41st
American Music Awards – Country Winners & Fashion
Taylor Swift's fans have done it again, voting her the American Music Awards Artist of the Year for a third time on
Sunday Night (Nov 24th) at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles shown on ABC-TV.
The 41st American Music
Awards nominees were announced on October 23 by will.i.am. and Kelly Clarkson. The host this year was
Cuban artist Pitbull. Leading all nominees with six were Macklemore & Lewis
with five nominations each for Justin
Timberlake and Taylor Swift. Robin Thicke, Florida Georgia Line and Rihanna were nominated for four awards
each.
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| Taylor Swift AMA Winner |
Swift won the night's top
honour, giving her a leading four trophies
as fans celebrated the women of pop
music.
The 23-year-old singer was also
won Country Album of the Year for RED
(presented by Kristen Bell and Chris Daughtry) and was named Favorite Female Country Artist and Pop/Rock Artist. Taylor did not perform,
but she danced to stars like Kendrick Lamar and Luke Bryan.
Miley Cyrus
closed the performances with the assistance of a giant lip-syncing CGI kitty on
her song "Wrecking Ball."
"I'm really out of breath," Swift said after
taking the stage in a sequined mini-dress. "I was really going hard with the 'Wrecking
Ball' thing."
Thanking the fans who voted she said: 'My lucky number
is 13, and so far you guys have made 2013 the most magical year of my life so
far,' gushing as she accepted the Artist
of the Year award. 'I cannot thank you enough. This validates that if you voted for this
that we are heartbroken the same way and we fall in love the same way and we're
happy the same way. And the fact that you would listen to my music means ...
we're pretty much in it together, aren't we?'
Taylor was one of the big
winners in the AMA fashion stakes and among
the presenters joining Lady Antebellum, Hayden Panettiere, 2
Chainz, Emma Roberts, the cast of Shark Tank and a "mix of actors,
musicians, athletes and reality stars" .
Jake Owen was also spotted walking the red carpet, where he was one of the live stream co-hosts.
Jake Owen was also spotted walking the red carpet, where he was one of the live stream co-hosts.
Taylor stepped on to the
stage to announce the winner of the Favourite Pop/Rock Male Artist award at the
AMAs. Looking stunning in her gold mini dress some will have thought it looked
familiar: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wore the mini-dress during a photoshoot
with Taylor's former boyfriend Harry Styles and his One Direction band mates - Photo
One Direction (photo) who appeared (pre-recorded) on the
UK’s X Factor won Favorite Album –
Pop/Rock for “Take Me Home’” and they beat out Taylor’s ‘Red’ for the
prize.
Florida Georgia Line impacted the 2013 American Music Awards in a huge
way, as they performed >> ‘Cruise’ with rapper Nelly. FGL’s Brian
Kelley and Tyler Hubbard both wore dark gray and the duo worked both sides of
the stage until Nelly showed up in sunglasses and chains. Soon, the stars
switched gears from ‘Cruise’ and took off in a different direction, performing
Nelly’s ‘Must Be the Money’.
After breaking the record
for the most chart-topping weeks it came no surprise that ‘Cruise’ snatched up
the title for Single of the Year at
the 2013 AMAs.
They beat out competition from Macklemore & Lewis’ ‘Thrift
Shop’ and Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines.’
They did lose out to 20-year-old singer Ariana Grande
who took home “New Artist Of The Year “and performed her song “Tattooed Heart” off her album YOURS TRULY.
Hubbard said genuinely, “I want to thank
the Lord for letting us be here, for blessing us so much,” and Kelley made sure
to give a shoutout to their label and management. He also thanked the fans,
saying, “We want to say thank you to our fans. This is an amazing time in the
music industry, in any genre”.
>> Watch their Backstage
interview
Luke Bryan
won the 2013 American Music Award for Favorite
Male Country Artist, wearing a fitted black button-down shirt and even
tighter jeans the 37-year-old performed his hit song >> “That’s My Kind of Night”.’
Read more: dailymail.co.uk
The AMAs are voted on by the
fans, and for the seventh year in a row, winners were determined via online voting
— and for the first time, also via Twitter.
Selective 41st American Music Awards Nominees &
Awards
(With Country Artist interest)
Artist Of The Year: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Taylor Swift — WINNER!, Justin
Timberlake
New Artist Of The Year: Florida Georgia Line, Ariana Grande – WINNER!, Imagine
Dragons, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Phillip Phillps
Single Of The Year: Florida
Georgia Line featuring Nelly, ‘Cruise — WINNER!, Macklemore &
Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz, ‘Thrift Shop’, Robin Thicke Featuring Pharrell &
T.I., ‘Blurred Lines’
Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock:
Pink, Rihanna, Taylor
Swift — WINNER!
Favorite Album – Pop/Rock: One Direction, ‘Take Me Home’ — WINNER!, Taylor
Swift, ‘Red’, Justin Timberlake, ‘The 20/20 Experience’
Favorite Male Artist, Country: Luke Bryan — WINNER!, Hunter Hayes, Blake
Shelton
Favorite Female Artist, Country: Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift — WINNER!, Carrie
Underwood
Favorite Country band, duo or group: Lady Antebellum
— WINNER
,The Band Perry, Florida Georgia Line.
