American Music Awards Red Carpet

Check out the gallery above to see who strutted their stuff on the red carpet at the 2015 American Music Awards.

So she started off the glitzy awards formal occasion with a show-stopping performance which consisted of the show star & her entourage dancing by means of a medley of this yr’s biggest hits, together with Ed Sheeran’s Considering Out Loud, Beyonce’s 7/11 & Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk.

The 46-year-old performer began the show singing one of her hits, “Waiting For Tonight”, before addressing the crowd and telling everyone it was time to dance.

“Make a few noise for Prince, ladies and gentlemen”, the singer said after picking up favorite album – soul/R&B for “Beauty Behind the Madness”. Jennifer Lopez will host the music awards while the red carpet is hosted by Chelsea Cannell, Francke Grande, Bow Wow and more.

Bieber, who also is set to perform, already has room to celebrate: Billboard announced Sunday his new album, “Purpose”, will debut at No. 1 on its charts Monday after selling 649,000 equivalent albums.

British boy band One Direction have been named artist of the year at the American Music Awards, just months before they are due to go on a hiatus. It beat out One Direction’s “Made In the A.M.”, which sold 459,000 equivalent albums. Her nominations include song and collaboration of the year for “Bad Blood” with Kendrick Lamar, favorite female artist – pop/rock, favorite album – pop/rock for “1989” and favorite artist – adult contemporary. She is the leading AMAs nominee with six.

Nicki Minaj was also a double victor, taking home favorite artist and album – rap/hip-hop.

The three-hour show, which aired on ABC, also included a clip from the upcoming “Star Wars” film.

CELINE DION then took the stage for a moving tribute to FRANCE with a take on EDITH PIAFs “Hymne a L’Amour” that elicited a warm, standing ovation.