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[ LAUGHTER ]
WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN THIS
SHOW?
I GOT TO FILL UP TIME.
RIGHT NOW TO MAKE A VERY, VERY
SPECIAL PRESENTATION IS ONE OF
THE FEW PEOPLE ALIVE THAT WE CAN
TRULY CALL A LEGEND.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO GIVE IT UP
FOR MR. TONY BENNETT.
COME ON!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, THIS YEAR'S "BILLBOARD"
HONORS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IS
GOING TO A PERSON WHO HAS NOT
JUST BEEN A MAJOR FORCE IN THE
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY BUT A
WOMAN WHO HAS LITERALLY
REVOLUTIONIZED ALL OF OUR IDEAS
ABOUT STARDOM AND WHAT IT COULD
MEAN.
WITH HER MUSIC, IN HER VIDEOS,
ON STAGE, IN THE MOVES, IN ALL
MEDIA, SHE HASN'T JUST PUSHED
THE ENVELOPE, SHE'S LITERALLY
TORN IT APART.
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, SHE HAS
CONSISTENTLY SURPRISED AND
DELIGHTED US WITH HER
FASCINATING TRANSFORMATIONS,
DAZZLING DISPLAY OF INVENTION.
SHE'S KEPT US ON THE EDGE OF OUR
SEAT.
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT'S NEXT.
THROUGHOUT IT ALL, THE ONE THING
THAT HAS SHINED THE BRIGHTEST IS
THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL BEGAN,
THE MUSIC.
HERE IS JUST ONE INCREDIBLE
STATISTIC.
SHE HAS HAD MORE TOP TEN RECORDS
THAN ANY OTHER FEMALE ARTIST IN
"BILLBOARD" CHART HISTORY!
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> ABSOLUTELY NO REGRETS.
♪ COME ON GIRLS ♪
♪ DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE ♪
♪ BECAUSE I GOT SOMETHING TO SAY
ABOUT IT ♪
♪ COME ON DANCE AND SING ♪
♪ HOL DAY ♪
♪ BORDERLINE ♪
♪ SHINE YOUR HEAVENLY BODY
TONIGHT ♪
♪ LIKE A *** ♪
♪ LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD ♪
♪ CRAZY FOR YOU ♪
♪ ALL OVER YOUR BODY ♪
♪ DRESS YOU UP WITH MY LOVE ♪
♪ WE CAN DANCE ♪
♪ YOU CAN DANCE IF YOU WANT TO ♪
♪ PAPA DON'T PREACH ♪
♪ I'M IN TROUBLE ♪
♪ A MAN CAN TELL A THOUSAND
LIES ♪
♪ I'VE LEARNED MY LESSON WELL ♪♪
♪ I HOPE I LIVE TO TELL THE
SECRET ♪♪
♪ OPEN YOUR HEART TO ME ♪
♪ DARLING ♪
♪ I'LL GIVE YOU LOVE ♪
♪ IF YOU ♪
♪ YOU TURN THE KEY ♪♪
♪ JUST LIKE A PRAYER ♪
♪ YOUR VOICE CAN TAKE ME THERE ♪
♪ DON'T GO FOR SECOND BEST
BABY ♪
♪ PUT YOUR LOVE TO THE TEST ♪
♪ STRIKE A POSE ♪
♪ IT'S EVERYWHERE THAT YOU GO ♪
♪ LOOK AROUND ♪
♪ WAITING ♪
♪ FOR YOU ♪
♪ JUSTIFY MY LOVE ♪
♪ THIS USED TO BE MY
PLAYGROUND ♪
♪ USED TO BE ♪
♪♪ CHERISH THE THOUGHT OF ALWAYS
HAVING YOU HERE BY MY SIDE ♪
♪ RAIN WASH AWAY THE SORROW ♪
♪ SOMETHING'S COMIN' OVER ME ♪
♪ MY BABY'S GOT A SECRET ♪
♪ ♪♪
♪ YOU TOOK MY LOVE FOR GRANTED ♪
♪ WHY OH, WHY ♪
♪ THE SHOW IS OVER SAY
GOOD-BYE ♪
♪ DEEP IN MY HEART ♪
♪ I'M CONCEALING THINGS THAT I'M
GOING TO SAY ♪
♪ SCARED TO CONFESS WHAT I'M
FEELING ♪
♪ FRIGHTENED YOU'LL SLIP AWAY ♪
♪♪ YOU MUST LOVE ME ♪
♪ DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA ♪
♪ THE TRUTH IS I NEVER LEFT
YOU ♪
♪ ALL THROUGH MY WILD DAYS ♪
♪ MY MAD EXISTENCE ♪
♪ I KEPT MY PROMISE ♪
♪ DON'T KEEP YOUR DISTANCE ♪
♪ HAVE I SAID TOO MUCH ♪
♪ THERE'S NOTHING MORE I CAN
THINK OF TO SAY TO YOU ♪
♪ BUT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK
AT ME TO KNOW THAT EVERY WORD IS
TRUE ♪♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WOW.
WHEN THEY --
[ APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IF I COULD JUST GET A WORD IN
EDGEWISE.
WHEN THEY FIRST ASKED ME -- WHEN
THEY FIRST ASKED ME TO FLY TO
LAS VEGAS TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD,
I SAID NO BECAUSE I CAN'T BEAR
TO BE AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER FOR
MORE THAN A FEW HOURS.
BUT THEN THEY SAID THAT TONY
BENNETT WAS GOING TO GIVE IT TO
ME.
AND I SAID ALL RIGHT, SHE WON'T
MISS ME FOR A FEW MORE HOURS.
SO HERE I AM.
ARE YOU SURE I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO
BE GIVING THIS TO YOU?
ALL RIGHT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT
THIS --
>> Audience: WE LOVE YOU,
MADONNA!
>> I LOVE YOU, TOO.
I WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT THIS ON
BEHALF OF ALL OF MY FANS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WHO HAVE STUCK BY ME THROUGH ALL
OF THE YEARS, THROUGH THICK AND
THIN, WHEN EVEN I WASN'T SURE
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS DOING AND IT
MEANS A LOT TO ME.
THIS IS ALSO A REMINDER THAT NO
MATTER WHAT I DO, NO MATTER
WHERE I GO, NO MATTER WHAT
CHOICES I MAKE IN MY CAREER,
THAT IT'S -- THAT IT'S ABOUT THE
MUSIC, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT
THE MUSIC.
THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
ALSO THANK YOU TO "BILLBOARD"
MAGAZINE AND MY RECORD COMPANY
WARNER BROTHERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> STICK AROUND.