The Billboard Music Awards 2018 are currently underway at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. As ever, That Grape Juice will be providing you with performances as they occur!
Check out live showings from Icon recipient Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande, Normani, Khalid, Camila Cabello, John Legend, and more below. Keep refreshing, as we’ll be updating minute-by-minute!
Janet Jackson
Khalid & Shawn Mendes
Ed Sheeran
Ariana Grande
Dua Lipa
Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, DJ Khaled
Shawn Mendes
Khalid & Normani
Christina Aguilera & Demi Lovato
John Legend
Your thoughts?
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Seems like Demi and Christina are just screaming, and screaming but they both looked beautiful
Omg lmfao they were literally standing on stage having a screaming match with no absolutely no connection at all and the both were sharp and flat as héłl!!! That was definitely a fail
Wow it’s crazy how many “Janet” troll accounts S****** Trash Blonde has to impersonate me. Beyond crazy! Imitation is the best form of flattery I guess but it’s time he moves on and stop trying to be me. I am the only Jasmine on this site whose name really is Jasmine and who was born a woman and that is a FACT! Let’s respect each other and not impersonate others or bite their usernames!
“Jasmine” trolls not “Janet”. Lol
TROLLMINE
I liked Janet’s performance but I had higher expectations for her. I felt like she should have performed a medley of Rhythm Nation \ If \ Miss Yout Much. This performance was good but it could have been better. I also thought the sweater was a wrong choice for a dancer on stage because sweaters are not form fitting and they can be hot when dancing in them.
Dua sounded atrocious. Time to send her back to Kosovo ?♂️
Kelly Clarkson= true Sanger, vocalist and SOPRANO.!!
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Christina Aguilera & Demi Lovato= SCREAMERS with bad technique and pitch issues. That was hard to listen to!!!! Ariana Grande: lots of potential but needs to just stand and sing. Norma I was cute and Khalid was wack
If I’m being honest Christina and Demi dropped the ball…
But to be fair, the song is complicated to sing live because the versus and choruses all run together and are layered on top of each other, leaving no room to breathe. Had they been spaced out (even in the studio version) would have helped the flow.
Christina and Demi didn’t appear to have a plan and basically took turns screaming. Neither one of them know their own limit and the two of them together was too much. Christina is looking like Justin this year, throwing random songs against the wall until one sticks. This is not a good comeback.
@Eric- Yes! I agree with you on all points! I was like so this has turned into a screaming match and I wondered which one would take the cue and shut up. Hahahahaha
I liked the demo version Christina recorded. It’s on youtube for months now. Simply put, Demi was not needed. I like the demo much much better.
I agree the original version with just Christina was perfect. Her voice doesn’t always feature well with other people because she has a very dominating voice.
I think she only put Demi on there to use her fanbase and to reintroduce herself to a younger demographic.
Christina sang the song properly on Carpool Karaoke. She sang the whole lyrics and followed the melody and showed restraint. That performance was excellent. Here she was not good… she barely sang the chorus of the song, just adlibbed all over it while the backing track was playing. She forgot that the lyrics for this song and the melody are a lot more important than her improvising some vocal runs over and over. What a shame.
I see that J. Lo took a page from Janet Jackson’s book and copied her Alright music video scene and re-worked it.
#Beyotch
I was thinking Madonna/Smooth Criminal….
@Keith – Those too! Poor J. Lo she’s only known for shaking her b*** and really has very few iconic music video moments.
Xtina demi performance was shoooook im still having chills????
You’re not serious, right?
It was an off key screaming match. Stop it
Christina and Demi, being a good singer doesn’t mean you have to be loud and screaming!! That’s a vote of no for me.
Ariana, she’s too nasal for my ears.
How you gon be pushing 50 and still be talking about money.. Leave that to the lil something rappers hunty
Janet killed it
Yess JANET!!!
Yeah she did, looking fresh wish it was a little long Janet has too many hits!
They cut away from Janet too many times. We don’t need 50 audience shots to know they’re enjoying the show. I loved the choreo, costumes, and song choices. I also thought it was really cool how the end became a dance club scene in the early 90s. I want to see the whole performance without the 10 million cutaways.
Exactly, I hated that part! I’m like why TF is the camera so far away!
Janet showed up and showed out! This woman is still a beast.
I Love love LOVE me some Janet Jackson BUT Im not that happy with how short it was and I feel she goes harder on tour. I needed more.
SLAY!! QUEEN JANET SLAY!!
Camila just made me a fan.
Same
Christina and Demi TRASH. All screaming, no harmony or technique and the song is s*****. They SUCK FLOPS!!!!
Janet had some great moments and i agree – too many cuts to the audience
Loved Kelly’s opening number
Salt-n-Pepa/En Vogue were good
BTS/Khalid/Christina should be banished for those horrible performances
Normani was giving it her all; she needs some good solo music
Pharrell you are a genius on the boards; STOP performing
Bruh… a reason to watch awards shows when Beyonce and Rihanna isn’t there has been a long time coming and Normani is at the front. Finally!!!! There’s is someone else to get excited about. Ahhh?
Rihanna is a reason to watch an award show? Her performance skills are lackluster AF
Yup I’ve been critical of her and still question her vocally but for the first time in forever I see where the torch can be passed too.
Rihanna is a below average performer
Nor – f****** – mani!!!! She absolutely slayed!!!!
Save yourself from all this trash, especially The Whisper LMAO and Rewatch Beyonce’s Coachella or Latest VMA performance. No Beyonce, No Rihanna, No Miguel… Boring AF.
Beyoncé’s, self proclaimed, idol.
Go hush. Just stfu!!!!! Janet slayed!
Christina sounded good screaming or not, but Demi was a actual fail she literally was screaming
Janet was incredible BUT she didn’t rain hard with the choreography. I suspect it’s partly because she decided to sing live this time and her vocals may have been obviously compromised.
I’ve seen her on tour many times and it’s a real shame because I have seen her slam it down SO HARD, and this did not even come close.
She looked fabulous. Fierce golden outfit BUT I don’t think wearing what was effectively a sweater, did her any justice. Again, her styling is normally impeccable, innovative, trend setting, but this sweater thing did not marry itself to a dancer. You couldn’t really see her intricate body moves underneath the fold of fabric. A real shame.
She looked stunning as ever. Props to makeup and hair.
Wish she went harder though. I’m confused why it’s wasnt better like on her tour.
Have really mixed feelings about this.
Preach! And I’m puzzled myself. Because saying shes CAPABLE wouldn’t even do her justice. Shes BEYOND that. Smh. I wish she would have showed that. I honestly think she still would’ve danced circles in that outfit. I just don’t know WHY she didn’t.
I know and I wanted this to be a legendary performance that people would be talking about for days. It wasn’t. Such a shame. I read elsewhere that she’s recovering from a leg injury. That might be the case. Bad timing if so. Just hope her new material slays but unfortunately she won’t have a bigger moment than this ever again unless she’s invited back to the super bowl. So I guess that’s that. Oh well. Still love her.
Ok
Xtina & demi were screaming and i muted the whole performance.
JLO killed that stage , singer half her age they cant do what she has done
Janet was mehhhhh nothin special
Normani killed it as well
All the rest mediocre performances and Lol at camilla dancing moves … hilarious she should take lessons from JLO
If you speak Spanish you should only perform at the Latin Grammys and Billboard Awards
MISS JENNIFER LOPEZ WAS THE BEST OF THE NIGHT
Janet Jackson is the greatest but Jlo stole the night. She literally killed the stage, that ish was straight GANGSTA