Billboard Music Awarts - Beyonce Who Run tha World Girls Live

Beyonc 's reign is stronger than ever -- that was clear at tonight's Billboard Music Awards on ABC where the star received the Billboard Millennium Award and performed her new single Run the World Girls for the first time on network television Beyonc The Billboard Music Awards Q A Several of Beyonc 's close relatives famous friends and collaborators -- including First Lady Michelle Obama Lady Gaga The-Dream U2's Bono Babyface Stevie Wonder Solange and her son Daniel Juelz Smith Barbra Streisand Matthew Knowles and Tina Knowles -- took part in the Billboard Millennium Award presentation with pre-recorded personal messages about the singer's accomplishments and impact Lady Gaga who collaborated with Beyonc on remixes of their singles Telephone and Videophone summed it up best You represent the dream she said The honoree herself then took the stage in a barely-there silver number to perform Run the World Girls the lead single from her fourth studio album 4 for the first time ever Virtual duplicates of Queen B rocked behind her until an impressive 100 back-up dancers emerged to rock collectively to the girl-power anthem 2011 Billboard Music Awards Main After the show-stopping performance Tina Knowles and Juelz presented Beyonc with the Billboard Millenium Award as the singer breathlessly thanked her parents Destiny Child's Kelly Rowland Michelle Williams and even former members of the group LaToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson Beyonc ended her speech by shouting out her husband -- I love me some Jay-Z she said as the rap star smiled and nodded and a collective aw could be heard in Las Vegas' MGM Grand Arena and on social networks

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