Rap-Up.com || 2009 American Music Awards: Performances

Can’t get enough of Janet’s opening medley? Want to relive Lady Gaga’s smashing performance? What fashionable threads did Rihanna rock during her set? Who was seen nodding their head to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind”? Miss J.Lo’s fall during her first performance of “Louboutins”? Watch all these AMA moments and more right here.

Janet Jackson – Medley

Shakira – “Give It Up to Me”

Black Eyed Peas – “Meet Me Halfway” / “Boom Boom Pow”

Jay-Z f/ Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

Rihanna – “Wait Your Turn” / “Hard”

Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance” / “Speechless”

Mary J. Blige – “I Am”

Whitney Houston – “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength”

Jennifer Lopez – “Louboutins”

Alicia Keys – “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart”

Eminem f/ 50 Cent – “Crack a Bottle” / “Forever”

Timbaland f/ Nelly Furtado and SoShy – “Morning After Dark”

Videos via Mr. World Premiere

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42 Comments

FICO
November 22nd, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Jlo did greatt!!! That Fall jus added another thing for haters to talk about…Plus it wasnt even her fault, the dancer that was holding her never let go on time! Replay it and u will notice…Anyways top 3 performaces were

1-Lady Gaga
2-Jennifer Lopez
3-Black Eyed Peas
Deepit
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:02 pm
J.Lo performance was good. Even though she slipped, she recovered quickly and went on with her performance!!!!

Lady Gaga… I LOVE that performance…

Alicia Keys… I guess she is trying new things, lol @ her coochie-crank!

And Rihanna what an pitiful mess. Those weak vocals, and that stiff A** moving around on stage.
She is a terrible performer…
Leslie
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Rhitard looked so uncomfortable.
She looked just like a RE-TARD!
BigBoyBoss
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
I would rather watch paint dry, than watch Rhianna.
LatinaBronx
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:09 pm
When Rhianna was performing I had a serious case of Narcolepsy. That tranny put me in a deep sleep with that awful performance
Catie
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Honestly, Jennifer Lopez and Whitney Houston had the best performances of the night. Jennifer KILLED it with the dancing and how hot is that song? That little fall wasn’t even a big deal considering how she got right back up and had that amazing breakdown. Whitney left me speechless, that voice is definitely back and sbe has a stage presence that no other artist has.

I’ve been saying this for years but Rihanna can’t perform. I could listen to her songs for days but i seriously have a hard time getting through watching her perform. She doesn’t sing good live, she doesn’t dance, i just don’t see what her appeal is when she’s on stage.

Janet and Lady Gaga also had great performances and oddly enough, i enjoyed Adam Lambert closing the show.
Giselle
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Jay & Alicia did their thing. Amazing!
Gabe
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Geez…rude much?
I don’t care if she’s not the best performer, still love her.
Lady Gaga smashed it! Haha
Giselle
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:19 pm
And…Janet can dance her ass off. Just brilliant.
Philly11
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Janet Janet Janet! Whitney! MaryJBlige! No bullshit, fire, flying pianos, nuttn extra. Those three took me back..just them the mic and the stage. Kilt it…
Gabe
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:24 pm
@FICO, She was so pissed after the performance. She was yelling at the dancer. Kudos to her for finishing strong though. :)
jondoe
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:33 pm
thanks shakira for barely singing over the original vocals…
HMM
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:59 pm
RAP-UP you guys have Shakira on here…but can you upload Kelly Clarkson? We love her too.
laos
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:16 am
Rihanna had the worse performance of the night
tell'em
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:20 am
@jondoe, sad but true and J.Lo and Janet were lip-singing. Love them all but #FAIL. Only memorable performances were Jay-Z/Alicia Keys and Gaga. That Carrie Underwood chick was really good too, she needs to go more pop.
Sugar Rush
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 am
Whitney killed it!!!

