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Prince to Be Honored at Billboard Music Awards on May 19
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.
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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Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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Stand Up! Everybody, this is your life!
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It'll b a MasterPiece" Award per4mance!!!!!......
PRINCE To Be Honored With Billboard Icon Award May 19; Will Perform
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.
 will ALWAYS think of  like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that wasn't of this earth, would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. |
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You deserve this honor. You deserve more.Congratulations 2 a living legend!  got Prince? | |
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Congrats Prince...you deserve whatever you get. 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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Does anyone see the irony here?
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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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congrats prince He said 2013 will be big Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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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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Rhythm floods my heart♥The melody it feeds my soul | |
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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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Please let this performance go down in history....
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Cool! | |
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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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VEGAS! I won't get caught slippin this time! Pray Daily!!!!! RIP AMY WINEHOUSE Keep Calm, Carry on | |
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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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Yay for Prince!
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Congratulations!!! He deserves it! | |
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Time to turn The Strip out!
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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Its going 2 b a "MasterPiece" year.... will ALWAYS think of like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that wasn't of this earth, would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. |
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cool thanx for sharing the info hope he is there to receive the award |
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PaisleyRose was here  | |
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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.... | |
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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. [Edited 1/18/13 18:46pm] | |
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every year is a masterpiece prince year to u.. lol | |
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Hasn't Prince been highly critical of Billboard? | |
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