Mariah Carey to Perform at 2015 Billboard Music Awards
Mariah Carey will perform at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards, Dick Clark Productions and the music chart company announced Tuesday
Carey is a 14-time Billboard Music Award winner. She has scored 18 Billboard Hot 100 number one hits, the most for any solo artist in Billboard’s 56-year history.
She also has the longest-running No. 1 single in Hot 100 history, “One Sweet Day,” which spent 16 weeks at the top of the chart. In addition, she has earned 17 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart (six of which reached number one), 17 number one dance club songs and 10 number one R&B/hip-hop songs.
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She joins previously announced musical performers Kelly Clarkson, Hozier, Nick Jonas, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Van Halen, along with special duet performances by “Empire” recording artists Jussie Smollett and Bryshere “Yazz” Gray with Estelle.
Other performers include Fall Out Boy featuring Wiz Khalifa, Little Big Town and Faith Hill, Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea, and Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend.
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The 2015 Billboard Music Awards will be hosted by Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen when ABC broadcasts live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 17 from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM ET.
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