Chris Brown's AMA Win Gets Booed, Kelly Rowland Tells Audience To "Chill Out"
Kelly Rowland puts the #AMAs audience in check after negative reaction to Chris Brown winning ‘Favorite Male R&B Artist.’ https://t.co/A5M053eiyC
- Pop Crave (@PopCrave) November 21, 2022
During the 2022 American Music Awards on ABC tonight, Kelly Rowland took the stage to announce the nominees for Favorite Male R&B Artist. The artists that were up for the trophy were Brent Faiyaz, Giveon, Lucky Daye, The Weeknd and Chris Brown.
After Rowland announced Chris as the winner, boos from the crowd were audible. Rowland looked surprised at the audience’s reaction. “Now Chris Brown is not here tonight so I’m accepting this award on his behalf,” she said before addressing the audience saying, “Excuse me… chill out.”
Rowland then continued, “But I wanted to tell Chris, thank you so much for making great R&B music and I want to tell him thank you for being an incredible performer. I’ll take this award - bring it to you. I love you. Congratulations. And congratulations to all the nominees in this category.”
Chris had been scheduled to perform at the AMAs with a Michael Jackson tribute but was canceled at the last minute. The artist had shared a video on Instagram showcasing his rehearsal of the musical number with the caption, “U SERIOUS?”
“WOULDVE been the ama performance but they cancelled me for reasons unknown,” Brown said in the comments.
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