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| THE 2017 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS |
The 2017 American Music Awards, the world’s largest
fan-voted awards show where music enthusiasts watch their favorite
artists and pop culture icons come together to honor idols, newcomers
and record-breakers in the contemporary music scene, will celebrate 45 years
of music live from the Microsoft Theater
in Los Angeles on Monday,
November 20, 2017 at 9:00am
(8:00am JKT/BKK) first and exclusive on RTL CBS Entertainment. Big
musical acts are set to rock the stage again this year. Here are some of this
year’s performers who are sure to treat the audience with massive performances.
Selena Gomez
Multi-platinum singer and actress
Selena Gomez, will perform her brand-new single at the 2017 American Music
Awards. The influential and inspiring pop superstar, who continues to redefine her role as an artist,
is a fan favorite at the
American Music Awards having taken home the award for Favorite Female Artist –
Pop/Rock in 2016, as well as providing show-stopping performances of her
powerful track “Same Old Love” in 2015 and her passionate song “The Heart Wants
What It Wants”
in 2014. A truly gifted
singer, Gomez makes her return
to the AMA stage with the
world television premiere of her brand new single “Wolves.”
Christina Aguillera
Christina
Aguilera, will pay tribute to Whitney Houston and music from the successful
film turned pop culture phenomenon, “The Bodyguard,” at the “2017 American
Music Awards.” The multi-talented songstress’ tribute, which will feature
memorable tracks from The
Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album, comes on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the film, which was released
on November 25, 1992 and starred one of Aguilera’s all-time favorite artists,
the late Whitney Houston. Houston won 22 American Music Awards, including eight
in a single year, making her the most awarded female vocalist of all time. A
fan-favorite and true pop icon, Aguilera has treated fans to an array of
American Music Awards performances throughout the years including her first AMA
performance in 2000 with the hit singles “What a Girl Wants” and “I Turn to
You,” her knockout medley of “Ain’t No Other Man,” “Beautiful,” “Dirrty,”
“Genie in a Bottle” and “Keeps Gettin’ Better” in 2008, as well as her most
recent performance of the moving piano ballad “Say Something” with A Great Big
World in 2013.
Diana Ross
Diana
Ross will be honored at the “2017 American Music Awards” with the “American
Music Award for Lifetime Achievement,” in recognition of her remarkable career
and her outstanding artistic contributions to the entertainment industry and
popular culture. A seven-time American Music Awards winner, Ms. Ross has
a long-standing connection to the AMAs. In addition to attending the very first
show in 1974 and leading several show-stopping performances throughout the
years – including a star-studded performance of “We Are The World” in 1986, she
hosted the show in both 1986 and 1987 and was on-hand in 2014 to present the
first ever “Dick Clark Award for Excellence” to Taylor Swift. As this year’s
“American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement” recipient, the legendary
singer will take the stage for a rare performance.
BTS
Global
chart- topping Korean pop band, BTS, is set to make their highly anticipated
U.S. television performance debut at the “2017 American Music Awards.” Idolized
and passionately supported by their massive fan ARMY, BTS has quickly risen
from the ranks as K-pop newcomers and are poised for immense growth. With their
popularity thriving in markets
across all of Asia and mounting tremendously in the Americas, the boy band’s
super-stardom has garnered a sky-rocketing trajectory of success in just
a few short years. BTS has notched more than 40 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Social 50 chart, which ranks the most popular artists
across social networks.
BTS will treat fans to the
premiere of their brand new single, “DNA,” live at the American Music Awards
for their first ever U.S. television performance.
Demi
Lovato
Multi-platinum
selling pop artist, Demi Lovato, will perform at the 2017 American Music
Awards. Known for her anthemic songs,
Lovato will treat fans to her soulful, unapologetic single “Sorry Not
Sorry” off her latest album Tell Me You
Love Me, which hit No. 1 on the iTunes
album chart in the U.S. and 37 countries around
the world. The single is one of the
fastest-rising hits in Demi’s career,
having become her highest charting
single ever on the Billboard Hot 100 and logging over 350 million global
streams. Lovato last performed at the American Music Awards in 2015, where she
sang her rock/pop track “Confident” as well as joined Alanis Morissette for a
rendition of Morissette’s iconic hit “You Oughta Know.”
Kelly
Clarkson
Multi-platinum
singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson will perform at the 2017 American Music
Awards. A four-time American Music Award winner, brought the house down during
her last American Music Awards performance in 2012 with a medley of her
powerful hits, “Miss Independent,” “Since U Been Gone,” “Stronger (What Doesn’t
Kill You)” and “Catch My Breath.” This year she takes the stage
to perform a brand-new single off her just released album Meaning of Life, which marks her eighth top 10 album on
the Billboard 200 chart, as well as a second fan-favorite, surprise
track.
Catch
these artists and more at the 2017 American Music Awards on November 20,
Monday, live from the U.S. at 9:00AM (8:00AM JKT/BKK), with primetime encore at
10:20PM (9:20PM JKT/BKK), first and exclusive on RTL CBS Entertainment.
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