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♪

♪ MUST HAVE SPENT 35, 40

THOUSAND ♪

♪ OH NO GOT A BAD ‐‐ KID RUNNING

THROUGH MY CRIB LIKE IT'S CHUCK

E. CHEESE ♪

♪ CAN'T BELIEVE IT I'M IN

DISBELIEF ♪

♪ THIS ‐‐ GOT ME PAYING THE

RENT ♪

♪ DIAMONDS ON HER WRIST AND HERE

I AM ALL ALONE ♪

♪ I'M SO COLD

♪ SHE GOT ME SNEAKING OUT THE

WINDOW BABY ♪

♪ HOW COULD SHE DO THIS TO ME

♪ THOUGHT THAT GIRL ONLY

BELONGED TO ME BUT GUESS WHAT I

WAS WRONG

♪ SHE BELONGED TO EVERYBODY

EVERYBODY OOH ♪

♪ JUST THE OTHER NIGHT SHE WAS

GRIPPING ON ME TIGHT SCREAMING

HERCULES ♪

♪ GOT ME IN THE CLUB SOMEONE

HELP ME PLEASE ♪

♪ BABY WHY YOU DOING THIS WHY

YOU DOING THIS TO ME ♪

♪ GIRL I WANT TO DIE

♪ THIS ‐‐ GOT ME PAYING THE RENT

PAYING FOR TRIPS ♪

♪ DIAMONDS ON HER NECK DIAMONDS

ON HER WRIST ♪

♪ I'M SO COLD SHE GOT ME

♪ SMOKING OUT THE WINDOW

♪ SAYING HOW COULD SHE DO THIS

TO ME ♪

♪ HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME

♪ I THINK I SAW HER I WAS

WRONG ♪

♪ I WAS WRONG

♪ WRONG SHE BELONGED TO

EVERYBODY YEAH SHE BELONGED TO

EVERYBODY ♪

♪ SHE BELONGED TO EVERYBODY

♪ OH NO I HOPE YOU FIND WHATEVER

IT IS THAT YOU NEED BUT I ALSO

HOPE ♪

♪ GIRL IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT

YOU AREN'T RIGHT HERE WITH ME

NOW I'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO THE

CITY ♪

♪ YOU'VE GOT ME SMOKING OUT THE

WINDOW SAYING HOW COULD SHE DO

THIS TO ME ♪

♪ HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME

♪ I THOUGHT SHE BELONGED TO ME

BUT I WAS WRONG ♪

♪ SHE BELONGED TO EVERYBODY YEAH

SHE BELONGED TO EVERYBODY

EVERYBODY YEAH SHE BELONGED TO

EVERYBODY ♪

♪

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>>> LIVE FROM MICROSOFT THEATER

IN LOS ANGELES, IT'S THE

2021 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS.

WITH PERFORMANCES BY ‐‐

JASON ALDEAN.

BAD BUNNY.

KANE BROWN.

BTS.

CHLOE.

COLDPLAY.

GIVEON.

MICKEY GUYTON.

WALKER HAYES.

JENNIFER LOPEZ.

MANESKIN.

THE BATTLE OF BOSTON.

NEW EDITION AND NEW KIDS ON THE

BLOCK.

OLIVIA RODRIGO.

SILK SONIC.

TAINY.

TYLER, THE CREATOR.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD.

JULIETA VENEGAS.

ZOE WEES.

AND APPEARANCES BY ‐‐

BRANDY.

MADELYN CLINE.

D‐NICE.

ANSEL ELGORT.

WINNIE HARLOW.

MINDY KALING.

LIZA KOSHY.

MACHINE GUN KELLY.

MARSAI MARTIN.

BILLY PORTER.

ANTHONY RAMOS.

JOJO SIWA.

J.B. SMOOVE.

RACHEL ZEGLER.

AND OUR HOUSE DEEJAY, DIPLO.

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♪

PLEASE WELCOME TONIGHT'S HOST,

CARDI B!

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♪

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♪

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♪

>> WHAT'S UP, HEY!

WHOO!

THIS CROWD A LOUD.

YOU GET A CAR, YOU GET A CAR,

YOU GET A CAR.

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I'M LYING.

Y'ALL GET NOTHING.

ANYWAYS, WELCOME TO THE 2021

AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS.

I AM YOUR HOST, CARDI B.

THANK YOU TO SILK SONIC FOR

STARTING US OFF RIGHT TONIGHT!

I DON'T HEAR MYSELF.

HOLD ON, CROWD.

I AIN'T GONNA LIE, I'M A LITTLE

NERVOUS, I'M SHAKING.

MY UNDERARMS ITCH.

I'M SWEATING.

I MAY GET THINGS MESSED UP, AND

I MIGHT STUTTER.

WHATEVER.

TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE FIRE.

THE SHOW IS FULL OF PERFORMANCES

FROM YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS LIKE

BTS, BAD BUNNY, CARRIE

UNDERWOOD, COLDPLAY, TYLER, THE

CREATOR, CHLOE, OLIVIA RODRIGO.

PLUS THE BATTLE WITH BOSTON, NEW

KIDS ON THE BLOCK, AND NEW

EDITION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE

EVERYBODY'S HOMETOWN.

WE ARE CELEBRATING EVERYBODY'S

HOMETOWN, MY HOMETOWN IS THE

BRONX.

THE BEST PLACE TO VACATION.

WE GOT A BEACH OVER THERE AND

EVERYTHING.

ANYWAYS, ALL RIGHT.

OUR FIRST PRESENTER IS AN ACTOR

AND SINGER WITH A NEW SONG

CALLED "CHILDREN."

YES, CHILDREN.

IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME FOR

PITTSBURGH.

PLEASE WELCOME BILLY PORTER.

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♪

>> I LOVE YOU!

DOESN'T SHE LOOK AMAZING?

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OH, MY GOODNESS.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE ME

ONE OF THEM BAGS, GIRL.

YES, PITTSBURGH IS MY HOME.

I GREW UP IN AN AREA CALLED EAST

LIBERTY, FOR THOSE OF YOU FROM

PITTSBURGH, YOU KNOW WE CALL

THAT SLIBERTY.

IT'S ALWAYS GOOD, IT ALWAYS

FEELS GOOD TO BE RECOGNIZED BY

YOUR PEERS, WHETHER IN MY

HOMETOWN, YOUR HOMETOWN, OUR UP

IN THESE MUSIC STREETS.

SEE, I PREFER THE STREETS 'CAUSE

I RUN THEM.

LET THE CHILDREN KNOW WHAT TIME

IT IS.

IT'S AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD TIME!

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SO LET'S GET OUR FIRST AWARD.

>> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR

FAVORITE LATIN ALBUM.

BAD BUNNY.

KALI UCHIS.

KAROL G.

MALUMA.

>> AND THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO BAD BUNNY!

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♪

[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> I WANT TO THANK EVERY PEOPLE

WHO IS HERE SUPPORTING ME.

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EVERY ‐‐

[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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♪

>> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

WHO AM I INTRODUCING NEXT?

>> YOU GOT COLDPLAY WITH BTS,

OLIVIA RODRIGO, THEN THE BATTLE

OF BOSTON.

>> THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> I GOT YOUR CLOTHES, CARDI.

>> OKAY, THEN.

♪

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>>> HE'S FROM MANHATTAN AND

SHE'S FROM HACKENSACK.

TOGETHER THEY'RE IN "WEST SIDE

STORY."

PLEASE WELCOME ANSEL ELGORT AND

RACHEL ZEGLER.

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>> HEY!

HEY, EVERYONE.

ANSEL AND I ARE SO HONORED TO

PART OF THE NEW FILM, "WEST SIDE

STORY."

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>> IT'S COMING ONLY TO THEATERS

DECEMBER 10th.

AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO SHARE A

SPECIAL LOOK OF THE MOVIE WITH

YOU RIGHT NOW.

ENJOY!

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>> ARE YOU READY?

♪

♪

>> WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH MY

SISTER?

>> YOUR BROTHER HAS SOMETHING TO

SAY TO YOU.

>> I APOLOGIZE FOR BEHAVING ‐‐

>> LIKE A GANGSTER.

>> I'M LIVING MORE MYSELF.

>> YOU'RE A KID, KIDDO.

>> I WANT TO BE HAPPY HERE.

I WANT TO MAKE A LIFE AT HOME.

>> RUN AWAY WITH ME.

>> YOU DON'T WANT TO START MAYBE

WITH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU OUT

TO COFFEE?

♪

>> "WEST SIDE STORY," RATED

PG‐13.

ONLY IN THEATERS, DECEMBER 10th.

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>> IT WAS SUCH A GREAT

EXPERIENCE FILMING THAT MOVIE.

>> AND WE HOPE EVERYONE HAS AS

MUCH FUN WATCHING IT ON THE BIG

SCREEN AS WE DID MAKING IT.

AND NOW, BACK TO THE AWARDS.

>> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR

FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST.

AJR.

ALL TIME LOW.

FOO FIGHTERS.

GLASS ANIMALS.

MACHINE GUN KELLY.

>> AND THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO ‐‐

>> MACHINE GUN KELLY!

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♪

>> HILARIOUS.

YEAH.

BEFORE I ACCEPT THIS AWARD, I

JUST WANT TO SAY, THIS WASN'T

GOING TO BE TELEVISED, BUT MY

FANS SPOKE LOUDLY.

SO I WANT TO GIVE THEM THEIR

CREDIT.

AND I WANT TO ACCEPT THIS FOR

ALL THE ASPIRING MUSICIANS, WHO

DESIRE TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT, TO

RAP, TO SONG, NOT JUST THE ROCK

ARTISTS, BUT THE ARTISTS WHO ARE

ROCK STARS, YOU KNOW WHAT I

MEAN?

AND LASTLY, I AHEAD A HEADLINE

THAT SAID THE AGE OF THE ROCK

STAR IS DEAD.

BUT LOOKS PRETTY ALIVE TO ME.

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>> YEAH!

WE'VE GOT A POPPING ‐‐ CROWD

TONIGHT.

AND I LOOK GOOD.

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WE'VE GOT SO MUCH CELEBRITIES

TONIGHT.

I SEE YOU, ZOE WWEES, I SEE YOU

ANTHONY RAMOS.

AND I SEE YOU, JOJO SIWA.

LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY.

MY HUSBAND, HE WAS TRYING TO GET

JOJO SIWA FOR MY DAUGHTER'S

BIRTHDAY PARTY.

SHE'S BOOKING BUSY.

SO, JOJO, CAN YOU PLEASE SOME

SEE MY DAUGHTER AT CHRISTMAS.

I KNOW YOU COST A LOT OF MONEY.

Y'ALL RAPPERS AIN'T GOT NOTHING

ON JOJO SIWA.

HER BOOKINGS, YES, YES, AMERICA,

PLEASE.

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ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

WAIT, BECAUSE I KNOW THE CROWD

IS ABOUT TO GET CRAZY.

SO HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, LET ME

SAY.

THIS NEXT PERFORMANCE IS ABOUT

TO BE HUGE!

WE HAVE THE BIGGEST BANDS IN THE

WORLD!

THEY'RE PERFORMING TOGETHER FOR

THE FIRST TIME EVER.

GIVE IT UP FOR COLDPLAY AND BTS!

