While many around the world were gawking at the beauties of this year’s Miss Universe contest Sunday night (December 8), Pop music lovers had their eyes and ears glued to Capital FM’s annual ‘Jingle Bell Ball.’

Taking over London’s O2 arena over the weekend, the event assembled some of the brightest names in music to showcase their biggest hits live.  This year’s most anticipated performer was undoubtedly Taylor Swift, who not only blew the roof off the building with a brigade of her best-sellers (i.e. ‘‘ME!,’ ‘Blank Space,’ ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,’ and more) but also unleashed the first live performance of her holiday single, ‘Christmas Tree Farm.’

Elsewhere on the bill, Grammy winner Sam Smith showed off the first recorded live performance of their latest hit, ‘How Do You Sleep?’ and more while Rita Ora and Harry Styles respectively rocked the house with some of their fans’ favorites.

Did you miss any of the action?  See highlights inside:

Taylor Swift

Rita Ora

Sam Smith

Harry Styles

Click here to see all the performances of the two-night affair.

[main photo source:  Getty Images]

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