Missed the American Music Awards?? Here’s a run down of all the highlights and performances!

 

Bruno Mars took us back to the Super Bowl halftime show and kicked off the AMAs with an energetic, choreographed performance of “24K Magic.” He later broke into solo dance moves and mashed up his record with Rick James’ “Super Freak.”

 

https://twitter.com/Sanele_P/status/800551631385456640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

Niall Horan performed an acoustic rendition of “This Town.”

 

 

Fifth Harmony performed “That’s My Girl.”

 

https://twitter.com/PopCravePolls/status/800530270759682048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

The Chainsmokers and Halsey performed “Closer” with help from Travis Barker.

 

https://twitter.com/HALSEY_SP/status/800589747651428352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

James Bay made his AMAs performance debut with “Let It Go.”

 

https://youtu.be/e-b8Ur-e9Gs

 

While strumming his guitar, Shawn Mendes performed “Treat You.” He then played the piano while performing “Mercy.”

 

https://twitter.com/ShawnMWorId/status/800520066873905152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

The Weeknd gave a futuristic performance of “Starboy.”

 

https://twitter.com/TheWeekndNewsXO/status/800537839553417220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj took us to the tropics for their performance of “Side to Side.”

 

https://twitter.com/thearianaphotos/status/800534925120311296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

Introduced by his wife, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend performed his new single “Love Me Now.”

 

 

Twenty One Pilots performed “Heathens.”

 

 

 

Justin Bieber performed “Let Me Love You” live from his “Purpose World Tour” stop in Zurich, Switzerland.

 

https://twitter.com/JBNewsCrew/status/800574010127880192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

Lady Gaga performed “Million Reasons” from her album Joanne.

 

 

DJ Khaled performed his hit record, “Do Ya Mind” with Nicki Minaj, August Alsina, Future and Rick Ross.

 

https://twitter.com/NickiRadio/status/800557276973137920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

Maroon 5 closed out the show with Kendrick Lamar, performing “Don’t Wanna Know.”

 

 

 

 

And of course many awards were given out, they go as follows;

 

Artist of the year – Ariana Grande
New artist of the year – Zayn Malik
Collaboration of the year – Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla Sign – ‘Work From Home’
Tour of the year – Beyonce
Video of the year – Justin Bieber – ‘Sorry’
Favourite male artist (pop/rock) – Justin Bieber
Favourite female artist (pop/rock) – Selena Gomez
Favourite duo or group (pop/rock) – Twenty One Pilots
Favourite album (pop/rock) – Justin Bieber – ‘Purpose’
Favourite song (pop/rock) – Justin Bieber – ‘Love Yourself’
Favourite male artist (country) – Blake Shelton
Favourite female artist (country) – Carrie Underwood
Favourite duo or group (country) – Florida Georgia Line
Favourite album (country) – Carrie Underwood – ‘Storyteller’
Favourite song (country) – Tim McGraw – ‘Humble And Kind’
Favourite artist (rap/hip-hop) – Drake
Favourite album (rap/hip-hop) – Drake – ‘Views’
Favourite Song (rap/hip-hop) – Drake – ‘Hotline Bling’
Favourite male artist (soul/R&B) – Chris Brown
Favourite female artist (soul/R&B) – Rihanna
Favourite album (soul/R&B) – Rihanna – ‘Anti’
Favourite song (soul/R&B) – Rihanna featuring Drake – ‘Work’
Favourite artist (alternative rock) – Twenty One Pilots
Favourite artist (adult contemporary) – Adele
Favourite artist (Latin) – Enrique Iglesias
Favourite artist (contemporary inspirational) – Hillsong United
Favourite artist (electronic dance music) – The Chainsmokers
Top soundtrack – Purple Rain

 

And that’s the 2016 AMA’S! Till next year!

 

-The Pepper & Dylan Show

 

 

*Top image from CBS News*

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