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2018 American Music Awards — What Were The Craziest & Biggest Moments?

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Oct. 10 2018, Updated 1:58 a.m. ET

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The 2018 American Music Awards were chock full of several big and crazy moments throughout the night. Take a look at which ones made us laugh, cry, cheer and more.

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Taylor Swift opened the show with “I Did Something Bad” off her album Reputation. The pop singer was actually censored during the performance as one of the lines contained the word s**t!

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AMA host Tracee Ellis Ross started the show off with her own version of Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow”, Childish Gambino’s “This is America”, The Carter’s “Apes**t” and many other songs, all while rocking a sweet grill and some great dance moves!

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Amber Heard introduced rock group Twenty One Pilots, who performed their new song “Jumpsuit” off their fifth studio album Trench.

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Mariah Carey stunned in a gorgeous pink ensemble while debuting "With You" for the first time.

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Shawn Mendes got everyone on their feet with his song “Lost in Japan”.

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Cardi B got a leg up, literally, during her mind-blowing performance of "I Like It" with J. Balvin and Bad Bunny.

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Halsey, Benny Blanco and Khalid premiered “Eastside”. Halsey’s on-again boyfriend G-Eazy happily applauded her from the audience.

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Billy Eichner encouraged all the young people to vote before presenting Best Adult Contemporary to Shawn Mendes.

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Ty Dolla Sign joined Post Malone on stage, where the latter rocked the crowd with two of his biggest hits: "Psycho" and "Better Now".

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Dua Lipa kept the party going with not one but two different performances.

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So many song debuts tonight! Jennifer Lopez premiered "Limitless" from her upcoming film Second Act.

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AMA winner Camila Cabello was surrounded by a big orchestra while belting out “Consequences”.

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We definitely got a "Level Up" with Ciara and Missy Elliott!

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Carrie Underwood put on a very emotional rendition of her song "Spinning Bottles" off her latest album Cry Pretty.

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Gladys Knight and several other artists closed the show with an incredible tribute to the late Aretha Franklin.

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What was your favorite moment from the AMA's? Sound off in the comments!

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