After a major dance routine to open the AMAs, Jennifer Lopez announces a Vegas residency

Jennifer Lopez kicked disconnected the American Music Awards with gusto Monday night, opening with a six-minute creation regular acceptable to 23 hits from the past year, past changing outfits 8 times arsenic she hosted the evening. She besides changed her touring plans, announcing a Las Vegas residency successful spot of the satellite circuit she canceled past summer.

“SURPRISE JLOVERS! We’re back! I’m doing a residency successful Las Vegas!,” she wrote Monday nighttime connected societal media.

Lopez volition play a twelve dates astatine the Colosseum astatine Caesars Palace, starting Dec. 30 and dispersed retired done March 28, successful her “Up All Night” residency. Tickets spell connected merchantability June 6.

The “On the Floor” vocalist backed retired of the summertime 2024 circuit astir precisely a twelvemonth ago, saying — amid rumors that she and then-husband Ben Affleck were surviving isolated — she needed “time disconnected to beryllium with her children, household and adjacent friends.” Months later, arsenic the public-facing parts of their narration seemed to awesome it was over, she filed for divorcement from the “Argo” Oscar winner.

But Monday nighttime successful Vegas — the AMAs went down astatine the Fontainebleu connected the Strip — Lopez turned the spotlight connected others, including Janet Jackson, who performed publically for the archetypal clip successful 7 years and accepted the Icon Award, fixed to a performer whose assemblage of enactment has had a large power connected popular euphony worldwide.

Previous recipients see Lionel Richie successful 2022 and Rihanna successful 2013.

Rod Stewart took location the 2025 grant for beingness achievement, portion Gracie Abrams was named caller creator of the year. Billie Eilish grabbed 7 awards successful categories including opus of the year, medium of the year, pistillate popular prima and favourite touring artist.

Country euphony awards went to Post Malone, Dan & Shay, and Beyoncé. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” took favourite hip-hop song, portion Eminem’s “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)” was named favourite hip-hop album. Doechii’s “Anxiety” was the apical societal song, Megan Thee Stallion was fave pistillate hip-hop artist, and SZA and the Weeknd won successful the pistillate and antheral R&B vocalist categories.

A implicit database of winners is disposable connected the AMAs website.