A Los Angeles sono state annunciate tutte le nomination ai prossimi American Music Awards. Gli AMAs sono stati ideati nel 1973, in competizione con i più noti Grammy Awards. La trentanovesima edizione della manifestazione si svolgerà il prossimo 20 novembre presso il Nokia Theatre di L.A. e negli USA sarà trasmessa in diretta dalla ABC. La corsa di quest'anno è condotta da Adele, in lizza nelle categorie "Artist of the year", "Favorite female artist", "Favorite album" e "Favorite adult contemporary artist". A quota 3 seguono Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Katy Perry, Rihanna e Band Perry. Con due ecco Pitbull, Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown, LMFAO, Kanye West e Jason Aldean. L'elenco completo delle nomination:
Artist of the Year
Adele
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry
Lil Wayne
Taylor Swift
Pop or Rock Music: Favorite Female Artist
Adele
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Pop or Rock Music: Favorite Male Artist
Justin Bieber
Bruno Mars
Pitbull
Pop or Rock Music: Favorite Band, Duo or Group
LMFAO
Maroon 5
OneRepublic
Pop or Rock Album
Adele - 21
Rihanna - Loud
Rap/Hip-Hop Music: Favorite Artist
Lil Wayne
Nicki Minaj
Kanye West
Rap/Hip-Hop Album
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV
The Throne - Watch the Throne
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
Soul/R&B Music: Favorite Male Artist
Chris Brown
Trey Songz
Usher
Rihanna
Beyoncé
Kelly Rowland
Soul/R&B Album
Chris Brown - F.A.M.E.
Rihanna - Loud
Beyoncé - 4
Alternative Rock Music: Favorite Artist
Foo Fighters
Black Keys
Mumford & Sons
Adult Contemporary Music: Favorite Artist
Adele
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Latin Music: Favorite Artist
Pitbull
Enrique Iglesias
Jennifer Lopez
Country Music: Favorite Female Artist
Sara Evans
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
Country Music: Favorite Male Artist
Jason Aldean
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
Country Music: Favorite Band, Duo or Group
Zac Brown Band
Lady Antebellum
The Band Perry
Country Music: Favorite Album
Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party
Taylor Swift - Speak Now
The Band Perry - The Band Perry