Drake to obtain Artist of the Decade honour at Billboard Music Awards

By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Canadian rapper and singer Drake shall be honoured with Artist of the Decade Award on the 2021 Billboard Music Awards.

The announcement was made by NBC and Dick Clark Productions in an announcement posted on the official web site of Billboard Music Awards (BBMA) on Tuesday.

Drake holds the file for probably the most Billboard Music Awards with 27, reaching this file after taking house 12 awards in 2019.

Over the previous decade he is additionally broke a number of Billboard chart information, together with having 9 Number One albums and 33 prime 10 songs on the Hot 100.

Drake can also be up for seven awards on the 2021 ceremony, together with the highest artist trophy.

The organisers had just lately introduced that singer Pink will obtain the Icon Award, honouring record-breaking artists and their affect on music.

Singer-actor Nick Jonas will host the 2021 version of the Billboard Music Awards, that are scheduled to happen on May 23.

The Weeknd, who’s main the nominations with 16 nods, is among the many performers introduced for the ceremony.