Hip-hop singer Drake once again demonstrated his dominance within the music industry by winning a record 13-time Billboard Music Awards Sunday night.
The gala of the music magazine in Las Vegas awards the prizes based on the list of successes of the year, leaving little suspense to the spectators to know who will be the winners of the night, unlike the prestigious Grammys, that are granted in base To the vote of music professionals.
Drake, the Toronto hip-hop star topped the charts with a string of hit singles such as "One Dance," "Hotline Bling" and "Fake Love," surpassing British singer Adele, who in 2012 won 12 Billboard awards with her Theme "Someone Like You."
The singer took the stage to thank for what a simple Forrest Gump could have done.
"Life is like a roll of toilet paper. Whether you're the roll or you're taking it ..." he said before his words were overshadowed by a cigarette on ABC television.
With less drama on who wins the awards, this gala offers musicians a broad television audience months after the awards season of the entertainment industry in the United States.
Cher, who was presented as the Icon Award for his artistic career, took the performance of his 1989 hit "If I Could Turn Back Time" very seriously, singing in a black mesh suit and a leather jacket that suits the outfit Which he used in the original video.
In her last song Cher thanked with a romantic speech to his companion Sonny Bono, resisting to speak of policy, even when she is a critical spokesman of the president Donald Trump.
Cher, who turned 71 a day earlier, was surprised to switch dress quickly after singing "Believe", which she played with a platinum-colored wig, high heels and a thin dress of necklaces that showed her bra and her skin exposed .
For her part, Céline Dion could not help but be thrilled to sing the song "My Heart Will Go On" - the main theme of "Titanic" and the one that definitely consecrated her as a diva - to a totally dedicated audience.
"Being here tonight after 20 years ... Some would think my attitude would be 'Oh, I have to sing' Titanic 'again, but the truth is that nights like this are tremendously emotional. Six to fifteen, people who had not even been born [when the song came out], singing with me, with James Cameron and with [the late] James Horner was very special.At all times he was telling me: 'Avoid tears, Do not start crying, '"Céline Dion told Billboard magazine.
