Mary J. Blige shocked on the crimson carpet for the Billboard Music Awards earlier than being introduced with the eleventh ever Icon Award.
Mary J. Bligeat all times brings it on the crimson carpet — and he or she didn’t allow us to down on the Billboard Music Awards! The 51-year-old arrived on the MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas rocking a sequin black robe with nude mesh panelling by Julian Macdonald. The tremendous horny quantity featured a deep-v minimize and cutout, together with a excessive heart slit displaying off her thigh tattoo. Mary’s glam was on level too, along with her blonde locks up in a excessive mermaid model pony, a shiny lip and glowing pores and skin.
Mary is ready to obtain the Icon Award on the present, which is being held on Sunday, Might 15 in Las Vegas Nevada. The “Household Affair” songstress is the eleventh artist to be bestowed with the distinction, alongside facet Neil Diamond, Stevie Marvel, Prince, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, Cher, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Garth Brooks, and P!NK. In fact, she greater than deserves the accolades along with her extremely profitable music profession that has now spanned three a long time — beginning with 1992’s What’s the 411?
“My profession has been such an unimaginable and sudden journey that has included many turns into avenues I by no means may have imagined like performing, producing, launching companies and now even my very own music competition,” she mentioned in an announcement after it was introduced she could be receiving the Icon Award.
“Via all of it, I at all times a technique or one other gravitated again to my old flame, music. To be acknowledged on this method at this second, with the Icon Award on the Billboard Music Awards, is an unimaginable honor and one which I'm really humbled by,” Mary additionally mentioned. She’s beforehand gained 10 BBMAs: one in 1995 within the R&B album of the yr class for My Life, and a whopping 9 awards on the 2006 present for The Breakthrough.
Via her profession, she’s had 4 primary albums on the Billboard 200: Share My World,Love & Life, The Breakthrough and Rising Pains, in addition to a primary hit with “Household Affair” in 2002. Notably, she has additionally gained 9 GRAMMY Awards.
The Bronx native — who is usually known as the “Queen of Hip-Hop and Soul” — can also be slated to carry out on the present.