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BTS stamps its authority on AMAs
South Korean superstars BTS were crowned artist of the year at the American Music Awards on Sunday, brushing aside challenges from Taylor Swift, Drake and The Weeknd as they took home a total of three awards and teamed up with Coldplay for a raucous “My Universe” and closed the show with “Butter.”
“Seven boys from Korea, united by love for music, met the love and support from all the armies all over the world,” said BTS’ RM after the group won artist of the year for the first time. “This whole thing is a miracle. Seriously, we would never take this for granted.”
The band was also named favorite pop duo or group and got the favorite pop song award for “Butter.”
The fan-voted awards show celebrated the best popular music with a mix of live and taped performances.
An earlier scheduled performance of “Butter” by BTS and Megan Thee Stallion was scrapped after the rapper cited personal reasons for dropping out Saturday. She turned out to be a big winner: named favorite female hip-hop artist, her “Good News” winning for favorite hip-hop album and her “Body” was crowned favorite trending song.
Olivia Rodrigo came into the night with a leading seven nominations but only took home the crown for favorite new artist of the year. Rodrigo lost favorite pop album to Taylor Swift’s “evermore.” Swift also won for favorite female pop artist, giving her a career total of 34, the record for the most awarded artist in the show’s history.
Becky G won for favorite female Latin artist. Machine Gun Kelly grabbed the favorite rock artist award.
Bieber urged to cancel F1 show:
Pop star Justin Bieber is facing growing calls to cancel his concert in Saudi Arabia next month as the fiancee of slain Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi joined a chorus of voices on Sunday urging him not to perform at the kingdom’s Formula One race. In an open letter published by The Washington Post, Hatice Cengiz urged the Canadian megastar to cancel his Dec. 5 performance in Jiddah to “send a powerful message to the world that your name and talent will not be used to restore the reputation of a regime that kills its critics.”
Bieber’s concert is the most headline-grabbing performance scheduled, though other F1 concert performers include rapper A$AP Rocky, DJs David Guetta and Tiesto, and singer Jason Derulo.
Musician Hinsche dies: Billy Hinsche, 70, a singersongwriter and musician in a 1960s pop band with Dino Martin Jr. and Desi Arnaz Jr. who later recorded and toured for decades with the Beach Boys, has died. Hinsche died Saturday of cancer, Lucie Arnaz, a longtime friend and brother of Desi Arnaz Jr., said in an Instagram post. According to his website, Hinsche collaborated with Warren Zevon, Joan Jett, America and many other artists over his lengthy career.
Nov. 23 birthdays: Actor Franco Nero is 80. Writer Bruce Vilanch is 73. Singer Bruce Hornsby is 67. Actor John Henton is 61. TV host Robin Roberts is 61. Actor Salli Richardson is 54. Actor Oded Fehr is 51. Actor Page Kennedy is 45. Actor Lucas Grabeel is
37. TV personality Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is 34. Singer Miley Cyrus is 29.