For the first time in its history, Billboard will acknowledge artists with multiple talents with a new ‘Triple Threat Award.’ As the first time recipient, the magazine has selected Glee’s Lea Michele, who will be presented with the award at the 2010 Billboard Women in Music event on December 2, reports Teen Music.
“I’m really excited. At work we have a nickname for (co-star) Matt Morrison – we call him ‘Triple Threat,’ because he’s an incredible singer-dancer-actor. And now I get to borrow that phrase, which is really cool,” Michele told Billboard.
"We work so hard over here at Glee. Whenever we’re not filming, we’re in the recording studio, or the dance studio. It takes a lot to put together this show each week, so to get this specific award that honours all of those three things, is so amazing.”
Glee actors must be skilled in three different areas: theatre, dance and song, a combination often associated with artists found on Broadway, where Michele has been working since she was 8 years old.
The award-winning musical comedy-drama has become a hugely successful television show, propelling music sales for numbers showcased on each of its episodes. In 2009, the Glee cast had 25 singles chart on the Billboard Hot 100, the most by any artist since The Beatles had 31 songs in the chart in 1964.