Jennifer Lopez will be awarded with Icon Award at 2014 Billboard Music Awards on 18 May.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the ceremony, which will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, will see the 44-year-old popstar taking the stage with Pitbull to premiere this year's FIFA World Cup anthem "We Are One (Ole Ola)."
The Icon Award recognizes lifetime achievement and an artist's remarkable and enduring contribution to popular music and Lopez becomes just the fourth artist and the first woman to receive the honor, joining past winners Neil Diamond, Stevie Wonder and Prince.
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