Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 20, 2011 at 11:00pm
Videos And Pics After The Jump
It is one of the biggest nights in the music business and it seems that the American Music Awards was a night to celebrate the achievements of the fairer sex.
Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift were among the female stars scooping up the gongs leaving their male counterparts curiously empty handed.
Nicki who had put on a stellar performance with David Guetta to open the ceremony held at the Nokia Theatre scooped the Favorite Album Awards for Pink Friday as well as landing the coveted Favorite Artist Award.
Beaming the rapper and singer told the crowd: "There's so much love in this room."
Taylor Swift who was highly celebrated at the Country Music Awards recently scored the award for Female Country Artist and was congratulated with a warm embrace from Selena Gomez.
Jennifer Lopez, who had put on an extremely provocative performance with rapperPitbull, before he went on to sing with her estranged husbandMarc Anthony, was awarded the gong forFavorite Latin Artist.
Katy Perrywho had showed off her curves in a stunningVivienne Westwooddress on the red carpet was given a special honor to signify five of her songs from her album hitting the number one spot.
The "California Girls" singer took to the stage in her pink performance ensemble and was handed the gong by Heidi Klum.
The pair shared a kiss before Katy gave her thank you speech.
After her seriously raunchy performance which saw her strip off on stage Jennifer Lopez donned a sheer embellished gown to collect her award for Favorite Latin Artist.
Reflecting on the past year JLo told the crowd: "It's been up and down and just exciting and overwhelming and so many things."
Not all the winners were able to attend the ceremony and Rihanna gave her thank you speech via video link as she was in London.
The "We Found Love" singer was honored with the award for Favorite Soul and R&B album for Loud.
List of winners at Sunday’s 39th annual American Music Awards, presented at the Nokia Theatre:
More Pics After The JumpShakira took her sexy hips to Barcelona to shoot a brand new video and we have quite a few pics to share from the set.
The singer will be quite busy over the next several months. She will be starting her World 'Tour Of Earthly Delights' in support of her new album, 'Sale El Sol', in Montreal on September 15. The tour winds its way through the U.S., Latin America, Asia and Europe before wrapping December 20 in London.
The U.S. leg of has 21 dates starting on September 21 in New York's Madison Square Garden.
Shakira told Ace Showbiz, the show will be like no other:
"It's going to have themes and there'll be a lot of audience interaction. My live show will have a lot of that - a lot of dancing, a joie de vivre," she said. "I feel such freedom on stage. It's such a rush to be performing. I like to see everybody's faces on stage, to see the reaction. Normally, you can only see the front row because of the lights. So you'll see a lot of (my) energy... but there are also going to be other moments that I hope are artistically energetic. I want people to feel things up close."
'Sole El Sol' hits stores September 2 and has features from Pitbull and Calle 13.
Arizona's controversial new anti-immigration law SB 1070 continues to draw boycotts and protests.
Kanye West has joined a protest being organized by Zach de la Rocha of Rage Against The Machine dubbed "The Sound Strike".
The protest movement is growing larger as artists refuse to perform in Arizona as long as the law is in place. Singer Shakira was recently in Phoenix speaking with Mayor Phil Gordon and other government officials to discuss the controversial legislation.
Pitbull and Cypress Hill recently canceled shows there and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Disturbing ThaPeace artist Willy Northpole just released a new video "Back To Mexico" as a show of solidarity between blacks and mexicans.
Sonic Youth, Joe Satriani, Massive Attack, Tenacious D, film maker Michael Moore and many others are participating.
De la Rocha sent out a press release on Tuesday (May 25) that read in part.
"Fans of our music, our stories, our films and our words can be pulled over and harassed every day because they are brown or black, or for the way they speak, or for the music they listen to. People who are poor like some of us used to be could be forced to live in a constant state of fear while just doing what they can to find work and survive. This law opens the door for them to be shaked down, or even worse, detained and deported while just trying to travel home from school, from home to work, or when they just roll out with their friends.
Some of us grew up dealing with racial profiling, but this law (SB 1070) takes it to a whole new low. If other states follow the direction of the Arizona government, we could be headed towards a pre-civil rights era reality. This unjust law was set into motion by the same Arizona government that refused to acknowledge Martin Luther King Jr. day as a national holiday."
SB 1070 allows police officers to stop and question people they "reasonably suspect" of being in the UnitedStates illegally.
To read more on the protest and see the full list of artists participating and sign the petition go to www.thesoundstrike.net.
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