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♪

♪ YOU, YOU ARE MY UNIVERSE AND I

JUST WANT TO PUT

YOU FIRST AND YOU, YOU ARE

MY UNIVERSE, AND I IN THE ♪

♪ NIGHT, I LIE AND LOOK UP

AT YOU WHEN THE MORNING

COMES, I WATCH YOU RISE ♪

♪ THERE'S A PARADISE THEY

COULDN'T CAPTURE THAT

BRIGHT INFINITY INSIDE

YOUR EYES ♪

[ SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

♪ NEVER‐ENDING FOREVER, BABY

YOU, YOU ARE MY UNIVERSE

AND I JUST WANT TO PUT YOU

FIRST AND YOU, YOU ARE

MY UNIVERSE AND YOU MAKE ♪

♪ MY WORLD LIGHT UP INSIDE

HEY HEY ♪

[ SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

♪ AND THEY SAID THAT WE

♪ CAN'T BE TOGETHER BECAUSE

BECAUSE WE COME FROM

DIFFERENT SIDES YOU YOU ARE ♪

♪ MY UNIVERSE AND I JUST

WANT TO PUT YOU FIRST

AND YOU, YOU ARE MY ♪

♪ UNIVERSE AND YOU MAKE MY

WORLD LIGHT UP INSIDE

MY UNIVERSE ♪

♪ MY UNIVERSE MY UNIVERSE

♪ MY UNIVERSE

YOU MAKE MY WORLD YOU MAKE MY

WORLD LIGHT

YOU INSIDE ♪

[ SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

♪

♪ YOU, YOU ARE MY UNIVERSE

AND I JUST WANT TO PUT

YOU FIRST AND YOU, YOU ARE

MY UNIVERSE AND YOU MAKE ♪

♪ MY WORLD LIGHT UP INSIDE

MY UNIVERSE ♪

♪ MY UNIVERSE MY UNIVERSE

♪ YOU, YOU ARE MY UNIVERSE AND

I ♪

>> 2, 3.

♪

♪ HEY COME ON COME ON

♪ HEY

♪ HEY

♪

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>> BTS, THANK YOU.

>> WHOO!

♪

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>> MICHELLE YOUNG HERE.

AMAs FANS GOT TO VOTE ON TIKTOK

FOR THEIR FAVORITES THIS YEAR.

AND YOU'LL BE SEEING THE RESULTS

THROUGHOUT OUR SHOW.

COMING UP NEXT, PERFORMANCES BY

OLIVIA RODRIGO, TYLER, THE

CREATOR, AND A DUET BY

CARRIE UNDERWOOD AND

JASON ALDEAN.

THEY'RE ALL HERE ON ABC.

♪

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>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE AMERICAN

MUSIC AWARDS.

FROM THIS SEASON OF "DANCING

WITH THE STARS," ONE OF "TIME'S"

100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN

THE WORLD, HERE IS OMAHA'S

JOJO SIWA.

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>> CARDI, I'M GOING TO TRY TO

MAKE CHRISTMAS HAPPEN.

I PROMISE.

PUTTING IT IN MY PHONE RIGHT

NOW.

I TAKE BITCOIN.

ACTUALLY, I TAKE THAT BACK.

ALL I NEED FOR YOU IS TO VOTE

FOR ME TOMORROW NIGHT ON THE

SEASON FINALE OF "DANCING WITH

THE STARS."

YOU CAN VOTE FOR ME BY TEXTING

UP TO TEN TIMES.

ARE Y'ALL READY?

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ALL RIGHT.

I CANNOT WAIT TO MEET KULTURE.

SHE'S BEING RAISED BY A

SUPERSTAR.

A LEGEND, CARDI B.

ALL RIGHT, TIME FOR ANOTHER

AWARD.

>> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR

FAVORITE POP DUO OR GROUP.

AJR.

BTS.

GLASS ANIMALS.

MAROON 5.

SILK SONIC.

BRUNO MARS AND ANDERSON PAAK.

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>> AND THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO BTS!

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♪

>> WHOO!

WHOO‐HOO!

THANK YOU, ARMY, AND THANK YOU

AMAs SO MUCH FOR THIS.

THREE YEARS IN A ROW.

WOW, WOW.

>> THANKS TO OUR ARMY, YOU ARE

OUR UNIVERSE.

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>> IT TOOK FOUR YEARS TO BE ON

THIS STAGE TO GET THIS TROPHY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THIS MEANS TO US EVEN MORE

BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY A SMALL

BOY BAND FROM KOREA.

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WE JUST GOT UNITED BY THE LOVE

FOR OUR MUSIC.

AND ALL WE WANT TO DO IS JUST

SPREAD LOVE, GOOD VIBES, AND

ENERGY THROUGH MUSIC AND

PERFORMANCE.

BUT WITHOUT YOU GUYS, ARMY, IT

COULD HAVE NEVER DONE NOTHING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

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>> WE LOVE YOU!

♪

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♪

>> ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL.

WHOO!

ALL RIGHT.

THE CROWD IS A LITTLE BIT

EXCITED RIGHT NOW.

SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ABOUT TO

TALK ABOUT HEARTBREAKS.

WHO REMEMBERS THEIR FIRST

HEARTBREAK?

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WHEN I WAS 15, I GOT MY HEART

BROKEN FOR THE FIRST TIME BY A

BUM.

UGH.

ANYWAYS, Y'ALL, ANYWAYS, THIS

NEXT PERFORMER RIGHT HERE, I

WANT TO THANK HER FOR MENDING MY

HEART, FOR ALL THE HEARTBREAKS

THAT I HAD.

I LOVE HER.

I LOVE HER SO MUCH.

WITH THE MOST NOMINATION

TONIGHTS, SINGING "TRAITOR,"

IT'S OLIVIA RODRIGO!

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♪

♪ BROWN GUILTY EYES AND

LITTLE WHITE LIES YEAH

I PLAYED DUMB BUT I

ALWAYS KNEW THAT ♪

♪ YOU'D TALK TO HER

MAYBE DID EVEN WORSE

I KEPT QUIET SO I

COULD KEEP YOU ♪

♪ AND AIN'T IT FUNNY

HOW YOU RAN TO HER

THE SECOND THAT WE

CALLED IT QUITS ♪

♪ AND AIN'T IT FUNNY

HOW YOU SAID YOU WERE FRIENDS

NOW IT SURE AS HELL

DON'T LOOK LIKE IT ♪

♪ YOU BETRAYED ME

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'LL

NEVER FEEL SORRY

FOR THE WAY I HURT ♪

♪ YEAH YOU'D TALK TO HER

WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER

LOVED YOU AT YOUR WORST

BUT THAT DIDN'T MATTER ♪

♪ IT TOOK YOU TWO WEEKS TO

GO OFF AND DATE HER

GUESS YOU DIDN'T CHEAT BUT

YOU'RE STILL A TRAITOR ♪

♪

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♪ NOW YOU BRING HER AROUND

JUST TO SHUT ME DOWN

SHOW HER OFF LIKE

SHE'S A NEW TROPHY ♪

♪ AND I KNOW IF YOU

WERE TRUE THERE'S NO

DAMN WAY THAT YOU COULD

FALL IN LOVE ♪

♪ WITH SOMEBODY THAT QUICKLY

AIN'T IT FUNNY

ALL THE TWISTED GAMES

ALL THE QUESTIONS ♪

♪ YOU USED TO AVOID

AIN'T IT FUNNY

REMEMBER I BROUGHT

HER UP AND YOU ♪

♪ TOLD ME I WAS PARANOID

YOU BETRAYED ME AND I KNOW

THAT YOU'LL NEVER FEEL

SORRY FOR THE WAY I HURT ♪

♪ YEAH YOU'D TALK TO HER

WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER

LOVED YOU AT YOUR WORST BUT

THAT DIDN'T MATTER ♪

♪ IT TOOK YOU TWO WEEKS

TO GO OFF AND DATE HER

GUESS YOU DIDN'T CHEAT

BUT YOU'RE STILL A TRAITOR ♪

♪

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♪ GOD I WISH THAT YOU HAD

THOUGHT THIS THROUGH

BEFORE I WENT AND FELL

IN LOVE WITH YOU ┃

♪ AND WHEN SHE'S SLEEPING

IN THE BED WE MADE

DON'T YOU DARE FORGET ♪

♪ ABOUT THE WAY YOU

BETRAYED ME

'CAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'LL

NEVER FEEL SORRY ♪

♪ FOR THE WAY I HURT

YEAH HOW YOU'D TALK TO HER

WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER

YOU GAVE ME YOUR WORD ♪

♪ BUT THAT DIDN'T MATTER

IT TOOK YOU TWO WEEKS

TO GO OFF AND DATE HER

GUESS YOU DIDN'T CHEAT ♪

♪ BUT YOU'RE STILL

YOU'RE STILL A

TRAITOR ♪

♪ YEAH YOU'RE STILL A TRAITOR

OOH OOH OOH ♪

♪ GOD I WISH THAT YOU

HAD THOUGHT THIS THROUGH

BEFORE I WENT AND FELL

IN LOVE WITH YOU ♪

♪7

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>> COMING UP, TYLER, THE CREATOR

WILL ROCK THE MIC.

THEN COUNTRY SUPERSTARS

JASON ALDEAN AND

CARRIE UNDERWOOD TEAM UP.

WHO COULD FOLLOW THAT?

I'LL TELL YOU.

BAD BUNNY WITH TAINY AND

JULIETA VENAGAS.

IT'S GOING TO BE SO DOPE SO

STICK AROUND.

>>> WE'RE BACK AT THE AMAs.

AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME THE STAR

OF MUSICAL DRAMA SERIES

"QUEENS," BRANDY.

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♪

>> ALL OF US WHO LOVE MUSIC WERE

AFFECTED BY THE TRAGIC EVENTS AT

THE CONCERT IN HOUSTON.

WE MOURN FOR THE VICTIMS.

NOW THAT WE CAN BE AT CONCERTS

AGAIN, LET'S FULLY RECOGNIZE THE

PRECIOUS GIFT OF LIVE MUSIC.

IT BRINGS US TOGETHER, IT CAN

BRING US JOY, AND WHEN NEEDED,

IT CAN HELP US HEAL.

SO PLEASE BE SAFE.

AND NOW, IT'S TIME FOR OUR NEXT

CATEGORY.

>> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR

FAVORITE POP ALBUM.

ARIANA GRANDE.

DUA LIPA.

OLIVIA RODRIGO.

TAYLOR SWIFT.

THE KID LAROI.

>> AND THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO, LET'S SEE, "EVERMORE,"

TAYLOR SWIFT.

AND NOW WE HAVE A MESSAGE FROM

TAYLOR.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE

FANS.

THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING HONOR.

THE FACT THAT YOU WOULD DO THIS

FOR "EVERMORE," I'VE ALWAYS

LOOKED AT IT AS SORT O

OF "FOLKLORE'S" FUN, YOUNGER

SISTER.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING

SUPPORT YOU'VE THROWN MY WAY

WITH "RED," MY VERSION.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

LOVE YOU GUYS.

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♪

>> WHOO!

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

LET ME SAY SOMETHING.

LET ME SAY SOMETHING.

ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL, THIS NEXT

PERFORMER ALWAYS HAVE A BAG ON

HIM.

HE ALWAYS HAVE BAGS AND

LUGGAGES.

THAT'S WHY I HAD TO COME OUT

WITH MINE.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S GOING,

BUT HE'S ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING.

HE BARELY DROPS SOMETHING, BUT

WHEN HE DOES, HE IS DOING

SOMETHING.

PLEASE WELCOME TO THE AMAs

STAGE, TYLER, THE CREATOR.

