Singer Rihanna arrives at the 2008 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on Sunday in Los Angeles, California. A lot of celebs hit up the event last night, so make sure to peep the arrival and press room photos.
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Alicia Keys KILLED IT!!!
Her performance was the BEST!!
And she wins for best dressed!!!
It’s nice to see they saved the BEST for last……
Rihanna normally rocks whatever she wears. but that dress was a mess
and that thing on Alicia’s forehead irritated me
How was the show?.. Ri-Ri’s outfit black outfit is cute..
Ri Ri I love ya!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pink is looking way more feminine nowadays
Nick and mariah look cute
T-pain look a hot mess as usual
Kanye has become so humble, that is so weird.
Toccara dress is hideous.
Everything else looks alright.
@1
Me too!!!! Why did she put that thing there. She looked so stupid.
I hated Rihannas dress too but her legs looked great.
Let me be the first to comment , That was Rihanna best performance she served werk!! and look banging she deserved to win those awards she coming to get her grammy bitches, her vocals were on point ,Sasha killed it….
Rih is killin it.
I meant @The Queen
LOVE BEYONCE CAN”T WAIT FOR DIVA VIDEO!!!
Pink and Beyonce gave the best performances last night. They looked great along with Queen Latifah and Alicia if she didn’t have so much foundation and that Indian thing on her face. I’m glad Alicia got some awards but those teeny boppers voting for Rihanna like robots over her, Mary and Mariah was a travesty. Something is wrong with young people today when they claim Rihanna as the best R&B/soul artist. She has no rhythm nor soul. Chick can barely walk and talk at the same time.
I’m praying for Kanye because he still seems depressed.
Love Mariah and Nick! Plus Mariah’s performance was the business. Everyone looks good.
I recorded the show. I have to be able to fast forward through the bullshit.:-) I am going to watch it now.
Awe Mariah and Nick are so cute, Mariah sounded really good last night im glad she won that award she really deserved it.
Im glad Rih Rih won some awards shes worked hard this year although i dont think her album should have fell in the R&B cateorgory.
I wish T Pain just would sit down hes just so wack he just makes you wanna cry
Kanye…., im really starting to think hes loosing it after watching his preformance last night.
Yall are about to make me you tube A-keys performance again…I really didn’t like it…and when the chick started singing opera, I changed the chanel….maybe I missed it, Imma check it out again becuz I usually love A-Keys performance.
BEYONCE and Neyo were my fave…..other than that, I was sooooooooooo bored.
Oh yeah, how in the HELL did riri when soul/r&b female over A- Keys????
Pink and Alicia were definitely the best dressed. Rihanna’s doily looks like gahbage.
rihanna gave em the business as usual…haters go to bed… she is the ishhhhhhhh!!
I think Alicia Keys preformance was good but she could have done without that Kathleen woman.
oh alicia! I know she has the “non -traditional” style of dressing and swagger but I hated that damn miss america dress with that bejeweled indian thing hanging off her forehead. does she ever where designer dresses? it seems like she gets a local dude to make her dress. I mean she got the money for the hot sh*t so why does her oufits always look like this. like dudes off living color used to say “hated it” and she gets no snaps either.lol
RiRi liked the black outfit but that dress was horrible and her face looked washed up
AK her dress was pretty but yea that thing on her head was not whats up
Mariah & Nick whatever
Beyonce whatever
Jaime Foxx was lookn kinda sexy?
The Dream whatever
Chris Brown need to stop wearing them tight ass pants
Overall, I enjoyed the show and I think for the most part, everyone looked great! HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all!
Oh yeah…I didn’t Leona Lewis was that unfortunate looking. And once again she put me to sleep.
I can almost always count on T-Pain to look foolish…good to see he didn’t let me down.
Christina A. shouldn’t dance and sing at the same time. She has a BEAUTIFUL voice, but she didnt sound too good last night.
And Am I the only one who doesn’t get Miley Cyrus….I mean she can’t sing that well, she can’t dance, she’s not too cute, she can’t act……WTF????
