8 Highlights from the 2016 AMAs

The 44th annual American Music Awards took over the Microsoft Theater in rainy Los Angeles last night, bringing together names like Drake, Lady Gaga, The Chainsmokers, Ariana Grande and Sting.

Taking the reigns as event co-host, Gigi Hadid joined former SNL funnyman, Jay Pharoah, and both wasted no time making a mockery of Donald and Melania Trump. This wasn't the last mention made of the president-elect; ask Chrissy Teigen how she really feels about the soon-to-be U.S. president. There was even a performance by Green Day that saw the band sing a cover of MDC's "Born to Die," chanting lyrics like: No Trump / no KKK / no fascist USA. 

Luckily, the night wasn't all about politics and there was some fun had. Here's a selection of notable takeaways from the 2016 AMAs. 

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Things got political 

Whether it was Gigi or Chrissy Teigen or Green Day–the comments on president-elect, Donald Trump were ever present at the 2016 AMAs. Green Day, the now Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, made sure that their performance of MDC’s “Born to Die” came complete with anti-Trump lyrics. For an awards show that heard its hosts open the night by saying the evening wasn’t going to be focused on the political agenda, its presenters sure didn’t spare digging into politics after all.

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