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December 05, 2006 @ 12:45 pm
Mary J. Blige Wins Big at BillBoard Awards
Some of these awards included R&B/Hip Hop Artist of the Year, R&B/Hip Hop Album of the Year and Female Artist of the Year.
The soulful songstress rocked the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where the show took place in white go-go boots and a sparkly minidress, performing “Enough Crying” and her current single, “Take Me As I Am”.
The Breakthrough shot to No. 1 after it debuted on the Billboard charts in December 2005 and has sold 2.6 million copies since.
Among other winners were 17-year-old R&B crooner Chris Brown and Barbados-bred beauty, Rihanna, with best male and female artists of the year, respectively.
Atlanta rapper T.I. took home Rap Artist of the Year and Rap Album of the Year for his fourth solo album, King, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart in March.
Janet Jackson opened the awards show sporting a short bob haircut and a belly-baring white turtleneck sweater, her classic sex appeal - minus the wardrobe malfunctions. Jackson performed her 1980s classic, "The Pleasure Principle," mixed into "So Excited," a single from her 2006 comeback album, 20 Y.O.
Veteran singer Tony Bennett was honored with the Billboard Century Award, a lifetime achievement award. Bennett timed his release of Duets: An American Classic — featuring Bono, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and Barbra Streisand, among other musical icons – with that of his 80th birthday.
The September release has become the best-selling album of his 50-plus-year recording career.
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