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♪

♪ THE TRAY TO TALK ME

♪ WHEN I TURNED 23 MY FACIAL

HAIR STARTED GROWING ♪

♪ THAT CATERPILLAR WENT

TO COCOON

DO YOU GET ME

SEE I WAS SHIFTING ♪

♪ MY TASTE STARTED CHANGE ING

FROM WHAT IT WAS ♪

♪ WHEN THEY MET ME

BUT FIRST IMPRESSION

IS EVERYTHING

AIN'T WANNA LET ME GO ♪

♪ ALWAYS CURIOUS AS A CHILD

AND ASKIN' QUESTIONS

SO I AIN'T GIVE NO

IF AND BUTS ♪

♪ IF THEY ACCEPT ME YO

MY BOY SKATEBOARD P

GAVE ME THAT SPEECH

IN ITALY SESSION ♪

♪ THANKFULLY

BY HOUR THREE

IT DETOURED PERSPECTIVE UM

THOUGHTS CHANGE SO RAPID ♪

♪ TURNED TO BUTTERFLY

FLOWER BOY HAPPENED

ALL THE BEES BUZZED ME

THE BUGS SCREAMED ♪

♪ THEY LOVE ME

FIRST TIME I PRIVATE AIRLINED

ACCOLADES SONG GOT AIRTIME

GREW INTO MY STYLE

BODY AND FEELINGS AND ♪

♪ FIXED MY HAIRLINE

CALMED DOWN IN FRONT

OF CAMERAS ♪

♪ BUSINESS HIT

TENS OF MILLIONS

I'M NOT THAT LITTLE BOY

Y'ALL WAS INTRODUCED TO ♪

♪ AT 19

MOM WAS IN THE SHELTER

WHEN "YONKERS" DROPPED

I DON'T SAY IT ♪

♪ WHEN I GOT HER OUT

THAT'S THE MOMENT

I KNEW I MADE IT ♪

♪ I DON'T COME FROM MONEY

THEY'LL DENY IT

SINCE I DON'T MIRROR

THE STEREOTYPICAL ♪

♪ PRODUCTS OF MY ENVIRONMENT

EIGHT FIGURES IN TAXES TAKEN

THAT STUFF IS STUPID ♪

♪ THE FLOWER GETS ITS PETAL

THEY PLUCK IT

BUT NEVER USE IT ♪

♪ IT'S STILL POTHOLES

IN THE SCHOOLS

WHERE DOES IT GO ♪

♪ IT'S STILL LOOPHOLES

THAT I USE

♪ MASSA COULDN'T CATCH ME

MY LEGS LONGER THAN A

GOT TOO MUCH SELF‐RESPECT

I WASH MY HANDS 'FORE I ♪

♪ THEY TRY TO TALK ME UP

BUT I KEEP SHORT LIKE CAESAR

EYES OPEN IF I PRAY 'CAUSE

I CAN'T TRUST GOD EITHER ♪

♪

♪ SEEING THAT WE ONLY GOT

ONE LIFE TO LIVE

HOW FAR DO YOU

REALLY WANNA TAKE IT ♪

♪ DON'T LET 'EM EVER

TELL YOU NOTHIN'

YOU CAN'T DO ♪

♪ YEAH I PURCHASE

MORE WHEELS WHEN I FEEL

LIKE I'M THIRD‐WHEELIN' ♪

♪ MY FAVORITE PART OF THE

ROLLS ROYCE IS THE BIRD CEILING

THE PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE

SKY AND THE SUN BEAMIN' ♪

♪ THAT RAY OF LIGHT SHOW

THAT NOBODY IS FRONT‐SEATIN'

I'M ON THE HUNT ♪

♪ FOR PERFECT BUT DECENT IS

WHAT I BEEN ON

I KNOW SHE FELL IN LOVE ♪

♪ BUT COMMITMENT IS NOT

MY END GOAL

AND ALL MY FRIENDS THAT DID

GOT TOO COMFY ♪

♪ A LITTLE CHUBBY

AND THAT DRIVE TO

MAKE THAT MONEY DRIED UP

WHEN THAT NOSE WAS RUNNY ♪

♪ WE AIN'T GOTTA PAY

ATTENTION TO THE STUFF

THAT I BATTLES ♪

♪ EVERYONE I EVER LOVED

HAD TO BE LOVED

IN THE SHADOWS ♪

♪ TUG‐O‐WAR WITH

FELT LIKE A CUSTODY BATTLE

FELT LIKE THE BOAT GOIN' DOWN

IT FELT LIKE ♪

♪ I'M MISSIN' A PADDLE

MIGHT BUY THAT

CRIB IN SEATTLE ♪

♪ COVERED IN GRASS

LACKING GRAVEL

IT COME WITH TWO BOATS

AND CATTLE ♪

♪ I'M LIVIN' SWEET

AIN'T YOU HEARD

THIS PERSPECTIVE FROM

THE BEAK OF A BIRD ♪

♪ YOU HOPE I PEAK

YOU TAKE MY PEACE

YOU GON' SEE ME RUN

LIKE THIEVES IN THE NIGHT ♪

♪ I'M PARANOID

I SLEEP WITH A GUN

THE HEAT ON MY DUNGAROOS ♪

♪ BECAUSE THEY BEEFIN'

FOR FUN I'M VEGAN FOR NOW

I'M CONSCIOUS ♪

♪ NO MY HANDS MEET

WHEN I BOW I'M GRATEFUL

YOU HATEFUL YOU EAT AT ME

YOU GOT A PLATE FULL ♪

♪ YOU CAN'T RELATE

TO THE STUFF I SAY

TO THESE INSTRUMENTALS ♪

♪ WHETHER IT'S MONEY TALK

OR STUFF THAT'S PAINFUL

I PAINT FULL ♪

♪ PICTURES OF MY PERSPECTIVE

ON THESE DRUM BREAKS

JUST FOR YOU TO TELL ME

IT'S NOT GOOD ♪

♪ FROM YOUR LUNCH BREAK

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> OH, I'M SO HAPPY FOR BTS.

WHOO!

ANYWAYS, WHO'S NEXT?

>> NEXT, IT'S JASON ALDEAN,

CARRIE UNDERWOOD, AND BAD BUNNY.

>> COUNTRY AND LATIN?

WHAT YOU GOT FOR ME?

>> WE'RE GOING TO GO MORE LATIN.

>>> MY NAME IS JASON ALDEAN, AND

I'M FROM MACON, GEORGIA.

I GREW UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF

MACON.

KIDS I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH, I

ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, NONE OF US

HAD MONEY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

ALL OF US WERE PRETTY

MIDDLE‐CLASS KIDS.

WE GREW UP DOING NORMAL STUFF,

SPORTS, HUNTING, FISHING.

PRETTY SIMPLE THINGS THAT I FEEL

LIKE A LOT OF TIMES YOU TAKE FOR

GRANTED THE OLDER YOU GET, YOU

KNOW?

♪

>> MY NAME IS CARRIE UNDERWOOD,

AND I'M FROM OKLAHOMA.

MY HOMETOWN IS VERY SMALL.

I FEEL LIKE OKLAHOMA OVERALL IS

JUST A STRING OF SMALL TOWNS.

THE NEXT SMALL TOWN IS NOT THAT

FAR AWAY.

YOU KIND OF KNOW EVERYBODY, OR

EVERYBODY'S FAMILIES.

MY PARENTS RECOGNIZED SOME

ABILITY IN ME WHEN I WAS REALLY

YOUNG, BECAUSE THEY WOULD MAKE

ME SING FOR EVERYBODY,

EVERYWHERE.

♪ SOMEWHERE OUT THERE

MY MOM WOULD SIGN ME UP FOR

RANDOM STUFF.

I WAS LIKE, I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE

DID THAT.

♪ THAT'S RIGHT I GOT BETTER

THINGS TO DO ♪

>> I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS

THOUGHT THAT I WOULD STILL BE

HERE AND HAVE THIS CAREER,

16‐YEAR CAREER THAT I'VE HAD SO

FAR IN MACON.

THAT, TO ME, WILL FOREVER BE

HOME.

THAT'S WHERE I'M TFROM.

>> HOME IS HOME.

IT'S THE ONE PLACE I FEEL LIKE I

CAN TRULY BE MYSELF.

I'M SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO

LIVE IN NASHVILLE.

THE ONLY OTHER PLACE IN THIS

WORLD I COULD LIVE IS OKLAHOMA.

THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TWO OF

TONIGHT'S NOMINEES,

PERFORMING THEIR SMASH HIT

DUET, "IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU."

JASON ALDEAN AND 17:00‐TIME AMA

WINNER, CARRIE UNDERWOOD.

♪

♪ I WOULDN'T MIND

BEING ALONE ♪

♪ I WOULDN'T KEEP

CHECKING MY PHONE ♪

♪ WOULDN'T TAKE THE LONG

WAY HOME

JUST TO DRIVE MYSELF CRAZY ♪

♪ I WOULDN'T BE LOSING SLEEP

REMEMBERING EVERYTHING ♪

♪ EVERYTHING YOU SAID TO ME

LIKE I'M DOING LATELY ♪

♪ YOU YOU WOULDN'T BE ALL

ALL THAT I WANT

BABY I COULD LET GO ♪

♪ IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU

I'D BE GOOD BY NOW ♪

♪ I'D BE BETTER THAN BARELY

GETTING BY SOMEHOW ♪

♪ YEAH IT WOULD BE EASY

NOT TO MISS YOU WONDER

ABOUT WHO'S WITH YOU ♪

♪ TURN THE WANT YOU OFF

WHENEVER I WANT TO ♪

♪ IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU

♪ IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU

I WOULDN'T STILL CRY

SOMETIMES ♪

♪ WOULDN'T HAVE TO

FAKE A SMILE PLAY IT OFF

AND TELL A LIE ♪

♪ WHEN SOMEBODY ASKED

HOW I'VE BEEN♪

♪ I'D TRY TO FIND

SOMEONE NEW

SOMEONE NEW ♪

♪ IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING

I CAN DO I COULD DO ♪

♪ BABY IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU

I WOULDN'T BE IN THE STATE

THAT I'M IN ♪

♪ YOU WOULDN'T BE ALL

ALL THAT I WANT

BAY I COULD LET GO ♪

♪ IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU

I'D BE GOOD BY NOW ♪

♪ I'D BE BETTER THAN BARELY

GETTING BY SOMEHOW ♪

♪ YEAH IT WOULD BE EASY

NOT TO MISS YOU WONDER

ABOUT WHO'S WITH YOU ♪

♪ TURN THE WANT YOU OFF

WHENEVER I WANT TO

IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU ♪

♪ IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU

♪

♪ OH IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU

IT WOULDN'T BE SO HARD

TO SEE YOU ♪

♪ KNOW HOW MUCH I NEED YOU

WOULDN'T HATE THAT I

STILL FEEL LIKE I DO ♪

♪ IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU

OH IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU

IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU ♪

♪ IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU

I'D BE GOOD BY NOW ♪

♪ I'D BE BETTER THAN BARELY

GETTING BY SOMEHOW ♪

♪ YEAH IT WOULD BE EASY

NOT TO MISS YOU WONDER

ABOUT WHO'S WITH YOU ♪

♪ TURN THE WANT YOU OFF

WHENEVER I WANT TO

IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU ♪

♪ IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU

OH IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU ♪

♪ IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU

IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU

IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU ♪

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> MAMACITA.

ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL, FROM A

SUPERMARKET IN PUERTO RICO, HE'S

TAKEN LATIN MUSIC TO EVERY

CORNER OF THE WORLD.

ONE OF THE MOST STREAMED ARTISTS

EVER.

RIGHT NOW, GET ON YOUR FEET FOR

THIS DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

♪

♪

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♪

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♪

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♪

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♪

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♪

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♪

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♪

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♪

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♪

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♪

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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> COMING UP, YOU'RE GOING TO

SEE HISTORY BEFORE YOUR VERY

EYES.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BATTLE

OF BOSTON.

>> YEAH!

NO TAXATION WITHOUT

REPRESENTATION.

DOWN WITH TYRANTS.

THE BRITISH ARE COMING!

THE BRITISH ARE COMING!

>> CALM DOWN.

CALM DOWN.

>> NOT THAT BATTLE OF BOSTON.

>> OH.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

GUESS WHAT, THE BATTLE BETWEEN

THE BIGGEST BOY BANDS TO COME

OUT OF BOSTON, NEW EDITION AND

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!

>> THAT IS A MUCH BETTER IDEA.

>> MUCH, MUCH, BETTER.

SO STICK AROUND, AMERICA.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>>> WE'RE BACK AT THE AMAs.

SHE'S A DAUGHTER OF PLANO,

TEXAS, AND THE STAR AND

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF "LITTLE."

PLEASE WELCOME MARSAI MARTIN.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> WHAT'S UP, Y'ALL?

ALL RIGHT.

HOW Y'ALL FEELING ABOUT THE SHOW

SO FAR?

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

GOOD?

LET'S KEEP IT GOING, SHALL WE?

NOW, THIS YEAR, FANS ACROSS THE

GLOBE VOTED ON TIKTOK FOR THEIR

FAVORITE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS

NOMINEES.

AND WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHO

YOU PICKED FOR FAVORITE HIP‐HOP

SONG.

>> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR

FAVORITE HIP‐HOP SONG.

CARDI B, "UP."

INTERNET MONEY FEATURING GUNNA,

DON TOLIVER AND NAV, "LEMONADE."

