Justin Bieber, Kelly Clarkson, Carly Rae Jepsen,
PSY, The Wanted And Swizz Beatz Featuring Chris Brown And Ludacris To
Perform On "The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards®"
LOS ANGELES, -- dick clark productions (dcp) has announced that
Justin Bieber,
Kelly Clarkson,
Carly Rae Jepsen, PSY, The Wanted and Swizz Beatz featuring
Chris Brown and Ludacris will all perform on "The 40
th Anniversary American Music Awards®." They join previously announced performers
Carrie Underwood,
Christina Aguilera, Ke$ha, Linkin Park, Nicki Minaj, No Doubt, P!nk, Pitbull,
Taylor Swift and Usher on this year's show, which will be broadcast live from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18
(
8:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT) on ABC.
Additional acts and presenters will be announced in the coming days. Tickets are now on sale (please visit
www.ticketmaster.com or call 1-877-234-8425).
For the sixth year, winners will be determined by online voting. Fans
can vote at the Coca-Cola AMA voting website, amavote.com, as well as
AMA.abc.com. Artists will be honored in the categories of Pop/Rock,
Country, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Alternative, Adult Contemporary,
Latin, Contemporary Inspirational and -- for the first year ever --
Electronic Dance Music. Fans can go to the official homepage of "The 40
th Anniversary American Music Awards,"
ama.abc.com, to find nominations, performer and presenter announcements, artist information and more.
For the fourth consecutive year, the live online pre-show "Coca-Cola
Red Carpet LIVE! @ The 2012 AMAs" will stream live for fans worldwide
starting at
5:00 p.m., ET /
2:00 p.m., PT and will be hosted by
Lance Bass,
Kimberly Cole,
Brad Goreski,
Sean Kingston,
Eden Sher and
Tristan Wilds, as well as Nokia correspondent
Andy Grammer. Viewers will be able to watch the live show on
ABC.com,
AMAs365.com,
Cokemusic.com,
Livestream,
Ustream,
YouTube,
and through AP Live Entertainment. Livestream and Ustream-powered video
players will be made available to media partners, as well as for the
websites and Facebook Pages of participating talent.
"The 40
th Anniversary American Music Awards" is produced by dick clark productions, inc.
Allen Shapiro and Orly Adelson will executive produce the show.
Larry Klein
will produce. The program will be broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P),
ABC's selected HDTV format with 5.1 channel surround sound. This program
carries a TV-14,D,L,S parental guideline.
Fans can go to ama.abc.com, AMAs365.com, follow the AMAs on Twitter
@theamas, and like the AMAs on Facebook at
facebook.com/amas
to find performer and presenter announcements, artist information,
Memes, Gifs and more. Fans can now watch "AMAs On Demand," a weekly web
series hosted by
Lance Bass,
Kimberly Cole and
Megan Turney. The web series is published weekly to YouTube (
youtube.com/awardsshownetwork),
ABC.com
and other streaming partners and covers all things "AMA," including
breaking news, artist spotlights, retrospectives on fashion, acceptance
speeches, red carpet and backstage interviews.
Justin Bieber - one of the most googled
people on the planet - has amassed over 3 billion views on YouTube, over
47 million Facebook fans and more than 29 million Twitter followers.
Bieber's current album
BELIEVE
(Island Def Jam) exploded to #1 in 30 countries including top markets such as
the United States,
United Kingdom,
Canada,
Australia
and Brazil. The platinum album's first two singles "Boyfriend" and the
#1 radio smash "As Long As You Love Me" feat. Big Sean are both
multiplatinum. Bieber's current Believe World Tour sold out in 45
minutes and is the #1 grossing tour in the world according to Billboard
magazine. "Beauty And A Beat," which features Nicki Minaj, recently
smashed the VEVO record for the most watched music video in 24 hours
delivering 10.6 million views. The video is currently at more than 70
million views since its VEVO premiere on
Friday, October 12. He is currently signed to Schoolboy Records.
Since bursting onto the music scene 10 years ago,
Kelly Clarkson has released 5 studio albums (
Thankful,
Breakaway,
My December
,
All I Ever Wanted, Stronger), sold over 20 million albums
worldwide, 10 million albums in the US and has had 10 singles in the top
10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. She is the recipient of 4
American Music Awards, 3 MTV Video Music Awards, 2 Academy of Country
Music Awards, 1 Country Music Association Award and 12 Billboard Music
Awards. Clarkson's most recent effort
Stronger debuted at #2 on
both the Billboard Top 200 and Digital Albums Chart. The album is
certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A. and produced the smash singles, "Mr.
