The 2009 American Music Awards was held on Sunday night (November 22nd) at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles and boasted numerous performances from the top stars of today; including: Janet Jackson, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston and more.
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The best award show as far as performances I’ve seen in a while. So refreshing to see different genres of music in one night – LIVE at that!
riri was a mess jlo rocked it!!!!!!1
Lady Gaga stole the show completely! Janet did great too
JLO WAS HILARIOUS!
I didn’t watch the show but I heard it wasn’t all that great.
Alicia Keys, Keri Hilson and Shakira look great.
I see that Timbaland is back on his Happy Meal diet again. He knows that jacket is too small!
Look at the pic of Mary J., Carrie Underwood and Adam Lambert…3 DIVAS!
Whitney – looked pretty good
Lady Gaga – I was listening to the radio this morning and the radio hosts or whatever were saying how gorgeous she is .. like what part of her is good looking? Horrible performance .. and whenever the camera was on her she had the same look .. motionless.
Janet – didn’t sing
Jay-Z – he’s just soo cool!
Drake, Cudi, & Jeremih – I never really noticed how good looking Jeremih is!!! Cudi is crazyy and Drake as well .. their little skit thing lol
Keri – she is no longer cute .. she used to look good
JLO – lol @ her falling ..
Timbaland – I like his song now
Adam Lambert – eww
Carrie Underwood – I like her
what the hell is going on with riri nowadays???? always showing all her stuff..not feeling it… she look like a futuristic mummy…. whitney had the prego belly in that white dress.. but i rather see her like that than looking like a crackhead…lady gaga almost burnt the place down…jay-z looks nice… alica looks nice… janet did her thing.. JLO!!!!!!!!!!!! still lmaooooooooooooooooooooo @ that washed up hag…. its time for her to hang it up…. oh and kid cudi looks like his breath smell like malt liquor and stale backwoods… ok i’m done
Kelly Clarkson was amazing.
I really like her song.
Whitney killed it!!!
JLO keep it simple next time and maybe you wont fall.
Jay Z and Alicia really did the damn thing
Janet was ok but i needed some more energy from her…
Rihanna, Fergie and Shakira where horrible!!! they were hitting notes that weren’t even on the piano…
Adam whatever his name is, hes such a weirdo!!!
I actually was entertainted watching last night’s AMA’s. I won’t say antying negative about anyone because I’m sure in a few hours this post will have 98% negative comments. Mad props to Janet & Whitney for showing true talent never dies!
i thought Mary J sounded GREAT!
Gaga had the best performance. Love Janet. JLo, take busting your ass as a sign from God..SIT DOWN! Alicia please don’t dance ever again. Rihanna, *sigh* same talentless show different award show. Keri..nu uh! Whitney did great. Over all, very whack show as the AMA’s always are.
Rihanna embarrassed me. I know it’s hard to be a Rihanna fan cause u have to constantly defend her horrible singing.
Love Janet but hated her pants
Alicia did the best in my opinion
Janet – it wasn’t her best performance, but it is refreshing to see her perform.
Jay Z/Alicia – tired of them both
Lady Gaga – weird but entertaining
Whitney – Thank God for her timeless classics. Gone is the voice that made her the legend that she is.
Kelly Clarkson – very nice and simple
J-Lo – needs to hang up her singing career.
Mary J – classy, no gimmicks
Rihanna – WTF???
The Black Eyed Peas – Fun performance
Adam Lambert – Disgusting.
where is queen beyonceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Dear JLO how can you fall down while wearing gym shoes and shorts??? Proof is in the pudding, that this was never had any talent.
Janet Jackson, Lady GaGa, Whitney, Mary J, did the damn thing.
Alicia Keys, I was very disappointed, she is really getting away from true talent, which is the piano!
The theme of this show MUST have been “bad performances.” The standout awful performances came from Whitney Houston (she talked half of the lyrics), Alicia Keys (her voice is SHOT), J. Lo (give me a break, go away), Timbaland (stick to producing please, got lucky the first time around), oh, and Rihanna gets the top prize for awful performance (no comment, but for all the hype she gets, wtf was THAT?).
Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, Shakira, Mary J. Greenday and Carrie Underwood rocked it.
Mary sounded and looked AMAZING! She had the BEST performance of the night. A REAL SINGER!!!!!!!!!!!! No gimmicks! I cant wait to buy her new album and her new single “I Am” is on iTunes today for download.
OMG I love Janet, Shakira, Whitney, Carrie, Kelly, Gaga, Mary J, and Alicia.
Janet- I have been a fan of hers for so long so anything she does I love, she did great lastnight and proved she still has it. I love her new song.
Shakira- That girl is always good, she is an entertainer and she and her dancers were hot.
Whitney- OMG she made me want to cry, she did GREAT!! What else are we to expect from her? Nothing but the best.
Carrie- She is my favorite country singer beside Taylor Swift, she sound just like her album and she looked so pretty lastnight.
Kelly- She sound so good but her voice is always beautiful.
Lady Gaga- Made me a fan lastnight, I thought she was another Rihanna but she really proved to me that she can sing her ass off.
Mary J- She did her thing, I always love Mary.
Alicia/Jay- I am not really a fan of Jay Z they did alright, I do love Alicia Keys parts of the song. Her song she did by herself was good also.
Rihanna- That chick need to save us all and never sing live again, what the hell was her deal? All she did was walk around stage and swing her hair. Her label, manager, and voice coach need to have a major sit down talk about lastnight. That voice alone should get her dropped from her label.
They actually put on a good awards show this year, straight and to the point. Decent performances by all.
Kudi, + Jeremih + Drake + Me = Train!!!!!!!
JK
Kelly <3 her
Lady Gaga, so nutty, yet so awesome
Adam Lambert simulated BJ! Wow!
everyone else = MEDIOCRITY!!!!
I think Mary J. Blige was the best performance of the night. No bells, whistles, just beautiful vocals and entertainment.
Top 3: Mary J. Blige, Lady Gaga, Carrie Underwood
Other Tops: Whitney Houston, Green Day, Carrie Underwood
J. Lo actually out-rocked Janet until that slip, but she was still hot.
Overall this whole awards was good. I wish they had Gospel, outside of Whitney’s performance.
I will say that Mary J, Whitney, and Janet showed why they are all still in the biz and aren’t going anywhere!…..Kelly Clarkston has one of the most beautiful voices, she didn’t miss a note!! I just won’t say anything else because it isn’t positive!
IS IT JUST ME O LADDY GAGA HAS A BELT…I THINCK THE LOOKS LIKE A DIC$ WAS IT ON PURPOSE?
AMAs WAS LAME…EXCEPT FOR GAGA, NO ONE REALLY ENTERTAINED ME. JAY WAS COOL, BUT JAY ALWAYS COOL…HE’S NOT GONNA GIVE YOU TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE
I’M GONNA NEED RIHANNA TO GO THREW DADDY KNOWLES STILETTO BOOT CAMP…BAJA CHICK GOT NO STAGE PRESENCE WHATSOEVER…I’M GONNA NEED THE CREOLE GODS TO POUR THAT CREOLE MAGIC ON HER STAT!!
WHY IS ALICIA KEYS DANCING??? I DO LIKE HER TRIBUTE SONG TO MASHONDA THOUGH…NICE TRACK
JANET…I LOVE HER BUT…
WHITNEY…TALKING INSTEAD OF SINGING THROUGH THE SONG…I BLAME BOBBY FOR THOSE LACED WEED PACKAGES…MESSED UP NIPPY’S VOICE
I want to know what has happened to good award shows? I mean really…The only thing I liked was Daughtry and Kelly Clarkson…now you KNOW!
Janet was good, but everyone says she need more energy…listen at 43 she needs to hit the gym more because try dancing and singing at the same time. If you have a long hiatus, you are not going to be able to do it just like that. She’ll be straight in a couple of months.
