Topix — Categories: American Music Awards , Chris Brown , Christina Aguilera , David Guetta , Drake , Events In Popular Music , Justin Bieber , Katy Perry , Kelly Clarkson , LMFAO , Maroon 5 , Nicki Minaj , Taylor Swift Welcome to Sound of the City's iveblog... more info

Perez Hilton — A big congrats to Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift! Beating out some of the music industry's best, Nicki won the award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and T-Swizzle won Favorite Country Female Artist at the 2011 American Music Awards. Nicki opened the te... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — American Music Awards: The 2011 American Music Awards opened with a pairing international superstar DJ David Guetta and the supersonic vocal stylings of Nicki Minaj. The evening is a slightly paired down award show, as some of the biggest names in po... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The American Music Awards are underway, giving us a show with performances form artists including Nicki Minaj, Ludacris, Drake, Lil’ Jon, and Mary J. Blige. And it looks like the color palate for the evening is a muted one -- all the ladies arrived... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rockers Maroon 5 and country singer Taylor Swift were early winners at the American Music Awards Sunday, after an opening performance by Nicki Minaj wearing a costume that made her a human audio system. more info

Starpulse — Taylor Swift has urged her pop peers to make their every word and action "count" because their behavior impacts millions of young fans across the world. The hitmaker, 21, insists she makes a cons... more info

ContactMusic — Taylor Swift has opened up about her good-girl image claiming that its almost entirely accurate In an interview set to air on Sundays 60 Minutes show November 20th 2011 the country sensation acknowledged she is a role model to many aspiring mus... more info

ContactMusic — Singer Taylor Swift is not a fan of drinking to excess insisting it is just not cute to be drunk The Love Story hitmaker doesnt like beer and admits she is not really a wine drinker either as she can think of better things to do than get tipsy... more info

ContactMusic — Taylor Swift doesnt like to get drunk because its just not cute The countrypop singer isnt a big fan of partying and while that is partly because she feels a responsibility to be a role model to her young fans she admitted it is also because s... more info

ContactMusic — Country star Taylor Swift has urged her pop peers to make their every word and action count - because their behaviour impacts millions of young fans across the world The Love Story hitmaker 21 insists she makes a conscious effort to set a good exampl... more info