Rod Stewart delivered a energetic efficiency of “Perpetually Younger” on the 2025 American Music Awards Monday evening as he obtained the AMA’s lifetime achievement award.
Forward of his set, all 5 of the Rock & Roll Corridor of Famer’s youngsters took the stage to honor their father. A subsequent video was performed to showcase the extensiveness of Stewart’s profession.
“After I began singing the early ’60s, approach earlier than any of you lot had been right here, the explanation I received into it’s as a result of I had this burning ambition to sing,” he mentioned. “It’s all I needed to do, I didn’t need be wealthy or well-known, and right here I’m a couple of years later, choosing up this excellent award.”
“I need to thank the entire musicians I’ve performed with, all of my influences,” he mentioned, heaping reward to Sam Cooke, David Ruffin and Muddy Waters.
After accepting the dignity, Stewart sang his 1988 monitor “Perpetually Younger,” dancing throughout the stage as his accompanying dancers and musicians led an upbeat, high-spirited efficiency.
Monday evening marked Stewart’s return to the AMAs, his first look on the award present in over 20 years since he final carried out a rendition of Louis Armstrong’s “What a Great World” throughout the present again in 2004.
Jennifer Lopez pulled double obligation on Monday, performing because the evening’s host and one of many award present’s many performers. Alongside Lopez, Benson Boone, Blake Shelton, Gloria Estefan, Gwen Stefani, Lainey Wilson and Reneé Rapp took the stage as nicely.
Janet Jackson gave her first TV efficiency in seven years on the 2025 AMAs whereas she was notably honored with the Icon Award. Beforehand, the “That’s the Approach Love Goes” singer obtained the Billboard Music Awards Icon Award in 2018, the place she carried out a medley of “Nasty,” “If” and “Throb.”
Billie Eilish received artist of the 12 months and Eilish’s Hit Me Onerous and Smooth received album of the 12 months whereas “Birds of a Feather” took residence music of the 12 months. Gracie Abrams was topped new artist of the 12 months. Heading into Monday evening, Kendrick Lamar led this 12 months’s nominees with 10 nominations, adopted intently by Put up Malone, Eilish, Chappell Roan and Shaboozey.
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