Rhi Rhi….I like her but I think she’s gone loco….That’s all I’m going to say.
Laldy GaGa is CACA. I’m sorry, I don’t get it.
Taylor Swift is cleaning up IMO after the Kayne mess. He’s certainly helping her career. She boring as hell.
What the HELL was that crap from Shakira? I was so disappointed. She’s usually great. I’m like “Oh No! She’s taken the hoochie route?” I wasn’t feeling the song at all, nor her Stomp The Yard dancers.
I love MJ…but really 5 awards? First of all, there should have been a POSTHUMOUS category. To put him up against artists who are alive and had a hit out all year….of course the public would vote for MJ. But he did NOT HAVE A HIT. So that was completely unfair. He should have had his own segment and then they give the award to Janet and let that be that.
Jermaine….*sigh*….that’s MJ’s brother, the wound is still fresh from losing him, so I’m gonna pass talking about him out of respect.
Jay Z and Alicia. OK, Love “Empire State of Mind”…I’m a NY’er, BUT to sing it with no NYC background…it’s not the same effect. It had LA written all over it and really, to sing it there…it didn’t have the same feeling and the audience couldn’t really get into it…except for the white guy in the front row…he was definitely feeling it. He must have been from Staten Island…
Whitney cannot hold her notes like she used to, but she still sang better than some of the people there. She looked fantastic and I think it’s wonderful her daughter Bobbi Christina was there to cheer her on. Fabulous!
JENNIFER LOPEZ!!! OK, that was the DUMBEST set up I have ever seen! Going into a boxing ring singing some crap about leaving a guy in her LOO-BIT-TANNS!
I’M TROWIN ON MY LOO-BIT-TANNS, I’M THROWIN ON MY LOO-BIT-TANNS, I’M THOWIN ON MY LOO-BIT-TANNS, I’M THROWIN ON MY LOO-BIT-TANNS”…
Girl PLEASE!!! In this economy? I’m gonna leave in my fashionable shoes and hit the pavement? UH …NO. He better put on his KENNETH COLES and get the steppin! I’m not wearing out my LOO-BIT-TANNNS”….
I went to wash the dishes, I didn’t even see her fall. Didn’t know she did unitl I saw the news, then I went back to my DVR and repeated that part.
J-Lo can hang it up. MY LOO-BIT-TANNS…omg…*snh*
It was a good show, Janet was great. I felt like that outfit was suffocating her though lol
Kelly Clarkson and Lady Gaga shut it down.
Rihanna was OK, the best thing about the performance was the intro. I tuned out after that!
Alicia, Jay and JLO ALL need to have a New York seat! Will they do that lame song at every New York event?? SMH.
Oh yeah, MARY KILLED IT! She’s the Queen of Hip Hop Soul for real!! She looked good too!
First, twitter me @peaceNpearls thank you.
Thank you, Shakira, for the million sista march.
Anyway, GaGaGaGa I love Lady GaGa she never ceases to amaze me. Awesome.
When it’s time to hang it up, it’s time to hang it up. Ms. Houston, Ms. Lopez, Ms. Jackson, and Ms. Anybody-Else who is past their prime. You were great then, let us dwell on that, because now I’m just laughing at you. UGH. I loved you when…..
Wishing that somebody would please get Rihanna some singing lessons. Don’t get me wrong I love her, (mostly for her style, which I should be thanking her glam squad for) but, geeessshhhh there’s only so much of whinning and moaning a girl can take. I’m just saying. “Someone PLEASE CALL 911. Tell em my cat just got shot down…”
Timbaland, when on Earth did you get that damn big again? He looked like the bear from “The Cleveland Show”, had snuck into Eddie Murphy’s closet borrowed his leather jacket and pants and shimmyed over to the nearest Church’s chicken and biscuits and ate everything on the menu times 10 before that preformance….geesh.
I love me some Kelly Clarkson, there’s no doubt that that girl can sing. She gained a lot of weight, but she sounds great.
I wish Kanye would’ve showed up via satelite to interrupt Taylor Swift’s scripted acceptance speeches. She really needs to give him mad love.
