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Michelle Obama, Barbra Streisand, Lady Gaga, Bono and Stevie Wonder to Honor Beyonce

billyworld99 said:
he was awarded at the billboard awards in 2002 hosted by cedric the entertainer and chris just presented it to him, see
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Sorry about that, You are right. I had no idea Chris Tucker presented Michael a Century Award at the Billboard Awards and American Music Awards.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVhH-FwpTsU

^^ Here is Chris Tucker giving Michael a Century Award at The American Music Awards 0:26. This
is what I was refering to.
 
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Deniro UK said:
oh looky, beyonce plagiarizing yet again in her billboard performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC4s6--WW74 and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDKizmvalE&feature=player_detailpage#t=52s
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Interesting.

I like beyonce. She is a good artist. She loves to copy other artists, but she is a good dancer and a good singer.

The problem is that Beyonce has been used by the press and industry. They want so bad a new Michael Jackson. They can not expect another GREAT artist is born. Maybe because it can take years, decades or centuries. It's all about money. And time is money.

Artist of the Millennium?? Beyonce?? This is ridiculous!!!

They are doing the same thing they did with Justin Timberlake, Usher, Britney Spears, etc..

Do You remember Rolling Stone Magazine calling Justin "The New King of Pop"??
 
Whomever called Beyonce performance the new Motown 25 should be embarrASSed, like please! NOT EVEN CLOSE and there will never be anything like MJ @ Mo 25! And since when do the first lady Obama need to give favors back because B sang at the inaugural?! That was so TACKY! LMAO This is ridiculous! I like B but, damn can u say OVERLY HYPED! WOW...The Music industry is SOOOOOO SAD!
 
I really enjoyed her performance, I think it was great, but the song is still terrible, and she doesn't really deserve such an award yet in my opinion...
 
MJStorm;3392256 said:
Interesting.

I like beyonce. She is a good artist. She loves to copy other artists, but she is a good dancer and a good singer.

The problem is that Beyonce has been used by the press and industry. They want so bad a new Michael Jackson. They can not expect another GREAT artist is born. Maybe because it can take years, decades or centuries. It's all about money. And time is money.

Artist of the Millennium?? Beyonce?? This is ridiculous!!!

They are doing the same thing they did with Justin Timberlake, Usher, Britney Spears, etc..

Do You remember Rolling Stone Magazine calling Justin "The New King of Pop"??
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Exactly, I cant agree more, + this is a clear and undisputed media agenda supported or Id say - paid by Jay-Z and managers, simply the artificial PR strategy.

BUT many fans around the world can confirm that in the 21st century there are so many pieces of information on the net about so many artists that such news and reports like about the Bilboard awards and the winners and artists themselves are mostly overlooked ... I mean, not many people can react on this as something BIG in the music, except these watching the show live or on TV.

GaGa is considered now as the QUEEN of the music world and Beyoncé is just an American singer, outside the US almost average, not the superstar.

So, people in the USA can not understand and see their artists (Beyonce, Usher, Garth Brooks... and co.) like the - worldwide - superstars, the United states are not the whole world, and thats the HUGE difference in meaning of the word - worldwide.

Michael is literally - worldwide - ICON, on all continents, but The US as a country doesnt want to see and acknowlegde this.
 
The performance was probably the best of the night compared to the lazy perfromances by Niki Minaj, Rihanna and Britney Spears.

But, 'Who run the world (girls)' gives me a headache, I cant listen to the whole song anymore! Its rubbish!
 
Uh-oh! Appears that Beyonce's acclaimed BBA performance was heavily "inspired".

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/hi...-to-year-old-performance-from-italian-singer/

Beyonce's Billboard Music Awards Show Strikingly Similar To Year-Old Performance From Italian Singer

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Many were impressed when Beyoncé thanked fired Destiny's Child members LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson in her Billboard Music Awards acceptance speech Sunday night when she received the Millennium Award. But her acknowledgments included a major omission: Italian singer, dancer, actress, and television host Lorella Cuccarini, who appears to have inspired Beyoncé's show-stealing performance of her new song "Run The World (Girls)."

In February 2010, Lorella took the stage at the 60th Sanremo Music Festival in Italy and delivered a show before a white screen and digital accompaniments that has drawn undeniable comparisons to Beyoncé's Billboard Music Awards performance.

As Lorella danced, the backdrop was filled with computerized birds, a bouncing ball, a red staff, a set of wings, a series of drums, and an army of choreographed clones, all of which also appeared in Beyoncé's set.

The variations between the scenes in common are minimal. When watching the performances side-by-side, it feels as though Beyoncé's team used Lorella's show as a template and personalized it by merely changing out some of the details. Not only does Beyoncé use some of the same scenes Lorealla used, but they fall in the same sequence.

Beyoncé's set opens with the roaring head of a tiger. Then like Lorealla's, an entry way appears. Next, both ladies receive a set of flapping wings. Beyoncé dances in front of an array of random, abstract images before a sea of birds descend from the top of the frame. As she continues to dance, she is eventually joined by background dancers made in her likeness. She catches a set of virtual drumsticks and plays the snares that materialize onto the projection in the same spiral fashion as in Lorealla's video.

Kenzo Digital, who spent a month creating Beyoncé's interactive video, said Lorealla concert footage is only part of the inspiration for Beyoncé's show. "[The Cuccarini artists] are awesome and do incredible work as well, but there are a lot of different inspirations for where our piece came from," he told our Amplifier blog.

While it is clear that Beyoncé used the same visual concept as Lorella, Kenzo makes a valid point: both performances contain numerous unique qualities.

Lorella's four-minute routine was a tribute of sorts to American pop music that included pieces of Gwen Stefani's "Holla Back Girl," Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel," Aerosmith's "Walk This Way," and Peggy Lee's "Fever."

Beyoncé also brought two live male background dancers on stage with her, and followed the electronic set with 100+ live female dancers.

Reaction online has been mixed. "This is why I will always value her as a great performer, but never as an artist," rocknox wrote on YouTube. "Why are you going to perform a sampled song, and sample a performance too?"

But ShortStuff528 came to Beyoncés defense. "Has Beyoncé claimed this performance as her idea? Who's to say it was Beyoncé who sought out the people responsible for the original? Maybe they wanted to work with her. Every artist constantly copies. Michael Jackson copied James Brown, Jackie Wilson, breakdancers, Marcel Marcequ, and many magicians that he witnessed. ... Beyoncé gave credit to Fosse even before 'Single Ladies.'"

Still, Beyoncé owed Lorella a mention during her speech. For Beyoncé's "Run The World (Girls)" video, she pays respect to the Tofo Tofo dancers from Mozambique who inspired the opening dance sequence by featuring two of the members in the clip.

A representative for Beyoncé had not responded to Yahoo! Music's request for a quote at press time. A spokesperson for the Billboard Awards offered no comment.
 
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