Favorite Album, Country: Taylor Swift “RED” — WINNER, Florida Georgia Line “Here’s to the Good Times”, Luke Bryan “Crash
My Party”
See the FULL AMA Winners
list at popcrush.com
American Music Awards Fashion
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| Taylor Swift (Julien Macdonald) , Hillary Scott and Billy Ray & Miley Cyrus (Versus Versace) |
Taylor Swift
played the ultimate golden girl looking gorgeous and sexy on the red carpet of
the 2013 American Music Awards, hosted on Sunday evening at the Nokia Theatre
L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California.
The five-time nominee gave
us the Midas touch in a Julien Macdonald Fall 2013 mini-dress. The
itty-bitty party frock featured a nude-illusion lining at the bodice that was
added post-runway for extra raciness. The gold hue worked perfectly against her
skin tone and the bandeau showed off her toned shoulders to full effect. With those
lovely long stems Taylor can get away with the very mini length.
Macdonald, the Welsh designer and recent Strictly Come Dancing
contestant, is having a bit of a moment with his recent collections with a
whole galaxy of starlets out and about in his dramatic creations recently
including X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger. For fans staying high street
rather than high fashion but with sequin bandeaus try Elise Ryan's dress at Asos or try Myleene's spangly number at
Littlewoods. Keep the hair messy and simple and jewellery to a minimum to avoid
a disco ball look.
Taylor’s leggy, metallic
moment was only magnified with shiny, matching Jimmy Choo ‘Madison’ strappy sandals.
They feature mirrored gold leather, super strappy front, small platform and
120mm heel (similar sandals, the Myth,
at Saks Fifth Avenue) – Fashion Image
Taylor’s hair with messy,
bedhead waves which was reminiscent of a late 80s “shag” cut with an overall effect reminiscent
of Barbarella or a young Brigitte Bardot.
She completed her AMA look with a smokey
eye and nude lip, adding a smoldering note to the full-on sizzle.
The full set of photos are
available at gettyimages.co.uk
Read more and stunning
photos at dailymail.co.uk
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| Luke & Caroline Bryan (L) Florida Georgia Line and Jake Owen (R) American Music Awards 2013 red carpet |
Florida Georgia Line - The big
winners looked polished and put-together although Tyler Hubbard sported huge
chains in Nelly but not country fashion (unless he shops with Brantley Gilbert)
Luke Bryan
– He was with his lovely wife, Caroline looking positively glamorous. Luke wore
a fitted black suit his wife stunned in a long black and silver dress that
showed off her perfectly toned arms – Image
Lady Antebellum – The AMA Country band nominees and presenters perfectly coordinated. New
mummy Hillary Scott donned a form-fitting black dress and wore emerald-colored
earrings. Rivers Run: Hillary joined Kelly Osbourne and
Joan Rivers on the set of E!'s Fashion Police to talk about who wore who on the
American Music Awards - Image
Lady A’s Dave Haywood pulled off black on black … on black, with a black shirt, tie and suit coat. Charles Kelley looked more relaxed and casual in a black blazer and posed with wife Cassie.- Image - Image
Lady A’s Dave Haywood pulled off black on black … on black, with a black shirt, tie and suit coat. Charles Kelley looked more relaxed and casual in a black blazer and posed with wife Cassie.- Image - Image
Jake Owen –
The live stream AMA co-host charmed and looked sharp with great hair and enough
scruff to rock sexy - Image
Miley Cyrus
– Went with a remarkably reserved look on the red carpet simply parading out a Versus Versace
white pantsuit. The jacket was plunging with a flicker of punk edge thanks to
the oversized gold safety pin accents. She teamed up with standard black Saint Laurent
Paris patent leather classic pumps which feature glossy black patent leather,
pointed-toe and 105mm stiletto heel (Fashion Pic). She wore Lorraine Schwartz jewels and her
bleached eyebrows had been restored and sported a cropped ’do to maintain a safer
statement - Image
She was
joined on the red carpet by dad Billy Ray Cyrus.
Cyrus changed into something
more, Miley-esque for her performance the
21-year old hit the stage for a performance of her smash hit ‘Wrecking Ball’
wearing a custom Markus Lupfer ‘meow’ top and high-waisted panties featuring a
cat print, which she styled with matching platform shoes, PVC oversized
earrings and bracelets - Image
Lady Gaga rocked
“country” as she arrived/ galloped onto the carpet on a white horse made out of some
men! The 26-year-old “Lady Ga-Godiva”/ “Born This Way” entertainer chatted on
the red carpet about her latest and recent Billboard #1 album ARTPOP and being
the new face of Versace’s
Spring 2014 campaign. The eccentric ‘Applause’ songstress wore a confection
from that collection. The lavender cut-out gown, accented with an armor-like
harness of chains and charms. Image - Image - Image - Fashion Pic
Lots of photos of the 41st American Music Awards at dailymail.co.uk
SOURCES: RCFA, Getty Images, zimbio
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