Adam? Adam? Adam? Adam? WTF dude seriously? I’m so confused. Who are you trying to be? It was like a little bit of Liza Manelli, mixed with a hint-of Madonna (in her prime), a dash of “High School Musical” the dirty verison, sprinkled with a smidge of Satan’s total takeover, a pinch of “I didnt get enough love as a child”, tosseled with a “Flaming Moe” and a squeeze of “Cowboy Butt Sex”! WTF?????
I’m sorry I hate Alicia Keys voice, way too much singing out of your range for me. How about singing in the alto voice that you have Ms. Keys? Leave the sparano for Ms. Knowles.
Mary J. Blige…. I don’t want anybody baggering me because I’m not a fan of hers, so I won’t say anything except she had nice legs.
I need to see BEP before they break up. Their preformance was great. However I wish Fergie would’ve lip-synced.
Why was Em, T.I. and MJ in a Pop/Rock category? Love, love, love, MJ but I don’t get it?
Who is Glorina and why did they beat Ms. GaGa? bunch of bullshit if u ask me…
I can go on forever but I won’t, so in my Tim Gunn’s voice “Carry On!”
was a great awardshow overall……janet, jay and alicia, mary, carrie underwood, gaga, whitney all great performances…….on team rhi, but she sucked eggs last nite…..definitely glad for the break from bey as well
I loved Jay- Z and Alicia’s performance and I also liked Lady GaGa’s. Lopez was……there are no words even if she hadn’t fallen it was just craptastic!! I guess that’s what happens when you surround yourself with asskissers just telling you what you want to hear. Overall the whole show was pretty bad.
And I will say this, as much as I don’t like Beyonce she is a good performer because you certainly see the difference with other folks.
Okay, So I just viewed the performances, well the ones that I thought were going to be good
First, Alicia has no business dancing, but she was on beat. I was so nervous for her. But she did well
Rihanna…..OMG……she has the stage presence of a feather. So disappointing!!!! She could have rocked those songs but instead she just stood there and walked around banging her head. A mess. Completely
Whitney just talked, she didn’t sing, but I’m happy she’s crack free
J-Lo……why bother
Who else, well thats all I can remember.
Janet, Whitney, Mary J, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkston and Green Day had excellent performances. However, Rihanna is such a terrible singer and I cannot ever see myself buying any thing of hers. I just cannot see what people see in her because talent is something she does not have.
whitney talked instead of singing the lyrics to her song
rihanna i dont know what she was saying i thought i was listening to shakira and the girl needs some dance moves because if i cant understand what your saying at-least dance so i can be entertained
Love you Lady Gaga your the best
shakira horrible
JLo damn i was routing for you and then you fell and i was hoping it was on purpose but since it wasnt i couldn’t help but laugh
alicia keys your dancers need to be more in-sync
I’m gonna pos the some comments as in my previous post…
Whitney Houston-voice is getting stronger…love her…I was a tad teary eyed when she performed.
Lady Gaga-Rocked it out!!!
Adam Lambert-NOOOOO!!! I’mma need him to start over..that song was horrible
Mary J—the best..love the song and she looked great minus the big ass tattoo on her arm
Jay-z/Alicia-great!!!
Alicia–have to get use to this other side but I like it…
JLO–even though she missed a step I still think she rocked it out..i actually liked the song
Janet jackson-shoes had to go, I was seriously distracted by them; it kept me from enjoying her performance
Taylor Swift—sick of her already, but she is/was the top selling country artist of 2009 before the Kayne incident !!! At his point she coming off as phony to me….
Kelly Clarkson- she can freakin sing a face off…love her!!
Carrie Underwood–seemed uncomfortable in her shoes but this girl goes in with the singing!!! i really like her
Daughtry–looooove him!!!