Fergie and Rihanna sounded terrible…

Alicia and Jay Z did the damn thing!!
Jay2009
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:46 am
God, Rihanna girl ! that was AW-FUL ! poor thing …
Jlo killed it, real pro ! Janet, LEGEND ! Alicia that was cool, Shakira steps were HAAAWT ! and of course Whitney, the best !
Cameo
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:22 am
It was such an amazing show! RIHANNA AND GAGA’s performance were spectacular!
Cameo
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:23 am
@Jay2009, REALLY?! Rihanna killed it. It was an amazing performance.
catalinadinu
November 23rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
JANET AND JLO STOLEN THE NIGHT

RIHANNA IS A BAD LIVE PERFORMER !!! AND THE MAKEUP

IS HORRIGLE SHE SHOULD FIRE THE STUPID ASS THAT

DID IT !!!!! RIGHT NOW!!!
Kyle
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:22 am
Some of the performances were so cheesy. J.Lo still can dance and the song isn’t terrible, but the whole intro and the break where she said “miss me?” was super lame. Nobody really misses the music J-Lo.

Rihanna proves my point once again. Yes, she has some great songs but her whole stage act has always been pitiful. I have yet to see a live performance by her where she sounds good. It just won’t happen.

Alicia Keys did well. It was nice seeing her do some choreography. Nothing extraordinary but still nice to see her moving instead of sitting behind a piano. I love that song too!
Concerned listener
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:31 am
To those that are dillusional, J-lo did not still the night, she busted her a$$ and that was the only thing memorable about that perfrormance.

I Was shocked by Whitney, she sounded great and I expect by grammy time she’ll be hitting high notes, just great!! Rihanna, has improved since the last time I saw her on MTV trying to sing disturbia.

Alicia had a great performance, love that song. Fergie’s face looked soft for a first, I think dark is her color, blond really brings out the meth face.

Gaga was good. It was like a over the top art instilation. Timbaland was forgettable. Rap-up should just take down eminems performance all together (that was my bathroom break). I liked Carrie underwood slut-country routine even though she looked vacant in the face.

Aside from that, I was upset with all this taylor swift brown nosing. She’s not that good of a singer and she deserves a swift kick in the face, not all these pitty awards they keep giving this tallentless ho.
phyl
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:50 am
1st…I thought it was the best AMA iv’e seen in a long time
2nd…Many great performances…but riddle me this…why has no one besides HMM requested or even mentioned the performance of Kelly Clarkson ?
Say what u will, but im sorry…that was 1 of the BEST performances of the evening HANDS DOWN !
3rd…BIG UP 2 Janet, Mary, EM & 50, the GAGA of course, & Whit-Whit!
& finally 3rd…THANK GOD BEYONCE WAS NOT THERE!!! I am so sick of looking @ this talented woman waste her talent…im throwing her videos in the pile with the rest of the PORN !!!
BEY STANS…There u go !!!!!!
Desiree
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:55 am
@Concerned listener, wow, hating season is in full effect. you should know that the fans vote on these awards, and clearly taylor has more fans than any of these artists.
Concerned listener
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:59 am
@Desiree, bless your heart…sales determine these awards and country music probably has the largest following and we all know the only reason we even know who taylor hicks is because of the kanye incident.
Desiree
November 23rd, 2009 at 9:06 am
@Concerned listener, her album was already one of the best selling CDs of the year before Kanye.

i’m not even a fan of hers, but I’m not going to put down a 19 year old girl.