LIL TJAY FEATURING 6LACK,

"CALLING MY PHONE."

POLO G, "RAPSTAR."

POP SMOKE, "WHAT YOU KNOW BOUT

LOVE."

>> ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL.

AND THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO, IF I CAN OPEN IT, TOLD

ON.

CARDI B, "UP!"

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> OH, MY GOD.

I'M SO FAMOUS.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

OH, MY GOSH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU TO

MY FANS, TO THE NEW FANS, TO THE

ONES THAT HAVE BEEN HOLDING ME

DOWN FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

THANK YOU FOR VOTING FOR ME.

AND THANK YOU, JESUS.

YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO THANK JESUS.

ANYWAYS, I GOT TO GO HOST.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> THEIR HOMETOWNS ARE IN ITALY

BUT THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT IN L. A.

TO PERFORM THEIR SMASH HIT,

"BEGGIN'."

I LOVE THE SONG, AND THEY GOT

ALL THE GIRLS BEGGIN'.

GIVE IT UP FOR MANESKIN.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

♪ PUT YOUR LOVING

HAND OUT, BABY

'CAUSE I'M BEGGIN'

YAHOO

'CAUSE I'M BEGGIN' ♪

♪ BEGGIN' YOU

SO PUT YOUR LOVING

HANDS OUT, BABY

I'M BEGGIN' ♪

♪ BEGGIN' YOU

SO PUT YOUR LOVING

HANDS OUT, DARLING

RIDING HIGH ♪

♪ WHEN I WAS KING

I PLAYED IT HARD AND

FAST 'CAUSE I HAD EVERYTHING

I WALKED AWAY ♪

♪ BUT YOU WARNED ME THEN

BUT EASY COME AND

EASY GO AND IT WOULD END

SO ANY TIME I SEE ♪

♪ YOU LET ME KNOW

ANY TIME I BLEED

YOU LET ME GO

ANY TIME I SEEK ♪

♪ YOU LET ME KNOW BUT I

PLAN AND SEE, JUST LET ME GO

BECAUSE I'M ON MY KNEES AND

I'M BEGGIN' ‘CAUSE ♪

♪ I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU

HEY YEAH

RA DA‐DA‐DA

I'M BEGGIN' ♪

♪ BEGGIN' YOU

PUT YOUR LOVING

HAND OUT, BABY

I'M BEGGIN' ♪

♪ BEGGIN' YOU

SO PUT YOUR LOVING

HANDS OUT, DARLING

I'M TRYING HARD TO ♪

♪ BE YOUR MAN

THE KIND OF MAN YOU ♪

♪ WANT IN THE END ONLY

THEN CAN I BEGIN TO

LOVE AGAIN

AN EMPTY SHELL ♪

♪ I USED TO BE

THE SHADOWS OF MY

LIFE WAS HANGING OVER ME

A BROKEN MAN ♪

♪ THAT I DON'T KNOW

WON'T EVEN STAND THE

DEVIL'S CHANCE

TO WIN MY SOUL ♪

♪ WHAT WE

DOING, WHAT WE CHASING

WHY THE BOTTOM

WHY THE BASEMENT, WHY WE ♪

♪ GOT GOOD STUFF DON'T EMBRACE

IT WHY THE FEEL FOR THE NEED

TO REPLACE IT ♪

♪ YOU'RE THE WRONG WAY TRACK

FROM THE GOOD I WANT TO‐PAINT A♪

♪ WHERE WE COULD BE AT

LIKE A HEART AIN'T ATTACHED

THE WAY IT SHOULD

YOU CAN GIVE IT AWAY ♪

♪ YOU HAD, AND YOU TOOK

THE PAY BUT I KEEP WALKING ON

KEEP HOPING ON

KEEP HOPING ON THAT ♪

♪ THE CALL IS YOURS

KEEP CALLS ON HOLD

'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA

LIVE IN A BROKEN HOME GIRL ♪

♪ I'M BEGGING

YEAH YEAH 'CAUSE I'M BEGGIN'

BEGGIN' YOU

TO PUT YOUR LOVING ♪

♪ HANDS OUT, BABY

I'M BEGGIN'

BEGGIN' YOU

SO PUT YOUR LOVING ♪

♪ HANDS OUT DARLING

I'M FIGHTING HARD

TO HOLD MY OWN

JUST CAN'T MAKE IT ♪

♪ ALL ALONE

I'M HOLDING ON AND I

CAN'T FALL BACK I'M

JUST A CALM 'BOUT TO ♪

♪ FADE TO BLACK

CAUSE I'M BEGGIN'

BEGGIN' YOU

PUT YOUR LOVING ♪

♪ HANDS OUT, BABY

I'M BEGGIN'

BEGGIN' YOU

TO PUT YOUR LOVING ♪

♪ HANDS OUT, DARLING

I'M BEGGIN'

BEGGIN' YOU

TO PUT YOUR LOVING ♪

♪ HANDS OUT DARLING

>> WHOO!

THANKS, EVERYBODY.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> ALL RIGHT, WHAT DOES THE

SCRIPT SAY?

>> /*

>> CHLOE AND J. LO ARE COMING UP

NEXT.

>> COMING UP NEXT ON THE

AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, XFINITY

CONNECTS US TO AN EXCLUSIVE

PERFORMANCE FROM ONE OF THE

HOTTEST RISING STARS IN MUSIC,

CHLOE, LIVE FROM THE XFINITY

STAGE.

>>> HE MADE HISTORY WITH CLUB

QUARANTINE, AND HE'S YOUR

FAVORITE MUSIC CREATOR.

PLEASE WELCOME D‐NICE.

>> XFINITY CONNECTS US TO

THE MUSIC WE LOVE.

AND NOW THEY'RE CONNECTING US TO

CHLOE, LIVE FROM THE XFINITY

STAGE.

GIVE IT UP FOR CHLOE!

♪

♪ WHY KEEP

FLOSSING LIKE I DO

♪

♪ HAVE MERCY

♪ BOOTY SO BIG WORK

LORD HAVE MERCY

WHY KEEP ♪

♪ BOSSING LIKE I DO

WHY KEEP ♪

FLOSSING LIKE I DO

WHY I KEEP ♪

♪ SAUCING LIKE I DO

WHY I KEEP ♪

♪ COSTING LIKE IT DO

ALL THIS ♪

♪ ‐‐ UP IN MY JEANS

YOU CAN'T ♪

♪ GET UP IN BETWEEN

YOU TRYNA ♪

♪ GET A PIECE OF ME

I CAN TEACH YOU

A COUPLE THINGS ♪

♪ BOY YOU LOOKING AT ME

LIKE I AIN'T GIVE YOU NO

CHOICE IF I COUNT TO THREE ♪

♪ BET YOU BE ON YOUR KNEES

YOU WRAPPED 'ROUND MY HAND

LIKE A CARTIER OH‐OH ♪

♪ YOU CAN'T GET THIS

THICKNESS OUT OF YOUR MIND ♪

♪ LIKE THAT

LAFFY TAFFY HE SO GOOFY ♪

♪ CALL ME HE GO STUPID

HE GO DAFFY INTRODUCE ME

TO HIS PAPPY ♪

♪ HE CAN NEVER

LIVE WITHOUT ME ♪

♪ I'M SO REAL I'D NEVER

I HE GOT IT LIKE THAT ♪

♪ LIKE THAT I CAN TAKE IT

TAKE IT THERE

BOOTY SO BIG WORK ♪

♪ LORD HAVE MERCY

WHY I KEEP ♪

♪ BOSSING LIKE I DO BOSS

WHY I KEEP ♪

♪ FLOSSING LIKE I DO FLOSS

WHY I KEEP ♪

♪ SAUCIG LIKE I DO SAUCE

WHY IT KEEP ♪

♪ COSTING LIKE IT DO COST

♪ ALL THIS ‐‐ UP

IN MY JEANS ♪

♪ YOU CAN'T GET UP

IN BETWEEN ♪

♪ I CAN TEACH YOU A

COUPLE THINGS LIKE ♪

♪ HOW TO SURF IT MAN

HOW TO WORK IT MAN ♪

♪ I'LL EDUCATE YA

HOW TO DO THIS ♪

♪ TEMPORARY THAT'S

NEVER RARE‐Y

I'M NECESSARY YEAH ♪

♪ HE LIKE THAT

LAFFY TAFFY HE SO GOOFY ♪

♪ CALL ME HE GO STUPID

HE GO DAFFY INTRODUCE ME

TO HIS PAPPY ♪

♪ HE CAN NEVER

LIVE WITHOUT ME ♪

♪ I'M SO REAL I'D NEVER

IF HE GOT IT LIKE THAT ♪

♪ LIKE THAT I CAN TAKE IT

TAKE IT THERE 'CAUSE MY

BOOTY SO BIG WORK ♪

♪ BOOTY SO BIG WORK

BOOTY SO BIG WORK ♪

♪

♪ HE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT ME

CAUSE MY ‐‐ AND I

DON'T NEED ♪

♪ ATTENTION BOSS

I DON'T NEED ♪

♪ YOUR HASHTAG

I SITTIN' ON THE LEFT

I SITTIN' ON THE RIGHT ♪

♪ WORK WORK

♪ ALL THIS ‐‐ UP IN

MY JEANS YOU CAN'T ♪

♪ GET UP IN BETWEEN

YOU TRYNA ♪

♪ GET A PIECE OF ME

I CAN TEACH YOU A

COUPLE THINGS WORK ♪

♪

♪ BOOTY SO BIG

BOOTY BOOTY ♪

♪ BOOTY SO BIG

BOOTY BOOTY ♪

♪ BOOTY SO BIG WORK

BOOTY SO BIG WORK ♪

♪ I CAN TEACH YOU

A COUPLE THINGS ♪

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> THANKS, XFINITY, FOR

CONNECTING US TO MORE OF THE

ARTISTS WE LOVE.

HE IS A COMEDIAN, WRITER, AND

EMMY AWARD‐WINNING ACTOR.

WELCOME NORTH CAROLINA'S

J.B. SMOOVE.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> WHOO!

WE UP IN HERE!

NOW, WE GOT OURSELVES AN EPIC

SHOWDOWN TONIGHT.

BTS!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

OKAY, I GET IT.

I GET IT.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

AND NEW EDITION!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

THAT'S A BATTLE OF THE BOY

BANDS.

ACTUALLY, IT'S A BATTLE OF BOYS

AND MEN.

HELL, THE ONLY THING MISSING IS

BOYS II MEN.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

NOW, NOW, NOW, WHEN I WAS

YOUNGER, I DREAMED OF BEING IN A

BOY BAND.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT

I TRIED OUT FOR NEW EDITION.

YEAH.

A YOUNG, WIRY, COCKY, INNOCENT,

105‐POUND FADE WEARING J. B.

SMOOVE.

I WAS ROCKING THE STAIRCASE HIGH

TOP.

I EVEN WALKED UP MY OWN

STAIRCASE ONE NIGHT.

THAT YOUNG MAN MADE HIS WAY ALL

THE WAY TO BOSTON TO FOLLOW HIS

DREAMS.

AND I WAS THIS CLOSE.

BUT THE GREAT BOBBY BROWN BEAT

ME OUT.

HE WAS JUST TOO GOOD.

I COULDN'T BEAT HIM.

ALTHOUGH A FEW PEOPLE SAID I WAS

HON

H

HANGING IN THERE.

YOU BE THE JUDGE.

GIVE ME A LITTLE

SOMETHING‐SOMETHING.

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

YO.

I'M JUST SAYING, LOOK, IF ANY

ONE OF YOU BAND MEMBERS STRAINS

A MUSCLE, TAKE J. B. SMOOVE IN.

YOU KNOW I GOT YOU.

>> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR

FAVORITE POP SONG.

BTS.

DOJA CAT FEATURING SZA.

DUA LIPA.

OLIVIA RODRIGO.

THE WEEKND AND ARIANA GRANDE.

>> UH‐OH.

UH‐OH.

ANYWAY, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, NOW.

THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD GOES TO

BTS!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> THANK YOU.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

THANK YOU, ARMY.

AND THANK YOU AMAs, AND EVERYONE

FOR LOVIING ON "BUTTER."

