American Music Awards of 2011

39th Annual American Music Awards
39th Annual American Music Awards
	American Music Awards of 2011 logo
Date	November 20, 2011
Location	Microsoft Theater,; Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Most awards	Adele and Taylor Swift (3 each)
Most nominations	Adele (4)
Website	ABC-American Music Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC; Global TV
Runtime	129 minutes
Viewership	12 million
Produced by	Dick Clark Productions

The 39th Annual American Music Awards was held on November 20, 2011, at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles.^[1] The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums from the year 2011. Nominees were announced on October 11, 2011.^[2] The awards ceremony was host-free and was broadcast on ABC.^[3] Taylor Swift and Adele were the big winners of the night picking up three awards in total.^[4]^[5]

Performers

Artist(s)	Song(s)	Ref
Pre-show		^[6]
Hot Chelle Rae	"I Like It Like That" "Tonight Tonight"
Main show
David Guetta Nicki Minaj	"Sweat" "Turn Me On" "Super Bass"
Justin Bieber	"Mistletoe"
The Band Perry	"If I Die Young"
Chris Brown	"All Back" "Say It With Me"
Kelly Clarkson	"Mr. Know It All"
Enrique Iglesias Ludacris	"I Like How It Feels" "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"
Jennifer Lopez Pitbull	"Until It Beats No More" (Intro) "Papi" "On the Floor"
OneRepublic	"Good Life"
Pitbull Marc Anthony Lil Jon	"I Know You Want Me" "Give Me Everything" "Rain Over Me"
Katy Perry	"The One That Got Away"
Mary J. Blige	"Mr. Wrong"
Maroon 5 Christina Aguilera	"Moves Like Jagger"
Gym Class Heroes Adam Levine	"Stereo Hearts"
Drake	"Headlines"
Daughtry	"Crawling Back to You"
will.i.am Jennifer Lopez	"T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)"
LMFAO Lauren Bennett GoonRock	"Party Rock Anthem" "Sexy and I Know It" "Sorry for Party Rocking"

Presenters

Winners and nominees

Artist of the Year	Sprint Best New Artist of the Year
Taylor Swift Adele Lady Gaga Katy Perry Lil Wayne	Hot Chelle Rae The Band Perry Miguel Wiz Khalifa
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist	Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
Bruno Mars Justin Bieber Pitbull	Adele Lady Gaga Katy Perry
Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group	Favorite Pop/Rock Album
Maroon 5 LMFAO OneRepublic	21 – Adele Loud – Rihanna Born This Way – Lady Gaga
Favorite Country Male Artist	Favorite Country Female Artist
Blake Shelton Jason Aldean Brad Paisley	Taylor Swift Sara Evans Miranda Lambert
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group	Favorite Country Album
Lady Antebellum Zac Brown Band The Band Perry	Speak Now – Taylor Swift My Kinda Party – Jason Aldean The Band Perry – The Band Perry
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist	Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album
Nicki Minaj Lil Wayne Kanye West	Pink Friday – Nicki Minaj Tha Carter IV – Lil Wayne Watch the Throne – Jay-Z and Kanye West
Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist	Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
Usher Chris Brown Trey Songz	Beyoncé Rihanna Kelly Rowland
Favorite Soul/R&B Album	Favorite Alternative Artist
Loud – Rihanna F.A.M.E. – Chris Brown 4 – Beyoncé	Foo Fighters The Black Keys Mumford & Sons
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist	Favorite Latin Artist
Adele Bruno Mars Katy Perry	Jennifer Lopez Enrique Iglesias Pitbull
Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist	Special Award
Casting Crowns TobyMac Third Day	Katy Perry

References

^ "NOKIA Theatre L.A. this event is LIVE: American Music Awards". Archived from the original on September 21, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
^ "Lady Gaga, Adele Lead American Music Awards Noms". Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
^ "Chris Brown, LMFAO Join American Music Awards Lineup". Archived from the original on November 3, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
^ "AMAs 2011: Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj Win Big on Ladies' Night". Billboard.com. November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
^ "Taylor Swift wins 3 trophies at AMAs". Houston Chronicle. November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
^ "Daughtry, Enrique Iglesias, Gym Class Heroes, Lil Jon, Jennifer Lopez, OneRepublic, The Band Perry and will.i.am to Perform at "The 2011 American Music Awards"". PR Newswire. November 15, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2017.

[1] "NOKIA Theatre L.A. this event is LIVE: American Music Awards". Archived from the original on September 21, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011.

[2] "Lady Gaga, Adele Lead American Music Awards Noms". Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2011.

[3] "Chris Brown, LMFAO Join American Music Awards Lineup". Archived from the original on November 3, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2016.

[4] "AMAs 2011: Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj Win Big on Ladies' Night". Billboard.com. November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2011.

[5] "Taylor Swift wins 3 trophies at AMAs". Houston Chronicle. November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2011.

[6] "Daughtry, Enrique Iglesias, Gym Class Heroes, Lil Jon, Jennifer Lopez, OneRepublic, The Band Perry and will.i.am to Perform at "The 2011 American Music Awards"". PR Newswire. November 15, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2017.

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