American Music Awards of 2011

39th Annual American Music Awards
Date	November 20, 2011
Location	Nokia Theatre L.A. Live Los Angeles
Country	USA
Official website	ABC-American Music Awards
Television/Radio coverage
Network	ABC
Runtime	180 minutes
Produced by	Dick Clark Productions

The 39th American Music Awards was held on November 20, 2011 (8:00/7:00 EST/CST), at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles^[1] (see 2011 in music). The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums from the year 2011. Nominees were announced on October 11, 2011. The awards ceremony was host-free.^[2] It was broadcast on ABC.^[3] Taylor Swift and Adele were the big winners of the night picking up three awards in total.^[4][5][6]

Nominees

Nominees were announced on October 11, 2011. Winners are in bold.

Artist of the Year	Sprint New Artist of the Year
Adele Lady Gaga Katy Perry Lil Wayne Taylor Swift	Hot Chelle Rae The Band Perry Miguel Wiz Khalifa
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist	Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
Justin Bieber Bruno Mars Pitbull	Adele Lady Gaga Katy Perry
Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group	Favorite Pop/Rock Album
LMFAO Maroon 5 OneRepublic	21 – Adele Loud – Rihanna Born This Way – Lady Gaga
Favorite Country Male Artist	Favorite Country Female Artist
Jason Aldean Brad Paisley Blake Shelton	Sara Evans Miranda Lambert Taylor Swift
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group	Favorite Country Album
Zac Brown Band Lady Antebellum The Band Perry	My Kinda Party – Jason Aldean Speak Now – Taylor Swift The Band Perry – The Band Perry
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist	Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album
Lil Wayne Nicki Minaj Kanye West	Tha Carter IV – Lil Wayne Watch the Throne – Jay Z & Kanye West Pink Friday – Nicki Minaj
Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist	Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
Chris Brown Trey Songz Usher	Rihanna Beyoncé Kelly Rowland
Favorite Soul/R&B Album	Favorite Alternative Artist
F.A.M.E. – Chris Brown Loud – Rihanna 4 – Beyoncé	Foo Fighters The Black Keys Mumford & Sons
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist	Favorite Latin Artist
Adele Bruno Mars Katy Perry	Pitbull Enrique Iglesias Jennifer Lopez
Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist	Special Award
Casting Crowns TobyMac Third Day	Katy Perry – Special Achievement Award (First female on pop music to have five #1 singles from one album)

Presenters

The following presented awards or performances: (in order of appearance)

• Queen Latifah presented Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group award
• Hot Chelle Rae presented Favorite Country Female Artist award
• Sean Kingston introduced Justin Bieber
• 50 Cent introduced Chris Brown
• Jennifer Hudson presented Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist award
• Jane Levy and Cheryl Hines introduced Kelly Clarkson
• Selena Gomez and Taio Cruz presented Favorite Soul/R&B Album award
• Vanessa Marano and Katie Leclerc introduced Enrique Iglesias
• Nickelback presented Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group award
• Adam Lambert introduced OneRepublic
• Taylor Swift presented Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album award
• Benjamin Bratt introduced Pitbull
• Heidi Klum introduced Katy Perry and Win for Special Achievement Award
• Joe Jonas presented Sprint New Artist of the Year award
• Jennifer Morrison and Matthew Morrison presented Favorite Latin Artist award
• Alanis Morissette introduced Mary J. Blige
• Robin Thicke and Ellie Goulding presented Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist award
• Bruno Mars introduced Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera
• John Legend introduced Drake
• Julie Bowen and Sarah Hyland presented Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist award
• Gavin DeGraw introduced Daughtry
• Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley presented Favorite Country Album award
• Jenny McCarthy introduced will.i.am and Jennifer Lopez and presented Favorite Pop/Rock Album award
• Lionel Richie presented Artist of the Year award and introduced LMFAO

Performers

Pre-show

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Hot Chelle Rae	"I Like It Like That" "Tonight Tonight"

Main show

Artist(s)	Song(s)
David Guetta with 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 feat. Ludacris	"I Like How It Feels" "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"
Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull	"Until It Beats No More" (Intro) "Papi" "On the Floor"
OneRepublic	"Good Life"
Pitbull feat. Marc Anthony Lil Jon	"I Know You Want Me" "Give Me Everything" "Rain Over Me"
Katy Perry	"The One That Got Away" (acoustic version)
Mary J. Blige	"Mr. Wrong"
Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera	"Moves Like Jagger"
Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine	"Stereo Hearts"
Drake	"Headlines"
Daughtry	"Crawling Back To You"
will.i.am feat. Jennifer Lopez	"T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)"
LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock surprise guests: Justin Bieber, David Hasselhoff, Keenan Cahill, will.i.am	"Party Rock Anthem" "Sexy and I Know It" "Sorry for Party Rocking"

Source: performers

References

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. "Chris Brown, LMFAO Join American Music Awards Lineup". Retrieved October 18, 2016.
3. "Lady Gaga, Adele Lead American Music Awards Noms". Retrieved October 11, 2011.
4. "AMAs 2011: Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj Win Big on Ladies' Night". Billboard.com. November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
5. "Shining stars Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift and Jennifer Hudson step out in glimmering metallic gowns at AMA's". Daily Mail. November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
6. "Taylor Swift wins 3 trophies at AMAs". Houston Chronicle. November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2011.