One Direction might have debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts behind Justin Bieber, but they won the top award at Sundays American Music Awards.
This is a testament to how incredible our fans are, Louis Tomlinson said onstage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
We just want to thank everyone thats helped us in the last five years, Liam Payne added.
The band won the top award at last years show as a quintet with Zayn Malik. They also won favorite duo or group pop/rock Sunday night.
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Bieber, who won best collaboration with Diplo and Skrillex, closed the night with a medley of his hits, including Sorry, Where Are U Now and What Do You Mean. Purple laser lights beamed from the stage as the singer danced and sang for the loud audience. He ended it drenched after standing under a waterfall.
Billboard announced Sunday his new album, Purpose, will debut at No. 1 on its charts Monday after selling 649,000 equivalent albums. It beat out One Directions Made In the A.M., which sold 459,000 equivalent albums.
Biebers performance wasnt the only well-received one: Celine Dion paid tribute to the victims of the recent Paris attacks by singing Edith Piafs Hymne LAmour in French as some audience members cried.
Jared Leto, who introduced Dion, said his band 30 Seconds to Mars recently performed at the Bataclan, the Paris concert hall where 89 people were killed in the Nov. 13 attack.
Dion earned a rousing applause after her performance, which started with the Eiffel Tower projected behind her.
The Weeknds performance was also a favorite, and he walked away with two awards, and presented the first one from Prince.
Make some noise for Prince, ladies and gentlemen, the singer said after picking up favorite album soul/R&B for Beauty Behind the Madness.
Nicki Minaj was also a double winner, taking home favorite artist and album rap/hip-hop. She encouraged her feverish fans to find their voice.
I want to just thank you, the fans, for allowing me to change and have a different voice every time I come back out (with a new album), Minaj said. And please find your voice and find your purpose before its too late. Love you.
Other girls at the awards show encouraged their peers: Zendaya and Hailee Steinfeld danced excited as Selena Gomez performed onstage; Fifth Harmony and Rebel Wilson sang as Demi Lovato was in strong form with Confident; and Gomez sang as Grande performed Focus in a shimmery number.
Meghan Trainor and Charlie Puths performance got additional attention after the singers made out onstage after singing their song, Marvin Gaye, which features the lyrics: Lets Marvin Gaye and get it on.
Im still laughing at Charlie and Meghan smooching, Bryan said onstage after winning favorite male artist country.
Bryan beat out Jason Aldean and Sam Hunt, who won new artist of the year.
Host Jennifer Lopez kicked off the AMAs in a dance routine that highlighted some of the years biggest hits like Where Are U Now, Anaconda, Uptown Funk! and Hotline Bling. She also impressively sang in almost a cappella form.
Taylor Swift, who is out of the country shooting a music video, was the top nominee with six. She won song of the year for Blank Space, favorite album pop/rock for 1989 and favorite artist adult contemporary
Swift lost favorite female artist pop/rock to Grande, who was shocked when accepting the honor.
I think I owe a lot of this to my nonna who made sure to remind me that she voted. She goes, Ariana, I went on the computer, I voted, so I think youll win, Grande said in an Italian accent.
The three-hour show, which aired on ABC, also included a clip from the upcoming Star Wars film. Performers included Coldplay, Gwen Stefani, Alanis Morissette, 5 Seconds of Summer and Carrie Underwood, who won favorite female artist country.
Source: http://www.saratogian.com/general-news/20151123/one-direction-wins-big-at-american-music-awards-celine-dion-pays-tribute-to-paris-victims
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