| American Music Award | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding achievements in the record industry. The record industry is the part of the Music industry that sells Sound recordings of Music. |
| Country |  United States |
| Official website | |
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The American Music Awards show is one of several annual major American music awards shows (among the others are the Billboard Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the Country Music Association Awards). The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Billboard Music Awards, sponsored by Billboard magazine and held annually in December is one of several annual United States music awards shows (among The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Country Music Association (CMA was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. The AMA's (in current chronological order, the first of the "Big Three" music awards) were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC. Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an American Television, Radio personality, Game show host Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Michael Jackson and Donny Osmond co-hosted the first award show with Rodney Allen Rippy and Ricky Segall. Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born on December 9 1957 in Ogden Utah, USA) is an American Singer, Musician, Actor While the Grammys are awarded based on votes by members of the entertainment industry, the AMAs are determined by a poll of music buyers. The "big three" established awards shows (AMAs, Billboard Music Awards, and Grammys) compete for prestige and television ratings, with the Grammys nominally rewarding quality and both the AMAs and Billboard Music Awards rewarding popularity. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television Stories of artists being pressured to participate in one awards show over the other have been fodder for tabloid gossip and controversy. A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest The only other major difference between the Grammys and Billboard Music Awards and the AMAs is that the AMAs do not currently have an award for Best Single/Record but the Grammys and Billboard Music Awards do.
In 1996, the AMAs instituted a new award, Favorite Artist of the Year, which was awarded to Garth Brooks. Troyal Garth Brooks, known professionally as Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter. Brooks gave a short speech essentially saying he didn't deserve the award in a year he didn't do anything, and left the award on the podium. The category was discontinued.
Although the American Music Awards is held in United States, international artists like Elton John, George Michael and Shakira have also won awards on the show. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου (born 25 June 1963 best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2 1977 known simply as Shakira
For the first decade or so, the AMAs had multiple hosts, each representing a genre of music. For instance, Glen Campbell would host the country portion (Campbell, in fact, has co-hosted the AMAs more times than any other host or co-host), while other artists would co-host to represent his/her genre. Glen Travis Campbell (born April 22 1936 in Delight, Arkansas) is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning and two time nominated Golden In recent years, however, there has been one single host.
From its inception in 1973 until 2003, the AMAs have been held in mid- to late-January, but were moved to November beginning in 2003 so as not to further compete with other major awards shows (such as the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards) and allows for ABC to have a well-rated awards show during November sweeps. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.
The most American Music Awards for a group belongs to Alabama who have collected twenty-two awards. Alabama is a Grammy Award -winning Country music band that originated in Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The record for a solo artist belongs to Whitney Houston who has amassed twenty awards. Whitney Elizabeth Houston' (born August 9 1963 is an American Singer-songwriter, Actress, Film producer, Arranger and former
The record for the most American Music Awards won in a single year is held by both Michael Jackson (for 1983's Thriller), and Whitney Houston (for 1992's The Bodyguard Soundtrack), each with 8 awards to their credit (including the Award of Merit, with which both artists were honored in the respective years). Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released Thriller is the sixth Studio album by American pop musician Michael Jackson. This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993. Events January The Bodyguard is the Soundtrack from the movie of the same name, released on November 17, 1992 on Arista Records and
Most American Music Awards Won By An Artist
Favorite Country Female Artist: (12) Wins
Favorite Soul/R&B Band, Duo, or Group: (4) Wins
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist: (4) Wins
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist: (3) Wins
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist: (4) Wins
Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist: (7) Wins
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist: (At least 4) Wins
- also awarded to Billy Joel in 1999
Complete List Of Winners
External links
- American Music Awards, official site
- "More Show than Music", a scathing critique of the 2001 awards show
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