IT'S A SPECIAL SONG TO US.

WE HOPE IT MAKES YOU FEEL SMOOTH

LIKE BUTTER.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> THANKS TO Y'ALL, "BUTTER" HAS

RECEIVED SO MUCH LOVE THIS YEAR.

WE JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT THE

POSITIVE ENERGY.

DESPITE THESE HARD TIMES.

THIS AWARD TRULY PROVES THAT

THIS SONG REACHES MANY PEOPLE'S

HEARTS.

NEVER TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> ALL RIGHT, NOW.

ALL RIGHT.

I KNOW YOU'RE EXCITED, BUT CALM

DOWN BEFORE I BRING OUT MY FIRE

EXTINGUISHER.

I GET IT.

LET ME SAY SOMETHING.

ALL RIGHT.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THIS

NEXT PERFORMER IS MY GIRL.

AND SHE'S A BIG‐TIME HUSTLER.

SHE DO MOVIES, SHE SINGS, SHE

SELLS PERFUMES, GLASSES,

CLOTHES, EVERYTHING.

FROM MY HOMETOWN, THE BRONX,

SINGING HER NEW SONG, "ON MY

WAY," FROM HER UPCOMING

MOVMOV

MOVIE, "MARRY ME," THE LEGENDARY

ICON, J. LO!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

♪ ALWAYS KNEW YOU

EVEN WHEN I

DIDN'T KNOW YOU

DON'T MAKE SENSE ♪

♪ BUT IT DO

I WAS ON MY WAY TO YOU

EVERY TEAR DROP

FELL SO HEAVY ♪

♪ HURT LIKE HELL

BUT HEAVEN SENT ME THROUGH

I WAS ON MY WAY TO YOU ♪

♪ EVERY HEARTBREAK

WAS A YELLOW BRICK ROAD

POINTING ME STRAIGHT

JUST TAKING ME HOME ♪

♪ I WAS NEVER LOST

I WAS JUST PASSING THROUGH

I WAS ON MY WAY TO YOU ♪

♪ HOPELESS

HOPELESS FAITH WAS RUNNING

DIDN'T NOTICE

YOU WERE COMING THROUGH ♪

♪ YOU WERE ON YOUR WAY TOO

AND YOU DON'T BELIEVE

IN MEANT TO BE

BUT SOMEHOW YOU ♪

♪ ARE MEANT FOR ME

IT'S TRUE

YEAH YOU WERE

ON YOUR WAY TOO ♪

♪ EVERY HEARTBREAK

WAS A YELLOW BRICK ROAD

POINTING ME STRAIGHT

JUST TAKING ME HOME ♪

♪ I WAS NEVER LOST

I WAS JUST PASSING THROUGH

I WAS ON MY WAY TO YOU ♪

♪ I WAS ON MY WAY TO YOU

I WAS ON MY WAY TO YOU

I WAS ON MY WAY TO YOU

OH ♪

♪ ON MY WAY

ON MY WAY TO YOU

ON MY WAY

ON MY WAY TO YOU ♪

♪ ON MY WAY

ON MY WAY TO YOU

WHOA ♪

♪ ON MY WAY ON MY WAY

ON MY WAY ON MY WAY

ON MY WAY ON MY WAY TO YOU

OH ♪

♪ WITH EVERY HEARTBREAK

WAS A YELLOW BRICK ROAD

POINTING ME

AND JUST TAKING ME HOME ♪

♪ I WAS NEVER LOST

I WAS JUST PASSING THROUGH

ON MY WAY TO YOU

OOH ♪

♪ OOH OOH

OOH ON MY WAY TO YOU

ON MY WAY ♪

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> I LOVE YOU.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>>> COMING UP NEXT, MIKEY GUITON

SINGS "ALL‐AMERICAN."

LATER, KANE BROWN LAYS IT DOWN.

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>>> THIS NEXT PERFORMER RIGHT

HERE, EVERY TIME I SEE HER,

Y'ALL DON'T EVEN KNOW.

I LOVE HER SO MUCH, I ROOT FOR

HER SO MUCH.

SHE BOUGHT MY DAUGHTER A STAR IN

THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

I TAUGHT HER TO MILK A COW, SHE

TAUGHT ME TO MILK A COW.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PRIDE

OF ARLINGTON, TEXAS, MIKEY

GUYTON!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

♪ WITH THE LINES

ON THE INTERSTATE

THE DUST ON A BACK ROAD ♪

♪ WE'RE A FRIDAY NIGHT

FOOTBALL GAME

THE LIGHTERS AT ♪

♪ A ROCK SHOW

WE'RE THE NIGHT SHIFT

SMOKE BREAK ♪

♪ HIGH SCHOOL HEARTACHE

DRIVING WITH THE

WINDOWS DOWN ♪

♪ WE'RE THE DANCE FLOORS

CHURCH PEWS

SUIT AND TIES TATTOOS ♪

♪ ONE BIG SMALL TOWN

AIN'T WE ALL

AIN'T WE ALL AMERICAN ♪

♪ AIN'T WE ALL

AIN'T WE ALL AMERICAN

WE'RE THE STARS IN ♪

♪ A TEXAS SKY AND

THE JUKEBOX VINYL

>> HOW Y'ALL DOING?

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪ WE'RE THE

NEW YORK CITY LIGHTS

AND A HOTEL BIBLE

WE'RE HAND ME DOWN ♪

♪ TAILOR MADE

DAISY DUKES

DOOKIE BRAIDS ♪

♪ JAMES BROWN

AND JAMES DEAN

WE'RE COLD BEER CHAMPAGNE ♪

♪ MILLIONAIRES

SPARE SOME CHANGE

AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN ♪

♪ AIN'T WE ALL

AIN'T WE ALL AMERICAN

AIN'T WE ALL ♪

♪ AIN'T WE ALL AMERICAN

WE GOT THE SAME STARS

THE SAME STRIPES ♪

♪ JUST WANNA LIVE THAT

GOOD LIFE

AIN'T WE ALL ♪

♪ AIN'T WE ALL AMERICAN

>> HOW Y'ALL DOING?

♪

♪ WE'RE DIFFERENT

IN A MILLION WAYS ♪

♪ BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY

WE'RE DIFFERENT IN A MILLION

WAYS BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY

AIN'T WE ALL ♪

AIN'T WE ALL

AIN'T WE ALL AMERICAN

AIN'T WE ALL ♪

♪ AIN'T WE ALL

AIN'T WE ALL AMERICAN

ALL AMERICAN ♪

♪ WE GOT THE SAME STARS

THE SAME STRIPES

JUST WANNA LIVE THAT

GOOD LIFE

AIN'T WE ALL ♪

♪ AIN'T WE ALL AMERICAN

WHOO ♪

>> NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE FROM,

YOUR RACE, YOUR CREED, WHO YOU

LOVE, WE'RE ALL AMERICAN.

REMEMBER THAT.

♪ OH AIN'T WE ALL ALL AMERICAN

♪ AIN'T WE ALL

♪ ALL AMERICAN

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> SHE'S FROM CHARLESTON,

SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT YOU KNOW HER

AS AN ACTRESS ON "OUTER BANKS."

FROM THE UPCOMING "KNIVES OUT

2," MADELYN CLINE.

>> BEFORE, LET'S SAY, 2015.

>> THE ONLY WAY YOU KNEW YOU HAD

A HIT SONG WAS THE NUMBER OF

DOWNLOADS OR RADIO PLAY.

BUT IT'S 2021, AND FANS ARE

CONSUMING MUSIC IN NEW WAYS.

THE FOLLOWING NOMINEES TRENDED

ON TIKTOK AND DOMINATED THE

WORLD OF MUSIC.

LET'S CHECK THEM OUT.

>> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR

FAVORITE TRENDING SONG.

ERICA BANKS, "BUSS IT."

MANESKIN, "BEGGIN'."

MEGAN THEE STALLION, "BODY."

OLIVIA RODRIGO, "DRIVERS

LICENSE."

POPP HUNNA, "ADDERALL (CORVETTE

CORVETTE)."

>> THE AMA FOR FAVORITE TRENDING

SONG GOES TO "BODY" BY MEGAN

THEE STALLION.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

MEGAN THEE STALLION COULDN'T BE

HERE TONIGHT.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE AWARD

ON HER BEHALF.

AND I'LL BE FEDEXING IT TO HER

PERSONALLY.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> COMING UP, A SPECIAL

PERFORMANCE BY KANE BROWN.

AND STAY TUNED FOR THE BATTLE OF

BOSTON.

THAT'S RIGHT, THE NEW KIDS ON

THE BLOCK AND 234U NEW EDITION

WILL BOTH TAKE THE

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> THIS NEXT ‐‐ ALL RIGHT,

Y'ALL, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

THIS NEXT ARTIST HAS BEEN

KILLING IT THIS YEAR WITH HIS

MUSIC.

HE'S TAKEN R&B TO A WHOLE NEW

LEVEL.

HE'S GOT ALL THE SINGLE GIRLS

GOING ‐‐ TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST

TIME ON THE AMAs STAGE, THE VERY

SOULFUL GIVEON.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

♪ OOH

BALLOONS ARE DEFLATED

GUESS THEY LOOK ♪

♪ LIFELESS LIKE ME

WE MISS YOU ON YOUR SIDE

OF THE BED, MM ♪

♪ STILL GOT YOUR THINGS HERE

AND THEY STARE AT ME

LIKE SOUVENIRS ♪

♪ DON'T WANNA LET YOU

OUT MY HEAD

JUST LIKE THE DAY ♪

♪ THAT I MET YOU

THE DAY I THOUGHT FOREVER

SAID THAT YOU LOVE ME ♪

♪ BUT THAT'LL LAST FOR NEVER

IT'S COLD OUTSIDE

LIKE WHEN YOU WALKED ♪

♪ OUT MY LIFE

WHY YOU WALK OUT MY LIFE

I GET LIKE THIS EVERY TIME ♪

♪ ON THESE DAYS THAT

FEEL LIKE YOU AND ME

HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY ♪

♪ ‘CAUSE I

REMEMBER EVERY TIME

ON THESE DAYS THAT ♪

♪ FEEL LIKE YOU AND ME

HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY

DO YOU EVER THINK OF ME ♪

♪ OOH OOH YEAH

OOH, OOH NO ♪

♪ I'M BUILDIN' MY HOPES UP

LIKE PRESENTS UNOPENED

TILL THIS DAY ♪

♪ I STILL SEE THE MESSAGES

YOU READ MM

I'M FOOLISHLY PATIENT ♪

♪ CAN'T GET PAST THE

TASTE OF YOUR LIPS

DON'T WANNA LET YOU ♪

♪ OUT MY HEAD

JUST LIKE THE DAY

THAT I MET YOU ♪

♪ THE DAY I THOUGHT FOREVER

SAID THAT YOU LOVE ME

BUT THAT'LL LAST FOR NEVER ♪

♪ IT'S COLD OUTSIDE

LIKE WHEN YOU WALKED

OUT MY LIFE ♪

♪ WHY YOU WALK OUT MY LIFE

I GET LIKE THIS EVERY TIME

ON THESE DAYS THAT ♪

♪ FEEL LIKE YOU AND ME

HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY

‘CAUSE I ♪

♪ REMEMBER EVERY TIME

ON THESE DAYS THAT

FEEL LIKE YOU AND ME ♪

♪ HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY

DO YOU EVER THINK OF ME ♪

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>>> WHAT'S UP, GUYS?

I'M KANE BROWN, FROM GEORGIA.

MOVED HIGH SCHOOLS ALL OVER.

I BASICALLY CLAIM CHATTANOOGA,

TENNESSEE.

BUT TODAY, WE GET TO GO BACK TO

MY HOMETOWN, WHICH WE'RE IN NOW.

THIS WAS MY HOUSE.

WOW, IT LOOKS LIKE EVEN WORSE

THAN IT DID WHEN I LIVED THERE.

I REMEMBER THE PIPES BUSTED.

THINK ABOUT USING THE BATHROOM,

ALL OF THAT WAS FLOATING IN THE

BOTTOM OF THIS.

SO WE ENDED UP HAVING TO MOVE.

