Justin Bieber, who performed “As Long As You Love Me” and “Beauty and a Beat,” took home the Artist of the Year trophy. The 40th annual American Music Awards also featured performances by Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Usher, No Doubt, Pitbull and Linkin Park, among others. As the performance and AMAs ended, the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles exploded and watched PSY and MC Hammer panting and smiling next to each other. 2sįinally, PSY’s Hammer pants were greeted by the actual Hammer, who danced vigorously as the “Gangnam Style” horse dance was blended into the “2 Legit 2 Quit” hand gesture. ‘Gangnam Style’ & More of Music’s Greatest No. PSY's 2012 AMAs performance celebrated his status as an. 7: PSY Invites MC Hammer Out for ‘Gangnam Style / 2 Legit 2 Quit’ Medley at 2012 AMAs. Here is Taylor Swift’s Phantom of the Opera meets Black Swan with a hint of Priory of Sion take on her dubstep classic “I Knew You Were Trouble.” Please note how the cameras cut immediately to Hayden Panettiere (who plays Black Swan Swift on ABC’s Nashville salute the cross-promotion).Ĭhristina Aguilera went for inclusiveness, with a side of spangle Hula-Hoops and a writhing people pyramid, lest you forget how much she likes sex.Īnd now let’s take a moment for Bieber, who bravely showed up at the AMAs not 48 hours after being photographed outside Selena Gomez’s house in drop-crotch pants. (Those photos are still so remarkable please go look again.) Biebz went the acoustic route for “As Long As You Love Me” and, still rocking the weird crotch look, took on the Big Sean verse - then smashed it.Aespa Talk Tour & Perform 'Better Things' on 'Good Morning America': 'We Got So Much Great Energy… Best American Music Awards Performances No. MC Hammer - 'Gangnam Style' on 2012 American Music Awards (MTV)PSY - GANGNAM STYLE / 2 LEGIT 2 QUIT Mashup feat. Gangnam Style / 2 Legit 2 Quit Mashup lyrics.
I get what you're saying: Gangam Style was overwhelmingly more popular than the other songs, but that doesn't mean he's a one-hit. Listening to Music On Resso - Gangnam Style / 2 Legit 2 Quit Mashup by MC Hammer-PSY. Our notes may or may not read “this is so awesome.” Yes Gangam Style is vastly more popular than his other songs, but he's had four songs on the top 100 and Gentleman from less than a year later reached 5 where Gangam reached 2. Drake? (He was in the house, even if the cameras only gave him two seconds of airtime.) ABC star Eric Stonestreet? Pink, from a trapeze? As you will have deduced from the headline, the surprise galloper was MC Hammer, whose “2 Legit 2 Quit” mashes up surprisingly naturally with “Style.” Hammer kills those shuffles, obviously.Īlso of note at the AMAs: Illuminati enthusiast Ke$ha performed “Die Young” with giant war drums, sliver-spray-painted men in tribal leggings, some sort of orgy altar centerpiece, and at least one high kick.
(She did!) This is a show about popular spectacle, of which “Gangnam Style” is the very definition, so the question very quickly became about who would join Psy onstage for some light horse-galloping at the end of the night.
That Psy would close out the American Music Awards - the pop star pageant that hands out trophies based on listener votes - was as forgone a conclusion as the fact that Nicki Minaj would show up and look pissed at people.
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