{"id":513477,"date":"2022-11-21T15:53:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/from-taylor-swift-and-pink-to-stevie-wonder\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T15:53:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:53:56","slug":"from-taylor-swift-and-pink-to-stevie-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/from-taylor-swift-and-pink-to-stevie-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"#From Taylor Swift and Pink to Stevie Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37a55df35bb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/from-taylor-swift-and-pink-to-stevie-wonder\/#%E2%80%9CFrom_Taylor_Swift_and_Pink_to_Stevie_Wonder%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;From Taylor Swift and Pink to Stevie Wonder&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/from-taylor-swift-and-pink-to-stevie-wonder\/#Best_Pink_opens_the_show\" >Best: Pink opens the show<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/from-taylor-swift-and-pink-to-stevie-wonder\/#Worst_Wayne_Bradys_musical_numbers\" >Worst: Wayne Brady\u2019s musical numbers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/from-taylor-swift-and-pink-to-stevie-wonder\/#Best_Dove_Camerons_pro-queer_speech\" >Best: Dove Cameron\u2019s pro-queer speech<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/from-taylor-swift-and-pink-to-stevie-wonder\/#Worst_Bebe_Rexha_and_David_Guetta\" >Worst: Bebe Rexha and David Guetta<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/from-taylor-swift-and-pink-to-stevie-wonder\/#Best_Anitta_%E2%80%94_and_Missy_Elliott\" >Best: Anitta \u2014 and Missy Elliott!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/from-taylor-swift-and-pink-to-stevie-wonder\/#Best_Jimmie_Allen_honors_Loretta_Lynn\" >Best: Jimmie Allen honors Loretta Lynn<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/from-taylor-swift-and-pink-to-stevie-wonder\/#Worst_Carrie_Underwoods_aerial_flop\" >Worst: Carrie Underwood\u2019s aerial flop<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/from-taylor-swift-and-pink-to-stevie-wonder\/#Worst_The_Olivia_Newton-John_tribute\" >Worst: The Olivia Newton-John tribute<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/from-taylor-swift-and-pink-to-stevie-wonder\/#Best_The_Lionel_Richie_tribute\" >Best: The Lionel Richie tribute<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFrom_Taylor_Swift_and_Pink_to_Stevie_Wonder%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;From Taylor Swift and Pink to Stevie Wonder&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>There was no Adele, no Beyonc\u00e9 and no Harry Styles.<\/p>\n<p>But there was the Ticketmaster-crashing Taylor Swift at the 50th American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night.\u00a0Although she didn\u2019t perform \u2014 even with a smash new album, \u201cMidnights,\u201d that is just one month old \u2014 the 32-year-old \u201cShake It Off\u201d superstar was rewarded for her presence with the night\u2019s biggest haul: Six awards, including Artist of the Year. That takes her record number of AMAs to a fab 40.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love you guys for making this a possibility for me,\u201d said Swift, as she accepted the award for Favorite Pop Album for \u201cRed (Taylor\u2019s Version),\u201d her re-recorded LP that was really more 2012 than 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the T-Swizzle sweep, here are some other highlights \u2014 and lowlights \u2014 of this year\u2019s AMAs.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_Pink_opens_the_show\"><\/span>Best: Pink opens the show<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pink always makes everything better, and as by far the biggest female pop performer of the night, she deservedly opened the show with her new single \u201cNever Gonna Not Dance Again,\u201d which got the party started in fun, infectious fashion as she roller-skated into the Microsoft Arena. Showing no signs of settling into mom pop at 43, Pink definitely got this party started.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/pink-amas-2022_21.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Pink at the American Music Awards.\" class=\"wp-image-24730634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/pink-amas-2022_21.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/pink-amas-2022_21.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/pink-amas-2022_21.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Pink opened the American Music Awards with \u201cNever Gonna Not Dance Again.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wayne-brady-dove-cameron-american-music-awards-2022_17.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Wayne Brady performing at the American Music Awards.\" class=\"wp-image-24730636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wayne-brady-dove-cameron-american-music-awards-2022_17.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wayne-brady-dove-cameron-american-music-awards-2022_17.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wayne-brady-dove-cameron-american-music-awards-2022_17.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Host Wayne Brady performed not one but two musical numbers at the American Music Awards.