"Do not want no hateration:" Mary J. Blige might be honored with the 2022 Billboard Icon Award subsequent month.
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What’s the 411? The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul and her dedication to the music business is about to be additional immortalized.
Mary J. Blige will obtain the Icon Award on the 2022 Billboard Music Awards on the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas on Sunday, Could 15.
This might be her eleventh Billboard Music Award, together with album of the 12 months and 9 trophies for feminine R&B/hip-hop artist of the 12 months and feminine Scorching 100 artist.
Earlier recipients of The Billboard Icon Award embrace Pink, Garth Brooks, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson and Cher.
Blige has been busy this previous 12 months, releasing her 14th album “Good Morning Attractive,” her 2022 Tremendous Bowl LVI Halftime Present with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar — and let’s not overlook her starring function on Starz’s “Energy Ebook II: Ghost” collection.
Blige has expanded into performing, producing and being an entrepreneur, however she at all times comes again to her the place she began — the music.
“My profession has been such an unbelievable and sudden journey that has included many turns into avenues I by no means might have imagined like performing, producing, launching companies, and now even my very own music competition,” Blige stated in a press release.
“By all of it, I at all times a technique or one other gravitated again to my past love, music. To be acknowledged on this method at this second, with the Icon Award on the Billboard Music Awards, is an unbelievable honor and one which I'm really humbled by.”
Anticipate a show-stopping efficiency from Blige as she accepts her iconic award. Many followers will probably hope she performs her high hits and does her notorious two-step stomp.
Regardless it's going to all be “Simply Wonderful.”
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