There was a time when I knew all the top ten songs. Over the past few decades, there were weeks when I did not recognize even one artist. So, a couple of years ago I decided to review TV award programs like the 2013 Billboards American Music Awards last night, which was the fortieth. This one turned out to be the most watched in 12 years, and now I at least somewhat recognize some of the performers. For example, the Top Ten on Billboard this week:
#1 Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (Can't Hold Us)--never heard of them
#2 Pink (Just Give Me a Reason)--no, not because her hair is pink, but on the other hand, she has worn pink (left), as has Nicki Minaj (on right, for breast cancer awareness, but she wears every color in the rainbow and more)
#3 Justin Timberlake (Mirrors)--got his start on the Mickey Mouse Club (here with Ryan Gosling on his right)
#4 Bruno Mars (When I Was Your Man)--hey, he's from Hawaii
#5 Rihanna (Stay)--she was beaten up by her boyfriend Chris Brown (it was Bobby Brown who steered Whitney Houston towards drugs, but maybe not)
#6 Selena Gomez (Come & Get It)--former girlfriend of Justin Bieber (he, on the right, had the most watched You Tube video until Gangnam Style arrived), no they got back together...nope, they broke up again, speaking of Selena and Justin
#7 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Thrift Shop)--what, again...who are they, anyway? Well, Macklemore was formerly Professor Macklemore, but was born Ben Haggerty. Ryan Lewis was born Ryan Lewis. They're out of Seattle. This is the first duo ever to take its original two singles to #1.
#8 Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)...whoops, make that Imagine Dragons (Radioactive)--clearly, never heard of them
#9 Icona Pop (I Love It)--Googled to learned they are two Swedish disc jockeys
#10 Florida Georgia Line (Cruise)--Googled to find it is a country twosome
Taylor Swift won eight awards. Nicki Minaj, who I thought was the personality of American Idol, won the first statue shown on TV, Best Rap Artist, and three in all:
Psy won an award, as he is now the most streamed performer, and Justin Bieber got three, but was booed:
Madonna prevailed on two. Before and today photos:
Prince effectively ended the show with a medley of his hits. Again, before and today:
Unlike most of the other performers, Prince actually sang his songs. A downer was that there was no drama, as the winners and losers already knew the results. In case you were wondering, here are Macklemore (left) and Ryan Lewis:
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