Breaking It DownAmerican Music Awards 2019: A Recap Of The Best, Worst and Weirdest Moments

Selena Gomez opened the show.

The 27-year-old star hit the stage and opened the show for her first live performance in two years. Selena proved she has her rhythm back while belting out the heartfelt lyrics in “Lose You To Love Me” and slaying her dance moves in “Look At Her Now.”

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello teased fans in a big way.

From their PDA-filled dates to romantic song collaborations, it’s no secret that Shawn and Camila are the ultimate couple. After heating up the stage with a steamy “Señorita” performance, the crowd was asking a major question: will they or won’t they lock lips on stage? Unfortunately, the pair didn’t seal the song with a kiss, but that didn’t stop everyone in the audience from reacting like the did!

 

Taylor Swift’s epic performance

Not only did the “Lover” singer take home the Artist of the Decade award, but she took the stage for a mash-up of all her chart-topping hits from the last ten years.

As fans know, on November 18, 2019, after she called out Scooter Braun on social media for the second time, Big Machine Records claimed in a statement that it would allow Taylor to perform her old songs at the American Music Awards. As a way to address the ongoing feud, the 29-year-old kicked off her show-stopping performance surrounded by young girls all wearing a shirt that featured the titles of her past albums, Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, and Reputation. Taylor, along with the kids, sang and danced to her girl-power anthem “The Man” — which is a song all about how the media would treat the singer differently if she wasn’t a woman.

Another amazing moment during Taylor’s performance happened when supporters and BFFs, Camila and Halsey, joined her on stage to sing “Shake It Off.” Other than showing off their stunning vocals, the trio killed it with dance moves that brought everyone in the audience to their feet.

Kesha’s throwback ‘Tik Tok’ performance

Not only did the 32-year-old take fans to church with a performance of her latest and greatest single “Raising Hell,” but she totally surprised the crowd by singing fan favorite song “Tik Tok.” The crowd couldn’t contain themselves while the singer was belting out her 2009 hit.

Halsey painted the stage and shaded the Grammys.

While singing her hit single “Graveyard,” the 25-year-old brought art to the AMAs stage. Halsey started off her performance in an all white setting and throughout the duration of the song smeared blue, red, green and yellow paint all over. Fans have speculated that this was a real-life interpretation of her upcoming album, Manic.

That’s not all! While accepting her award for Favorite Song – Pop/Rock, Halsey seemingly shaded the Grammys in her speech. As fans know, the “Without Me” singer took to social media and slammed the awards show for snubbing her and BTS.

“When I was a kid, I used to believe that this award was the ultimate validation and that I’d come up here and laugh and cry and my fans at home would rejoice because we accomplished this thing together,” she said during the speech. “But the truth is that I am older now and I’m also an artist and apparently I’m doing okay. But most of these awards really aren’t what they seem at all. But that’s okay because I’m up here right now and I’m so thankful to the AMAs because they’re the world’s largest FAN voted awards show.”

Billie Eilish stuns with first-ever awards show performance

The 17-year-old totally slayed the stage for the first-time at a major awards show. Billie, along with her brother Finneas, took the stage for a fiery performance of “All The Good Girls Go To Hell.”

She also took home the award for Best New Artist later on in the night.