The Weeknd’s performance was also a favorite, and he walked away with two awards, and presented the first one from Prince.
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Minaj, who won the Best Rap/Hip-Hop Artist – Female award, as well as the Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album award for The Pinkprint, definitely wasn’t happy after taking the stage to accept one of the awards. She encouraged her feverish fans to “find their voice”. But aside from that non-existent tiff the Internet made up, Nicki Minaj took home a few American Music Awards and had a ball with her boyfriend, Meek Mill.
“I’m still laughing at Charlie and Meghan smooching”, Bryan said onstage after winning favorite male artist-country.
So she kicked off the glitzy awards ceremony with a show-stopping performance which consisted of the star and her entourage dancing through a medley of this year’s biggest hits, including Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud, Beyonce’s 7/11 and Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk. She also impressively sang in nearly a cappella form.
Swift has had the most successful year of the bunch, thanks to her top-selling album “1989” and hits like “Bad Blood” and “Black Space”.
Taylor Swift, who is out of the country shooting a music video, was the top nominee with six. “Now back to the b*tch who had a lot to say about me earlier in the week”.
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The show, hosted by Jennifer Lopez, will feature other A-listers, too: Carrie Underwood, Coldplay, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Gwen Stefani and Luke Bryan will perform.