Know It All" and "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" which marks Kelly's 9
th and 10
th
Top 10 hit. "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" was #1 on Billboard's
Hot 100 Chart for two consecutives weeks (3 weeks total) marking her 3
rd
#1 on the Hot 100 chart after 2002's "A Moment Like This" and 2009's
"My Life Would Suck Without You." Kelly was recently a mentor on ABC's
Duets as well as a guest mentor for Team Blake on NBC's
The Voice. Kelly was recently nominated for a 2012 CMA Award for Female Vocalist of the Year. Kelly is set to release
Greatest Hits – Chapter 1 on
November 19, which will feature 3 new tracks as well as a compilation of some of her greatest hits to date.
Canadian singer/songwriter and breakout pop sensation
Carly Rae Jepsen
has taken America by storm after bursting onto the scene in the US with
her hit single "Call Me Maybe." Unforgettably catchy, the hit song
which she co-wrote quickly rose to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot
100 chart where it remained for nine consecutive weeks claiming the
longest Hot 100 No. 1 run of 2012. Certified quintuple-platinum in
Jepsen's native
Canada the track is
also an international sensation, climbing to No. 1 on the iTunes Singles
charts in over 37 countries and selling more than 10 million singles
worldwide, while the official video has racked up more than 325 million
views on YouTube. Follow up platinum single "Good Time," a duet with
Owl City, climbed to No. 3 on the Pop Chart, No. 5 on the iTunes Singles
chart, and No. 13 on
Billboard's Hot 100, while the video has over 54 million YouTube views.
Carly Rae Jepsen released her debut album
Kiss on
September 18
th via 604 Records/Schoolboy Records/Interscope Records and
the video for her new single "This Kiss" is featured in front of
Paramount Pictures' film "FUN SIZE," in theaters everywhere now.
Billboard has named Jepsen its "Rising Star" at the 2012 Billboard Women
In Music event on
November 30 in
New York City- the award acknowledges success and great potential among artists in the early stages of their career.
Carly Rae Jepsen is currently touring this fall with
Justin Bieber on the multi-platinum Pop/R&B sensation's 2012 headlining 'Believe' tour of North America.
South Korean singer and rapper PSY has quickly become an
international sensation with the 2012 breakout hit, "Gangnam Style." The
artist, born
Park Jae-Sang, began his music career in 2001 with the album
PSY from the PSYcho World!
The album's in-your-face lyrics connected well with Korean teens but
also ignited some controversy, resulting in fines and a restriction of
sales to adults only. He capitalized on the publicity by releasing two
more albums,
Sa 2 and
3 PSY, a year later, which earned songwriting accolades at the 2004 SBS and Seoul Music Awards. PSY's third album,
Sa Jib (Sa House),
followed in 2006, along with more honors from the SBS Music Awards and
M.net KM Music Festival. Aside from his regular recording and performing
duties, PSY became a familiar face with appearances on Korean game
shows like
X-Man and talk shows like
Golden Fishery, bringing his flashy style and offbeat charm to the masses. His fifth album,
PSY Five,
arrived in 2010 as the artist signed to YG Entertainment, one of
Korea's largest talent agencies and record labels, and took home
trophies from the Melon,
Seoul, and
M.net Asian Music Awards ceremonies. PSY kicked off 2011 with Best Album
honors from the 20th High1 Seoul Music Festival, and by the following
spring he joined the cast of the Korean televised talent competition
Superstar K as judge. His fame reached international status in the summer of 2012 with the release of the album
PSY's Best 6th Part 1,
propelled by the single "Gangnam Style," which he immortalized in a
video with campy choreography that simulated riding a horse. Within a
month of its release, the video racked up over 28 million hits on
YouTube and inspired parody clips from all corners of the globe. PSY is
currently signed to Schoolboy Records.
Since 2009, THE WANTED – Tom Parker,
Max George,
Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, and Nathan Sykes – have become
front-page news with their ferociously infectious tunes, rock solid
friendship and laddish charms. Since the release of their debut #1
single two years ago, "All Time Low" (from their self-titled debut album
of 2010), they have become a sensation in the UK,
Ireland,
South East Asia, and across
Europe,
piling up a string of five Top 3 singles in the UK. In the wake of
their 2012 U.S. mini-tour, The Wanted's single "Glad You Came" blasted
into the Billboard Hot 100's Top 10, and jumped to #9-bullet on the Top
40 Airplay chart. Success hasn't stopped there, as their follow-up
single "Chasing The Sun" went 3X Platinum, and was selected as the title
track for 20th Century Fox's
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift. The Wanted's newest single "I Found You" is currently at more than 8 million views since its VEVO premiere on
Monday, October 15,
and is available on iTunes now! With over 3 Million combined twitter
followers, 91 million YouTube view, 2 million Facebook likes, and being
the first boy band to hit #1 on the US Airplay Chart since The
Backstreet Boys, The Wanted have artfully transcended the 'boy band'
mold and brought a blast of much-needed fresh air to British pop music.
