One Direction wins big at American Music Awards; Ariana Grande, Celine Dion

Justin Bieber, who closed the show, effectively literalized the cleansing he’s been after following several years of tabloid troubles with a performance of “Sorry” that had him drenched in a simulated downpour. Jared Leto, who introduced Dion, said his band 30 Seconds to Mars recently performed at the Bataclan, the Paris concert hall where 89 people were killed in the November 13 attack.

Host Jennifer Lopez opened the ceremony with an extended dance routine, set to a medley of the year’s biggest hits – including Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk, Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood and Drake’s Hotline Bling.

It brought in Justin Bieber! But prizes for such other awards shows as the Grammys, the Billboard Music Awards, and the Country Music Association Awards are distributed by those working in the industry – for example, Grammys voters include producers and singers. It was a side of J. Lo you don’t often see and it came through as genuine and candid. Yes, the performance was pretty cute, but the smooching after was way more exciting.

During performances from Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez, there was a sense of sisterhood among the young female performers at the Microsoft Theater.

The song “Heartbeat” is the second single from Carrie Underwood’s fifth studio album Storyteller.

No one does angry love songs like Morissette, and Sunday night, Lovato joined her to belt out “You Oughta Know“.

They may have been singing Marvin Gaye but nobody expected Puth and Trainor to take the legendary singer’s line “let’s get it on”, literally. REUTERS/David McNew TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY One Direction perform “Perfect” during the 2015 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California November 22, 2015. The Weeknd was surrounded by flames for his performance of “The Hills”. Looks like dancing in the rain has become a thing again. Their unexpected show of passion – he had his hand on her bum while she forcefully leaned in for more – was enough to make anyone squirm.

Gwen Stefani showed off a lot of leg and more in this sheer Yousef Al-Jasmi creation. She’s now dating country star Blake Shelton.

Celine Dion was in top form as she beautifully sang “Hymne à L’Amour” in French – even driving some audience members to tears. “The U.S. matters. The entire world matters – and peace is possible”.

Singer Ciara was draped in black beads and not much else (except maybe sex appeal) in this dress by Reem Acra. Better than the usual mind-numbing parade of ‘thank you’s. Harrison discussed Williams’ contributions to the movie world, including the theme songs to “Jaws”, “E.T.” and, of course, “Star Wars”.

In the scene, Rey and Finn are running from an attack.