MUMBAI: Recording artist, actress, producer and philanthropist Beyonc?© Knowles will be honored with Billboard Millennium Award at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards. Beyonc?© will receive the honor at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday 22nd May 2011.
The event will be hosted by Ken Jeong, and will be a star-studded affair with performances by Rihanna, the Black Eyed Peas, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Cee Lo Green, Nicki Minaj, Pitbull and Taio Cruz.
The Billboard Millennium Award will recognize Beyonc?©’s career achievements and influence in the music industry. Previously, Beyonc?© has won Woman of the Year and Top Female Artist of the Decade in 2009.