Kelly Clarkson and Pink‘s opening performance at the AMAs made it hard to catch our breath.
The global superstars took the stage for their very first collaboration to open the 2017 American Music Awards on Sunday night.
After a heartfelt introduction from Jamie Foxx, during which he paid tribute to first responders from the numerous tragedies and natural disasters that occurred throughout the year, the opening guitar figure of R.E.M.’s cathartic classic “Everybody Hurts” was heard.
"As this year comes to a close, we look forward to 2018 with hope... TOGETHER our strength will pull us through." - @iamjamiefoxx #AMAs
Pink began the first verse before being joined by Clarkson. Together they strolled to a smaller stage among the crowd and traded vocal gymnastics over Michael Stipe’s lyrics of compassion.
Two strong women in music.@Pink & @kelly_clarksoncollab for the first time with a powerful #AMAs open.
Before the show, the pop divas gushed about each other on social media.
If anyone was wondering what @Pink is like in person, she’s the greatest human ever and I love her even more now after meeting/singing with her at #AMA’s rehearsal....can’t wait for y’all to see our silk routine tomorrow
#picturemehangin
This woman has a direct line to outer space with that voice. I feel lucky to stand next to her when she sings. Tonight will be an honor for me @kelly_clarkson #AMAs2017
You're joking! I am humbly prepared to be outsung:) I adore you and I cannot wait. twitter.com/kelly_clarkson…
“I’m a huge fan of Pink,” Clarkson told EW editor-in-chief Henry Goldblatt at the magazine’s A-List event in New York City in November. “I haven’t had the chance yet to work with her. I think if you project it enough, it might happen, right?”
Clarkson continued, gushing over Pink’s album Beautiful Trauma: “I love her because she has done the whole singer-songwriter record she recently did, she does pop, she loves rock. She is who she is, and that’s cool if you like her, and it’s cool if you don’t. I relate to that, so I think that’s why I like her a lot.”
Ahead of the show, Clarkson — who walked the red carpet with her daughters River and Savannah — also tweeted her excitement about sharing a stage with the “What About Us” singer. “Gonna play it super cool whilst singing with @Pink this Sunday at the #AMAs,” she wrote. “But know on the inside I will be freaking the &$@! out.”
Gonna play it super cool whilst singing with @Pink this Sunday at the #AMAs ....but know on the inside I will be freaking the &$@! out#oneofthegreatestvocalistsofourgeneration#sheissorad #sundayissofarfromnow
Pink responded to the tweet — and compliment — Tweeting back, “You’re joking! I am humbly prepared to be outsung 
I adore you and I cannot wait.”
I adore you and I cannot wait.”You're joking! I am humbly prepared to be outsung:) I adore you and I cannot wait. twitter.com/kelly_clarkson…
In addition to the duet, the pair will later take the stage for their own solo performances. Last week, it was announced that Pink was set to return to the AMA stage with a show-stopping rendition of the title track from her most recent album, Beautiful Trauma, which debuted in the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart in October and marked a career high for first-week sales.
Pink first performed at the awards show in 2001 with her hit “Most Girls,” and returned again in 2003 and 2008.
Source : People
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