Dick Clark productions and ABC announced today that eight-time American Music Award nominee The Weeknd will perform at the '2016 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS. The news broke via the Facebook page for the American Music Awards, with a superfan getting a tattoo of The Weeknd's iconic XO Logo in an exclusive Facebook Live video.
The Weeknd joins previously announced performers James Bay, Fifth Harmony,
Lady Gaga,
Green Day,
John Legend,
Bruno Mars, Shawn Mendes, Twenty One Pilots, special duets from
The Chainsmokers and Halsey, and
Ariana Grande and
Nicki Minaj, 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.
The "2016 American Music Awards" marks The Weeknd's third AMA performance. He first took the stage in 2014 to perform "Love Me Harder" with
Ariana Grande, and then in 2015 to perform his hit single "The Hills." He is a two-time AMA winner and eight-time nominee, including his three nominations at this year's show: Favorite Male Artist - Pop/Rock, Favorite Male Artist - Soul/R&B and Artist of the Year.
Starting off his career anonymously,
The Weeknd first broke into the music scene with the 2011 mixtape "House of Balloons," followed by studio album "Kiss Land" in 2013 and the widely recognized "Beauty Behind the Madness" that earned him two
GRAMMY AWARDS in 2015, an RIAA triple-platinum certification for cumulative sales in excess of 3 million, 16 RIAA certifications from tracks alone with "The Hills" [7x-platinum], "Can't Feel My Face" [5x-platinum], "Often" [2x-platinum], "In The Night" [platinum], and "Acquainted" [platinum]. "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" even garnered
The Weeknd his first ever
Academy Award® nomination in the category of "Best Original Song." The Weeknd's fourth full-length album "Starboy" is set for release November 25, 2016. The title track featuring
Daft Punk broke the record for "Most Release
Weekend Streams Ever" upon its release. In less than a week, the single amassed over 17 million streams globally and 6.5 million streams in the United States,
BECOMING #1 Most Added at Top 40, Rhythm, Urban, and Hot AC.
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 is now open.
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.
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, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, 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.
For the latest
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS news, exclusive content and more, be sure to follow the AMAs on social and join the conversation by using the official hashtag for the show, #AMAs.