bless your heart. there’s a lot of hate in it.
Concerned listener
November 23rd, 2009 at 9:32 am
@Desiree, she could be 12 for all I care. Take Carrie Underwood, or any of the other country chicks. They all came out with #1 albulms and did well, but the only reason Taylor is receiving any attention is due to the Kanye incident. Otherwise she would be just as relevant as all the other country singers.
joe
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:23 am
@BigBoyBoss, hahahahah agree!
joe
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:28 am
rihanna has NO VOICE! AWFUL!
rebecca
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:00 am
rihanna rocked it and lady gaga was amazing!!
rihannito
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:36 am
rihanna and gaga were the best of the night they look similar lol aith moomi outfit and fashion spectacular rihanna was great all her performance was great but she lacked a little choreography gaga no critic perfect exept on bad romance she was singing some play back bcz she was dancing but in general the two were great even if i dont like gaga but she surprised me lol
gagito
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:06 pm
gaga and rihanna were completely amazing they both were with same outfil@rihanna u right and they both kill it and they both dominating the charts rihanna in europe including uk and lady gaga on us i hope luck for the two of them

rated r #1 in austria,germany,uk,norway,luxemburg,france
the fame # in us and rated r #4
Kilyan
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Rihanna is a HOT MESS…
OMG..I cannot still believe she has a record deal.
Real artist are struggling to get one and juSt cauSe she a cute marketable face ..she’S making it.

J.lO need sto understand she is done.Is she coming for a 3d flop in a roW ? I used to like her so muCh but alL she can do is lip-sync and her dance waS not even that goOd.

Whitney did okaY…I was expecting muCh.I gueSs she really loSt it. She was just phrasing and screaming..But she got all my reSpect.

GaGa is a nice perfomer.Not a fan but she did good.

Jay & AK did very good to me.

Shakire..who cares..reallY ?

Janet was juSt stunning..She like 43…? DAMN ! She stil has it !
Destined
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:28 pm
@Concerned listener, I agree with Desiree. Taylor was selling out arenas in two minutes before Kanye, not to mention that she has the best selling album this past year. Her album, Fearless, broke all kinds of records on billboard. Her fan base is huge and she has a great following. Is she the most talented, no of course not, but when it comes to sales she wins hands down. Kanye just helped the attention that would have been there regardless. Just saying…
Shrimp
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
I really loved J.Lo performance beside the flop.I love the song.Riri’s songs are great,but she shouldn’t sing live.AK & Jay-Z really amazed me!Wow.Can’t wait till AK’s new to come out.Gaga was great as usual.Janet still has it.Whitney was also good.Shakira nuthin’ much.I loved Fergie.She has improved.Mary is one of a kind.
heyhey
November 23rd, 2009 at 3:00 pm
rihanna was the best and she is the best her album is number in all european countries and she is #4 in us with gaga leading #1 but rihrih has the album for preorder for like a mounth so they r like similar for me rihanna did an amazing show and u guys didnt u know that rihrih didnt sing or perform for like a year so she must recover give her time,dont be so wild,go buuuuy rateeed r in stooores noww
mike
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:04 pm
@Concerned listener, OMG i thought i was the only one wondering what people could find extraordinary in Taylor. Thanks!
Blaze
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:18 pm
LOL at dude from Green Day’s face during Empire State of Mind. (1:50)
Gaga topped it. She just a good performer. Done.
Jay-Z and AK get freebee’s cuz they’re JZ and AK, but still good.
Love Em, but not impressed.
Rhianna did better than her last train wrecks.
And of course, J.Lo would’ve been hurt on that fall if not for that beautiful ass of hers. Kudos to her performance.
bijan
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:20 pm
I think Shakira and Whitney were the best.
Jennifer Lopez has not evolved a single bit throughout her music career, she brought nothing new to the table.
goooeediezz
November 24th, 2009 at 8:19 am
@heyhey, seriues are you kidding me right now?.. i know you r a fan but C MONNNNNN and dont come with you r statics about her album..
mido
November 24th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Talkin about jlo she killed the show even though she splits on her ass the song is amazing , rihanna what a poor vocal she was nothing even shakira ,janet nothing to mention for the best performance :
1.jayz and alicia
2.jennifer lopez
3.whitney houston
Johnny
November 24th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
KELLY CLARKSON!! KELLY CLARKSON!! KELLY CLARKSON!! By the way, you people make me laugh when you call Rihanna the best.