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for dcp<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Worst_Wayne_Bradys_musical_numbers\"><\/span>Worst: Wayne Brady\u2019s musical numbers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>After his opening monologue \u2014 which was already\u00a0 so-so to begin with \u2014 host Brady launched into a gimmicky bleepfest that got old real quick. For good measure, he even shamelessly plugged his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance on Monday\u2019s \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d finale. And surely there must have been other available performers who would have been better than seeing Brady do yet another number later in the show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wayne-brady-dove-cameron-american-music-awards-2022_18.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Dove Cameron at the AMAs.\" class=\"wp-image-24730638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wayne-brady-dove-cameron-american-music-awards-2022_18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wayne-brady-dove-cameron-american-music-awards-2022_18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wayne-brady-dove-cameron-american-music-awards-2022_18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Queer singer Dove Cameron won New Artist of the Year at the AMAs.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_Dove_Camerons_pro-queer_speech\"><\/span>Best: Dove Cameron\u2019s pro-queer speech<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Accepting New Year Artist of the Year in the first award presented of the night, 26-year-old queer singer took the moment to celebrate the LGBTQ community while addressing the tragic shootings at Club Q in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanna start by saying that every award that I ever win will always first and foremost be dedicated to the queer community at large,\u201d she said after accepting the award from actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, a longtime LGBTQ advocate. \u201cYou guys have carved out a special space for me to be myself and to write music about it, and I\u2019ve never felt\u00a0 safer or more loved and more supported, and I hope I can give you some semblance of that same feeling in my music. On the heels of the tragedy that happened at Club Q in Colorado Springs, I want to remind everyone how important queer visibility is and how important our community is.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bebe-rexha-amas-2022_23.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bebe Rexha at the AMAs.\" class=\"wp-image-24730639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bebe-rexha-amas-2022_23.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bebe-rexha-amas-2022_23.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bebe-rexha-amas-2022_23.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bebe Rexha performed \u201cI\u2019m Good\u201d with David Guetta at the AMAs.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for dcp<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Worst_Bebe_Rexha_and_David_Guetta\"><\/span>Worst: Bebe Rexha and David Guetta<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the biggest knocks against the AMAS is when artists hit the stage performing songs that are either too new for anyone to know or too irrelevant compared to the music that really mattered in any given years. Such was the case with Rexha, a B-lister at best, performing \u201cI\u2019m Good\u201d in a dominatrix-style getup alongside an army of male dancers in black latex pants and muscle shirts. But it was more like \u201cI\u2019m Meh.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/anitta-missy-elliot-perform-2022-amas571.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Anitta and Missy Elliott at the AMAs.\" class=\"wp-image-24730648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/anitta-missy-elliot-perform-2022-amas571.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/anitta-missy-elliot-perform-2022-amas571.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/anitta-missy-elliot-perform-2022-amas571.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Brazilian artist Anitta got her freak on with hip-hop icon Missy Elliott at the AMAs.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for dcp<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_Anitta_%E2%80%94_and_Missy_Elliott\"><\/span>Best: Anitta \u2014 and Missy Elliott!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While Rexha was trying way too hard, Brazilian star was effortlessly sexy in a black catsuit, humping the stage while a male dancer held her microphone. Bringing some South American heat to the American Music Awards, the Favorite Female Latin Artist winner performed a medley of \u201cEnvolver\u201d and \u201cLobby,\u201d with none other than Elliott showing up to get her freak on with Anitta.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/carrie-underwood-jimmie-allen-amas581.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jimmie Allen, Wayne Brady and a photo of Loretta Lynn at the AMAs.\" class=\"wp-image-24730649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/carrie-underwood-jimmie-allen-amas581.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/carrie-underwood-jimmie-allen-amas581.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/carrie-underwood-jimmie-allen-amas581.