Billboard Millennium Award

{{Infobox award

| name = Billboard
Millennium Award

| awarded_for = Outstanding achievements and influence in the music industry

| former name =

| image =

| caption =

| presenter = Billboard

| country = United States

| year = 2011

| year2 = 2016

| holder_label = Most recent winner(s)

| holder = Britney Spears

}}

The Billboard Millennium Award is a prestigious award from the Billboard Music Awards that originated in 2011 to periodically recognize singers of great impact and influence in the music industry.

Recipients

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scope="col" | Year

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! scope="col" style="width:20%;" | Recipient

! scope="col" | Performance

! scope="col" | Ref.

style="text-align:center;"| 2011

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! scope="row" | Beyoncé

| "Run the World (Girls)"

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471664/beyonce-to-be-honored-with-billboard-millennium-award-at-billboard-music-awards|title=Beyoncé to be Honored with Billboard Millennium Award|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=April 6, 2020 |date=May 5, 2011}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2012

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! scope="row" | Whitney Houston

| Presented by Whoopi Goldberg. Tribute to Whitney Houston "The Greatest Love of All" and "I Will Always Love You", performed by John Legend and Jordin Sparks. Award accepted by her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown and Pat Houston

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web | url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/whitney-houston-1963-2012/news/a381956/whitney-houston-to-receive-posthumous-billboard-millennium-award/ | title=Whitney Houston to Receive The Billboard Millennium Award | work=Digital Spy | date=May 16, 2012 | accessdate=May 20, 2014 | author=Harp, Justin | archive-date=September 22, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922005347/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/whitney-houston-1963-2012/news/a381956/whitney-houston-to-receive-posthumous-billboard-millennium-award/ | url-status=live }}

style="text-align:center;"| 2016

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! scope="row" | Britney Spears

| "Work Bitch", "Womanizer", "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", "Breathe on Me", "I'm a Slave 4 U", "Touch of My Hand", and "Toxic"

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7350405/britney-spears-billboard-millenium-award-honoree | title=Britney Spears to Perform Hits Medley at Billboard Music Awards | magazine=Billboard | date=May 2, 2016 | accessdate=May 2, 2016 | author=Melendez, Monique}}
{{cite magazine | url=https://time.com/4314615/britney-spears-billboard-millennium-award/ | title=Britney Spears Will Receive Billboard's Millennium Award | magazine=Time | date=May 2, 2016 | accessdate=May 19, 2020 | author=Lasher, Meghan}}
{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/05/02/britney-spears-receive-billboard-millennium-award/83719576/ | title=Britney Spears to receive Billboard Millennium Award | work=USA Today | date=May 2, 2016 | accessdate=May 19, 2020 | author=Gardner, Elysa | archive-date=May 13, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513193755/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/05/02/britney-spears-receive-billboard-millennium-award/83719576/ | url-status=live }}

See also

References

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{{Billboard Music Awards}}

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Millennium

Category:Awards established in 2011