THIS IS NANA'S HOUSE, WHERE A

LOT OF MY COVERS WERE MADE AND

POSTED.

♪

MOVED INTO THE DINING ROOM, USED

THAT AS MY BEDROOM.

PICKED UP GUITAR, STARTED

WATCHING YOUTUBE VIDEOS.

♪ LOOKING BACK ON THE MEMORY

I WOULD START PLAYING AND SIT ON

THE DRYER, AND SING SONGS.

SOMETIMES SHE WOULD RECORD ME.

SHE WOKE UP AT 4:00 A. M., AND I

WOULD BE PLAYING GUITAR STILL.

THE REALLY COOL THING IS, I

STARTED FROM THIS HOMETOWN.

I KNOW WHERE I CAME FROM, AND

IT'S NEVER GOING TO CHANGE.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR WHERE I'M AT IN

MY LIFE.

AND I'M HAPPY TO BE PERFORMING

FROM THE UNIVERSITY.

>> KANE BROWN, HIS SUCCESS HAS

BEEN ONE OF DEDICATION AND

PATIENCE.

AND AN UNWAVERING BELIEF IN

HIMSELF AND HIS TALENTS.

THE SAME THING WE TEACH OUR

STUDENTS.

WE PROUDLY WELCOME MR. KANE

BROWN TO TENNESSEE STATE

UNIVERSITY.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

♪ YOU AND I HAD THIS OFF

AND ON SO LONG

YOU'VE BEEN HERE ♪

♪ THEN YOU'VE BEEN GONE

SO MANY TIMES

AND EVERY NIGHT ♪

♪ YEAH I'M ALWAYS

BUMPING INTO YOU

WELL YOU DO THE SAME ♪

♪ THINGS WE USED TO

IT'S YOUR PLACE

OR IT'S MINE, SO ♪

♪ OH‐OH‐OH, OH‐OH

WE'LL LIE AND SWEAR

WE'RE THROUGH ♪

♪ WITH THE LONELY

DRUNKEN DEJA VU

OH‐OH‐OH, OH‐OH ♪

♪ FIVE MINUTES OUT

OF DOWNTOWN

AIN'T NOTHING BUT ♪

♪ A COUNTDOWN

ONE MISSISSIPPI

TWO MISSISSIPPI ♪

♪ THREE SHOTS OF WHISKEY

ARE YOU ON YOUR WAY

WE'RE TIPSY, BABY ♪

♪ COME KISS ME

I CAN'T WAIT, I CAN'T WAIT

MISSISSIPPI ♪

♪ TWO MISSISSIPPI

THREE IN THE MORNIN'

WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY ♪

♪ SO TIPSY

CAN'T STOP KISSIN'

I CAN'T WAIT, I CAN'T WAIT ♪

♪ FOREVER

EVERY TIME I'M

AT THIS BAR ♪

♪ TAP ON THE SHOULDER

TURN AROUND

AND BABY THERE YOU ARE ♪

♪ AND IT'S FIRE

YEAH, LIKE THIS BOURBON

HUNDRED‐PROOF ♪

♪ YEAH, THEY DON'T BURN

THE WAY YOU DO

YEAH WE'RE BETTER ♪

♪ IN THE DARK, SO

OH‐OH‐OH, OH‐OH

COME ON

AMAs WHERE YOU AT ♪

♪ OH‐OH‐OH OH‐OH

♪ OH‐OH‐OH ONE MORE TIME Y'ALL

BETTER BE SINGING ♪

♪ OH‐OH‐OH

♪ FIVE MINUTES OUT

OF DOWNTOWN ♪

♪ AIN'T NOTHING BUT

A COUNTDOWN

ONE MISSISSIPPI ♪

♪ TWO MISSISSIPPI

THREE SHOTS OF WHISKEY

ARE YOU ON YOUR WAY ♪

♪ WE'RE TIPSY, BABY

COME KISS ME

I CAN'T WAIT, I CAN'T WAIT ♪

♪ MISSISSIPPI

TWO MISSISSIPPI

THREE IN THE MORNIN' ♪

♪ WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY

SO TIPSY

CAN'T STOP KISSIN' ♪

♪ I CAN'T WAIT, I CAN'T WAIT

FOREVER WHOO ♪

♪

♪ EVERY TIME I'M AT THIS BAR TAP

ON THE SHOULDER TURN AROUND AND

BABY THERE YOU ARE ♪

♪

>> COME ON!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> OH, MY GOODNESS.

YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S ALMOST TIME

FOR THE BATTLE OF BOSTON.

THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, THIS WAS A

VERY TENSE MOMENT DURING THE

'90s.

I WASN'T BORN YET, BUT I HEARD

ABOUT IT.

THIS IS HUGE.

IT'S NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK AND

NEW EDITION, ONLY MINUTES AWAY.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>>> IF THERE WAS NO NEW EDITION,

THERE WOULD BE NO NEW KIDS ON

THE BLOCK, NO NSYNC, NO ONE

DIRECTION, NO NOTHING.

NOTHING.

>> NADA.

>> OH, MIC DROP.

>> FIVE YOUNG BOYS COME

TOGETHER.

IN THE SPIRIT OF THOSE BEFORE

THEM, THEY WOULD CREATE A SOUND

THAT INFLUENCED A GENERATION.

ONE NEIGHBORHOOD OVER, INSPIRED

BY THEIR HOMETOWN IDOLS, FIVE

OTHER YOUNGSTERS WERE HONING

THEIR HARMONIES.

SOON TO BECOME A PHENOMENON

BIGGER THAN MUSIC.

TOGETHER, THEY WOULD COMBINE TO

SELL MILLIONS OF RECORDS,

PERFORMING TO SCREAMING CROWDS

WORLDWIDE.

AND THEY'RE STILL THRILLING FANS

TODAY.

ONE CITY.

TWO SUPERGROUPS.

ON STAGE TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST

TIME, TONIGHT.

THIS IS THE BATTLE OF BOSTON.

>> HOW BIG IS THIS.

THIS IS NEW KIDS AND NEW

EDITION.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> HOW'S EVERYBODY FEELING

TONIGHT?

Y'ALL READY TO PARTY?

♪ OH OH OH

OH OH OH

OH OH OH ♪

♪ OH OH OH

OH OH OH ♪

♪ OH OH OH

OH OH OH

OH OH OH ♪

♪ OH OH OH

OH OH OH ♪

♪ FIRST TIME

WAS A GREAT TIME

SECOND TIME WAS A BLAST

THIRD TIME I FELL IN LOVE ♪

♪ NOW I HOPE IT LASTS

YOU GOT THE RIGHT STUFF

BABY ♪

♪ LOVE THE WAY

YOU TURN ME ON

YOU GOT THE RIGHT STUFF

BABY YOU'RE THE REASON ♪

♪ WHY I SING THIS SONG

OH OH OH

OH OH OH

OH OH OH ♪

♪ THE RIGHT STUFF

OH OH OH

OH OH OH

OH OH OH ♪

♪ THE RIGHT STUFF

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪ CANDY GIRL YOU'RE SO SWEET

YOU'RE A SPECIAL TREAT ♪

♪ CANDY GIRL WELL I WANT TO SAY

WHEN YOU'RE WITH ME ♪

♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD YOU

TRULY DO ♪

♪ THE WAY SHE WALKS THE WAY SHE

TALKS ♪

♪ YOU LOOK SO GOOD GIRL

♪ DO YOU REALLY LOVE ME DON'T

YOU REALLY CARE ♪

♪ DO YOU REALLY NEED ME

♪ CANDY GIRL ALL MY WORLD YOU'RE

EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING

TO ME ♪

♪ CANDY GIRL ALL I WANT TO SAY I

NEED YOUR LOVE EACH AND EVERY

DAY ♪

♪ SHE WALKS SO FANCY LOOKS SO

TWEET MAKES MY HEART JUST SKIP A

BEAT ♪

♪ THAT MIGHT BE TRUE BUT MY GIRL

DON'T PLAY AROUND ♪

♪ SHE'S BAD SHE'S BAD I KNOW

SHE'S BAD ♪

♪

♪ STEP BY STEP

OOH BABY

GONNA GET TO YOU GIRL ♪

♪ STEP BY STEP

OOH BABY

REALLY WANT YOU

IN MY WORLD ♪

♪ COME ON

♪

♪ STEP ONE HAVE LOTS OF FUN STEP

TWO THERE'S SO MUCH WE CAN DO

STEP THREE THIS IS YOU AND ME ♪

♪ STEP FOUR I CAN GIVE YOU

MORE ♪

♪ STEP FIVE DON'T YOU KNOW THAT

THE TIME IS RIGHT ♪

♪ STEP BY STEP

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> THERE'S SO MUCH YOU CAN DO.

I DIALED THE RIGHT NUMBER BY YOU

STILL COULDN'T GET THROUGH.

TALK TO ME.

♪ MISTER TELEPHONE MAN

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG

WITH MY LINE ♪

♪ WHEN I DIAL

MY BABY'S NUMBER

I GET A CLICK EVERY TIME ♪

♪ MISTER TELEPHONE MAN

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG

WITH MY LINE ♪

♪ WHEN I DIAL

MY BABY'S NUMBER

I GET A CLICK EVERY TIME ♪

♪ SHE LET THE PHONE RING 20

TIMES BEFORE SHE ANSWERED ♪

♪ LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED

THEN ♪

♪ A MINUTE LATER I GOT THE

OPERATOR SAYING PLEASE HANG UP

AND PLACE YOUR CALL AGAIN ♪

♪ MISTER TELEPHONE MAN

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG

WITH MY LINE ♪

♪ WHEN I DIAL

MY BABY'S NUMBER

I GET A CLICK EVERY TIME

MISTER TELEPHONE MAN ♪

♪

>> HOW Y'ALL DOING TONIGHT?

LADIES, THIS ONE IS FOR YOU.

♪

♪ IS THIS THE END

PLEASE DON'T GO GIRL

ARE YOU MY FRIEND

TELL ME YOU'LL STAY ♪

♪ IT SEEMS TO ME

NEVER EVER GO AWAY

YOU OUGHT TO BE FREE ♪

♪ MAMA TOLD ME ONE DAY

IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN

BUT SHE NEVER TOLD ME WHEN ♪

♪ SHE TOLD ME IT WOULD

HAPPEN WHEN I WAS MUCH OLDER

WISH IT WOULD'VE

HAPPENED THEN ♪

♪ IS THIS THE END

I WANT TO KNOW I WANT TO SNOW ♪

♪ IS THIS THE END I NEED TO KNOW

I NEED TO KNOW ♪

♪ PLEASE DON'T GO

♪ IS THIS THE END

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪ ON A PERFECT DAY

I KNOW THAT I CAN

COUNT ON YOU

WHEN THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE ♪

♪ TELL ME CAN YOU

WEATHER THE STORM

SUNNY DAYS

EVERYBODY LOVES THEM ♪

♪ TELL ME BABY

CAN YOU STAND THE RAIN

STORMS WILL COME

THIS WE KNOW FOR SURE ♪

♪ CAN YOU STAND

THE RAIN ♪

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE

TONIGHT?

EVERYBODY PUT ONE HAND UP IN THE

AIR.

COME ON!

♪ OH OH OH OH OH

♪ OH OH OH OH OH

>> CHECK IT OUT.

♪ NOW LISTEN UP EVERYBODY

IF YOU WANNA TAKE A CHANCE

JUST GET ON THE FLOOR

AND DO THE NEW KIDS DANCE ♪

♪ DON'T WORRY 'BOUT NOTHING

'CAUSE IT WON'T TAKE LONG

WE'RE GONNA PUT YOU IN A

TRANCE WITH A FUNKY SONG ♪

♪ HANGIN' TOUGH

HANGIN' TOUGH

HANGIN' TOUGH WE'RE ROUGH ♪

>> PUT YOUR HAND UP, COME ON!

