Ludacris & Ciara to Host the Award Show Live from T-Mobile Arena on SUNDAY, MAY 22nd at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT on ABC
The Billboard awards nominees were announced on April 11th, 2016, with The Weeknd earning the most nominations with twenty. Britney Spears is set to receive Billboard Millennium Award. Celine Dion is set to receive the Billboard Icon Award in recognition of her career spanning over three decades.
Singer Meghan Trainor has been added to the lineup of the 2016 Billboard Music Awards. The chart-topping, Grammy-winning pop star, known for her single All About The Bass, will deliver a rendition of her new retro-vibe hitNO. NO is the first single off from her sophomore album Thank You. As previously announced, Madonna will honour Prince at the ceremony.
Trainor will join already announced performers Rihanna, Ariana Grande, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, Justin Bieber, Celine Dion, Fifth Harmony, and Demi Lovato, among others.
Rihanna will perform at the Billboard Music Awards. Rihanna, currently on her Anti tour, will join already announced performers. Rihanna also announced this week that she has launched a global scholarship program with her Clara Lionel Foundation
The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” will live stream in the WATCH ABC app for verified viewers in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Fresno, Raleigh-Durham and Philadelphia. Once aired, the full show will be available on demand via WATCH ABC.
About “2016 Billboard Music Awards”
The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” are set to return to ABC and will be broadcast live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22 at 8:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. PDT. The show will showcase this year’s hottest and biggest music stars. Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital songs sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social engagement. These measurements are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound. The awards are based on the reporting period of March 23, 2015 through March 17, 2016. The “2016 Billboard Music Awards” is produced by dick clark productions. Allen Shapiro, Mike Mahan, Mark Bracco, Barry Adelman and Robert Deaton are Executive Producers.
About dick clark productions
dick clark productions (dcp) is the world’s largest producer and proprietor of televised live event entertainment programming, with the “Academy of Country Music Awards,” “American Country Countdown Awards,” “American Music Awards,” “Billboard Music Awards,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” “Golden Globe Awards,” “Hollywood Film Awards” and the “Streamy Awards.” Weekly television programming includes “So You Think You Can Dance,” from 19 Entertainment, a division of CORE Media Group and dcp. dcp also owns one of the world’s most unique and extensive entertainment archive libraries, with more than 55 years of award-winning shows, historic programs, specials, performances and legendary programming. For additional information, visit www.dickclark.com.
