American Music Awards 2011 – Inside, Performance & Portraits

Nicki Minaj performing

Troubled singer Chris Brown performed last night, but he lost the Soul/R&B Album trophy to his ex-girlfriend Rihanna. Brown had hoped that the AMAs would redeem his fractured image and gain him the respect that he thinks he deserves. But that will never happen. Sales of Brown’s album F.A.M.E. has stalled at around 700,000 copies sold, and it doesn’t appear to be even close to going platinum. All of this leaves Brown very frustrated and in need of mood altering medications. The 22-year-old went on another one of his patented rampage on Twitter.com last Thursday that ended when he deleted his entire timeline and appears to have left Twitter for good.

Nicki Minaj posed for her portrait with 2 awards. She won for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album.

Rapper Ludacris poses for his AMA portrait at the Nokia theater.

Singers Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift in the audience.

Actress/singer Queen Latifah presented an award.

Singer/actor Jaden Smith, left, and singer Bruno Mars, who won the statuette for Artist of the Year. He deserved it!

Singer Christina Aguilera filled out her Herve Leger dress backstage.

Unfortunately TV personality Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino’s face is frozen in this position. We’re not sure why he was at the music awards show.