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The American Music
Awards is an annual major American
music awards show (among the others
are the Grammy Awards and the
Billboard Music Awards). The 40th
American Music Awards will be held
on November 18, (8:00/7:00
EST/CST), at the Nokia Theatre in
Los Angeles. The awards recognized
the most popular artists and albums
from the year . It will be
broadcast on ABC. This year includes
a brand new category, Electronic
Dance Music. Nicki Minaj and Rihanna
lead the nominations with four each.
There
will be live performances by:
Christina Aguilera
Justin Bieber
Kelly Clarkson
Ke$ha
Linkin Park
Nicki Minaj
No Doubt
P!nk
Pitbull
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Usher
The Wanted
The
AMAs were created by Dick Clark in
1973 to compete with the Grammys
after the move of that year's show
to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS
picking up the Grammy telecasts
after its first two in 1971 and 1972
were broadcast on ABC. Michael
Jackson and Donny Osmond co-hosted
the first award show with Rodney
Allen Rippy and Ricky Segall in
1974.
While
the Grammy Awards are awarded based
on votes by members of the
entertainment industry, the AMAs are
determined by a poll of music
buyers, and as a result is more of a
representative of public opinion.
The most established awards shows (AMAs,
BMAs, and Grammy Awards) compete for
prestige and television ratings,
with the Grammy Awards nominally
rewarding both. Stories of artists
being pressured to participate in
one awards show over the other have
been fodder for tabloid gossip and
controversy. The controversy was
muted somewhat after the AMAs moved
to late November, avoiding being in
the same awards season as the
Grammys.
The
American Music Awards have
nominations based on sales, airplay,
activity on social networks, and
video viewing and can nominate only
the works released between 1
December of the previous year and 1
September of the current year.
Before 2010 had nominations based
only on sales and airplay and
nominated every work, even if old.
The Grammys have nominations based
on vote of the Academy and only
nominate a work from their
eligibility period that changes
often
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