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Vanessa Hudgens Camila Cabello Lindsey Stirling Celine Dion Nicole Scherzinger Ashley Tisdale Rita Ora Z LaLa Tish Cyrus Sibley Scoles Jeannie Mai Whitney Woerz Maia Mitchell Olivia Munn Jane Zhang Alexandra Daddario Kate Beckinsale Laura Marano Bebe Rexha Keltie Knight FASHION billboard awards Hudgens raps onstage Minaj, Wayne present explosive performance LOS ANGELES, May 22, (Agencies): Nicki Minaj kicked off the 2017 Billboard Music Awards with an explosive nine-minute per- formance of her hit songs alongside her mentor Lil Wayne and fre- quent collaborator David Guetta. Minaj recently broke Aretha Franklin’s record for most songs placed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by a female artist. The rap- per-singer, who was also joined by Jason Derulo at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, performed “No Frauds,” her song that was a response to fellow rapper Remy Ma’s infamous diss track against Minaj. Minaj, sporting all black, was backed by a group of male and fe- male dancers, some of whom were children. Minaj also performed “Light Up My Body,” during which she danced seductively on the floor. She also sang “Regret In Your Tears.” Vanessa Hudgens, who is hosting the show on ABC with Ludac- ris, imitated Minaj’s rap onstage, which earned applause from the crowd. Hudgens also sang some of Celine Dion’s “I’m Your Lady” (Dion will perform later in the show). The Chainsmokers and Halsey won the first televised award — top collaboration — for “Closer.” Hit “Honestly we wrote this on the back of a tour bus,” said Andrew Taggart, adding that Halsey “made this a hit song.” The rapper won 10 awards in an early announcement Sunday and two before the live show was at the halfway mark at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. When picking up the top Billboard 200 album for “Views,” he told co-host Vanessa Hudgens she looks “incred- ible” and said to fellow host Ludacris, who Drake had problems with at one point, that he’s “always been a big fan.” Drake also told Nicki Minaj that he’s “so glad we found our way back” and thanked Lil Wayne for guiding their careers. He closed with an ode to his father: “My dad got on purple suit and purple shoes!” Drake also won top male artist and gave a shout-out to fellow Canadian nominees Justin Bieber, the Weeknd and Shawn Mendes. Drake walked into the Billboard Awards with 10 awards, while early winners included Beyonce, who won five, and twenty one pilots, who won four. The Chainsmokers and Halsey won the first televised award — top collaboration — for “Closer.” “Honestly we wrote this on the back of a tour bus,” said Andrew Taggart, adding that Halsey “made this a hit song.” The Chainsmokers performed “Young” with Taggart on vocals and Alex Pall behind the board (they were also backed by a drum- mer). Ed Sheeran performed “Castle on the Hill” from Santiago, Chile, while Lorde sang her upbeat song “Green Light.” Drake, who also won top artist, top male artist and top rap al- bum for “Views”, later posed for photographers surrounded by his microphone-shaped trophies. The three-hour show — hosted by hip-hop artist Ludacris and former High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgins — included performances by Miley Cyrus, the Chainsmokers, Nicki Minaj and Imagine Dragons. Beyonce and Twenty One Pilots each took five awards, although they were absent from the ceremony. The Chainsmokers earned four, including top collaboration and top hot 100 song for “Closer” with Halsey. Blake Shelton took home the award for top country artist, and top country song went to Florida Georgia Line. Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling” won top selling song and top radio song. The Icon Award for achievement in music went to Cher, 71, who gave a heartfelt speech after performing two of her biggest hits — “Believe” and “If I Could Turn Back Time”. “I want to thank my mom because when I was really young, my mom said ‘You’re not going to be the smartest. You’re not going to be the prettiest. You’re not going to be the most talented, but you’re going to be special,’” Cher said. Savvy Shields ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017 20
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Vanessa Hudgens
Camila Cabello Lindsey Stirling
Celine Dion Nicole Scherzinger
Ashley Tisdale Rita Ora Z LaLa Tish Cyrus Sibley Scoles
Jean
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Mai
Whitney Woerz Maia Mitchell Olivia Munn Jane Zhang
Alexandra Daddario Kate Beckinsale Laura Marano Bebe Rexha Keltie Knight
FASHION billboard awards
Hudgens raps onstage
Minaj, Wayne presentexplosive performanceLOS ANGELES, May 22, (Agencies): Nicki Minaj kicked off the 2017 Billboard Music Awards with an explosive nine-minute per-formance of her hit songs alongside her mentor Lil Wayne and fre-quent collaborator David Guetta.
Minaj recently broke Aretha Franklin’s record for most songs placed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by a female artist. The rap-per-singer, who was also joined by Jason Derulo at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, performed “No Frauds,” her song that was a response to fellow rapper Remy Ma’s infamous diss track against Minaj.
Minaj, sporting all black, was backed by a group of male and fe-male dancers, some of whom were children. Minaj also performed “Light Up My Body,” during which she danced seductively on the fl oor. She also sang “Regret In Your Tears.”
Vanessa Hudgens, who is hosting the show on ABC with Ludac-ris, imitated Minaj’s rap onstage, which earned applause from the crowd. Hudgens also sang some of Celine Dion’s “I’m Your Lady” (Dion will perform later in the show).
The Chainsmokers and Halsey won the fi rst televised award — top collaboration — for “Closer.”
Hit“Honestly we wrote this on the back of a tour bus,” said Andrew
Taggart, adding that Halsey “made this a hit song.”The rapper won 10 awards in an early announcement Sunday and
two before the live show was at the halfway mark at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. When picking up the top Billboard 200 album for “Views,” he told co-host Vanessa Hudgens she looks “incred-ible” and said to fellow host Ludacris, who Drake had problems with at one point, that he’s “always been a big fan.”
Drake also told Nicki Minaj that he’s “so glad we found our way back” and thanked Lil Wayne for guiding their careers. He closed with an ode to his father: “My dad got on purple suit and purple shoes!”
Drake also won top male artist and gave a shout-out to fellow Canadian nominees Justin Bieber, the Weeknd and Shawn Mendes.
Drake walked into the Billboard Awards with 10 awards, while early winners included Beyonce, who won fi ve, and twenty one pilots, who won four. The Chainsmokers and Halsey won the fi rst televised award — top collaboration — for “Closer.”
“Honestly we wrote this on the back of a tour bus,” said Andrew Taggart, adding that Halsey “made this a hit song.”
The Chainsmokers performed “Young” with Taggart on vocals and Alex Pall behind the board (they were also backed by a drum-mer). Ed Sheeran performed “Castle on the Hill” from Santiago, Chile, while Lorde sang her upbeat song “Green Light.”
Drake, who also won top artist, top male artist and top rap al-bum for “Views”, later posed for photographers surrounded by his microphone-shaped trophies.
The three-hour show — hosted by hip-hop artist Ludacris and former High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgins — included performances by Miley Cyrus, the Chainsmokers, Nicki Minaj and Imagine Dragons.
Beyonce and Twenty One Pilots each took fi ve awards, although they were absent from the ceremony. The Chainsmokers earned four, including top collaboration and top hot 100 song for “Closer” with Halsey.
Blake Shelton took home the award for top country artist, and top country song went to Florida Georgia Line. Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling” won top selling song and top radio song.
The Icon Award for achievement in music went to Cher, 71, who gave a heartfelt speech after performing two of her biggest hits — “Believe” and “If I Could Turn Back Time”.
“I want to thank my mom because when I was really young, my mom said ‘You’re not going to be the smartest. You’re not going to be the prettiest. You’re not going to be the most talented, but you’re going to be special,’” Cher said.
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