All Haters fall back! Rihanna is killin u hoes! The Hottest thing in the game since B and it aint no stopping her. She is flawless, a fashion icon, and her performance last night was great. She sounded her best singing live and that girl won two awards while always looking her best.
My Favorite performances were Leona Lewis and Neyo. Why? Because they can actually sing!!! Was it me, or did Beyonce’s performance look better on TV than everyone else. It seems as though the visuals were more crisp and brighter and the camera didn’t seem to be zooming in everywhere.
I liked Kanye’s performance too, but everyone else seemed blahh (Mariah, Bey, Rihanna, Jonas, Taylor, Alicia, etc)
Alicia’s performance was the best. Some people who didn’t like problem don’t understand her message.
I liked Rihanna’s performance it was her best one yet.
Beyonce, wasn’t as good as her past performance’s and I have seen her live.
Pink and Sarah did well.
Annie Lennox
Mariah- did well
I’m glad Rihanna is getting awards she is working hard this year.
Rhi’s dress is cat walk style – world class!!!! loved her look – clean. Everyone looks lovely!!!
Okay, so I completely forgot about the AMA’s.
But from what I can see, everyone looks pretty decent.
I just want T Pain to go away.
And Chris Brown is so annoying to me. I really don’t understand all the hype. His dancing skills are AIGHT. He needs to tighten up. But IMO, he ain’t got nothing on Omairon….wonder why he couldn’t ever get on?
Nick and Mariah look cute together but I still think he’s wack as hell!!
Honestly, Rihanna is no longer an r&b artist,I don’t have a problem with what she decieded to do, but I don’t know how she won over A-Keys. Alicia Keys is one of the most soulful artist out right now and she stays true to herself.
Did ya’ll see the pussycat doll performance.that girl I forgot her name but the only one that is popular other than nicole..anyway did yall see her f up lmao she did that last time when they performed on the AMA’s
That was the best Rihanna performance yet? O my goodness, I don’t want to hear what’s next. She couldn’t hold a note, then tried to fall to her knees as if to say she was belting in tune or something. Lmao, chick is a joke. Stick to the nice clothes.
Queen Latifah and Alicia did the shizzle, don’t know about that other woman though.
Mariah was nice and everyone else was… whatever.
bey killed it!! i admit, it’ wasn’t a showstopping performance, but she still blessed the stage and had the crowd hype!!
a-keys- perfect way to end the night, beautiful inspiring performance!!
rihanna-looked cute as usual, performance was another expected boring,disappointment, but her vocals sounded a lil better
don’t really have anything else to say. holla!
oh and mariah needs to retire. anyone who needs to lip-sync to a slow song must be through. she dissapointed the hell out of me last night
Prince looks really nice in his gold dress.
LOL #18 I love Alicia’s dress but it wasn’t very well put together. It actually was designer! Her dress was Armani Prive.
I’m sorry but Rihanna’s dress is not world class. It looks like something I wore when I was 6 months old.
Alien Performance – LMMMAAOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Alienistic vocals.. oh i mean billy goat vocals..
Pink, Alicia, bey were all great!!!!
@ #31
You must be deaf because she was not lipsynching it was LIVE it was just her the intrumentals and her backup singers
Wow.
That dark skin girl dancing with Beyonce definitely put in some work. Gees. She pretty much out shined her.
And Rhiannas performance is fab as usual. No complaints. However, that curtain she’s wearing is crazy but she looks good though.
Rihanna looked like a freaking walking doll last night and without any of that hideous makeup the Pussy Cat Dolls were wearing. As striking as Nicole is (striking, meaning her face catches your attention. Unlike most people I know, I don’t find her that beautiful) she was no match for Rihanna last night…her appearance, I mean. She was stunning to watch! I didn’t like her performance outfit, though…I’m over the leggings…and the eye patch was confusing…Because everyone did a medley, I think the audience was confused when her set ended…it seemed to end abruptly..and then because all the other pop music was upbeat, save for Pink’s performance, I think they expected something uptempo. I just don’t think she was that entertaining even if she did sound GREAT. And her dress was interesting…she looked gorgeous…gloves and all.
