Britney Spears delivered the brilliant opening of the evening. She performed her greatest hits and was then presented with the Billboard Millennium Award for her services to the music industry. The previous Millennium Award winners are Beyoncé (2011) and Whitney Houston (2012).
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Madonna joined Stevie Wonder in honoring the life of Prince.
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Justin Bieber accepted two awards for best artist and best social media star and performed "Company" and "Sorry".
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After Céline Dion's emotional performance of her new single, a cover of the Queen classic "The Show Must Go On", ...
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...the 48-year-old singer could no longer hold back her tears. Her 15-year-old son René Charles Angelil presented her with the "Icon Award". Céline Dion lost her husband and older brother within a week in January.
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Kesha, who is currently in a legal dispute with Dr. Luke and is therefore not allowed to release any new music, gave us goosebumps with her performance of the Bob Dylan classic "It Ain't Me Babe".
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And finally: Rihanna won the Billboard Chart Achievement Award and surprised everyone by singing "Love on the Brain" with a voice that is better than ever before.
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Anyone who wants to see Rihanna's talent in person will have the chance to do so on August 12, 2016. That's when she will be stopping off at Zurich's Letzigrund Stadium with her "Anti World Tour". The support act will be US rapper Big Sean.
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August 12, 2016, Hallenstadion Zurich
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