Some of the biggest names in pop, rock and hip-hop were honoured at this year\u2019s American Music Awards, but one name was notably absent from the awards list \u2014 Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n
The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas was buzzing with famous faces from the music industry on Monday, except for Swift, despite being nominated in eight categories.<\/p>\n
Even though she was nowhere to be seen and didn\u2019t receive any awards, Swift remains the AMA\u2019s most decorated artist, with 40 trophies to her name.<\/p>\n
The big winner of the night was South Korean boy band BTS, who took home artist of the year following the release of their new album Arirang. The K-pop stars also won the best male K-Pop artist award and song of the summer gong for their track Swim.<\/p>\n
Sabrina Carpenter won album of the year with Man\u2019s Best Friend and also won best female pop artist and best pop album.<\/p>\n
One moment that shocked the audience and fans alike was the reunion of the Black Eyed Peas after Fergie left the group eight years ago.<\/p>\n
SEE ALL THE FASHION FROM THE AMAS IN THE GALLERY BELOW<\/p>\n
Fergie took the stage with her former cohorts Will.i.am, Taboo, and Apl.de.ap to accept the award for best throwback song for their 2010 hit Rock That Body.<\/p>\n
It was the Peas\u2019 first major outing together since she stepped away to focus on raising her child, Axl.<\/p>\n
Also reuniting on stage were Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts, and Kimberly Wyatt of the Pussycat Dolls, who executed an energetic performance in red latex outfits.<\/p>\n
It was the group\u2019s first appearance at the AMAs in two decades.<\/p>\n
Tones and I represented Australia on the red carpet after she received a nominated for her latest song Gone Gone Gone featuring David Guetta and Teddy Swims.<\/p>\n
Billy Idol wrapped up the show in true rockstar fashion. Donning spiky blonde hair and an outfit with pink detailing, the 70-year-old rocker performed a medley of his two classic songs: Eyes Without a Face and Dancing With Myself.<\/p>\n
He also accepted the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award and is set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some of the biggest names in pop, rock and hip-hop were honoured at this year\u2019s American Music Awards,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,1626,447,134,1625,136],"class_list":["post-695574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-beauty-style","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-lifestyle","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}