♪ OH OH OH OH

OH OH OH OH

OH ♪

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪ I TRIED TO TELL MYSELF YOU CAN

SEE IT IN MY EYES ♪

♪ COME ON IF IT ISN'T LOVE

WHY DO I FEEL THIS WAY

WHY DOES SHE STAY

ON MY MIND ♪

♪ AND IF IT ISN'T LOVE

WHY DOES IT HURT SO BAD

MAKE ME FEEL SO SAD INSIDE ♪

♪ IF IT ISN'T LOVE

IF IT ISN'T LOVE

WHY DO I FEEL THIS WAY

WHY DOES SHE STAY

ON MY MIND ♪

♪ AND IF IT ISN'T LOVE

WHY DOES IT HURT SO BAD

MAKE ME FEEL SO SAD INSIDE ♪

♪ IF IT ISN'T LOVE

>> NEW EDITION, NEW KIDS ON THE

BLOCK.

>> REPRESENTING BOSTON.

YOU KNOW WE HAD TO DO IT.

>> EVERYBODY SCREAM!

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> PLEASE WELCOME, EXECUTIVE

PRODUCER AND STAR OF "LIZA ON

DEMAND," FROM HOUSTON,

LIZA KOSHY.

>> WHOO!

NEW EDITION AND NEW KIDS ON THE

BLOCK, BABY, GIVE IT UP ONE MORE

TIME.

YES!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

NOW, I'LL BE POLITELY BEGGING

Y'ALL BACKSTAGE TO GET SOME OF

THOSE TOUR TICKETS, BECAUSE YES,

THEY'LL BE ON TOUR NEXT YEAR.

OH, MY GOD.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

THE MIXTAPE TOUR 2022 WITH LSOM

LEGENDARY SPECIAL GUESTS.

GO TO NKOTB.COM FOR MORE INFO.

AND NEW EDITION WILL BE COMING

TO A CITY NEAR YOU IN SPRING

2022.

IT WILL BE EXPLOSIVE, YOU DON'T

WANT TO MISS IT.

MORE INFORMATION AT

NEWEDITIONLEGACY.COM.

AND NOW IT'S TIME TO HONOR THOSE

ARTISTS WHO GAVE US THE VERY

BEST MUSICAL MOMENTS OF 2021.

>> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR

ARTIST OF THE YEAR.

ARIANA GRANDE.

BTS.

DRAKE.

OLIVIA RODRIGO.

TAYLOR SWIFT.

THE WEEKND.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.

INTERNET GET YOUR THUMBS READY.

BECAUSE THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO BTS!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> I SERIOUSLY FORGOT WHAT I HAD

TO SAY.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

THANK YOU, AMAs.

AND WE'RE TRULY HONORED TO BE ON

THIS STAGE WITH SUCH AMAZING,

TREMENDOUS ARTISTS RIGHT OVER

HERE.

WE'RE SO HONORED.

THANKS FOR THAT.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

WHOO!

I'M NERVOUS.

YEAH, I'M NERVOUS.

YEAH, BABY.

FOUR YEARS AGO, WE GAVE THIS

FIRST TIME EVER TV LIVE

PERFORMANCE ON THIS STAGE, THE

AMAs.

AND WE WERE, LIKE, TWO WEEKS

STARTED AND HAD NERVES AT THE

TIME.

IT'S BEEN A LONG AND AMAZING

TIME SINCE THAT.

BUT NOBODY COULD HAVE EVER BET

ON THE ODDS OF US RECEIVING THIS

HERE AWARD.

EXCEPT, EXCEPT Y'ALL, ARMY.

EXCEPT Y'ALL.

SEVEN BOYS FROM KOREA, UNITED BY

A LOVE FOR MUSIC.

WITHOUT THE LOVE AND SUPPORT

FROM ALL THE ARMIES ALL OVER THE

WORLD.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

THIS WHOLE THING IS A MIRACLE.

SERIOUSLY, WE'LL NEVER TAKE THIS

FOR GRANTED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I LOVE Y'ALL.

WANT TO GIVE THIS HONOR TO YOU

GUYS.

THANK YOU, STEPH, ALL THE

PEOPLE, AND I'LL PASS THE MIC.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE PEOPLE

HAPPY WITH OUR MUSIC.

WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE

BEGINNING OF OUR NEW CHAPTER.

IN THE PAST FEW YEARS ‐‐ WHOO!

OKAY.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE

LEARNED THAT EACH AND EVERY

MOMENT IS PRECIOUS.

SO IN 2022, WE WANTED ‐‐ WE WANT

TO FOCUS ON, WE WANT TO FOCUS

ON ‐‐

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> YEAH!

I SO APPRECIATE YOUR LOVE.

THANK YOU, AMAs.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> WHAT WE DOING?

>> CARDI, I'M TIRED.

>> BUT YOUR WALKER HAYES OUTFIT

IS ON THE HANGER, READY TO GO.

>> OH, THAT'S FOR ME?

I LIKE THAT.

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>>> AN ACTOR AND RECORDING

ARTIST WHO RECENTLY RELEASED HIS

SOPHOMORE ALBUM "LOVE AND LIES,"

HERE IS ANTHONY RAMOS.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

>> BROOKLYN STAND UP.

2021 HAS BEEN ANOTHER INCREDIBLE

YEAR FOR THE LATINO MUSIC I GREW

UP WITH.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

IT'S AS DYNAMIC AND VIBRANT AS

THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PEOPLE

THAT LIVE THERE.

I MEAN, YOUR BOY BEEN MAKING HIS

OWN MUSIC TO BE A PART OF THE

MAGIC, TOO.

BUT, LOOK, IT'S NOT ABOUT MY.

CHECK OUT THESE QUEENS NOMINATED

FOR FAVORITE FEMALE LATIN

ARTIST.

>> BECKY G.

KLI UCHIS.

KAROL G.

NATTI NATASHA.

ROSALIA.

>> AND THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD

GOES TO BECKY G.!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

THIS IS SO CRAZY.

WE'RE AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC

AWARDS.

AND ‐‐

[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM THAT'S

BEEN WITH ME SINCE DAY ONE.

MY FAMILY, OF COURSE.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS

GOES TO ALL OF THE AMAZING

MUJERES IN THIS CATEGORY.

MY SISTERS, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

AND I ESPECIALLY DEDICATE THIS

AWARD TO ALL OF THE LATINX

COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE LORD KNOWS.

[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

TO ALL THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES,

YOU'RE NOT ALONE.

WE ARE THE AMERICAN DREAM.

WE ARE THE 200%.

I'M SO PROUD TO BE FROM

INGLEWOOD.

SO PROUD TO BE MEXICANA.

AND IT DOESN'T STOP HERE.

SO JUST KNOW THAT I'M HERE FOR

YOU.

EVERYTHING I DO IS FOR YOU.

THIS IS A FAN NOMINATED AWARD.

I LOVE YOU GUYS.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> WHOO!

CONGRATS, BECKY G., GIRL.

I THINK I LOOK GOOD.

ANYWAYS, LISTEN, Y'ALL.

Y'ALL KNOW ME, I LOVE AND I HATE

SOCIAL MEDIA.

SOME PEOPLE BE TALKING TO ME

CRAZY.

AND I BE TALKING CRAZY BACK.

AND THEN I'M THE PROBLEM.

I'M ALWAYS GETTING IN TROUBLE.

YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS ARGUING

WITH SOMEBODY.

BUT WE CANNOT FRONT, THERE IS SO

MANY TALENTED PEOPLE OUT THERE

THAT I'VE DISCOVERED ON SOCIAL

MEDIA.

CHECK THEM OUT.

♪

THERE WE GO.

♪

♪ I'M SEXY AND I KNOW IT

CUT THE CAMERAS.

CUT THE CAMERAS.

NEXT, NEXT.

LET'S SHOW SOMEBODY ELSE.

COME ON.

>> THIS IS MY TEAM.

>> I KNOW, I KNOW.

♪

♪ AND IF YOU WONDER WHERE I'VE

BEEN ♪

♪

♪ I CAME OUT TO LET YOU KNOW

♪ GOT A THING FOR YOU AND I

CAN'T LET IT GO ♪

♪ MY FRIENDS WONDER WHAT IS

WRONG WITH ME ♪

♪ WELL I'M IN A DAZE

♪

>> SO CUTE.

WHO BROKE HER HEART IN PRE‐K?

ANYWAYS, Y'ALL, I JUST LOVE

SEEING FATHER/DAUGHTER STUFF.

ANYWAYS, THE NEXT ARTIST MADE A

DANCE WITH HIS DAUGHTER ON

TIKTOK AND IT WENT NUMBER ONE.

Y'ALL START DANCING RIGHT NOW

FOR WALKER HAYES!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> WHAT'S UP, AMAs?

TIME TO DO A LITTLE DANCE RIGHT

HERE.

I SEE YOU, GIRL.

COME ON, Y'ALL.

WHERE Y'ALL AT?

♪ MY GIRL IS BANGIN'

SHE'S SO LOW MAINTENANCE ♪

♪ DON'T NEED NO CHAMPAGNE

POPPIN' ENTERTAINMENT ♪

♪ TAKE HER TO WENDY'S

CAN'T KEEP HER OFF ME ♪

♪ SHE WANNA DIP ME LIKE

THEM FRIES IN HER FROSTY ♪

>> COME ON.

♪ BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN

WHEN I GET PAID I GOTTA SPOIL

MY BABY WITH AN UPGRADE ♪

♪ AY AY AY YEAH

WE FANCY LIKE ♪

♪ APPLEBEE'S ON A DATE NIGHT

GOT THAT BOURBON STREET STEAK

WITH THE OREO SHAKE ♪

♪ GET SOME WHIPPED CREAM ON

THE TOP TOO TWO STRAWS

ONE CHECK GIRL I GOT YOU ♪

♪ BOUGIE LIKE NATTY IN THE

STYROFOAM ♪

♪ SQUEAK SQUEAKIN' IN THE

TRUCK BED ALL THE WAY HOME ♪

♪ WITH SOME ALABAMA‐JAMMA

SHE MY DIXIELAND DELIGHT ♪

♪ THAT'S HOW WE DO

HOW WE DO FANCY LIKE ♪

>> COME ON EVERYBODY.

♪ OH FANCY LIKE

OH FANCY LIKE

OH FANCY LIKE ♪

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

♪ UH UH, DON'T NEED NO

TESLA DON'T NEED NO TESLA ♪

♪ TO IMPRESS HER

TO IMPRESS HER ♪

♪ MY GIRL IS HAPPY ROLLIN'

ON A VESPA THERE SHE GO ♪

♪ DON'T NEED NO MANSION OOH

TO GET ROMANCIN' WHOO ♪

♪ SHE'S SUPER FINE

DOUBLE WIDE SLOW DANCIN'

SLOW DANCIN' ♪

♪ BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN

WHEN I GET PAID I GOTTA SPOIL

MY BABY WITH AN UPGRADE ♪

♪ AY AY AY YEAH

WE FANCY LIKE ♪

♪ APPLEBEE'S ON A DATE NIGHT

GOT THAT THAT'S RIGHT ♪

♪ BOURBON STREET STEAK WITH

THE OREO SHAKE GET SOME ♪

♪ WHIPPED CREAM

ON THE TOP TOO

TWO STRAWS ONE CHECK ♪

♪ GIRL I GOT YOU

♪ BOUGIE LIKE NATTY

IN THE STYROFOAM ♪

♪ SQUEAK SQUEAKIN' IN THE

TRUCK BED ALL THE WAY HOME ♪

♪ WITH SOME ALABAMA‐JAMMA

SHE MY DIXIELAND DELIGHT ♪

♪ THAT'S HOW WE DO

HOW WE DO FANCY LIKE ♪

♪ MY NEW CLEAN BLUE JEANS

WITHOUT THE HOLES IN 'EM

COUNTRY KISSES ON MY LIPS

WITHOUT SKOAL IN 'EM ♪

♪ YEAH, SHE PROBABLY GON' BE

KEEPING SOME

VICTORIA'S SECRETS ♪

♪ MAYBE A LITTLE MAYBELLINE

BUT SHE DON'T NEED IT ♪

♪ IN THE KITCHEN LIGHT RADIO

SLOWS DOWN ♪

♪ BOXED WINE AND THAT

UPDO GOES DOWN ♪

♪ YEAH WE FANCY LIKE

APPLEBEE'S ON A DATE NIGHT ♪

♪ GOT THAT BOURBON STREET

STEAK WITH THE OREO SHAKE ♪

♪ GET SOME WHIPPED CREAM

ON THE TOP TOO ♪

♪ TWO STRAWS ONE CHECK GIRL

I GOT YOU

BOUGIE LIKE ♪

♪ NATTY IN THE STYROFOAM

SQUEAK SQUEAKIN' IN THE TRUCK

BED ALL THE WAY HOME ♪

♪ SOME ALABAMA‐JAMMA SHE MY

DIXIELAND DELIGHT ♪

♪ THAT'S HOW WE DO

HOW WE DO FANCY LIKE ♪

♪

>> WHOO!

