Celine Dion performs “The Show Must Go On” at the Billboard Music Awards at the T-Mobile Arena on Sunday, May 22, 2016, in Las Vegas.
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The network took full advantage of the outcry against Madonna paying tribute to the late singer Sunday night during the Billboard Music Awards to do some marketing of its own.
2016 has seen us lose numerous musicians whose music was the soundtrack for our best memories.
Singer The Weeknd leads the Billboard Music Award nominations with 16 nods, while Bieber is nominated in 11 categories and Taylor Swift in eight.
And the night wouldn’t be complete without a tribute to Prince. These are the most memorable moments of the night.
Whether you think her performance was iconic or robotic, it was a fitting start to the evening.
But it was Celine who got choked up when their son, René-Charles, came out to present her with the Billboard Icon Award.
“An Epic Moment for Me to sing in honor of Prince with Stevie Wonder”.
Stevie Wonder joined her on a rousing “Purple Rain” duet. The response said, “Yeah, we saw that”.
Pretty sure you got the wrong venue there Biebs.
Questlove used his platform to unify fans behind a common goal-paying tribute to late artists in a variety of ways.
He wrote on Twitter: “Argentinian Beliebers I would like nothing more than to bring the #purposetour there but until the legal conditions change there I can’t”.
The 22-year-old prefers show appearances over honours and acceptance speeches, because then there is a real reason behind him being there.
She reminded everyone that she was still a very talented vocalist and paid a tribute the legendary songwriter, who turns 75 this year.
Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas cancelled their tour date in North Carolina to protest the state’s anti-LGBT “bathroom ban” back in April.
As she tends to do at award shows, Pink defied gravity with some terrifying aerial stunts, courtesy of her new single, “Just Like Fire”.
During her performance of her 2015 hit Cool for the Summer, which winks at sexual fluidity, Lovato wore a bedazzled black shirt with the gender inclusivity symbol, depicting half a man and half a woman.
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The highly hyped show opening featured Ms. Spears going rapid-fire through her multiple hits, from “Circus” to “Toxic” to “Womanizer”. According to Leakes, it looked like Spears was just wearing panties instead of an actual wardrobe at the awards show.