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Country star Jimmie Allen (pictured with host Wayne Brady) sang \u201cCoal Miner\u2019s Daughter\u201d in tribute to Loretta Lynn at the AMAs.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for dcp<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_Jimmie_Allen_honors_Loretta_Lynn\"><\/span>Best: Jimmie Allen honors Loretta Lynn<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Before introducing Carrie Underwood, breakout country star Allen \u2014 one of the African-American artists turning up the diversity in the genre\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0 came strumming out with his acoustic guitar to do a bit of \u201cCoal Miner\u2019s Daughter\u201d in sweet remembrance of the late, great Lynn. It was a touching tribute that flipped both the gender and the race traditionally associated with the classic. And you get the feeling that Lynn was looking down with a smile on her face.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/carrie-underwood-jimmie-allen-amas579.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Carrie Underwood at the AMAs.\" class=\"wp-image-24730653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/carrie-underwood-jimmie-allen-amas579.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/carrie-underwood-jimmie-allen-amas579.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/carrie-underwood-jimmie-allen-amas579.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Carrie Underwood\u2019s aerial act failed to soar at the American Music Awards.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for dcp<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Worst_Carrie_Underwoods_aerial_flop\"><\/span>Worst: Carrie Underwood\u2019s aerial flop<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although Underwood brought some much-needed star power to the festivities, she seemed way out of her element trying to steal Pink\u2019s acrobatic Cirque du Soleil act wearing a multicolored leotard. Performing the rock-edged \u201cCrazy Angels\u201d from her \u201cDenim &amp; Rhinestones\u201d album, it felt like production overkill for a singer who just needs to stand there and belt like the vocal beast she is.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/amas-best-worst-pink-tribute-olivia-newton-john588.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Pink performing in front of an Olivia Newton-John &quot;Grease&quot; still at the AMAs.\" class=\"wp-image-24730658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/amas-best-worst-pink-tribute-olivia-newton-john588.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/amas-best-worst-pink-tribute-olivia-newton-john588.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/amas-best-worst-pink-tribute-olivia-newton-john588.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Pink sang the \u201cGrease\u201d hit \u201cHopelessly Devoted to You\u201d in honor of Olivia Newton-John at the AMAs.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chris Pizzello\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Worst_The_Olivia_Newton-John_tribute\"><\/span>Worst: The Olivia Newton-John tribute<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Singing \u201cHopelessly Devoted to You\u201d in honor of the beloved late \u201cGrease\u201d star, Pink\u2019s second performance of the night wasn\u2019t bad \u2014 she sounded fine \u2014 but it was still a disappointment. It just wasn\u2019t the perfect song for her \u2014 nor was that feathery gown the perfect dress \u2014 and a medley featuring other songs and other singers would have done more justice to Newton-John.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/stevie-wonder-amas.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Stevie Wonder at the American Music Awards.\" class=\"wp-image-24730667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/stevie-wonder-amas.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/stevie-wonder-amas.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/stevie-wonder-amas.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>It was legend saluting legend when Stevie Wonder paid tribute to Lionel Richie at the American Music Awards.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_The_Lionel_Richie_tribute\"><\/span>Best: The Lionel Richie tribute<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The tribute to Richie that closed the show was far more fitting, providing the emotional and musical highlights of the night. First there was ageless Motown legend Smokey Robinson introducing Richie, bringing the kind of class and classic pedigree that was missing for most of the show. Then Richie \u2014 also newly\u00a0 inducted into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame \u2014 stepped up to give a very earnest speech as he accepted the Icon Award, encouraging young artists to strive to inspire future generations.<\/p>\n<p>But the best was saved for last when Stevie Wonder(!)\u00a0 and Charlie Puth performed a joyful medley of Richie\u2019s hits\u2014 from \u201cThree Times a Lady\u201d and \u201cEasy (Like Sunday Morning)\u201d to \u201cBrick House\u201d and \u201cAll Night Long (All Night).\u201d It all ended with a star-studded \u201cWe Are the World\u201d that made it feel like 1985 all over again.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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