Alchemist 0 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 When it comes to the American Music Awards, let's face it: It's all about the performances. And this year's AMAs were no exception. But will anyone be talking about the 15 performances at this Sunday's AMAs that weren't Miley Cyrus dueting with a crying, creepy robot-cat? Let's rank all of the performances and find out... 1. Miley Cyrus The only duet that got more attention at this year's AMAs than Lady Gaga and R. Kelly (more on them in a bit) was Miley, in a kitty-printed two-piece, doing "Wrecking Ball"…with a lip-synching, weeping, animatronic space-cat. If there's anything bigger on the Internets than Miley Cyrus, it's cats  so, basically, the Web exploded during this performance. And the cat literally got Miley's tongue at the very end. Classic. 2. Lady Gaga & R. Kelly If there were ever a strong case to be made for R. Kelly shooting about 50 more chapters of "Trapped in the Closet" starring Gaga, it would be their wonderfully wackadoodle performance at the 2013 AMAs. Their recent "SNL" performance of ARTPOP's best track, "Do What U Want," was just a basic disco twerkout, but their AMAs duet had a whole (seemingly JFK/Marilyn, Clinton/Lewinsky-inspired) plot about President Kelly and his torrid affair with a leotarded secretary. It was all very awesome, further proof that Gaga can do whatever she wants. 3. Ariana Grande How refreshing! An AMAs performer who didn't have to rely on a backing track, yards of exposed skin, or any gimmicky staging to make an impression. This mega-talented Favorite New Artist-winner simply sang  and kept it classy  and she managed to upstage all of the night's pop tarts in the process. 4. Justin Timberlake Yep, this is true talent looks like, people. Those impressionable One Direction boys should check out this tour de force by the ex-boy band heartthrob, and dream that they can have a career like JT's in 10 years. 5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis The energy in the room elevated so high the ceiling couldn't hold it, when these AMAs favorites hit the stage for "Can't Hold Us." Macklemore can always be counted on for a rousing performance, and he definitely didn't disappoint Sunday. 6. A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera How interesting (and awesome) that many of the standout performances of the night just came down to great singing and songwriting. Less proved to be more when Lady Xtina joined buzz band A Great Big World for a tastefully understated piano duet. 7. Jennifer Lopez Remember when J.Lo fell flat on her ample posterior, literally, when performing "Louboutins" at the 2009 AMAs? Well, she didn't stumble, literally or figuratively, this year. Performing a special tribute to late salsa star Celia Cruz, J.Lo wasn't quite at Celia's level, but she did sing live and dance up a storm, and her performance was one the most colorful and exciting of the night. And that metallic bodysuit? ¡Muy caliente! 8. One Direction Wow, was this a surprise unbilled performance by Mumford & Sons? Nope. It was the all-grown-up, cleaned-up-nice, above-mentioned One Direction, warbling their mature, very mom-friendly new single, "Story Of My Life." Looks like this boy band is well on its way to becoming man band. Hey, maybe Harry Styles can become the next Justin Timberlake, after all. 9. Imagine Dragons Hey kids! Look! Actual guitars! Whoa. Yes, sadly, Rock is a rarity on awards shows nowadays; Imagine Dragons had to hold it down for the entire rock genre at this year's AMAs (unless you count the acoustic guitar that Justin Timberlake strummed). But with copious clouds of dry-ice fog, a roaringly radioactive lead vocal, and a Fleetwood Mac-does-Tusk-style drum solo, the Nevada band definitely rocked it. 10. Katy Perry Katy channeled a little bit of Madonna's "Nothing Really Matters" video (and a lotta a bit of Culture Club's "Miss Me Blind" video) for her Japanese-themed opening performance. It was a lovely way to kick off the show…although the poor stagehand that had to hurriedly sweep away those 100,000 or so cherry-blossom petals might not have thought so. 12. Luke Bryan The king of "bro country" bro'd it out pretty entertainingly during this pleasant performance. If only we'd been eating a catfish dinner while it aired. 13. Florida Georgia Line & Nelly Summer is over, but "Cruise" just won't go away. (It even won Favorite Single this year.) Luckily this performance was saved by a fun mashup with Nelly's old hit "Ride With Me." Because, come on: "Ride" > "Cruise," any day of the week. 14. Rihanna RiRi won the Icon Award (bizarrely presented by Bill Maher) for her many years of hard service singing songs other people wrote and posting photos of behind on Instagram. But her underwhelming performance of the year-old (Sia-penned) single "Diamonds" didn't shine all that bright. Somehow Miss Fenty managed to be totally upstaged by her own mother, who made a cute cameo onstage and was later described as "adorable" by Justin Timberlake. 15. Pitbull & Ke$ha Oh, what hath Rednex (or Avicii) wrought? Remember Rednex's "Cotton-Eyed Joe" from 1994? There were shades of that that country-EDM novelty sound in the aforementioned Florida Georgia Line/Nelly duet. Pitbull and Ke$ha continued the trend with their "Timber" performance, complete with Ke$ha rocking Jessica Simpson's old look in a pair of shredded Daisy Dukes. It. Just. Didn't. Work. 16. TLC & Lil Mama When word broke out that TLC would be performing their signature song "Waterfalls" with special guest Lil Mama filling in for the late Left Eye, we were ready for a real red light special. But Lil Mama quickly became winded about 10 seconds into the song's rap interlude, and the performance was less a sad celebration of Left Eye's legacy and more just…well, sad. Lil Mama should have stuck to the rivers that she's used to I can't at some people being mesmerized by a cat but okay.. Gaga and the acclaim begins Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordDisick 1 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 it was obvious miley would be more talked about, her performance was pure trolling that it was genius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Angel 128 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 1st in my eyes. Stan glasses aside, too. Miley's was not good to me. I could not stop staring at her crotch. It was kinda.. err.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
germagaga 22 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 they missed at least half of the performance's meaning smh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcsARTPOP 1 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 MILEY is first?!?!?! WHAT THE FREAK? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco 731 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 MILEYS PERFORMANCE WAS AWFUL THOUGH. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie Jacobson 416 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 yahoo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad 32 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Slay It was pretty obvious that Miley would get the headlines so I'm not surprised she's #1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen 30,330 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 :lmao: Burn in hell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefani328 321 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Are they serious? Miley' s vocals were bad and Gaga' s were amazing. Gaga's had a story line while Miley had a cat winking in the background. I can go on and on. I know Miley is the new it girl, but give credit when credit is due. The cat was more interesting than her. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HausOfGuy 10 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 mileys performance was good but gagas was like 100 times better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOLLY CYRUS 3 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I respect Molly for being a business woman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrlemon 576 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 second best? I'll let you think again about that Gaga, Ke$ha, and Ava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstreak 6,653 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Don't act surprised. We all know Miley's will be the main thing talked about. Take a moment to think of just flexibility, love, and trust~ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray of Light 8,134 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 And none for Katy Perry Bye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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