I didn’t like the Indian inspired thing on Alicia’s head…at all! It didn’t go with the dress and the earrings were distracting…
I hated Pink’s pink dress…it was weird and just looked like somebody picked it out!
The Pussy Cat Dolls looked bad on the red carpet (and of course on the stage in their usual tacky performance getups)..I’m surprised Christian’s stuff was so tacky (the winner of Project Runway).
NeYo sings through his nose and it annoys me but the crowd loved his performance…I think they just wanted to dance…they stood up for the Pussy Cat Dolls (were they serious????) and Beyonce as well.
Beyonce looked a mess last night. The end. She didn’t even walk the red carpet. Somebody’s upset. And her body looked so bad…she should have covered her lumpy lower body (as Leona did and thankfully Mariah Carey) and had someone do a better job at making her hair sleek..the ponytail looked like it was set atop a frizzy mess. And having the Pussy Cat Dolls come on after her in all their plastic perfection just exaggerated her unattractiveness last night.
Queen Latifah looks great on the carpet! I wish she’d look more feminine more often!
The Cyrus girl is boring and really overrated…
Best dressed on the carpet was Rihanna, though her dress wasn’t as snazzy as I’d like. It’s no competition…Queen would be second. Pink’s dress was overkill for me…crazy shape and material and fit…I don’t know. But she’d be third.
Tocarra looks ridiculous and did anybody see her giving Rihanna the raised lip as she walked by to accept the second award? Somebody’s jealous!
ININ CASE YALL DIDNOT KNOW THA AMA THIS YEAR WAS VOTED BY THA FANS THIS YEAR THATZ Y RIHNNNA BEAT OUT ALICA KEYS AND MARY J BUT RHINNA IS NO R&B SINGER SHE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN NOMATED N R&B RIHANNA HAS A CRAZY ASS FAN BASE THATS Y SHE WON AND TO ME CHRUS BROWN DIDNOT DESVRED TO WIN ARTIST OF THE YEAR ARE U SERIOUS??? THESE AWARDS SHOW THESE DAYS ARE LAME THEY GIVIN THE WORNG PEOPLE THA AWARDS THY I STICK TO THA GRAMMYS AND BILLBOAD AWARDS THEY ARE BASED ON RECORDS SELL AND HITS
Riri looks amazing, Love love love what Kanye was wearing.
Beyonce tore the house down, that ending was just rediculous, get um sasha
Ne-yo tore the house down
WTF was up with kanye’s speech, lol
Rihanna actually sung REALLY well, good for her.
Thats all my highlights
Yeah Mariah sung live.. Regardless the Lady is the ISH in the game look up her numbers and then see who is running things. I don’t know if anyone will every amass the number ones she has or album sales.
ALL THE LADIES LOOK STUNNING! (MINUS TOCCARA) SHE LOOKS LIKE A CLOWN.
Damn is there any room left for comments….
i thought j.holiday was katt williams lol i aint seen none of the performances im gna youtube em no way did dat robochick riri win over a.keys
IMO: > Yellow is a wrong color for Jordin..it makes her look bigger. Akeys looked really pretty but overdressed it looked like she was going to the Oscars. Rhi looked effortless and really fresh and young. I didnt see Bey on the red carpet but she was absolutely the best of the night for me…..Sasha was in full diva mode.
The show sucked….
I JUST NOTICED THIS WEBSITE COVERS RIHANNA & BEYONCE WAY TOO MUCH, ITS NO WONDER THE COMMENT BOXES R FULL OF THEIR STANS, IM ASSUMING THE WRITE/CREATOR REALLY LIKES THEM BOTH AND THATS GREAT AND ALL BUT I’D LIKE TO SEE SOME NEWS, HIGHLIGHTS AND PICTURES OF SOME1 ELSE PLEASE.
