By: Blayde Biacan Staff Writer
This has been a truly crazy year. An event that signifies the coming of the end, as well as a new year, is the 44th annual American Music Awards, which will take place on Nov. 20 in the Microsoft Theater.
The American Music Awards will also premiere live on ABC’s “Good Morning America”, which will be hosted by Gigi Hadid and Jay Pharoah. There are many well-known names included in the nominees for the many different music categories.
Drake currently leads with 13 nominations, the most in the event’s history. Previously, Michael Jackson’s 11 nominations held the top spot from the 1981 American Music Awards.
Drake’s album, “Views”, has kept the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart, and one of the songs, “One Dance” was given the title of Billboard’s “Song of the Summer 2016”. Following him is Rihanna with 7 nominations, and Adele and Justin Bieber who hold 5 nominations each.
This year, the American Music Awards is adding in new categories such as, Tour of the Year and Video of the Year, as well as adding in a favorite song category for the different genres of music.
The nominees for favorite album and favorite song in each genre aren’t the same, so don’t fret too much if we hear too much of the same names.
An anticipated category is the Artist of the Year, which features the nominees such as Adele, Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Drake, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Twenty-One Pilots, Carrie Underwood, and The Weeknd.
These are some highlights of the American Music Awards, however there is more information on the American Music Awards website itself with more information. If not you can always surprise yourself when it’s showtime on ABC.
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