Britney Spears has been selected as the winner of the 2016 Billboard Music Awards’ Millennium Award. The annual award is given out in recognition of “outstanding career achievements and influence in the music industry.” Spears will accept the award during the May 22, 2016 awards show airing live on ABC beginning at 8pm ET/5pm PT. In addition, Spears will perform a medley of her greatest hits joining a list of confirmed performers that includes Justin Bieber, DNCE, The Go-Go’s, Shawn Mendes, P!nk, Nick Jonas, Tove Lo, and Demi Lovato.
Ludacris and Ciara are hosting the 2016 awards show which will air live for the first time on the West Coast. The finalists were determined by fan interactions via “album and digital songs sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social engagement.” This year’s nominees represent the top in their categories between March 23, 2015 and March 17, 2016.
More on Britney Spears, Courtesy of the Billboard Music Awards:
Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning pop icon Britney Spears is one of the most successful and celebrated entertainers in pop history with nearly 100 million records worldwide. In the U.S. alone, she has sold more than 70 million albums, singles and songs, according to Nielsen Music. Born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, Spears became a household name as a teenager when she released her first single “…Baby One More Time,” a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 smash and international hit that broke sales records with more than 27 million copies sold worldwide and is currently 14x Platinum in the U.S. Her musical career boasts countless awards and accolades, including six Billboard Music Awards, an American Music Award and the 2011 MTV Video Vanguard Award. So far, Spears has earned a total of six No.1 debuting albums on the Billboard 200 chart and 24 Top 40 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 – five of which went to No. 1. Spears has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards and won for Best Dance Recording in 2005. Her cutting-edge pop concert Las Vegas residency, “Britney: Piece of Me,” at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino has been voted “Best Show in Las Vegas” and “Best Bachelorette Show in Las Vegas.” Spears also has been creating fragrances for over ten years, and recently added two new fragrances giving her a total of 15 fragrances available in 87 countries around the world.
