Britney Gives Madonna French Career Award

Madonna made a brief appearance at a French music awards show this weekend, accepting a career award from Britney Spears and thanking France’s fans for two decades of support.

Madonna, wearing a demure green polka-dot dress, didn’t perform at NRJ radio station’s awards ceremony Saturday, but she still got a standing ovation. The pop divas didn’t exchange kisses, unlike at the MTV Video Music Awards in August – which prompted inevitable cracks from French presenters later in the show.

“My ambition may be American, and I may have married a Brit, but my heart belongs to France,” Madonna told Spears and the crowd. Christina Aguilera also attended.

Other performers included Seal, Dido, Kylie Minogue and Beyonce Knowles. France’s rock quartet Kyo won the most prizes, including best French-language group.