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[04/03/13 - 11:30 AM]
Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Prince, Bruno Mars and Miguel to Perform Live at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, May 19 on ABC
More musical acts and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.

[via press release from ABC]

TAYLOR SWIFT, JUSTIN BIEBER, PRINCE, BRUNO MARS AND MIGUEL TO PERFORM LIVE AT THE 2013 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS, LIVE AT THE MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS, AIRING SUNDAY, MAY 19 ON ABC

Awards Show Tickets to Go on Sale Tomorrow, April 4 at 1:00 p.m., ET / 10:00 a.m., PT

Some of today's biggest names in music, including Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Prince, Bruno Mars and Miguel, are set to perform at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, airing live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on SUNDAY, MAY 19 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network, sponsored by Chevrolet and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. In addition to delivering multiple unforgettable performances, the awards show will also honor Billboard chart-topper and world-renowned music legend Prince with the Billboard Icon Award, highlighting his unique journey and history of groundbreaking accomplishments in music during the broadcast, which is to be executive-produced by Don Mischer. More musical acts and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks. For awards show updates and ticketing information, visit Billboard.com.

Seven-time GRAMMY(R) winner Taylor Swift, who writes all of her own songs, has career record sales in excess of 26 million albums and 75 million song downloads worldwide. With the 2012 release of her album "RED," Swift became the only female artist to twice have an album sell more than 1 million copies in a single week. The success of "RED" also made the 23-year-old the first artist since the Beatles (and the only female artist in history) to log six or more weeks at No. 1 with three consecutive studio albums. Some of Swift's other career achievements include being named Billboard's Woman of the Year in 2011 (the youngest woman ever to receive that honor), and with 58 Hot 100 hits, she boasts the second-most among women in the chart's more than 50-year history (trailing only the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin).

Global phenomenon Justin Bieber has sold over 18 million albums worldwide to date and has amassed over 3.5 billion video views on YouTube, over 52 million Facebook fans, and has more than 36 million Twitter followers. Among his numerous chart honors, he's the only artist ever to notch five No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 before turning 19. His latest studio set, "Believe," has granted him three top 10 Hot 100 smashes. "Believe" follows Bieber's No. 1 Christmas album, "Under the Mistletoe" (his third No. 1 album debut in just 18 months), "My World 2.0" (April, 2010) and "Never Say Never: The Remixes" (February, 2011). "Never Say Never: The Remixes" was the accompaniment to his concert documentary film, "Never Say Never," which went on to become the highest grossing concert film in U.S. history.

Bruno Mars is a 14-time GRAMMY Award nominee who has sold over 53 million singles worldwide and has over 1 billion views on YouTube. Since his arrival just three years ago, he's earned four Hot 100 No. 1 singles, and, just last month, his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 -- "Unorthodox Jukebox." His debut album, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans," was released in October 2010 and achieved global success with the hit singles "The Lazy Song," "Grenade" and the blockbuster "Just the Way You Are," which reached No. 1 in multiple countries and won the critically-acclaimed artist a GRAMMY Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

Since bursting onto R&B with his smooth sound at the beginning of the decade, Miguel has posted five Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs top 10s. His ballad "Adorn," the lead single off his four-time GRAMMY-nominated sophomore album, "Kaleidoscope Dream," catapulted to the top of the charts, garnering his third No. 1 hit single and a 2013 GRAMMY win for Best R&B Song. The single has also led the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for a record 23 weeks and counting.

Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital singles sales, radio airplay, touring, streaming and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, VEVO, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music. These measurements are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Entertainment and Next Big Sound. The awards are based on the reporting period of March 12, 2012 through March 10, 2013.

Billboard Music Awards tickets, priced beginning at $75 for Upper Level and not including applicable service charges and taxes, go on sale tomorrow, Thursday, April 4 at 1:00 p.m., ET / 10:00 a.m., PT. Tickets will be available at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (select Smith's Food and Drug Centers and Ritmo Latino). Ticket sales are limited to four (4) per person. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Tickets also are available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.

About Billboard

Billboard is the world's most influential music brand reaching key executives and tastemakers in and around the music business through Billboard magazine, Billboard.biz, Billboard Conferences, Billboard Bulletin, and other targeted newsletters, and millions of music fans through Billboard.com and Billboard Events. The Billboard brand is built on its exclusive charts and unrivaled reporting on the latest news, issues and trends across all genres of music. Billboard charts and content are consumed and referenced by millions of people in more than 100 countries through a content syndication deal with global news network, and strategic relationships with other major companies around the world. In addition to North America, Billboard operates businesses in Brazil, Japan, Korea and Russia.

Billboard is owned by Prometheus Global Media, which resides under the newly formed Guggenheim Digital Media, a diversified company with leading assets in the media and entertainment arenas, including: Music (Billboard and its related conferences, events, and awards shows such as "The Billboard Music Awards" on ABC and "The Billboard Latin Music Awards" on Telemundo), Entertainment (The Hollywood Reporter, Backstage, ShowEast, CineAsia, and CineEurope); and Advertising & Marketing (Adweek, Adweek Conferences and The CLIO Awards).

About Don Mischer Productions

Don Mischer Productions is an internationally recognized leader in large scale event and television production. DMP has produced everything from Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies to Super Bowl Halftime shows to the Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, as well major award show broadcasts including the Oscars and Emmys. The company's principals are award-winning producer and director Don Mischer and producers Charlie Haykel and Juliane Hare.

About the MGM Grand Garden Arena

The MGM Grand Garden Arena is home to concerts, championship boxing and premier sporting and special events. The Arena offers comfortable seating for as many as 16,800 with excellent sightlines and state-of-the-art acoustics, lighting and sound. Prominent events to date have included world championship fights between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson as well as Oscar de la Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez; and concerts by The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Bette Midler, George Strait, Janet Jackson, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, U2, Lady Gaga, Sting, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Jimmy Buffett and the Barbra Streisand Millennium Concert. The MGM Grand Garden Arena also is home to the annual Academy of Country Music Awards and the Frozen Fury NHL pre-season game which features the Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado Avalanche.

About Chevrolet

Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is now one of the world's largest car brands, doing business in more than 140 countries and selling more than 4 million cars and trucks a year. Chevrolet provides customers with fuel-efficient vehicles that feature spirited performance, expressive design and high quality. More information on Chevrolet models can be found at www.chevrolet.com.

About The LVCVA

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is charged with marketing Southern Nevada as a tourism and convention destination worldwide, and also with operating the Las Vegas Convention Center and Cashman Center. With more than 150,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas alone and 10.7 million square feet of meeting and exhibit space citywide, the LVCVA's mission centers on attracting ever-increasing numbers of leisure and business visitors to the area. For more information, go to LVCVA.com or LasVegas.com.





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