New York, NY (Top40 Charts) ABC and MRC Live & Alternative today announced the performers for this year's new AMAs featured segments, "My Hometown." They will join the star-studded lineup for the "2021 American
Music Awards," the world's largest fan-voted awards show. With
Cardi B in her hosting debut, the AMAs will air live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 21, at 8:00 p.m. EST/PST on ABC and streaming next day on Hulu.
This year's new "My Hometown" segments will feature the towns, humble beginnings, influential individuals and mentors that helped shape today's superstars and will take fans for a walk down memory lane.
Country superstar and 15-time AMA winner
Carrie Underwood will join fellow 2021 nominee
Jason Aldean for a special performance of their smash hit duet "
If I Didn't Love You" while showcasing their hometown influence and Southern roots.
Five-time AMA winner
Kane Brown will perform at Tennessee
State University (TSU), a notable HBCU (Historically
Black Colleges and Universities). Brown will give fans a look into his Tennessee and Georgia roots and personal musical journey as an artist, culminating in a performance of his hit "
One Mississippi" at TSU.
The AMAs will be grounds for an epic "Battle of Boston" that will see the two iconic boy bands from Beantown,
New Edition and
New Kids on the Block, sharing the stage for the very first time for a can't-miss performance. Two-time AMA winners
New Edition will make a much-anticipated return having last performed at the AMAs in 1997, while this will mark the return of two-time AMA winners
New Kids on the Block, who last performed on the show in 2010.
Underwood, Aldean, Brown,
New Kids on the Block and
New Edition join previously announced performers Bad Bunny, with the world premiere performance of "Lo Siento BB:/," BTS with
Megan Thee Stallion for the world television premiere performance of "Butter," and
Olivia Rodrigo for her AMAs performance debut.
As it approaches its semicentennial anniversary next year, the AMAs represent the top achievements in music, as determined by the fans. A vibrant night of nonstop music, the AMAs features a powerful lineup featuring first-time collaborations and exclusive world premiere performances from music's biggest names - from pop to rap to R&B to country to Latin to K-pop and more - as well as memorable moments that live on in pop culture.
As the world's largest fan-voted awards show, the AMAs will air globally across a footprint of linear and digital platforms in over 120 countries and territories.
