The American Music Awards were held in The Angels Sunday night and the ceremony had its share of controversy.
At the beginning of the transmission, kelly rowland took the stage at the microsoft theater to present the award to Favorite R&B Male Artist. In contention for the win were Brent Faiyaz, Giveon, Lucky Daye, The Weeknd Y Chris BrownY the last one was crowned the winner.
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When Rowland announced Brown’s name, the crowd booed audibly. She seemed surprised by the answer, but continued with his filing duties and explained that he was not present.
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The reason for his absence remains unclear, although it is possible that he is involved in some kind of dispute with AMA producers after it was reported that They scrapped a tribute to Michael Jackson which Brown had been scheduled to conduct at the ceremony.
During the weekend, Brown shared images of the musical number rehearsalwhich had been to celebrate andl 40th anniversary of the album thriller Jackson’s. The Instagram post was captioned “IS SERIOUSLY?”apparently in reference to the decision of cancel the performance at the last minute. In the comments section, he added: “This would have been the AMA performance, but I was canceled for unknown reasons”.
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Given Brown’s absence, Rowland said he would accept the award on his behalf.although the audience continued to express their indignation. “Excuse me… relax,” he told the packed crowd with a raised finger, before show your support for the singer.
“But I wanted to say to Chris, thank you so much for making great R&B music. and I want to say thank you for being an amazing artist,” he continued. “I will take this prize, I will bring it to you. Love you. Congratulations. And congratulations to all the nominees in this category.”
Brown has been a controversial figure since 2009 when it was declared guilty of assaulting Rihanna while the two were in a relationship. Their career was affected briefly for the incident, with trademarks that cut ties and radio stations that refused to play their songs.
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Staying in the public eye, Brown achieved mainstream success with subsequent records, despite a series of other public controversies and legal troubles.
Given his history, Rowland’s endorsement of Brown was a disappointment to some viewerswho quickly took to Twitter to express their thoughts.
“What the hell is Chris Brown doing still winning awards and why is kelly rowland there thanking her ass for real?,” wrote one user. “Chris Brown just won an #AMAs and Kelly Rowland silenced the audience so she could praise him and preach how much you love him? Phew! Might be time to turn this off,” added another. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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