Ke$ha, No Doubt and Usher have been added to the list of performers on The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards set to take place on November 18, 2012 at Nokia Theatre LA Live in Los Angeles. The three newly announced acts join already announced performers Carrie Underwood, P!nk, Pitbull, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Linkin Park, and Christina Aguilera for this year’s music event which will be broadcast on ABC.
Ke$ha will be releasing her sophomore album, Warrior, on December 4, 2012. Her first album, Animal, sold over 2.5 million copies and spawned six consecutive Top 10 hits including three #1 singles: “TiK ToK,” “Your Love Is My Drug” and “We R Who We R.” No Doubt recently released their first new album as a group in a decade with Push and Shove, their sixth studio album. And Usher’s Looking 4 Myself, his seventh studio album, was released earlier this year and debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album chart and the R&B Albums chart. Usher’s one of the best selling artists in American music history with 44+ million albums sold worldwide.
Tickets for the AMAs are on sale at Ticketmaster.com. Voting online is now open to fans at amavote.com or AMA.abc.com. Awards will be handed out in the Pop/Rock, Country, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Alternative, Adult Contemporary, Latin, and Contemporary Inspirational categories, and the Electronic Dance Music category will be making its debut this year.
This year’s live online pre-show “Coca-Cola Red Carpet LIVE! @ The 2012 AMAs” will begin streaming at 5pm ET and will be hosted by Lance Bass, Kimberly Cole, Brad Goreski, Sean Kingston, Eden Sher and Tristan Wilds. The live interview show will stream at ABC.com, AMAs365.com, Cokemusic.com, Livestream, Ustream, YouTube, and through AP Live Entertainment.
