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With less than a week away until the 2015 BET Awards airs, all eyes have been on the network for their official announcement of who would be the recipient of their Lifetime Achievement Award. All signs were pointing toward Janet Jackson and fans took to social media to make their voices heard like never before.
We even gave you our top list of performers who could honor the iconic performer HERE. Alas, despite many industry insiders suggesting that it was all but confirmed that Janet would receive the award, BET has officially announced that another veteran performer will be honored.
Via Billboard, Music icon Smokey Robinson will receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th annual BET Awards. He will be joined at the June 28 ceremony by syndicated radio personality Tom Joyner, who will be presented with the Humanitarian Award.
This is the latest in a long list of industry accolades for prolific singer/songwriter Robinson, inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, among other awards. During his tenure as frontman for the Miracles, Robinson penned such classics as “Tears of a Clown” and “Ooo Baby Baby.” A former Motown VP, Robinson also racked up writing credits on hits for theTemptations (“My Girl”), Mary Wells (“My Guy”) and Marvin Gaye (“Ain’t That Peculiar”) as well as for himself (“Cruisin’”). Previous BET Lifetime Achievement honorees include fellow Motown alum Lionel Richie and Charlie Wilson.
The BET Awards, hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson, will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles (June 28, 8 p.m. ET/PT).
Do you think BET made the right choice for their recipient? Thoughts?