Rihanna–looked great as usual..nothing else to say about her…
Rihanna sucked. Please admit guys. GAGA IS AMAZING!!!!!. Lol at jlo
LADY GAGA AND WHITTNEY HOUSTON HAD THE BEST PERFORMANCES OF THE NIGHT. LADY GAGA IS TALENTED. SHE SANG DANCED AND PLAYED THE PIANO. I CANT HAVE ON THAT. THAT IS 10 TIMES MORE THAN WHAT RIHANNA DID WHICH IS NOTHING
WHERE WAS BEYONCE? I ACTUALLY REALLY MISSED HER AND WAS HOPING SHE MADE A SUPRISE APPEARANCE.
RIHANNA? ITS OFFICIAL. THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK THAT RIHANNA IS BETTER THAN BEYONCE NEEDS TO SERIOUSLY GET A CLUE. RIHANNA HAS NO VOICE AND NO STAGE PERFORMANCE AND NO TALENT. SHE WALKED AROUND ON STAGE AND ATTEMPTED TO SING. SHE CANT SING GOOD, SHE CANT DANCE SHE IS NOT INTERESTING ON STAGE.
MARY J AND ALICIA KEYES WERE SAME OLE SAME OLE, BOTH WITH AMAZING VOICES THAT WORKS FOR ME. I ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE THEM DO THERE THANG
AffionCrockett said, “Jermaine’s hair looks like a divorced cake!” lmao!!!
He also said, “Did this nigga just say Jermajesty? Get the Jer-fuck outta here!” lmao…
Twitter had me in stiches last night. wowziers! lol.
I forgot to mention, how much I adore Daughtry, Green Day and the Black Eyed Peas (I said them but, still)
have you ever tried sleeping with broken ear drums??? I’m just saying!
ok.. Didn’t catch janet’s performance and when I asked my mother if she lip-sync.. Or whatever u call that ian.. She said no.. But I take it she did based on some of the comments and speaking of the jacksons.. Love michael to pieces but how did he keep walking away with awards? I mean really..when was his last album released.. Rihanna.. Looked hot but sounded a mess.. So much for your “comeback” performance.. Or whatever u wanna call it.. Jlo.. Mamita.. Give it up boo..if u aren’t gonna sing live at least go hard with your choreography.. And yes we saw u bust that asz..whitney sounded great and moved me to tears.. Her daughter bobbie xtina is sooo pretty btw.. Um.. Mary j .. Zzzzzz love u but tht performance was sleep inducing..lady gaga.. The best of tht night.. I mean the girl has the whole package.. Let’s give credit where it’s… Due.. Jay and alicia.. Am I really the only one over tht new York song? Let’s hope last night was the last time they perform it…
ALICIA KEYS LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS PERFORMING CIARA’S “PROMISE” SONG LOL
RIHANNA WAS BORING AS SH$T BUT I LIKED THE LIGHT-UP SHOULDER PADS.
What are you guys talking about, Whitney hands down the performance of the night. No one can deliver a song like she could still to this day. and saying she talked? WHAT she did some of her best belting and runs that we have heard from her this DECADE.
Runner up Mary J Blige, she has grown as a singer and delivered as usual, no over the top crazy off key notes like she use to give
Third, Lady gaGa, as crazy as she is the girl can actually sing
Jlo, despite the fall still gave more energy than Janet and Rhi Rhi combined.
Jay/Alecia keys knocks it out the park every time with there performance
those were the top 5 performances, but still others were really good like kelly Clarkson, A Keys solo, Carrie Underwood and Janet
Rihanna was awesome.
Lady GaGa was Great and Whitney none other than greatness.
PeaceNPearls sounds really angry. The performances were pretty good. The dude at the end was odd. No Beyonce, how greatl was that! Overexposure does not equal longevity. Thank you for taking a break….
*I tried to watch Riri perform even put my TV off mute. She needs to get it together seriously
* Mary J Blige still has soul
* Gaga always knows how to put on a show, great props
* Kelly Clarkson sounded good, beautiful song
* The legendary Whitney sang much better but she threw away 13 yrs of a God given talent.
* Janet still got the moves but lip syncing??
