Dick Clark productions and ABC announced today that recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Green Day and multi-platinum alternative duo Twenty One Pilots will perform at the 2016 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS. They join previously announced performers Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and "The American Music Award of Merit" honoree and performer Sting. The "2016 American Music Awards," the world's biggest fan-voted award show, will broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, at 8:00 p.m. EST on ABC.
Green Day, who just released their 12th studio and third No. 1 album, "Revolution Radio," are three-time American Music Award winners and 10-time American Music Award nominees. The group first took the AMA stage in 2009 to perform their critically-acclaimed song "21 Guns," and will return for their second performance at this year's show.
Twenty One Pilots will make their
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS performance debut at this year's show. They are also first-time AMA nominees in the categories Favorite Duo or Group - Pop/Rock, Favorite Artist - Alternative Rock and Artist of the Year.
Green Day is an American punk rock band composed of vocalist/guitarist
Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist
Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool. Formed in 1986,
Green Day was originally part of the punk scene at the DIY
924 Gilman Street club in Berkeley, California. The band's early releases were with the independent record label Lookout! Records. In 1994, its major label debut "Dookie" (released through Reprise Records) became a breakout success and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the United States.
Green Day was widely credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States.
Green Day's follow up albums "Insomniac" (1995) and "Nimrod" (1997) each sold over two million albums and were certified Double Platinum, and "Warning" (2000) was certified Platinum. 2004 brought the band's rock opera "American Idiot," which reignited the band's popularity with a younger generation and sold over six million copies in the United States.
Green Day is one of the world's best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide. The group has won five Grammy Awards: Best Alternative Album for "Dookie," Best Rock Album for "American Idiot," Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," Best Rock Album for the second time for "21st Century Breakdown" and Best Musical Show Album for "American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording." In 2010, a stage adaptation of "American Idiot" debuted on Broadway. On April 18, 2015, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of the 2015 class in what was their first year of eligibility for induction. On
October 16, 2015,
Green Day released the documentary "Heart Like A Hand Grenade," an unprecedented behind the scenes look at the writing and recording of their legendary album "American Idiot."
Twenty One Pilots' latest album, "BLURRYFACE," opens a new chapter in the Columbus, Ohio-based band's story. A chapter which finds the duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun disinterested in expectation and certainty, instead absorbing themselves in the undefined and breaking new ground as they fearlessly reimagine the possibilities of their music. Twenty One Pilots' candid expression and genuine identity has cemented the duo as the biggest group to break out in the past year and propelled them around the globe on a seemingly infinite world tour. An amazing journey anchored by Twenty One Pilots' 2x RIAA Platinum certified album "BLURRYFACE," which has generated a series of smash singles including; the RIAA Platinum certified "Tear In My Heart," the 2x RIAA Platinum certified multi-format hit "Ride," and the 4x RIAA Platinum certified crossover smash, "Stressed Out," which reached the peak position at Top 40, Hot AC and Modern Rock radio outlets nationwide while earning Platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, Finland, Italy and the Netherlands. Widely considered among the most electrifying live acts in modern music,
Twenty One Pilots have captivated audiences worldwide on sold-out arena runs and at international festivals with their transcendent stage show.
The nominations for the "2016 American Music Awards" were announced earlier this month, revealing that Drake leads with 13 nominations, while
Rihanna received seven and Adele and
Justin Bieber received five nominations each. Beyoncé and
The Chainsmokers each received four nominations. Additionally, Bryson Tiller, Twenty One Pilots,
Carrie Underwood,
Fetty Wap and
The Weeknd earned three nominations each.
The Artist of the Year nominees are Adele, Beyoncé,
Justin Bieber, Drake,
Selena Gomez,
Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Twenty One Pilots,
Carrie Underwood and The Weeknd. The ten nominees will be narrowed to five based on the votes received through Monday, November 14, at 8:59:59 a.m. PST. Voting for Artist of the Year will close on Thursday, November 17, at 8:59:59 p.m. PST. The winner will be determined by the total votes received throughout the entire voting period.
New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile nominees are Alessia Cara, The Chainsmokers, DNCE,
Shawn Mendes and Zayn. Voting for this category opens November 2nd.
At the American Music Awards, artists will be honored in multiple musical genres. Pop/Rock, Alternative Rock, Country, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Adult Contemporary, Contemporary Inspirational, Latin, EDM and Soundtrack, are some of the genres alongside the awards for Artist of the Year, New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile and Collaboration of the Year. This year, new categories include Tour of the Year and Video of the Year, while Favorite Song categories in the genres of Pop/Rock, Country, Rap/Hip-Hop and Soul/R&B have been added in lieu of the Song of the Year category.
American Music Awards nominees are based on key fan interactions as reflected in Billboard Magazine and on Billboard.com, including album and digital song sales, radio airplay, streaming, social activity and touring. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound.
The
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS winners are voted entirely by fans. Voting is now open in all categories except New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile, which will open November 2.
Fans can vote for all categories once per day, per platform in one or both of the below ways. For New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile, fans can vote 100 times per day, per platform.
• Via AMAvote.com
• Posting a tweet on Twitter that includes the nominee's Twitter handle, the category name and #AMAs within the post(s).
Preceding the
ABC broadcast for the 8th consecutive year will be the "Coca-Cola® Red Carpet LIVE! @ The 2016 AMAs" pre-show. This live show will stream online for fans worldwide on November 20th.
The "2016 American Music Awards" sponsors include Coca-Cola, Kohl's and T-Mobile. Media partners include
Cumulus Media | WestwoodOne and Music Choice.
The "2016 American Music Awards" is produced by
Dick Clark productions. Allen Shapiro and Mike Mahan are Executive Producers.
Larry Klein, Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco are Producers.
