among all age groups.

The awards will reflect Billboard's chart rankings based on key fan interactions with music, including album sales and downloads, track downloads, radio airplay and touring as well as streaming and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, Vevo, Youtube, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music. These measurements are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Entertainment and Next Big Sound. The awards will be based on the reporting period of Feb. 27, 2012 through Feb. 24, 2013. Top artists will be recognized in a variety of genres, including R&B, Rap, Pop, Country, Rock, Latin and Alternative.

Stay tuned for more announcements on performers, presenters and more for the May 19 airing of the 2013 Billboard Music Awards on ABC

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Reply #1 posted 01/18/13 1:37pm

babynoz

woot!

Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise.
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Reply #2 posted 01/18/13 1:44pm

thepope2the9s

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nutty

Stand Up! Everybody, this is your life!
https://www.facebook.com/...pope2the9s follow me on twitter @thepope2the9s
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Reply #3 posted 01/18/13 1:47pm

madison

tonk

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Reply #4 posted 01/18/13 2:05pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

It'll b a MasterPiece" Award per4mance!!!!!......

PRINCE To Be Honored With Billboard Icon Award May 19; Will Perform

Prince Billboard Awards

2013 is going to be big for Prince. Along the way, he will be honored with the Billboard Icon Award on May 19th. The Icon will be performing on the Award Show As well.

Billboard made the announ...e earlier.

Stevie Wonder received the Icon Award last year from Alicia Keys.

The show will air on ABC and takes place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Congrats to the purple one for racking up another achievement. We personally cannot wait for the performance, which we are sure will be amazing!

Diagnosis: Icon.


http://www.drfunkenberry....ll-perform

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #5 posted 01/18/13 2:10pm

617automatic

woot! cool dancing jig clapping touched You deserve this honor. You deserve more.

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Reply #6 posted 01/18/13 2:19pm

jgreco7

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Congratulations 2 a living legend!
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got Prince?
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Reply #7 posted 01/18/13 2:24pm

Revolution

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lol Does anyone see the irony here?

Congrats Prince...you deserve whatever you get. thumbs up!

Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind.
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Reply #8 posted 01/18/13 2:27pm

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party congrats prince party

what good timing with his new album coming out this year...

"Hyperactive when I was small, Hyperactive now I'm grown, Hyperactive 'till I'm dead and gone"
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"Midnight is where the day begins"
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Reply #9 posted 01/18/13 2:32pm

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He said 2013 will be big

Straight Jacket Funk Affair
Album plays and love for vinyl records.
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Reply #10 posted 01/18/13 2:49pm

purplethunder3
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #11 posted 01/18/13 3:04pm

2020

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2013=PRINCE!

The greatest live performer of our times was is and always will be Prince.

Remember there is only one destination and that place is U
All of it. Everything. Is U.
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Reply #12 posted 01/18/13 3:17pm

veronikka

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Rhythm floods my heart♥The melody it feeds my soul
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Reply #13 posted 01/18/13 3:20pm

livewire

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Fantastic! The performance would be great promotion for a new album and/or tour to commence right after. Prince really does seem to be pushing for a big year as promised. More power to him, I say!

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Reply #14 posted 01/18/13 3:30pm

SynthiaRose

Please let this performance go down in history....

boogie

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Reply #15 posted 01/18/13 4:06pm

NowhereMan

Cool! cool Can't wait to see this!

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Reply #16 posted 01/18/13 4:12pm

xLiberiangirl

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great. hope he promotes his new album and he'll do a new song hopefully. and by that i don't mean Rock n Roll love affair.

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Reply #17 posted 01/18/13 4:32pm

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VEGAS! I won't get caught slippin this time!
Pray Daily!!!!! RIP AMY WINEHOUSE Keep Calm, Carry on
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Reply #18 posted 01/18/13 4:47pm

eugny1

Sweet! I'll just throw it out there....Prince, PLEASE do not throw away your performance by featuring some protege no one cares about or will ever remember existed six months hence.

We want U to bring like u did at the RRHOF- Prince, and only Prince!

That said, looks like I'll be watching a music awards show for the first time since maybe the 90s.

Looking forward!

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Reply #19 posted 01/18/13 4:48pm

Timmy84

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Reply #20 posted 01/18/13 5:01pm

NaughtyKitty

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Yay for Prince! woot! I will be watching biggrin

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Reply #21 posted 01/18/13 5:29pm

MadamGoodnight

headbang thumbs up! excited party clapping dancing jig boogie woot! yes Time to turn The Strip out!

Congratulations!!! He deserves it! nod

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Reply #22 posted 01/18/13 5:58pm

NuPwrSoul

livewire said:

Fantastic! The performance would be great promotion for a new album and/or tour to commence right after. Prince really does seem to be pushing for a big year as promised. More power to him, I say!

Yes! An award / career recap + live performance are the perfect set up for a tour & album. It reminds me of how he orchestrated Musicology around his Grammy performance & RnR Hall of Fame induction--it was something he reportedly sat down in planned in advance. And if I recall, he promised in 2004 that "something big" was coming, too.

"That...magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it."-Dreamshaman32
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Reply #23 posted 01/18/13 6:13pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

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Its going 2 b a "MasterPiece" year....

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #24 posted 01/18/13 6:18pm

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cool thanx for sharing the info hope he is there to receive the award
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Reply #25 posted 01/18/13 6:19pm

PaisleyRose

clapping Congratulations Prince! dancing jig

PaisleyRose was here rose
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Reply #26 posted 01/18/13 6:23pm

errant

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they still have the Billboard awards? I thought it had gone the way of the Blockbuster Awards and the Cable Ace....

"does my cock look fat in these jeans?"
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Reply #27 posted 01/18/13 6:43pm

RRA

NuPwrSoul said:

Yes! An award / career recap + live performance are the perfect set up for a tour & album. It reminds me of how he orchestrated Musicology around his Grammy performance & RnR Hall of Fame induction--it was something he reportedly sat down in planned in advance. And if I recall, he promised in 2004 that "something big" was coming, too.

I'm also reminded of when he did American Idol around the time of 3121, two songs from that album if I remember correctly and holy macaroni that was AWESOME. (Also a nice reminder when watching a global karaoke TV show to see a REAL performer.) Best part was when I think Ryan Seacrest went up and hoped to stick a microphone in front of the Purple Yoda's face, but Prince split the fudge out of there pronto after the performance.

Badass.

So yes, I fully expect him to deliver the goods. 4 years since his last album (20Ten might as well have been released in a forest) that the masses could buy and consume, people are hungry for purple.

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Reply #28 posted 01/18/13 7:51pm

purpleshadow

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

nod

Its going 2 b a "MasterPiece" year....

every year is a masterpiece prince year to u.. lol

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Reply #29 posted 01/18/13 8:04pm

imago

Hasn't Prince been highly critical of Billboard?

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