The Billboard
Music Award is an honor given by
Billboard magazine, the preeminent
publication covering the music
business. The Billboard Music Awards
show had been held annually in
December until it went dormant in
2007, but it returned in May .
Janet Jackson has won the most
awards. Unlike other awards, such as
the Grammy Award, which determine
nominations as a result of the
highest votes received, the
Billboard Music Awards finalists are
based on year-end chart performance
according to Nielsen data for sales,
number of downloads and total
airplay. Awards were given for the
top album/artist/single in different
genres. Since 1992, the awards also
give out a Billboard Century Award,
the magazine's highest honor for
creative achievement and named for
Billboard's centennial in 1994. The
award was renamed the Icon Award in
. On February 17, ,
Billboard announced that it would
bring the BMAs back to television,
moving from its original home on Fox
to its new network, ABC, on May 22,
, and in airs live May 20
on ABC at 8 p.m. ET from the MGM
Grand Arena.
In Katy
Perry is to Debut her new song at
the Billboard Music Awards. Other
performers include Chris Brown,
Usher, Justin Bieber, Stevie Wonder
Receiving Icon Honor, Kelly
Clarkson, Linkin Park and Nelly
Furtado, CeeLo Green, Carrie
Underwood. 'Modern Family' Duo Julie
Bowen and Ty Burrell will be hosting
the awards ceremony.
MGM Grand Garden
Arena is located in the MGM Grand in
Paradise, Nevada, USA, and is
patterned after New York's Madison
Square Garden. The arena has a
seating capacity of 16,800 people
and is located at 3799 Las Vegas
Boulevard South. The MGM Grand
Garden Arena has held events such as
the Billboard Music Awards, the
Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children
Benefit, the VH1 Divas Las Vegas
shows, and other sporting and
special events such as Ultimate
Fighting Championship (UFC) PPV
events. From 1996-2000, it hosted
wrestling's WCW Halloween Havoc PPV
event. The UWF television event
Backjack Brawl was held at the venue
in 1994. For the last three years it
has held the Academy of Country
Music Awards (ACMA) in May. On
December 6, 2010 it hosted the first
ever American Country Awards.
