LOS ANGELES, dick clark productions has announced that
Luke Bryan, Lady Gaga,
Kendrick Lamar, and Macklemore &
Ryan Lewis will perform on the "2013 American Music Awards," which will broadcast live from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24
th (
8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on ABC. All artists join previously announced performers
Miley Cyrus,
Florida Georgia Line, Imagine Dragons and One Direction. Additional acts and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.
The "2013 American Music Awards" is produced by dick clark productions.
Allen Shapiro is Executive Producer and
Larry Klein is Producer.
Preceding the ABC broadcast for the 5
th consecutive year will be the "Coca-Cola Red Carpet LIVE! @ The 2013 AMAs" pre-show hosted by
Lance Bass,
Rosie Pierri,
Jordin Sparks and
Jenna Ushkowitz. This year's pre-show performers will include
Kurt Hugo Schneider, Jabbawockeez,
Jesse McCartney and Fifth Harmony. Live coverage will stream online for fans worldwide starting at
5:00 p.m. ET /
2:00 p.m. PT on
November 24
th and for the first time will be available on Yahoo.com,
this year's official digital distributor of the American Music Awards
Experience. The stream can also be watched at TheAMAs.com, ABC.com, Time
Warner Cable's Facebook page, and the websites within the Cumulus Radio
Network, the AMAs official radio partner.
The "American Music Awards" are voted on by the fans. For the seventh
year in a row, winners will be determined by online voting. Fans can
vote at the Coca-Cola AMA voting site AMAvote.com. In addition, for the
first time in AMAs History, fans will also be able to vote for their
favorite artists via Twitter.
Luke Bryan launched his recent album
"Crash My Party" with a No. 1 debut on both the Billboard 200 and County
sales chart with 527,783 units in its first week of release, making it
the largest sales debut for a Country male artist since 2004 and the
fourth highest album to debut across all genres this year.
Additionally, Luke is one of only two country artists that have sold
more than a half-million copies of an album in a single week since 2008.
This is Bryan's second consecutive Top 200 #1 album. Crash My Party
has now sold over one million copies and has been certified Platinum by
the RIAA. His first headline tour, the "Dirt Road Diaries Tour"
sold-out all dates this year and he recently announced a new tour will
begin in January, the "That's
My Kind of Night" tour. Luke received his first American Music Award last year and this is his first time he will perform on the show.
Lady Gaga came to prominence following the release of her debut
studio album The Fame (2008), which sold over 15 million copies
worldwide. Her contributions to the music industry have garnered her
numerous achievements including five Grammy Awards amongst fifteen
nominations, thirteen MTV Video Music Awards amongst twenty-six
nominations, and the estimated sale of 24 million albums and 90 million
singles worldwide. She has travelled the world on numerous tours
including 2008's The Fame Ball, 2009-2011's The Monster Ball and
2012-2013's Born This Way Ball. An HBO television special titled Lady
Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden earned an
Emmy Award amongst its five nominations. Her third studio album, Born
This Way, broke the iTunes record for the fastest rise to the # 1 on
release day. In 2013, Time Magazine named her the second most
influential person of the decade. With over 2.5 billion combined views
of all her videos online, Lady Gaga is one of the biggest living forces
in social media with over 60 million likes on Facebook and over 40
million followers on Twitter. She is also a global activist and
philanthropist, having been an outspoken supporter of many important
issues including LGBT rights, HIV/AIDS awareness, body image issues, and
youth empowerment. In 2011, she launched her own Born This Way
Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to empowering youth and creating a
kinder and braver world. In 2011 she also built & launched a social
network just for her fans, LittleMonsters.com. Lady Gaga is the only
artist in the digital era to top the 5 million sales mark with her first
two hits. Lady Gaga's fourth studio album, ARTPOP, will be released
on November 11, 2013 in conjunction with an app developed by TechHAUS,
the technological branch of HAUS OF GAGA. On this day HAUS OF GAGA
venges with forte to bring the music industry into a new age; an age
where art drives pop, and the artist once again is in control of the
"icon." ARTPOP could mean anything. But for Lady Gaga, this is a
celebration of obsession.
Top Dawg Entertainment recording artist
Kendrick Lamar burst into the mainstream on
October 22, 2012 with the release of his major label debut,
good kid, m.A.A.d city. After
having established himself as a force in the music industry with his
Top Dawg Entertainment camp for nearly a decade, Lamar and company
continue to leave their mark on hip-hop culture. The platinum selling
good kid, m.A.A.d city, has
spawned three number one singles with "Swimming Pools (Drank)," "Poetic
Justice," and "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe," with "Swimming Pools
(Drank)" achieving platinum status and having sold 4.5 million singles
overall. Currently, Lamar is on tour with
Kanye West on his nationwide Yeezus Tour.
Since its #2 Billboard Top 200 debut, Macklemore &
Ryan Lewis'
debut album, 'The Heist' has reached Platinum sales. Along with two #1
hits under their belts, the premier hip-hop duo has appeared on the
cover of Rolling Stone and performed on Saturday Night Live. The
Seattle, WA based artists have also garnered attention in the NY Times, NPR,
USA
Today, TIME, graced the cover of Billboard, and more, with live
performances on nearly every late night TV show. This fall, they will
embark on a sold-out arena tour, fresh off of recently winning 3 MTV
VMA's, for Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Cinematography, and Best Video with a
Social Message.
Viewers will also get a second-screen experience jam-packed with
"snack-able" videos, photos, GIFs, memes, "Insta-Fashion Pops", "Thank
You Cam" shout outs, and much more across every major social platform.
In collaboration with Twitter, Twitter Mirrors will be placed in
select backstage areas. The "selfie stations" will provide a candid look
into the backstage scene. Also, this year, the AMAs and Twitter will
debut the first-ever VINE 360 FASHION BOOTH placed right in the middle
of the red carpet. Fashion buffs around the world will have a front row
seat to an unparalleled close look at celebrity red carpet fashion - on
REAL TIME.
The "2013 American Music Awards" partners include Cumulus, Time Warner Cable, Yahoo and Music Choice.
For up to date information about the AMAs, performers, presenters,
and AMA history visit TheAMAs.com or dickclark.com. Join the
conversation at #AMAs.
Tickets are now on sale at
www.axs.com.
Archived footage and photography are available upon request.
About the American Music Awards
The American Music Awards features performances from today's hottest
artists and presents fan-voted awards in the categories of Pop/Rock,
Alternative Rock, Country, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Adult
Contemporary, Contemporary Inspirational, Latin, EDM, Soundtrack, Single
of The Year, New Artist of the Year Presented by Kohl's, and Artist of
the Year. The American Music Awards pays tribute to today's most
influential and iconic artists. The show is produced by dick clark
productions and is seen in more than 160 countries around the world. For
more information, visit
www.theamas.com,
www.dickclark.com or
abc.go.com/shows/american-music-awards
.
Keep up with all-things American Music Awards related through "AMAs On Demand," a weekly web series hosted by
Lance Bass.
"AMAs On Demand" will feature breaking news, artist spotlights,
retrospectives on fashion, and interviews, and viewer generated
content. Follow the AMAs on Twitter @theamas and on Facebook at
Facebook.com/AMAs, as well as Instagram, tumblr and Vine. Check out new episodes of AMAs On Demand, every Thursday at
theAMAs.com.
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