“I think it’s going to be fantastic”, BBMAs producer says

Mark Bracco, the executive producer of Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards talked about Madonna’s tribute to Prince in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Listen, I think everybody is entitled to their opinion and everyone can have their own opinion, but I will say that we are honored and could not be more excited for Madonna to be on the show and to pay tribute to someone that was her friend and her peer and her colleague. I think it’s going to be fantastic.

Bracco didn’t say what song Madonna would perform, but said her tribute would be really beautiful.

It’s going to be very, very intimate and very respectful, and I think it’s something that is really going to pay tribute to Prince as the incredible, groundbreaking artist that he was and the influence that he had on music.

Bracco explained that after Prince died on April 21, the show’s producers brainstormed ways to honor his legacy. And then Madonna’s folks called.

Honestly her team gave a call and inquired about what we might be thinking about and it led to many conversations about what would she want to do and how would we want to shape it creatively. And after everyone (got) comfortable with exactly what the direction was, we all collectively wanted to go into Madonna, that she would do this and she has been very, very involved in how this will all unfold creatively.

The Billboard Music Awards will air live on Sunday at 8 p.m. EDT from Las Vegas.