THERE ARE SO MANY MORE ARTISTS TO WRITE ABOUT THATS DOING THIER THING RIGHT NOW…AND RIHANNA N BEYONCE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES OUT YOU KNO
I can’t wait for the announcements next month for the Grammy’s. Alicia will probably have the most nominations.
The catagories confused me, Rhianna R&B/Soul are they serious? That has got to be a joke.
#37 just published a book on CL…lol
i loved the alicia performance. it was hot..i mean when was the last time we heard Queen Latifah rap? I def. don’t think that Kanye deserved rap/hip hop male of the year or whatever…he was right when he said that he’d give it to wayne. As far as Chris winning artist of the year…wow..didn’t see that coming! AND NO, Rihanna is not an R&B artist…just like Alicia is not a ROCK artist. I believe she beat Rihanna in one of those categories like Pop/Rock female or something…idk it was just dumb to me!
HEy concreteloop, where’s ms. Sasha? She should be all over the screen. I can careless for rihanna. Her performance was a martyr. OMG! She looked good on the face, dress is horrible! NEXT!
I’ll come back when something about beyonce is posted. Thank you!
I missed the awards, but I heard about the better moments of the show.
From here it looks like everybody brought their A-Game on the fashion Tip. Everyone looks great!!!
Rihanna is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chris Brown is so cute !!!!!!!!!
What the hell is wrong with Kanye?
Alicia Keys is the IIIIIIIISSSSSSHHHHHHHHH, I love her performance was is the eptiome of REAL TALENT!!!!!!!!!!
Beyaki uuuuuummmmm, I see you can’t teach an old dog tricks. She still shaking her ass half naked AGAIN !!!!!! She was trying hard !!!!!!
I actually really enjoyed the awards last night. Loved Neyo, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Christina, and Pink performances.
I thought everyone looked good for the most part and am I the only one who prayed through most of Beyonce’s performance that her boob wouldnt fall out. I think she caught it a few times. I have to be honest and say her performance was boring because she did the same dance again. What happened to her switching it up. This is not the Beyonce I know.
I loved it when Rihanna started hitting them notes to shut all the negative people up.
Chris Brown and Rihanna deserved to win awards but I was also shocked to see Rihanna in an R&B category but then they has Alicia in a Pop category. I was like WTF. Oh well, the awards were still good.
Also CL, I’m logging in but when I come to comment i’m logged out, What up?
@35, NO BABY I’M NOT DEF I PAY ATTENTION. LOOK AT THE DAMN PERFORMANCE AGAIN. THAT SHIT WAS OBVIOUS, BUT YOU CAN TELL YOURSELF WHATEVER YOU WANT TO.
rihanna was one of the worst performance of the night the best was bey and ak
I love Rihanna but WTH! was dat yellow ensemble? It was wayyy too pregancy looking from the front and i kept prayer she didnt expose her tush any moment! loved the performance outfit tho. Beyonce was ok….The dance is kinda getting old and maybe she needs some cuter dancers (like those in the actual video!)
Plus U all know Chris Breezy didnt deserve that Artist of the Year!!!! I mean was this really his year??? That was majorly odd and he knew it too and
‘YE love u – will be getting the album today but brother everytime you went up everyone I watching with just went…”ppls ‘ye just get the award and sit down pls”
Oops never mind CL. It’s all good
OHHH loved Alicia Keys performance (best way to end the night!) and Ne Yo was GREAT too!
Beyonce, Rihanna and PussyCat dolls were……OK
But lets not front…Miley and Taylor Swift did their thang!
What in the reject prom dress/easter dress hell is Rhianna wearing in that first pic! then she got nerve to wear the matching gloves. I am officially done!
The Show was good imo, I liked all the Winners except Kanye West
and the fans voted, so who wins are the popular artist right now,
If you don’t like the winners then you should of voted.
I LIKED THE SHOW BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BRITNEY AND IT
WASN’T THE BRITNEY SHOW, THANK GOD