Rap-Up.com || 2008 American Music Awards: Performances

Beyoncé. Rihanna. Mariah. Alicia. Kanye. Christina. Leona. Ne-Yo. PCD. Who had the best performance of the night?

Watch Sasha Fierce bust out “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” above and see the rest of the performances below.

Kanye West – “Heartless”

Alicia Keys featuring Queen Latifah & Kathleen Battle – “Superwoman”

Rihanna – “Rehab”

Mariah Carey – “I Stay in Love”

Christina Aguilera – Medley

Ne-Yo – “Miss Independent” and “Closer”

Pussycat Dolls – “I Hate This Part” and “When I Grow Up”

Leona Lewis – “Better in Time”

Pink – “Sober”

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22 Comments

jayson
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Mariah had the best performance of the night!!! She is still the hottest chick in the game.
Tilty
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:50 pm
mariah did an amazing performance, so with leona lewis, beyonce did ok and i wont be surprised if single ladies will go number 1 on billboard 100 chart. all in all AMA 2008 in great show performers are terrific
Giselle
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Everyone had a good performance in my opinion. Of course some were better than others, but it was pretty decent.

Highlight of the night was Kanye saying he wants to be like Elvis. . LOL!
djbaps
November 24th, 2008 at 1:15 am
i loved beyonce & alicia keys, they were beautiful & the most entertaining
Joana
November 24th, 2008 at 5:16 am
Rihanna sings the best!That\’s the truth.
reidy84
November 24th, 2008 at 6:28 am
Joana stop fooling yourself….You must be really deaf to say Rihanna sings the best…OMG..it amazes how people say Rihanna sings the best,….that gurl bored me to death last night…Go Beyonce….You were about the 10th person to perform last night and the first to get a standing ovation…Youy did your damn thing last night..that was the shyte…Alicia and Queen Latifa also was great…Love pink\’s voice…mariah…stop the miming…please
Leah
November 24th, 2008 at 6:30 am
Im a Mimi stan but Mariah lip synched she really fooled a lot of people, watch closely, its sad she was great back in the day :(, her voice deteriorated years ago. The show was boring.
phyl
November 24th, 2008 at 7:06 am
All of u need to stop frontin\’…Alicia, Queen, & Kathleen bodied every single performance last night…even Bey (yawn)…same ole\’ s***!
lovemya
November 24th, 2008 at 8:42 am
I loved Beyonce great job keep doing yo thang
jopacangrie
November 24th, 2008 at 9:15 am
love the pussycat doll performance
bass_man
November 24th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Ne-Yo had the best performance!
LaMont
November 24th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Christina’s opening performance was the best hands down! :)
Galil ( PINOY Baby)
November 24th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
My pinay sister Nicole from Pussycat Dolls is the hottest
kay
November 24th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
shut the f*** up Rihanna, please don\’t sing, don\’t do any of your stupid talentless perfomance on award\’s shows, I-M SI-CK OF-YOU ! Beyoncé killed it, that was fierce, Mariah get some rest, you can\’t sing live right now apparently, Xtina that was good but the Lady GaGa haircut was better, Kanye flawless as usual, PCD no … Nicole was fine, and I just love Queen Latifa, she needs to pop out some new material
NOBAMA
November 24th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
is that a racoon tail hangin off kanyes pants???
backtobasics
November 24th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
i love alicia keys performace
ron.e
November 24th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Seems like a few of y\’all are still sippin\’ on some hate-orade. Mariah was NOT miming! I\’ve seen too many of her live performances to know when she IS or she IS NOT lipsyncing… and this right here is all live! Seems like whenever the woman nails a performance, naysayers come pouring in! Build a bridge and get over it.

Alicia\’s collabo performance was topnotch.

Christina\’s was a waste of an opening slot.

Kanye\’s was cool. But this autotune biz really needs to die pronto.

PCD\’s dancing was cool. Just the dancing though.

Pink was good. Especially the duet with Sarah.

Beyonce is much of the same. Great but played out. Can\’t believe we are gonna get another several months of B\’s over-saturation.
branfan07
November 24th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
beyonce messed up lol
linda
November 24th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
YEAH THESE PERFOMANCES rocked these guyz really dd a great jobbb i enjoyd itt!!!!lol
Catie
November 24th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Overall, everyone did a decent job.

Beyonce killed it but i would have rather seen a performance of “If I Were a Boy”.

Alicia Keys with Queen Latifah and Kathleen Battle was amazing. It was definitely one of the best performances of the night.

Kanye’s performance was good too, that song has definitely grown on me.

Rihanna has NO stage presence and needs to work on her performances. However, she did better vocally than i would have expected.

I don’t know what to say about Mariah because i really can’t tell whether or not she is miming through it. The end sounded live though.

Christina’s performance or medly was decent but nothing incredible. She should have just performed “Keeps Getting Better”. I don’t know why her label is promoting her so much, the greatest hits record isn’t going to sell.

I’m tired of the PCD because it’s always been and will always be about Nicole. She doesn’t deserve to always be the main singer and center of attention. Atleast let Melody get her shine, we know that she can sing.

Leona’s performance was BORING, love the song though.

Pink’s performance was really good, she knows how to sing live.
crunkpoet
November 24th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Rihanna did do better….people need to stop and think that she does have accent and u can clearly hear it in her music…Mariah sounds better too and leona lewis tore it up..i hate beyonce sorry guys so that shit was late to me….
LEELEE
November 24th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Alicia, NeYo, Pink, and Annie Lennox had the best performances. Everyone else was okay,