The 41st Annual American Music Awards was held on November 24, 2013, at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles. The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums of 2013. It was broadcast live on ABC and CTV with Simultaneous substitution. The nominations were announced on October 10, 2013, by Kelly Clarkson and will.i.am. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis led the nominations with six, followed by Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake with five. The show was hosted by Pitbull.
Taylor Swift was the biggest winner of the night with four wins including Artist of the Year, Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Country Female Artist and Favorite Country Album. Justin Timberlake also won three awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album.
Rihanna won the first-ever Icon Award, as well as winning Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist.
Performances Performer(s) Song(s) Pre-show Fifth Harmony "Better Together" Jesse McCartney "Back Together" Main show Katy Perry "Unconditionally" One Direction "Story of My Life" Ariana Grande "The Way" "Tattooed Heart" Imagine Dragons "Demons""Radioactive" PitbullKesha "Timber" Justin Timberlake "Drink You Away" Florida Georgia LineNelly "Cruise""Ride wit Me" Rihanna "Diamonds" Macklemore & Ryan LewisRay Dalton "Can't Hold Us" Jennifer Lopez Tribute to Celia Cruz:"Químbara""Bemba Colorá""La Vida Es Un Carnaval" A Great Big WorldChristina Aguilera "Say Something" Kendrick Lamar "Swimming Pools (Drank)""Poetic Justice" Lady GagaR. Kelly "Do What U Want" Luke Bryan "That's My Kind of Night" TLCLil Mama "Waterfalls" Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball"
Presenters
Taylor Swift — presented Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Emma Roberts — introduced One Direction Marc Anthony & Zoe Saldaña — presented Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Kristen Bell & Chris Daughtry — presented Favorite Country Album Akon & Michael Bolton — presented Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album Maia Mitchell & Naya Rivera — introduced Pitbull & Kesha Dave Grohl & Joan Jett — presented Favorite Alternative Artist Pitbull (host) — presented Favorite Latin Artist Heidi Klum — introduced Justin Timberlake Kelly Osbourne & Nicole Richie — presented Favorite Pop/Rock Album The Ceremonies — introduced Florida Georgia Line & Nelly Daisy Fuentes & Juan Pablo Galavis — presented Kohl's New Artist of the Year Bill Maher — introduced Rihanna Monica Fenty — presented the Icon Award to her daughter Rihanna Ciara & Paulina Gretzky — presented Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist Fall Out Boy — presented Favorite Country Female Artist Alicia Silverstone & Nathan Fillion — presented Single of the Year Sarah Silverman — presented Favorite Soul/R&B Album Jennifer Hudson — introduced A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera Austin Mahone & Kendall Jenner — presented Favorite Electronic Dance Music Artist Jeremy Renner — introduced Lady Gaga & R. Kelly Jaimie Alexander & Andrew McCutchen — presented Favorite Country Male Artist Cast of Shark Tank — presented Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group Lady Antebellum — introduced Luke Bryan Pitbull (host) — presented Artist of the Year 2 Chainz & Jaden Smith — introduced Miley Cyrus
Winners and nominees Artist of the Year Kohl's New Artist of the Year Taylor Swift Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Bruno Mars Rihanna Justin Timberlake Ariana Grande Florida Georgia Line Imagine Dragons Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Phillip Phillips Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Justin Timberlake Bruno Mars Robin Thicke Taylor Swift P!nk Rihanna Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group Favorite Pop/Rock Album One Direction Imagine Dragons Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Take Me Home – One Direction Red – Taylor Swift The 20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake |- ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Country Male Artist ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Country Female Artist |- | valign="top"| Luke Bryan Hunter Hayes Blake Shelton | valign="top"| Taylor Swift Miranda Lambert Carrie Underwood |- ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Country Album |- | valign="top"| Lady Antebellum The Band Perry Florida Georgia Line | valign="top"| Red – Taylor Swift Crash My Party – Luke Bryan Here's to the Good Times – Florida Georgia Line |- ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album |- | valign="top"| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Jay-Z Lil Wayne | valign="top"| The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Magna Carta... Holy Grail – Jay-Z Good Kid, M.A.A.D City – Kendrick Lamar |- ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist |- | valign="top"| Justin Timberlake Miguel Robin Thicke | valign="top"| Rihanna Ciara Alicia Keys |- ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Soul/R&B Album ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Alternative Artist |- | valign="top"| The 20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake Unapologetic – Rihanna Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke | valign="top"| Imagine Dragons The Lumineers Mumford & Sons |- ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Latin Artist |- | valign="top"| Maroon 5 Bruno Mars P!nk | valign="top"| Marc Anthony Prince Royce Romeo Santos |- ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Electronic Dance Music Artist |- | valign="top"| Matthew West tobyMac Chris Tomlin | valign="top"| Avicii Daft Punk Calvin Harris Zedd |- ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Single of the Year ! style="background:#eedd82; width="50%"| Favorite Soundtrack |- | valign="top"| "Cruise" – Florida Georgia Line featuring Nelly "Thrift Shop" – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz "Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I. | valign="top"| Pitch Perfect: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Icon Award Rihanna
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