By RACHEL MCGRATH FOR BE INFORMED
PUBLISHED: 20:31 GMT, 23 May 2016 | UPDATED: 15:16 GMT, 24
May 2016
His mom Celine Dion is one of the biggest singing superstars
in the world.
But for René-Charles Angelil, 15, the highlight of Sunday
night's Billboard Music Awards was the chance to meet Rihanna.
The teen excitedly shared a photo on his Instagram Monday
showing himself and RiRi posing cheek-to-cheek, and captioned the photo with:
'What a night!'
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Big fan: An excited René-Charles Angelil, 15, posed with
Rihanna backstage at Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards and shared it with
his Instagram followers with the caption: 'What a night!'
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René-Charles has a huge smile on his face as he stands next
to the Work singer.
Rihanna, 28, leans her forehead gently against the
youngster as she stands slightly
sideways and pressing into him.
The Barbadian beauty is wearing a sheer green
zebra-patterned maxi dress with gold detailing along the plunging neckline and
gold spaghetti straps.
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Backstage pass: Celine Dion's eldest son with her late
husband René Angelil also got to meet some of his other music heroes such as
Ludacris, pictured, who co-hosted the awards show held in Las Vegas
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Surprise! The teen was at the event to present his famous
mother with Billboard's Icon Award
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Emotional moment: The 48-year-old superstar was moved to
tears by the unexpected appearance of her son
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Celine, who had just performed Queen's The Show Must Go On,
was overcome with emotion as her eldest son walked out on stage and the crowd
gave her a standing ovation.
'I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for crying. I want to be so strong
for my family and kids,' she told the crowd.
'I don't want to cry in front of you,' she then said to
René-Charles.
The 48-year-old star continued: 'Thank you very much.This is
such a tremendous honor. Music has been my passion since before I can almost
remember.'
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Big night: Rihanna, 28, was presented with the fan-voted
Billboard Chart Achievement Award
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Meanwhile, Rihanna was honored with another of the night's
big trophies - the fan-voted Billboard
Chart Achievement Award.
'Thank you guys for being so supportive. Billboard thank you
so much, we've had an incredible relationship so far all these years. I'm
blessed and feel very lucky to be up here receiving this award right now so
thank you guys,' she said.
Earlier, the singer had performed her new single Love On The
Brain while wearing a black off-the-shoulder outfit with a mint green fur
draped across her shoulders.
On Monday, it was announced that Big Sean will serve as her
opening act on the European leg of her Anti Tour, which kicks off on June 17.
The series of concerts will include appearances at several summer music
festivals in the UK, Belgium and Finland.
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Quirky fashion style: Earlier on the show, she sang her new
single Love On The Brain wearing a black ensemble with a very low-cut neckline
and draped in a mint green fur
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