The Global Icon Award at the MTV Europe Music Awards is a pretty big deal. It has been awarded to many very popular artists such as Queen and Whitney. At tomorrow’s EMA show in Amsterdam, it will be awarded to Eminem.

Eminem is not only a popular artist in the United States, but he is popular around the world. Eminem has sold over 80 million records worldwide in his career. This is said to be one of the major factors is his selection by MTV for this award. MTV’s Bruce Gilmer stated that "I think everyone agrees, Eminem is one of the most creative and unique artists of our time.” But, that is not the only Eminem news pertaining to the EMAs that is breaking today. Eminem is also set to perform at the event which takes place this Sunday.

Eminem is not the only American act set to perform at the EMAs this weekend. The event will have performances from Katy Perry, Robin Thicke, and Miley Cyrus.

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