MAROON 5 performs their hit single “DON’T WANNA KNOW” Feat. Kendrick Lamar at the “2016 American Music Awards” on RTL CBS Entertainment
Gigi Hadid and Jay Pharoah Will Host The Live Broadcast
MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 21ST at
9:00am (8am JKT/BKK) on RTL CBS Entertainment
Pop music superstars Maroon 5 will be joined by platinum-selling
artist Kendrick Lamar to perform their hit single, “Don’t Wanna Know” finale at the “2016 American Music Awards.” They join hosts
Gigi Hadid and Jay Pharoah, as well as previously announced performers
including James Bay, Fifth Harmony, Lady Gaga, Green Day, John Legend, Bruno
Mars, Shawn Mendes, Twenty One Pilots, The Weeknd, 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 Monday,
November 21 at 9:00am (8am JKT/BKK), first and exclusive on RTL CBS
Entertainment.
This will be Maroon 5’s fourth time performing at the
American Music Awards. They first took the stage in 2004 to perform “Sunday
Morning,” followed by “Won’t Go Home Without You” in 2007. At the 2011
AMAs, Maroon 5 took the stage with Christina Aguilera to perform “Moves Like
Jagger.” They are 10-time AMA nominees and three-time winners: Favorite Adult
Contemporary Artist in 2013 and Favorite Duo or Group - Pop/Rock in 2011 and
2012.
This year will mark Kendrick Lamar’s second American
Music Award performance, first taking the stage in 2013 to perform a medley of
“Swimming Pools (Drank)” and “Poetic Justice.” Kendrick Lamar is also a
two-time American Music Award nominee.
Maroon 5 have solidified their
position as one of pop music’s most enduring artists. The band captured their
first of three Grammy Awards as “Best New Artist” in 2005 and have gone on to
sell more than 17 million albums worldwide. Their releases have also gone gold
and platinum in over 35 countries. Maroon 5 tallies its 12th Hot 100 top 10 with their newly
released smash hit single “Don’t Wanna Know” featuring Kendrick Lamar, making
them the most successful group on the charts history. The single also notably
entered #1 on the Billboard Top Tracks, scoring the group’s third chart-topping
start, and the single also rocketed to #9 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in its first
week and reached #1 on iTunes.
Maroon 5 won over fans and critics alike with the
hybrid rock/R&B sound they introduced on their debut album, Songs
About Jane and their double platinum album, It Won't Be Soon
Before Long. Their third studio album, Hands All Over,
featured the anthemic “Moves Like Jagger,” which climbed to the #1 spot on the
Top 40 and Hot AC charts, as well as claimed the #1 spot on the Billboard
Hot 100and has also gone on the become one of the best-selling singles of
all time. Maroon 5’s fourth album Overexposed,
quickly reinforced the group’s status as a powerhouse in popular music with all
of the collection’s singles rising to the top of Billboard’s Adult Pop Songs
chard.
To date, the band holds the record for the most #1s – 11 – in the
chart’s 20 year history. the charts. In support of the album, Maroon 5 also had
one of the year’s highest grossing tours, with over 50 million dollars in
ticket sales. The band’s current album, V, debuted at #1 on
Billboard’s Top 200 chart and features the hit singles
“Maps,” “Animals” and “Sugar,” all of which hit #1 on the Top 40 chart.
The music video for the chart topping and GRAMMY- nominated single
"Sugar" has logged over 1.5
billion views to date.
Maroon 5 is currently on their world tour which kicked off in
February 2015. When the tour wraps at the end of 2017, the band will have
played over 120 concerts in 30+ countries with more than 2,500,000 fans in
attendance.
Platinum-selling, Grammy award winning artist Kendrick
Lamar is one of the rare
artists who has achieved critical and commercial success while earning the
respect and support of those who inspired him. A native of Compton, California,
Lamar caught the attention of CEO Anthony “TopDawg” Tiffith who immediately
signed a young Lamar to his label, Top Dawg Entertainmen beside fellow Top Dawg
Entertainment artists Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and ScHoolboy Q—a group whose members,
for the most part, appeared on one another’s mixtapes and albums.
Overly Dedicated (2010) was the first Kendrick Lamar mixtape and fared well enough
to enter Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart that October. His first
official album, Section.80 (2011), was released as a digital
download the following year and entered the Billboard 200 at number 113. By
that point in his career, Lamar’s reputation had been strengthened through
guest appearances on dozens of tracks, and he had the support of veteran West
Coast stars as well. During a 2011 con- cert, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg dubbed
him “The New King of the West Coast,” a notion Dre endorsed more significantly
by signing Lamar to the Aftermath label. Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city was released in October 2012 and
debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. Three of its singles—“Swimming
Pools (Drank),” “Poetic Justice,” and “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe”—reached the
Top Ten of Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart, with each one enjoying
lengthy stays on playlists of urban U.S. radio stations.
More significantly, the album showcased Lamar as an exceptional
storyteller capable of making compelling concept albums. When the nominees for
the 56th Annual Grammy Awards were announced, Lamar was listed in seven
categories, including Best New Artist and Album of the Year. Lamar remained
active during 2013-2014, with touring as well as being sought after for several
guest appearances by industry heavy-weights worldwide. In early 2015, he
announced that his third album, To
Pimp a Butterfly, was due in March with tracks featuring Snoop Dogg, Bilal,
Thundercat, and George Clinton. A technical accident caused the digital album
to be released eight days early, but it immediately earned rave reviews and
topped the Billboard 200 with sales of 325,000 copies within its first week and
has since been certified platinum.
Lamar went on to win five Grammys for Butterfly including Best Rap Album. In
2016 Lamar released untitled unmastered., an album that closed the chapter on
the Butterfly sessions. The album went on to top
the Billboard 200 album chart.
The nominations for the “2016 American Music Awards”
were announced last 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. New Artist of the Year are Alessia Cara,
The Chainsmokers, DNCE, Shawn Mendes and Zayn.
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.
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, #RTLCBSAMA.
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