The 45th Annual American Music Awards took place on November 19, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. It was broadcast on ABC and was hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross. Bruno Mars was the most nominated and most awarded artist of the night, taking home 7 awards out of his 8 nominations.
Performances Artist(s) Song(s) Kelly ClarksonP!nk "Everybody Hurts" Demi Lovato "Sorry Not Sorry" Nick Jonas "Find You" Hailee SteinfeldAlessoFlorida Georgia LineWatt "Let Me Go" Shawn Mendes "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" Selena GomezMarshmello "Wolves" Christina AguileraTribute to Whitney Houston & The Bodyguard 25th Anniversary:"I Will Always Love You""I Have Nothing""Run to You""I'm Every Woman" Lady Gaga "The Cure" MacklemoreSkylar Grey "Glorious" Portugal. The Man "Feel It Still" ZeddAlessia Cara "Stay" Imagine DragonsKhalid "Young Dumb & Broke""Thunder" P!nk "Beautiful Trauma" Niall Horan "Slow Hands" Kelly Clarkson "Miss Independent""Love So Soft" BTS "DNA" Diana Ross "I'm Coming Out""Take Me Higher""Ease On down the Road""The Best Years Of My Life""Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
Notes Broadcast live from Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
Presenters Chadwick Boseman presented Favorite Duo/Group - Pop Rock Chris Hardwick and Lea Michelle introduced Nick Jonas Ciara presented Favorite Song - Rap/Hip-Hop Lilly Singh and Sabrina Carpenter introduced Shawn Mendes Julia Michaels introduced Selena Gomez and Marshmello Kathryn Hahn and Justin Hartley presented Favorite Male Artist - Country KJ Apa, Camila Mendes, Lili Reinhart, and Madelaine Petsch presented Favorite Artist - EDM Viola Davis introduced a tribute to Whitney Houston for the 25th Anniversary of The Bodyguard with a performance by Christina Aguilera Billy Eichner and Jenna Dewan Tatum presented Favorite Artist - Adult/Contemporary Heidi Klum introduced Lady Gaga G-Eazy and DJ Khaled introduced Macklemore and Skylar Grey Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, and Sadie Sink introduced Zedd and Alessia Cara Ansel Elgort and Yara Shahidi presented Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock Nick Cannon presented New Artist of The Year presented by T-Mobile Laura Marano and Patrick Schwarzenegger presented Collaboration of The Year presented by XFinity Kelly Rowland and Kat Graham introduced Niall Horan Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary, and Mark Cuban presented Favorite Artist - Alternative Rock Chrissy Metz and Jesse Tyler Ferguson introduced Kelly Clarkson The Chainsmokers introduced BTS Jared Leto presented Artist of The Year Evan Ross introduced Diana Ross, his mother
Winners and Nominees Artist of the Year New Artist of the Year Bruno Mars The Chainsmokers Drake Kendrick Lamar Ed Sheeran Niall Horan James Arthur Julia Michaels Post Malone Rae Sremmurd Collaboration of the Year Video of the Year "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber "Closer" – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "I'm the One" – DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne "Don't Wanna Know" – Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar "Starboy" – The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk "That's What I Like" – Bruno Mars "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran Tour of the Year Top Soundtrack A Head Full of Dreams Tour – Coldplay The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood – Garth Brooks The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 – U2 Moana Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 Trolls Favorite Male Artist – Pop/Rock Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock Bruno Mars Drake Ed Sheeran Lady Gaga Alessia Cara Rihanna Favorite Duo or Group – Pop/Rock Favorite Album – Pop/Rock Imagine Dragons The Chainsmokers Coldplay 24K Magic – Bruno Mars More Life – Drake Starboy – The Weeknd Favorite Song – Pop/Rock Favorite Male Artist – Country "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber "Closer" – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran Keith Urban Sam Hunt Thomas Rhett Favorite Female Artist – Country Favorite Duo or Group – Country Carrie Underwood Miranda Lambert Maren Morris Little Big Town Florida Georgia Line Old Dominion Favorite Album – Country Favorite Song – Country Ripcord – Keith Urban They Don't Know – Jason Aldean From A Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton | style="vertical-align:top" | "Blue Ain't Your Color" – Keith Urban "Body Like a Back Road" – Sam Hunt "Dirt On My Boots" – Jon Pardi |- ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" | Favorite Artist – Rap/Hip-Hop ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" | Favorite Album – Rap/Hip-Hop |- | style="vertical-align:top" | DrakeKendrick Lamar Migos | style="vertical-align:top" | Damn – Kendrick Lamar More Life – Drake Culture – Migos |- ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" | Favorite Song – Rap/Hip-Hop ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" | Favorite Male Artist – Soul/R&B |- | style="vertical-align:top" | "I'm the One" – DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne "Humble" – Kendrick Lamar "Black Beatles" – Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | style="vertical-align:top" | Bruno Mars Childish Gambino The Weeknd |- ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" | Favorite Female Artist – Soul/R&B ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" | Favorite Album – Soul/R&B |- | style="vertical-align:top" | Beyoncé Kehlani Rihanna | style="vertical-align:top" | 24K Magic'' – Bruno Mars "Awaken, My Love!" – Childish Gambino Starboy'' – The Weeknd Favorite Song – Soul/R&B Favorite Artist – Alternative Rock "That's What I Like" – Bruno Mars "Location" – Khalid "Starboy" – The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk Linkin Park Imagine Dragons Twenty One Pilots Favorite Artist – Adult Contemporary Favorite Artist – Latin Shawn Mendes Bruno Mars Ed Sheeran Shakira Daddy Yankee Luis Fonsi Favorite Artist – Contemporary Inspirational Favorite Artist – Electronic Dance Music Lauren Daigle MercyMe Chris Tomlin The Chainsmokers Calvin Harris DJ Snake
Special awards Lifetime Achievement Diana Ross
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