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"I wanna take this opportunity to thank you, my parents," he said. He walked into the show with 16 nominations, winning honors like top artist, top male artist, top Hot 100 song for "Blinding Lights" and top R&B album for "After Hours." The Weeknd was on hand to accept the most wins of the night - 10. Live performances were held outdoors, in front of feverish audience members wearing masks. Pink's performance was one of several pre-taped moments at the awards show, which aired on NBC and was hosted by Nick Jonas. "I love what I do and I love the people that I get to do it with, and we're pretty good at what we do, but it wouldn't matter if no one came to see us and play with us.
"Willow, you nailed it," Pink said after the performance. Known for her signature aerial and acrobatic moves, Pink was matched by Willow Sage Hart as "Cover Me In Sunshine" played in the background, Pink's song featuring vocals from her daughter. Pink received the Icon Award and was joined onstage by her nine-year-old daughter - showing off their powerful gymnastic skills as they spun in the air in a jaw-dropping performance. He was also named top streaming songs artist Sunday. He's also logged a record 45 Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 and a record 22 No. to my beautiful family, and to you," he said, looking to Adonis and picking him up to kiss him.ĭrake placed his first song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2009, and since has logged the most songs ever on the chart, with 232 entrees. "I wanna dedicate this award to my friends, to my longtime collaborators. He walked onstage outside the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles with his son Adonis holding his hand. The band will perform "Invisible" on the Billboard Music Awards on May 23.It was a family affair at the Billboard Music Awards: Pink twirled in the air in a powerful performance with her daughter, and Drake was named artist of the decade, accepting the honour alongside his 3-year-old son.ĭrake, who extended his record as the most decorated winner in the history of the awards show to 29 wins Sunday, was surrounded by family and friends who presented him with the Artist of the Decade Award. In addition to featuring Coxon, Duran Duran's Future Past includes appearances from Bowie pianist Mike Garson and indie-pop artist Lykke Li, as well as production by legendary electronic producer Giorgio Moroder, DJ and remixer Erol Alkan and Mark Ronson.
"In the light of COVID and everything that’s been going on in the last year and a half, really, with all the different public movements and all the noise people have been making, it suddenly sounded relevant in a much bigger way.”
"And then it suddenly took on a bigger scope, really," he added, citing a lyric - “ And a voiceless crowd isn’t backing down" - as an example. And this person who doesn't get heard thinks, 'Maybe I’m just invisible.' "Invisible" indeed puts rhythm at the forefront, calling to mind both Prince's liquid grooves and the herky-jerky funk feel of David Bowie's albums between 1977's Low and 1980's Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). But the song also features grimy guitars from Blur's Graham Coxon that match the sharp edges of Nick Rhodes' synth parts.ĭuring the radio interview, Le Bon noted the song began as “a story about a slightly dysfunctional relationship where one person never gets heard and the other person does all the talking. I just had to fit in a melody around that, really.” It’s got a very, very assertive drum track. Describing the music of "Invisible," singer Simon Le Bon told BBC Radio 2's The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show that “it kind of started with the beat.