American Music Awards of 2016

The 44th Annual American Music Awards took place on November 20, 2016, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.^[1][2] It was broadcast on ABC and was hosted by Gigi Hadid and Jay Pharoah.^[3] The 2016 AMAs fell 31% from 2015 among adults 18-49 and 26% among viewers, to 8.2 million watching the show, which was an all-time low in the show's history.^[4]

44th Annual American Music Awards
American Music Awards logo
Date	November 20, 2016
Location	Microsoft Theater Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Hosted by	Gigi Hadid Jay Pharoah
Most awards	Drake Justin Bieber (4 each)
Most nominations	Drake (12)
Website	ABC-American Music Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC
Runtime	180 minutes
Viewership	11.4 million
Produced by	Dick Clark Productions
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Performances

Artist(s)	Song(s)	Ref.
Bruno Mars	"24K Magic"	[5]
Niall Horan	"This Town"	[6]
Fifth Harmony	"That's My Girl"	[7]
The Chainsmokers Halsey Travis Barker	"Closer"	[8]
James Bay	"Let It Go"	[9]
Shawn Mendes	"Treat You Better" "Mercy"	[10]
The Weeknd	"Starboy"	[11]
Ariana Grande Nicki Minaj	"Side to Side"	[12]
John Legend	"Love Me Now"	[13]
Twenty One Pilots	"Heathens" "Stressed Out"	[14]
DJ Snake Justin Bieber	"Let Me Love You"	[15]
Lady Gaga	"Million Reasons"	[16]
Green Day	"Bang Bang"	[17]
Sting	"I Can't Stop Thinking About You" "Message in a Bottle" "Every Breath You Take"	[18]
DJ Khaled Nicki Minaj Rick Ross Future August Alsina	"Do You Mind"	[19]
Maroon 5 Kendrick Lamar	"Don't Wanna Know"	[20]

Presenters

• Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae & Taraji P. Henson presented Favorite Duo/Group - Pop/Rock
• Erin Foster & Sara Foster introduced Niall Horan
• Nina Dobrev & Julianne Hough presented Favorite Album - Rap/Hip-Hop
• Bebe Rexha & Gigi Gorgeous introduced Shawn Mendes
• Ciara presented Favortie Artist - EDM
• Savvy Shields & Florida Georgia Line presented Collaboration of The Year
• TJ Miller & Olivia Munn presented Favorite Song - Country
• Karlie Kloss introduced Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
• Teyana Taylor & Bryce Harper presented New Artist of the Year unleashed by T-Mobile
• Chrissy Teigen introduced John Legend
• Milla Jovovich introduced Twenty One Pilots
• Keke Palmer & Steven Yeun presented Favorite Artist - Rap/Hip-Hop
• Rachel Platten & Bella Thorne introduced Justin Bieber
• Rebecca Romijn & Heidi Klum presented Favorite Soundtrack
• Matt Bomer introduced Lady Gaga
• Mark Cuban & Idina Menzel presented Favorite Duo/Group - Country
• Zoe Saldana presented Favorite Artist - Alternative Rock
• Robert Downey Jr. introduced Sting
• Hailee Steinfeld & Blake Jenner presented Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock
• Donnie Wahlberg & Jenny McCarthy presented Artist of the Year
• Hannah Jeter introduced Maroon 5 & Kendrick Lamar

Red Carpet

Performers

• Emeli Sandé
• Spencer Ludwig

Hosts

• Bailee Madison
• Jeannie Mai
• Laura Marano
• George Kotsiopoulos
• Rocsi Diaz
• Roshon Fegan
• Kira Kazantsev

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on October 10, 2016.^[21][22] The winners are in bold.

Artist of the Year	New Artist of the Year
Ariana Grande Selena Gomez Justin Bieber Rihanna Carrie Underwood	Zayn Alessia Cara DNCE Shawn Mendes The Chainsmokers
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist	Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
Justin Bieber Drake The Weeknd	Selena Gomez Adele Rihanna
Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group	Favorite Pop/Rock Album
Twenty One Pilots DNCE The Chainsmokers	Purpose – Justin Bieber 25 – Adele Views – Drake
Favorite Pop/Rock Song	Favorite Country Male Artist
"Love Yourself" – Justin Bieber "Hello" – Adele "One Dance" − Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla	Blake Shelton Luke Bryan Thomas Rhett
Favorite Country Female Artist	Favorite Country Duo or Group
Carrie Underwood Kelsea Ballerini Cam	Florida Georgia Line Old Dominion Zac Brown Band
Favorite Country Album	Favorite Country Song
Storyteller – Carrie Underwood Kill the Lights – Luke Bryan Traveller – Chris Stapleton	"Humble and Kind" – Tim McGraw "H.O.L.Y." – Florida Georgia Line "Die a Happy Man" – Thomas Rhett
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist	Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album
Drake Fetty Wap Future	Views – Drake What a Time to Be Alive – Drake and Future Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Song	Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist
"Hotline Bling" – Drake "Panda" – Desiigner "679" – Fetty Wap	Chris Brown Bryson Tiller The Weeknd
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist	Favorite Soul/R&B Album
Rihanna Beyoncé Janet Jackson	Anti – Rihanna Lemonade – Beyoncé Trapsoul – Bryson Tiller
Favorite Soul/R&B Song	Favorite Alternative Artist
"Work" – Rihanna featuring Drake "One Dance" − Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla "Don't" – Bryson Tiller	Twenty One Pilots Coldplay X Ambassadors
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist	Favorite Latin Artist
Adele Rachel Platten Meghan Trainor	Enrique Iglesias J Balvin Nicky Jam
Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist	Favorite Electronic Dance Music Artist
Hillsong United Lauren Daigle Chris Tomlin	The Chainsmokers Calvin Harris Major Lazer
Video of the Year	Top Soundtrack
"Sorry" - Justin Bieber "Panda" – Desiigner "Work – Rihanna featuring Drake	Purple Rain Suicide Squad Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Collaboration of the Year	Tour of the Year
"Work from Home" – Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla Sign "Don't Let Me Down" – The Chainsmokers featuring Daya "One Dance" − Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla "Work" – Rihanna featuring Drake "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" – Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend	The Formation World Tour – Beyoncé Rebel Heart Tour – Madonna The River Tour 2016 – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Special awards

Award of Merit

• Sting^[23]

References

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