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Celeb News: EW grades AMAS performances
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EW grades AMAS performances
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Taylor Swift- Blank Space
No. 1 song in the country, ''Blank Space,'' bringing out poisoned fruit, flaming roses, pyro, and a whole lot of other theatrical props the Phantom of the Opera would not be mad at. Speaking of mad, Swift worked every ''Don't you know I'm loco?'' face she had; not fully SAG-card worthy in the acting department, but Meryl Streep is not who this crowd came to see. B+
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Charli XCX, ''Boom Clap''/''Break the Rules'' A-
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Magic feat. Wyclef Jean, ''Rude'' B-
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5 Seconds of Summer, ''What I Like About You'' D
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Imagine Dragons, ''I Bet My Life'' B
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Sam Smith feat. A$AP Rocky, ''I'm Not the Only One'' B+
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Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, ''Fancy''/''Beg for It''
Iggy for President! Azalea took the podium in her best Olivia Pope power suit before stripping down for a Chicago-meets-''Cold Hearted'' set piece, all done in 50 shades of black, white, and grey. It all fell somewhere between dramatically sparse and just…sparse. B
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Lorde, ''Yellow Flicker Beat'' A
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Ariana Grande feat. The Weeknd, ''Problem''/''Break Free''/''Love Me Harder''
Having done nearly every iteration of ''Problem'' on every stage in the continental U.S. this year, Grande decided to go the lady-sings-the-shoo-be-doo-blues route, ditching her go-go boots for a floor-length lace gown and turning her biggest hit plus ''Break Free'' into jazz-club standards, apparently with as few fully enunciated consonants as possible. Points for trying to switch it up, if not for execution. B-
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Pitbull, ''Don't Stop the Party''/''Fireball''/''Time of Our Lives'' C-
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Selena Gomez, ''The Heart Wants What It Wants'' C+
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One Direction, ''Night Changes'' B+
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Lil Wayne feat. Christina Milian, ''Start a Fire''/Nicki Minaj feat. Skylar Grey, ''Bed of Lies'' B/B-
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Fergie feat. YG, ''L.A. Love (La La)''
It might be a bummer to see Fergie biting vocal styles from Iggy Azalea, who's the closest thing the music industry has to a new Fergie right now, but Fergie's never been shy about jumping someone else's train. A-
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Garth Brooks, ''People Loving People'' C+
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Mary J. Blige, ''Therapy'' A
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Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj, ''Bang Bang''
Jessie J, so eclipsed by Nicki and the Case of the Uncooperative Dress at the VMAs this summer, would not be left in the corner this time; she came in strong with an aisle-stalking opener, stopping to shimmy-dance with Khloé Kardashian and Taylor Swift before ceding the stage to Ariana and Nicki (still angry, if you're wondering), also resplendent in Bond-girl gold. No set design to speak of, but everybody sounded good and nothing came off that wasn't supposed to and there was enough metallic lamé onstage to keep a Showgirls sequel in business for days so we say: Success! A-
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Jennifer Lopez feat. Iggy Azalea, ''Booty''
Butts butts butts. Butts butts butts butts. Space butts. Vogue butts. Sequined butts with polka dots. Butts rubbing on butts. Butt slapping. Butts shaking to salsa music. Dudes with butts. Butts butts butts. Butts butts butts. Butts. C+
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5SOS - D 
Fergie - A- 
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Taylor and Lorde having great scores!
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Charli - A- 
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Yeah Taylor B+
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It might be a bummer to see Fergie biting vocal styles from Iggy Azalea, who's the closest thing the music industry has to a new Fergie right now, but Fergie's never been shy about jumping someone else's train. Besides, her new single's an improvement over ''Fancy'' (which it unabashedly copies) in a number of ways, including its hint of dancehall inflection, the thematically appropriate inclusion of a YG verse, and the fact that it's actually DJ Mustard on the beat and not just an ersatz emulation.
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HOW did Lorde get an A?! Her performance didn't have anything and her vocals were horrid!
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B- for BOL & A- for Bang Bang. Not bad 
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B- for BOL & A- for Bang Bang. Not bad |
I'm shocked they gave Wayne/Christina a better score than BOL. I would have done D-/B-
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Charli getting one of the highest grades
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How does Taylor get all these good scores.
There was nothing good about her performance except for the set and the few vocals that could be heard over the backing track sounded pretty bad.
Glad Lorde got the best score like she deserved
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Selena Gomez, ''The Heart Wants What It Wants''
Dramatic voicemail recording. Barbed wire. Big, wet, Keane-painting eyes. This is Selena's Very Serious Ballad —it even earned a mouthed ''Thank you, Jesus'' mid-bridge—and If you weren't supposed to be adding the words ''Justin Bieber'' to the end of every lyric in this song, you were almost definitely doing it wrong. Try it: ''The bed's getting cold and you're not here/The future that we hold is so unclear…Justin Bieber.'' ''I'm not alive until you call/And I'll bet the odds against it all…Justin Bieber.'' Yep! If only it were a better song…Justin Bieber. C+
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HOW did Lorde get an A?! Her performance didn't have anything and her vocals were horrid!
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It was great she completely outshined iggy azalea and her big performance (because it was after that one), it was simplistic but great.
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Much more objective than the success-***** Billboard
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How does Taylor get all these good scores.
There was nothing good about her performance except for the set and the few vocals that could be heard over the backing track sounded pretty bad.
Glad Lorde got the best score like she deserved
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IDK I'll never understand she's one of those critics darlings like Beyonce where they could have a tragic song/performance and they'll always get a pass. Her slayage is also part of it and I guess she's just too likeable for people.
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Lil Wayne feat. Christina Milian, ''Start a Fire'' - B
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Oh please. This was a disaster. How does this get a better score than Ari who easily had the best vocal performance of the night?
A- for Bang Bang tho
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Having done nearly every iteration of ''Problem'' on every stage in the continental U.S. this year
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The Selena SCALP
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Guess I wasn't the only one unimpressed with Selena
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'What I Like About You'' D
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There's a joke in there somewhere.
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