*Alicia stick to the piano girl!! but she killed it with Jay
* Shakira didn’t like the gyrating dance, but the song was catchy
* Black eyes peas entertaining, Fergie off pitch
* JLO wasn’t bad gotta give her props for the boxing act
I know people want to think Jenny from the block is still there, but more like Jenny from the whole cud du sac she was a mess. She has been joinin timderland at Mcdonald’s eating to many happy meals. She is to short to be that thick. Go home in take care of your babies you have lost a whole lot of ground with the new artist in some old ones. Alicia rocked it. Whitney looked ok in coming all the way back soon. Janet ok. Jay Z was tite. Mary ok. EM and FIDDY just ok. Where was Kanaye when you needed him I’m just saying. LMAO
Rihanna is wiggity wiggity WACK. She needs to just stick to being fierce in her fashion because the talent IS NOT there. Sit DOWN.
I was so routing for rihanna but she was laaaaaaame as f@ck.. and to think they were hyping up her ‘comeback’ like she even went anywhere..GO GET THE FAME MONSTER..IN STORES NOW!
Alicia and Jay did their thing. I love ESOM!
Mary did well.
Rihanna was a bore but I liked how the lights lit up during her performance…that was kinda cool.
Keri looked a mess. It’s amazing the difference a hairstyle can make. She needs to keep her forehead covered at all times.
Carrie Underwood always have me entertained.
Alicia Keys and Nelly Furtado were having Ciara moments, lol.
J-lo was ok. I wish she was singing live.
Mary was the best! Love her so much
Alicia and jay’s was good but I’m so tired of that song
Rihanna was SOOO mediocre…somebody please help her
Adam Lambert’s performance looked like an orgy. He had a guy in between his crotch and others were tied up like sexlaves. I wonder if ABC is going to be fined by the FCC for all they exposed the children to. They were so quick to bash Janet and maker her apologize, will they do the same for Adam Lambert or is he protected under the GLBT laws?
Loved Black Eye Peas the most.
Hated Rihanna and JLo performance equally. Both are full of gimmicks and nothing else.
Jay-Z and Alicia were good as was Whitney and Mary J.
Carrie was solid performance
Adam Lambert..wtf? Im glad he was last, but they could’ve kept that as a pre-show performance
Still dont see how Taylor won over MJ..that bullshyt.
ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THAT ANGEL YOU ARE A TROUBLE MAKER AND I WILL BE GLAD WHEN THIS BLOG IS PLAYED OUT…………….AND IT WILL!
ALWAYS TRYING TO SHED NEGATIVE LIGHT ON YOUR OWN PEOPLE! WITH YOUR NON-EXISTENT SINGING CAREER! AND YOU CAN DELETE THE POST ALL YOU WANT…AS LONG AS YOUR MISS PIGGY ARSE READ IT!
LOSER!
queen beyonce and princess ciara were def needed
when rihanna’s album flop we can finally move on
was alicia keys redoing ciara promise video?
The AMA’s were very entertaining and creative. Jay-Z and Alicia did a great job in representing New York in L.A. (I never ever get tired of this song).–They had everyone on their feet singing the song “Empire State of Mind”.
JLO has that New York attitude. I love her but not the song.
Rihanna has come into her own. She is now an edgy rocker chic and it suits her.
Mary is very old school.
Alicia Keys is growing as artist and is no longer residue to her piano chair. I love it! I want to see her move and come into her own.–She doesn’t have to be the greatest dancer but have her own style.
Lady Ga Ga is a true performing artist. She is very dramatic.
This show ended at 10:57 exactly on time.
@43 do you walk around looking in the sky with a smile on your face for no reason what so ever?
I have to also say, when did lip synching become such a bad thing? Even back in the day when Soul Train was on, they lip synched. Only on award shows did you see the actual performance.
Janet has lip synched on every awards show EXCEPT when she sang “Again” at the Academy Awards (or Grammy’s I forget). I have every tape of her performances from Control on up…and she lip synched. This is nothing new.
I’d rather hear the actual record rather than a screech..