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Time foran annual reminder: The American Music Awards are about the performances, not the wins.
Awards shows: They really are back!
Here are the highs, lows, and whoas of the 2021 American Music Awards.
HIGH: The levels of suave on stage during Silk Sonics opening performance.
All those vocal runs!
Add an adjustable mic stand to next years AMAs budget.
WHOA: BTS and Coldplay crowd onto the stage for the first time.
Consider that performance more evidence that the New Artist of the Year winner has been doing her homework.
WHOA: Tyler, the Creator puts on a full show.
But its still a surprise exactlywhattrick hes going to pull out next.
(And why does it need a theme?
The theme is awards!)
(And Aldean didnt even leverage it into promo for his new album, coincidentally or not namedMacon.)
WHOA: Maneskin comes in hot.Literally did youseethem in those suits?
HIGH: A night for going big.
Chloe took the stage with a troupe of dancers for Have Mercy, complete with splits and on-point hairography.
Even Walker Hayes had a few dancers for his viral country-pop hit Fancy Like.
LOW: More like the Advertising Music Awards.
(Not to mention the free advertising Applebees got from Walker Hayess Fancy Like performance.)
Bringing Jennifer Lopez herself to the stage for a cheesy promotional outing for her upcoming romcomMarry Me.
Freakin J.Lo, one of the hottest celebrities around right now!
At least she sounded good.
HIGH: Mickey Guyton sends a loud message.
(Extra props to Guyton for performing just days after her baby son had ahealth scare.)
LOW: The Battle of Boston is just as gimmicky as it sounds.
It was so EPIC having New Edition on the#AMAsstage!
Why them, in 2021?
Why Boston, for a show set in L.A.?
Why not, the AMAs say!
(But for the record, New Edition won this round.)
This whole thing is a miracle, RM told the crowd after winning the trophy.
The answer turned out to be not much.
(Her JoJo Siwa fandomcame close, but still read as a moment concocted by a writers room.)
At least she wore some beautiful gowns.
HIGH: BTS still has more to give.Who else could close out the night?
