Billie Eilish is Apple Music’s first global artist of the year

The artist will perform a live-streamed concert from Cupertino to mark the occasion

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Billie Eilish performs during the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, in Austin, Texas.
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Billie Eilish will be the first recipient of the Apple Music Award for global artist of the year, one of three honours for the pop singer.

Apple announced Monday that Eilish’s ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ has been named album of the year. Eilish and her brother Finneas will also receive songwriter of the year honours.

Eilish will perform a live-streamed concert from the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple’s campus in Cupertino, California, beginning at 6.30pm PST on Wednesday.

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