Schmidadon!Dove Cameron’s own took the stage at the American Music Awards for the first time on Sunday, giving viewers a first rendition of her hit song “Boyfriend.”
Cameron earned her first American Music Award nomination this year for New Artist of the Year, a category she won earlier on the show.
“Every award I win will always and above all be dedicated to the queer community as a whole,” she said after receiving her trophy from Sheryl Lee Ralph. “You’ve created such a space for me to be honest and write music about it, and I’ve never felt safer or more loved and supported. I hope I can give you some semblance of this in my music. On the heels of what happened in colorado springsI want to remind everyone how important queer visibility is and how important our community is.
“I want to draw your attention to organizations like GLAAD and the Trevor Project,” she continued. “You are absolutely right, and you are so loved and so held. And I want to thank you for supporting me.”
Watch footage of Cameron’s performance below, which we’ll replace with an official video if/when it becomes available:
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— Charts by Dove Cameron (@DoveOnCharts) November 21, 2022
And what a year it’s been for Cameron. During an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show earlier this week, she received an RIAA platinum certification for “Boyfriend,” honoring the song’s millionth purchase.
“[‘Boyfriend’] was such a big part of me finding my own identity and embracing my homosexuality,” Cameron told Clarkson. “And it makes me emotional every time I talk about it, but it was such a key for me to completely go into myself, in a way that I never knew if I was going to have the privilege to find these pieces of myself.”
Cameron recently followed up “Boyfriend” with “Bad Idea,” the second single from his upcoming (and highly anticipated) debut studio album.
Of course, Cameron’s musical chops were never in question. Before focusing on her solo career, she lent her voice to countless television projects, from Disney Channel descent franchise at NBC Hair spray live!
In addition to Cameron, other high profile AMA performances include Anitta, Bebe Rexha, Carrie Underwood, David Guetta, GloRilla, Imagine Dragons, Lil Baby, Pink, Tems, Wizkid, and Yola. Icon Award winner Lionel Richie also performs and receives a special tribute from Ari Lennox, Charlie Puth and Stevie Wonder.
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