New York, NY (Top40 Charts) dick clark productions and NBC announced today that singer, songwriter, actress and producer Jennifer LOPEZ will hit the stage the only way she knows how-with a performance at the "2018 Billboard
Music Awards."
Lopez first revealed the news during her appearance this morning on NBC's "Today."
Lopez, the 2014 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS ICON Award recipient, judge and executive producer on NBC's hit summer series "World of Dance," as well as executive producer and star of the hit drama "Shades of Blue," will take a break from her current Las
Vegas residency show "
All I Have" to join previously announced performers BTS,
Camila Cabello,
Kelly Clarkson,
Ariana Grande, John Legend, Dua Lipa,
Shawn Mendes and
Christina Aguilera, featuring Demi Lovato, on a night filled with music's biggest names. It was also announced earlier this week that global superstar
Janet Jackson will receive this year's ICON Award. Jackson will also take the stage for a highly anticipated performance of her greatest hits, marking her first performance on television in nine years.
Hosted by "
The Voice" coach
Kelly Clarkson, the "2018 Billboard
Music Awards" will broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden
Arena in Las
Vegas on Sunday, May 20 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on NBC. The three-hour telecast will feature performances from this year's hottest musical acts, unexpected collaborations and buzzworthy moments that celebrate 60 years of the Billboard Hot 100.
Jennifer LOPEZ Billboard Chart Facts:
Jennifer LOPEZ debuted on Billboard's charts in 1999 with the smash single "If You Had My Love," which spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and paved the way for 10 total Top 10s and 17 Top 40 hits. Since "Love," LOPEZ has made three more visits to No. 1 on the Hot 100. In addition, the 2014 Billboard ICON Award honoree has earned two No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, 16 No. 1s on the Dance Club Songs chart and a trio of No. 1s on the Hot Latin Songs chart. LOPEZ has earned over 1.2 billion on-demand streams in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music.
Jennifer LOPEZ is an award-winning singer, actress, producer and entertainer who has established herself in both music and film. She is a successful recording and touring artist who has sold over 75 million records and has a cumulative box-office gross of over $2 billion. LOPEZ is one of the most influential female artists in history. As an artist, fashion icon, entrepreneur and philanthropist, LOPEZ has been named Forbes magazine's most powerful celebrity and People magazine's first "Most Beautiful Woman in the World." Without a doubt, LOPEZ is a global icon and the ultimate multihyphenate.
Jennifer Lopez's BBMA Giphy stickers are now available! These stickers can be found within Instagram Stories by clicking the GIF button and searching for "BBMAs."
Nominations for the "2018 Billboard
Music Awards" were announced last month on NBC's "
Today" and on a livestream from Billboard's New York office. Kendrick Lamar,
Bruno Mars and
Ed Sheeran tie for the most nominations this year with 15 each.
Voting for the two fan voted categories - Billboard Chart Achievement Award and Top Social Artist - will open on Monday, May 14 and additional details will be available soon.
"Billboard
Music Awards" nominees and winners are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital song sales, streaming, radio airplay, touring and social engagement, tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen
Music and Next Big Sound. The awards are based on the reporting period of April 8, 2017 through March 31, 2018. Since 1940, the Billboard charts have been the go-to guide for ranking the popularity of artists, songs and albums, and are the ultimate measure of success in music.
Tickets for the "2018 Billboard
Music Awards" are on-sale now. To purchase tickets online, fans should go to www.axs.com.
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Music Awards," visit us at www.billboardmusicawards.com or check out the Billboard HUB at www.billboard.com/bbma.
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The "2018 Billboard
Music Awards" is produced by dick clark productions. Mark Bracco, BARRY Adelman,
Kelly Clarkson and Robert Deaton are executive producers.
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Music Awards" are sponsored by T-Mobile.
