Lights, digicam, music! The 2022 Billboard Music Awards are certain to make a splash when the occasion takes over Las Vegas on Sunday, Could 15.
“This shall be not like any awards present – I’m bringing the love and setting the frequency at an all-time excessive,” host Diddy mentioned in a press release in final month. “The Billboard Music Awards actually characterize the artists and the place music is at the moment, so I’m excited to curate the most important stay performances and surprises. The world has to tune in to see.”
The “I’ll Be Lacking You” singer, 52, will run the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, 25 years after he received his first BBMA in 1997 for his No Means Out file.
This 12 months’s star-studded ceremony may see a brand new chief relating to the most-decorated artist in BBMA historical past.
Justin Bieber at present sits in third place with 21 wins, however he’s nominated in 13 classes this 12 months — so he may give Drake (with 29 wins) and Taylor Swift (with 25 trophies) a run for his or her cash.
Whereas the “Child” crooner, 28, has plenty of nominations for the 2022 awards present, he was surpassed by The Weeknd, who leads the pack with 17 class nods, and by Doja Cat, who earned 14 nominations.
All eyes shall be on the Prime Artist class — which incorporates The Weeknd, 32, Doja Cat, 26, Drake, 35, Swift, 32, and Olivia Rodrigo — when the night time begins.
Between their favourite artists’ acceptance speeches, followers shall be handled to an enormous live performance with among the largest musicians on the earth taking the stage.
Mary J. Blige, for instance, is without doubt one of the must-see artists of the night time — however her efficiency isn’t the one factor she shall be centered on come Sunday. The 51-year-old rapper is the 2022 Icon Award recipient.
“My profession has been such an unimaginable and surprising journey that has included many turns into avenues I by no means may have imagined like appearing, producing, launching companies and now even my very own music competition,” Blige mentioned in a press release final month, per E! Information. “By means of all of it, I at all times a technique or one other gravitated again to my old flame, music.”
She added: “To be acknowledged on this manner at this second, with the Icon Award on the Billboard Music Awards, is an unimaginable honor and one which I’m actually humbled by.”
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