LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) The American
Music Awards, the world's biggest fan-voted award show, today announced the 2014 American
Music Awards nominees. In advance of today's announcement, recording artists
Jason Derulo and
Charli XCX rose at the crack of dawn to reveal 5 categories of nominees on ABC's "Good Morning America." (See the full list of nominees below). It was also announced today on "GMA" that
Charli XCX will perform for the first time on the AMAs. The American
Music Awards will broadcast live from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on Sunday, November 23rd (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on ABC.
Iggy Azalea leads this year with six nominations. John Legend,
Katy Perry and
Pharrell Williams follow with five nominations each, while
Lorde earns four nominations. Additionally, Beyoncé, Eminem, Imagine Dragons,
OneRepublic and
One Direction were nominated for three awards. Bastille, Drake,
Luke Bryan and
Sam Smith each receive two nominations.
The Artist of the Year category increases from 5 to 10 nominees in 2014. This year's nominees are Iggy Azalea, Beyoncé, Luke Bryan, Eminem, Imagine Dragons, John Legend, Lorde, One Direction,
Katy Perry and Pharrell Williams. The ten nominees will be narrowed to five based on the votes received through 11/13 and the winner will be determined by the total votes received throughout the entire voting period.
The Single of The Year category, increasing from 3 to 5 nominees in 2014, includes nominees
Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX, "Fancy," John Legend, "All of Me," MAGIC!, "Rude,"
Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J, "
Dark Horse" and Pharrell Williams, "Happy."
As always at the American
Music Awards, artists will be honored in the genres of Pop/Rock, Country, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Alternative Rock, Adult Contemporary, Latin, Contemporary Inspirational, Electronic Dance Music, as well as categories for Top Soundtrack, New Artist of the Year Presented by Kohl's, Artist of the Year and Single of the Year.
American
Music Awards nominees are based on key fan interactions as reflected in Billboard Magazine and on Billboard.com, including album and digital singles sales, radio airplay, streaming and social activity. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Entertainment and Next Big Sound.
The "American
Music Awards" are voted on by the fans. Winners will be determined through online and Twitter voting. Beginning on 10/13, for all categories other than New Artist of the Year Presented by Kohl's, fans can vote once per day at the Coca-Cola AMA voting site, AMAvote.com, as well as once per day via Twitter by including the nominee's name, category name and #AMAs within a tweet.
Voting for New Artist of the Year Presented by Kohl's will open on 11/1 and will remain open throughout the first hour of the ABC live broadcast on 11/23, with the winner being announced in the final hour. Fans can vote via AMAVote.com and Twitter.
Preceding the ABC broadcast for the 6th consecutive year will be the "Coca-Cola
Red Carpet LIVE! @ The 2014 AMAs" pre-show. Live coverage will stream online for fans worldwide starting at 5:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. PT on November 23rd at Yahoo Live, this year's official digital distributor of the American
Music Awards Experience. The live stream can also be watched at TheAMAs.com and ABC.com.
The 2014 American
Music Awards are produced by dick clark productions. Allen Shapiro and Mike Mahan are Executive Producers. Larry Klein, Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco are Producers.
Below please find the full list of nominations for the 2014 American
Music Awards®:
2014 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Iggy Azalea
Beyoncé
Luke Bryan
Eminem
Imagine Dragons
John Legend
Lorde
One Direction
Katy Perry
Pharrell Williams
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY KOHL'S
5 Seconds of Summer
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Sam Smith
Meghan Trainor
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Iggy Azalea Featuring
Charli XCX "
Fancy"
John Legend "All of Me"
MAGIC! "Rude"
Katy Perry Featuring
Juicy J "
Dark Horse"
Pharrell Williams "
Happy"
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - POP/ROCK
John Legend
Sam Smith
Pharrell Williams
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - POP/ROCK
Iggy Azalea
Lorde
Katy Perry
FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP - POP/ROCK
Imagine Dragons
One Direction
OneRepublic
FAVORITE ALBUM - POP/ROCK
Lorde "
Pure Heroine"
One Direction "
Midnight Memories"
Katy Perry "
Prism"
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - COUNTRY
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Blake Shelton
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - COUNTRYbr
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood
FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP - COUNTRY
Eli Young Band
Florida Georgia Line
Lady Antebellum
Garth Brooks "Blame It On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences"
Eric Church "
The Outsiders"
Brantley Gilbert "
Just As I Am"
FAVORITE ARTIST - RAP/HIP-HOP
Iggy Azalea
Drake
Eminem
FAVORITE ALBUM - RAP/HIP-HOP
Iggy Azalea "
The New Classic"
Drake "
Nothing Was The Same"
Eminem "The Marshall Mathers LP 2"
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown
John Legend
Pharrell Williams
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - SOUL/R&B
Jhene Aiko
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
FAVORITE ALBUM - SOUL/R&B
Beyoncé "Beyoncé"
John Legend "Love in the Future"
Pharrell Williams "
G I R L"
FAVORITE ARTIST - ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Bastille
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
FAVORITE ARTIST - ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Sara Bareilles
OneRepublic
Katy Perry
FAVORITE ARTIST - LATIN
Marc Anthony
Enrique Iglesias
Romeo Santos
FAVORITE ARTIST - CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
Casting Crowns
Hillsong United
Newsboys
FAVORITE ARTIST - ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)
Avicii
Calvin Harris
Zedd
TOP SOUNDTRACK
Frozen
The Fault In Our Stars
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1
