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 pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network, sponsored by Chevrolet and Las Vegas. 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 the music industry during the broadcast, which will 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 www.billboard.com.
Seven-time GRAMMY ®-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, Taylor 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 23 year-old Taylor 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 Taylor’s other incredible 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,
