--- description: The Billboard Music Awards already have one big winner: Britney Spears, following in the footsteps of Beyonce and Whitney Houston title: Britney Spears Will Receive Billboard's Millennium Award image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80a1ca3d4e5ec9fc/69889172a988ca10bd6b7ac5/britney-spears-billboard-award.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Britney Spears Will Receive Billboard's Millennium Award by [Megan Lasher](/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2016 5:23 PM CUT  Singer Britney Spears arrives at a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony at The LINQ Promenade on November 21, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Singer Britney Spears arrives at a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony at The LINQ Promenade on November 21, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.David Becker—Getty Images by [Megan Lasher](/author/megan-lasher/) ## Megan Lasher Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2016 5:23 PM CUT The Billboard Music Awards, which will take place on Sunday, May 22, already have one big winner: [Britney Spears](http://time.com/4230425/britney-spears-hillary-clinton-endorsement "undefined"). The “…Baby One More Time” artist will be following in the footsteps of Beyonce and Whitney Houston as she receives the prestigious Millennium Award. The award “honors artists with exceptional achievements and influence in the music industry,” [Billboard announced](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7350405/britney-spears-billboard-millenium-award-honoree "undefined"), citing Spears’ 24 Top 40 singles. Spears is also on the lineup to [perform a medley of her work](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/05/02/britney-spears-receive-billboard-millennium-award/83719576/ "undefined") and her [newest single](http://www.newnownext.com/britney-spears-will-debut-new-single-at-billboard-music-awards/05/2016/ "undefined"),“Make Me (Oooh),” from her soon-to-be-released ninth studio album. She’ll share the stage with hosts Ludacris and Ciara, alongside other confirmed performers Justin Bieber, P!nk and Nick Jonas. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4314615/britney-spears-billboard-millennium-award/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4314615/britney-spears-billboard-millennium-award/"},"headline":"Britney Spears Will Receive Billboard's Millennium Award","datePublished":"2016-05-02T17:23:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:34:20.833Z","description":"Following in the footsteps of Beyonce and Whitney Houston","url":"https://time.com/4314615/britney-spears-billboard-millennium-award/","keywords":["celebrities","awards","Music","Britney Spears"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80a1ca3d4e5ec9fc/69889172a988ca10bd6b7ac5/britney-spears-billboard-award.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Lasher","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80a1ca3d4e5ec9fc/69889172a988ca10bd6b7ac5/britney-spears-billboard-award.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Britney Spears Christmas Tree-Lighting Ceremony At The LINQ Promenade","caption":"Singer Britney Spears arrives at a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony at The LINQ Promenade on November 21, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.","creditText":"David Becker—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4314615/britney-spears-billboard-millennium-award/","name":"Britney Spears Will Receive Billboard's Millennium Award"}}]}] ```