LET'S GO, AMAs.

GIVE IT UP FOR THESE DANCERS.

AND THIS PREDTY GIRL SITTING ON

THAT COUCH.

COME ON.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> UP NEXT, ZOE WEES BRINGS THE

ENERGY WITH A PERFORMANCE OF

"GIRLS LIKE US" AND A SPECIAL

PERFORMANCE BY BTS.

PLEASE WELCOME

MACHINE GUN KELLY.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> WHAT'S UP, AMAs?

ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S A TELEPROMPTER HERE WITH

A BUNCH OF WORDS THAT I'M NOT

GOING TO SAY.

I'LL SAY IT LIKE THIS.

BEING A NEW KID ON THE SCENE IN

THIS INDUSTRY IS SUPER

INTIMIDATING.

IT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE, A LOT OF

PEOPLE TELLING YOU WHAT TO BE OR

TWO TO BE.

AND SOME OF US DON'T ALWAYS

FIGURE IT OUT VERY QUICKLY.

BUT THIS CATEGORY IS CELEBRATING

THE ARTISTS WHO FIGURED IT OUT

EARLY.

>> HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FOR NEW

ARTIST OF THE YEAR.

24KGOLDN.

GIVEON.

MASKED WOLF.

OLIVIA RODRIGO.

THE KID LAROI.

>> OKAY, I KNEW I WORE THIS RING

FOR A REASON.

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR, OLIVIA

RODRIGO!

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>> HI, OH, MY GOD.

THIS IS SO COOL.

WHOO!

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE AMAs

AND TO THE FANS WHO VOTED FOR

THIS AWARD.

IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.

WRITING SONGS IS MY FAVORITE

THING IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE

WHO HAS EMBRACED MY MUSIC.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LOVE YOU.

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>> RAISED IN CANADA, PLEASE

WELCOME SUPERMODEL AND

SPOKESPERSON, WINNIE HARLOW.

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>> HOW WE FEELING, AMAs?

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I FEEL LIKE Y'ALL CAN DO BETTER

THAN THAT.

HOW WE FEELING AMAs?

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

OKAY.

OKAY.

MUSIC CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.

MUSIC CAN HELP US SEE OURSELVES.

THERE IS STRENGTH IN NUMBERS,

AND OFTEN, THROUGH AN ARTIST'S

LYRICS WE THANKFULLY FIND THAT

WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THE JOY OR

PAIN WE SHARE.

WE CELEBRATE MEANINGFUL MUSIC

THAT MOVES US THROUGH THIS NEW

ARTIST WHO COMES TO US TONIGHT

WITH A SONG RIVETED IN TRUTH AND

BOTH A CALL AND A CRY TO BE

UNDERSTOOD.

THIS IS THE AMERICAN MUSIC

AWARDS' "SONG OF SOUL" MOMENT,

CELEBRATING THE POWER OF WORDS

IN MUSIC.

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SHE IS FROM HAMBURG, GERMANY.

PLEASE WELCOME ZOE WEES

WITH "GIRLS LIKE US."

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♪ IT'S HARD FOR

GIRLS LIKE US

WE DON'T KNOW ♪

♪ WHO WE TRUST NOT EVEN THE

ONES WE LOVE 'CAUSE

THEY DON'T KNOW ♪

♪ STUCK STUCK HERE

IN THESE WATERS ♪

♪ SO SICK TO MY

STOMACH IS ANYBODY THERE

RED LIGHTS RED LIGHTS ♪

♪ IN THE DARKNESS

EVERYONE'S SO HEARTLESS

DOES ANYBODY CARE ♪

♪ IT'S SO HARD TO EXPLAIN

WITH YOUR HEART IN A CAGE

ONLY WHISPER BUT YOU WANNA ♪

♪ SHOUT, 'CAUSE THE

SECOND YOU WAKE, TOO MUCH

PRESSURE TO TAKE, EVERY ♪

♪ PART OF YOU WANTS TO CRY

OUT, IT'S HARD FOR

GIRLS LIKE US ♪

♪ WE DON'T KNOW

WHO WE TRUST

NOT EVEN THE ♪

♪ ONES WE LOVE

'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW

TRY TO ♪

♪ NUMB THIS PAIN

'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA GET

HURT AGAIN, LEFT ALONE OUT ♪

♪ IN THE RAIN

THEY DON'T KNOW ♪

♪ MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE

WALL, I DON'T SEE

BEAUTIFUL STARING ♪

♪ BACK AT ME

WATCHING, WATCHING MY HEART

BLEED OUT, TRYING NOT TO ♪

♪ FREAK OUT

IT'S HARD FOR

GIRLS LIKE US ♪

WHO WE TRUST

NOT EVEN THE ♪

♪ ONES WE LOVE

'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW

TRY TO ♪

♪ NUMB THIS PAIN

'CAUSE WE DON'T

WANNA GET HURT AGAIN ♪

♪ LEFT ALONE OUT

IN THE RAIN

THEY DON'T KNOW ♪

♪ IT'S HARD FOR

US, FOR GIRLS LIKE

US GIRLS LIKE US ♪

♪ THEY DON'T KNOW

IT'S HARD FOR

US, FOR GIRLS LIKE ♪

♪ US

GIRLS LIKE US

THEY DON'T KNOW ♪

♪ SO OH

AND THE WORST PART IS

WHEN I SMILE LIKE THIS ♪

♪ IT HITS ME HARD

HITS ME HARD

TRYNA PLAY IT COOL, BUT ♪

♪ INSIDE I'M BRUISED

AND IT BREAKS MY HEART

IT BREAKS MY HEART ♪

♪ IT'S HARD FOR

ALL OF US WE DON'T KNOW

WHO WE TRUST, NOT EVEN THE ♪

♪ ONES WE LOVE

THEY DON'T KNOW

TRY TO ♪

♪ NUMB THIS PAIN

'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA GET

HURT AGAIN, LEFT ALONE OUT ♪

♪ IN THE RAIN

THEY DON'T KNOW

IT'S HARD FOR ♪

♪ US, FOR GIRLS LIKE

US

GIRLS LIKE US ♪

♪ THEY DON'T KNOW

OH, IT'S HARD FOR

US, FOR GIRLS LIKE ♪

♪ US

GIRLS LIKE US THEY

DON'T KNOW ♪

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>> WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

BTS IS COMING BACK AGAIN?

>> YES, AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO

SHUT IT DOWN.

THEY'RE THE LAST PERFORMANCE.

>> BEFORE THE SHOW, XFINITY

CONNECTED WITH ARI LENNOX FOR A

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF HER SMASH

HIT, "PRESSURE."

CHECK IT OUT NOW BY SAYING

"AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS" INTO

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>>> ARMY, IT'S BTS!

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♪ SMOOTH LIKE BUTTER

LIKE A CRIMINAL UNDERCOVER ♪

♪ GON' POP LIKE TROUBLE

BREAKING INTO YOUR HEART

LIKE THAT OOH

COOL SHADE STUNNER YEAH ♪

♪ I OWE IT ALL TO MY MOTHER

HOT LIKE SUMMER YEAH

I'M MAKING YOU SWEAT

LIKE THAT ♪

♪ BREAK IT DOWN

OOH WHEN I LOOK

IN THE MIRROR

I'LL MELT YOUR HEART ♪

♪ INTO TWO

I GOT THAT SUPERSTAR GLOW

SO OOH DO THE BOOGIE LIKE

SIDE STEP RIGHT‐LEFT ♪

♪ TO MY BEAT

HIGH LIKE THE MOON

ROCK WITH ME BABY

KNOW THAT I GOT ♪

♪ THAT HEAT

LET ME SHOW YOU 'CAUSE

TALK IS CHEAP

SIDE STEP RIGHT‐LEFT ♪

♪ TO MY BEAT

GET IT LET IT ROLL

SMOOTH LIKE BUTTER ♪

♪ AIN'T NO OTHER I GOT YA MAKE

YOU FALL LIKE LIKE ♪

♪ SIDE STEP RIGHT‐LEFT TO MY

BEAT

HIGH LIKE THE MOON

ROCK WITH ME

BABY KNOW THAT I GOT ♪

♪ THAT HEAT

LET ME SHOW YOU 'CAUSE

TALK IS CHEAP

SIDE STEP RIGHT‐LEFT ♪

♪ TO MY BEAT GET IT

LET IT ROLL

YEAH ♪

♪

♪ GET IT LET IT ROLL

♪

♪ GET IT LET IT ROLL

♪ ICE ON MY WRIST

I'M THAT NICE GUY

GOT THAT RIGHT BODY

AND THAT RIGHT MIND

ROLLING UP TO PARTY ♪

♪ GOT THE RIGHT VIBE

SMOOTH LIKE BUTTER

HATE US LOVE US

FRESH BOY PULL UP ♪

♪ AND WE LAY LOW

ALL THE PLAYERS GET

MOVING WHEN THE BASS LOW

GOT ARMY RIGHT BEHIND ♪

♪ US WHEN WE SAY SO

EVERYBODY LET'S GO

SIDE STEP RIGHT‐LEFT

TO MY BEAT ♪

♪ RIGHT‐LEFT TO MY BEAT

HIGH LIKE THE MOON

ROCK WITH ME BABY

KNOW THAT I GOT ♪

♪ THAT HEAT

LET ME SHOW YOU 'CAUSE

TALK IS CHEAP

ALL THAT TALK IS CHEAP ♪

♪ SIDE STEP RIGHT‐LEFT

TO MY BEAT GET IT

LET IT ROLL

SMOOTH LIKE BUTTER ♪

♪ COOL SHADE STUNNER

AND YOU KNOW WE DON'T STOP

HOT LIKE SUMMER

AIN'T NO BUMMER ♪

♪ YOU'LL BE LIKE OH MY GOD

WE GON' MAKE YOU ROCK

AND YOU SAY YEAH

WE GON' MAKE YOU BOUNCE ♪

♪ AND YOU SAY YEAH

HOTTER SWEETER

COOLER BUTTER

GET IT ♪

♪ LET IT ROLL

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>> THANK YOU!

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>> THANK YOU, ARMY.

>> THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT HOME

WATCHING TONIGHT.

CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS AND

NOMINEES AND ME.

IT'S BEEN SO MUCH FUN BEING YOUR

HOST.

GOTTA TO GET HOME TO MY BABIES

AND HUBBY.

I'M CARDI B.

GOODNIGHT, Y'ALL.

>> AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD

NOMINEES, EXCEPT IN ONE

CATEGORY, ARE BASED ON KEY FAN

INTERACTIONS AS REFLECTED ON THE

BILLBOARD CHARTS INCLUDING

STREAMING, ALBUM SALES, SONG

SALES, AND RADIO AIRPLAY.

THESE MEASUREMENTS ARE TRACKED

BY BILLBOARD AND ITS DATA

PARTNER MRC DATA.

AND COVER THE TIME PERIOD OF

SEPTEMBER 25th, 2020, THROUGH

SEPTEMBER 23rd, 2021.

FAVORITE TRENDING SONG NOMINEES

ARE DETERMINED BY DATA PROVIDED

BY TIKTOK BASED ON ENGAGEMENT ON

THAT PLATFORM FROM THE TIME

PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER 2020 THROUGH

SEPTEMBER 2021.

THE VOTING IS ADMINISTERED,

MONITORED, AND VERIFIED BY

TELESCOPE INC., AN INDEPENDENT

VOTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, AND THE

RESULTS REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL

UNTIL THE TIME OF PRESENTATION.

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