L.A. Times - Entertainment — Reviewing Jennifer Lopez, Eminem, Janet Jackson, Carrie Underwood, Rihanna and others as they take the stage. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — LOS ANGELES - Janet Jackson kicked off the American Music Awards with a medley of some of her biggest hits, but it was her late brother Michael who was poised to be one of the night's big winners, up for five American Music Awards, including entertai... more info

VH1 News — Janet Jackson kicked off the American Music Awards on Sunday night with an energetic medley of her hits, including "Control" and her new single "Make Me." more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Grading the performances at the 2009 American Music Awards, typos and all. Janet Jackson. So, supposedly the American Music Awards were going to open with a performance from Janet, and that's technically what happened. Except Janet's performance was ... more info

Rolling Stone — Tonight, nearly all of the music industry’s biggest names are in one room: at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre for the 37th Annual American Music Awards. Janet Jackson, Eminem, Green Day, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Jay-Z — they’re all sche... more info

CNN Showbiz — Janet Jackson takes the Nokia Theatre stage to open Sunday evening's 37th annual American Music Awards show, but Rihanna's red carpet entrance may cause the most excitement. more info

MTV.com News — Band's performance of '21 Guns' features only a little pyro.By James Montgomery Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong performs at the AMAs on Sunday Photo: ABC/ Dick Clark Productions Green Day took things down a peg during their performance of... more info

MTV.com News — The two hip-hop heavyweights share the AMA stage.By James Montgomery Eminem performs at the American Music Awards on Sunday Photo: ABC/ Dick Clark Productions Emimen strode out onto the American Music Awards' stage on Sunday night (Novembe... more info

MTV.com News — Singer does all her own stunts during daring performance.By James Montgomery Lady Gaga performs at the AMAs on Sunday Photo: ABC If you weren't aware of the fact that Lady Gaga's performances tend to be rather, well, over the top, her Sund... more info

MTV.com News — Singer performs on futuristic, S&M-style set.By Gil Kaufman Rihanna performs at the AMAs on Sunday Photo: ABC/ Dick Clark Productions It's been more than 10 months since Rihanna missed her scheduled performance at February's Grammy Awards ... more info