Billboard Awards

Katy Perry performed her brand new single ‘Wide Awake’ for the first time at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, doing so while suspended from a swing in mid-air. Some might say Katy was soaring to new heights.

Cee Lo Green joined forces with his rap group Goodie Mob to perform ‘Fight to Win,’ a new track from the newly reunited hip-hop icons at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. While onstage, Goodie Mob seized the moment and paid tribute to the Beastie Boys‘ Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch.

These worst dressed pictures from the 2012 Billboard Music Awards don’t necessarily include the most poorly dressed pack we’ve ever seen, but there were certainly a few artists who fell short when it came to their ensembles.

Carly Rae Jepsen followed Justin Bieber (who helped bring her to prominence in America after discovering her song on the radio in their native Canada), by performing ‘Call Me Maybe’ on tonight’s (May 20) Billboard Music Awards.

In these best dressed pictures from the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, we highlight the night’s most chic stars. While there were certain stars who fell flat with their wardrobe choices, there were a crop of standout artists that really dressed to impress, like Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Wiz Khalifa, Alicia Keys and the Wanted.