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La crème de la crème of Hollywood's celebrities have responded present at the 2019 American Music Awards taking place at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Ciara is hosting the awards ceremony and is performing tonight as well.  Taylor Swift performed some of her career's biggest hits, and bagged the Artist of the Decade award and Favorite Album in the pop/rock category. Other performers at the awards include: Lizzo, Ciara, Selena Gomez, Shania Twain, Thomas Rhett, Jonas Brothers, Green Day, Dua Lipa, Halsey, Christina Aguilera, Toni Braxton and Billie Eilish. Taylor Swift has broken the record for most AMA wins for an artist, formerly held by Michael Jackson who amassed 23 AMA awards. With Swift's wins for artist of the year, favorite music video, favorite female pop artist artist, favorite adult contemporary artist and favorite pop/rock album, she now has 28 AMA awards. Congrats miss! See the complete list of nominees and winners below as it is upd...

The 2019 MTV VMA awards were broadcast live on August 26, from New Jersey's Prudential Center, with  Sebastian Maniscalco as host . Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift were the most nominated artists with 12 nods each. Billie Eilish followed with nine, and Lil Nas X with eight. Missy Eliott was honored with the Video Vanguard award in celebration of her rich decades-long career. She got to perform a number of hits, including her new song "Throw It Back", and featured "Work It" dancer Alyson Stoner. Other performers included Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X, Miley Cyrus, Lizzio, and others. Grande won Artist of the year, and Taylor Swift Video of the year for "You Need to Calm Down". Eilish won Best new artist and Lil Nas, Song of the year. Designer Marc Jacobs received the show's  first-ever Fashion Trailblazer award  in celebration of his eye-catching runway shows and campaigns and his multiple collaborations with musicians. See the complete list of win...

The nominations for the 2018 American Music Awards were revealed (on September 12) live from YouTube Space L.A. by Kane Brown, Ella Mai, Normani and Bebe Rexha. Tracee Ellis Ross will be hosting the AMAs for the second year in a row. The three-hour awards ceremony will air live on ABC from Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater on Tuesday , October 9 , at 8:00 p.m. The nomination criteria for this year's awards include: album and digital song sales, key fan interactions, streaming, social activity, radio airplay, and touring. Billboard and its data partners like Next Big Sound and Nielsen Music tracked these measurements from September 15, 2017 to August 9, 2018.  Drake and Cardi B are the pack leaders with eight nominations each. Ed Sheeran and Post Malone are the second most nominated artists with six nods each. The third most nominated pair are Camila Cabello and Bruno Mars, with five nods apiece, then Taylor Swift and Khalid with four each. Drake, backed by his top-selling...