With over 14 years of creating music for some of the biggest
musicians in music history, Swizz has contributed to the sale over 280
million records in just the US alone, working with the likes of Jay-Z,
DMX, Beyonce,
Kanye West, and Bono to name a few. In addition to several guest appearances and production credits, Swizz dropped his own album
One Man Band Man
in 2007. Swizz's latest single "Everyday Birthday" was released in
November 2012. The single, which was produced by Swizz and Jukebox, also features
Chris Brown and Ludacris and was accompanied by a video shot over a 3 day period in
Cannes.
In an ever-changing music industry, Swizz has deferred from the regular
album release schedule and instead chosen release a series of what he
has coined "Memorable Moments," singles featuring various other artists
released with an accompanying by music videos and other visuals. Swizz
has also lent his creative contributions to the likes of global brands
such as Reebok (Vice President - Sports Style Marketing, Design, and
Brand Music Development) and Lotus Cars (Vice President of Design &
Global Marketing). Swizz is also the 1st producer-in residence at
New York University's
Clive Davis' Recorded School of Music and worked with
Christian Louboutin on a ground-breaking music-collaboration, a cabaret show called
Feu, which debuted in
Paris
this past March. Swizz's latest music venture is his new partnership
with O&Media of Korea, in which his focus will be bridging the K-Pop
music scene with Western music culture. Swizz also recently
collaborated with The New York Knicks and created their 2013 theme
song. When not creating music, Swizz is an avid art collector and
painter whose goal is to inspire new artists around the world to express
themselves and is working on opening his own international "new artist"
art gallery. He is also a philanthropist who is involved in many
charities and recently served as the first Global Ambassador for
New York City's public hospitals system.
After a whirlwind year — capped by his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for
F.A.M.E., Brown is already back on top with its sequel,
Fortune. Released
July 3,
Brown's fifth studio album debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In addition to earning his second stateside
No. 1 debut, Brown's
Fortune netted the singer/songwriter his
first-ever No. 1 on both the U.K. and Netherlands Top Albums charts. And
his global success doesn't end there. Brown posted career-best Top
Albums chart debuts in
Ireland and
France (both No. 4),
Japan (No. 5),
Canada (No. 6),
Switzerland (No. 10) and
Germany (No. 13).
Fortune also dominated as the No. 1 album on iTunes' U.S. Albums chart, with first-time chart-topping finishes in the U.K.,
Australia,
Japan and
New Zealand. It was also iTunes' No. 1 R&B/Soul Album in 22 countries. Powering Brown's global dominance are
Fortune's
two hit singles: the sultry "Strip" (No. 3 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Songs) and dance burner "Turn Up the Music" (No. 10 on the Billboard Hot
100). Poised for similar chart ascent: the recently released "Don't
Judge Me." But those cuts only begin to scratch the surface of Brown's
Fortune
telling. In the same manner he deftly maneuvers his intricate dance
moves, the 24-year-old singer/songwriter/producer skillfully ups the
edge factor on his fifth studio album without sacrificing his
R&B/hip-hop roots. Continuing where
F.A.M.E. leaves off,
Brown plugs back into the EDM circuit with two more pulsating tracks -
"Trumpet Lights" and "Bassline." Brown keeps core Team Breezy fans
engaged with such R&B tracks as the intense love ballad "2012" and
the deeply personal "Don't Judge Me." Helping to round out the 14-song
standard edition are the illuminating "Mirage", mid-tempo romancer
"Stuck on Stupid" and current chart-climber "Sweet Love." The deluxe
edition features five more tracks, including "Free Run" and "Wait For
You." Brown, who co-wrote and co-produced several tracks on
Fortune, once again assembled an A-list team of producers. Among them: the Underdogs, Harmony, Free School,
Brian Kennedy, Benny &
Alle Benassi, Boi-1da, Polow da Don, The Runners and Fuego.
Recording artist, actor, philanthropist, restaurateur…just a few of
the befitting titles for Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, who first gained
worldwide acclaim more than 10 years ago with his debut album,
Back for the First Time
(2000). Ever since, his unrivaled lyrical prowess, dynamic
performances and timeless hits including "Stand Up," "Get Back," "Number
One Spot," "Money Maker" and "
My Chick Bad,"
have solidified him as one of music's best entertainers and led to the
sale of more than 20 million albums domestically. With the 2013 release
of
LUDAVERSAL, fans can look forward to more great music from
Ludacris. In addition to immense commercial success, Ludacris'
consistent output of stellar music has garnered the admiration of his
peers, as well as numerous awards and honors.
