Music Superstars Carrie Underwood, Imagine Dragons and Post Malone Featuring Ty Dolla $ign to Perform at the ‘2018 American Music Awards’
MUSIC SUPERSTARS CARRIE UNDERWOOD, IMAGINE DRAGONS AND POST MALONE FEATURING TY DOLLA $IGN
TO PERFORM AT THE ‘2018 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS’
The Live Broadcast Will Air Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 8:00 p.m. EDT, on ABC
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Dick clark productions and ABC today announced country superstar Carrie
Underwood and multiplatinum-selling band Imagine Dragons as part of the
first round of performers at the “2018 American Music Awards.”
Additionally, multiplatinum-selling artists Post Malone and Ty Dolla $ign
will team up for their first-ever AMA performance. Hosted by Tracee Ellis
Ross, the “2018 American Music Awards,” the world’s largest fan-voted
awards show, will broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles
on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 8:00 p.m. EDT, on ABC.
Twelve-time American Music Award-winning artist and 2018 nominee in the
Favorite Female Artist – Country category, Carrie Underwood returns to the
AMAs stage for the first time since 2015 to perform a song hot off her
recently released sixth studio album, “Cry Pretty.” The album follows
Underwood’s six earlier No. 1s on Billboard’s Top Country Albums
chart. Three-time American Music Award-winning band and 2018 nominees,
Imagine Dragons will take the stage to perform their standalone single and
Billboard Hot 100 track “Natural,” which has earned the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Rock Airplay and Alternative Songs charts since its
debut. Chart-topping musician, and seven-time AMA nominee Post Malone will
make his American Music Awards stage debut, joined by acclaimed
singer/songwriter/producer and previous AMA nominee Ty Dolla $ign, to
perform the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Psycho” from Post Malone’s second
studio album, “beerbongs & bentleys.” Additionally, Post Malone will
treat fans to a solo performance of a track off the same album.
Carrie
Underwood
emerged from the promise of her 2005 “American Idol” win to become
a true multiformat, multimedia superstar, spanning achievements in music,
television and film. A seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner, she has
sold 64 million records worldwide and recorded 26 No. 1 singles, 13 of
which she co-wrote. She released “Cry Pretty,” her first studio album on
Capitol Records Nashville on Sept. 14, marking the first time she has
co-produced her own album. The title track and lead single – co-written by
Carrie – was released worldwide in April and topped the iTunes Top Songs
charts in 12 countries. “Cry Pretty”’s second single, “Love Wins,” and its
accompanying vibrant and hopeful music video directed by Shane Drake were
released in August to rave reviews. In spring 2019, Carrie will launch The
Cry Pretty Tour 360, which will kick off in May and play 55 arenas across
the U.S. and Canada. Earlier this year, she released the hit event anthem
she co-wrote, “The Champion” featuring Ludacris, which opened NBC’s Super
Bowl LII and was incorporated into the network’s coverage of the 2018
Olympic Winter Games. “The Champion” has been certified gold by the
R.I.A.A. In 2013, Carrie starred as Maria von Trapp in NBC’s three-hour
holiday blockbuster, the Emmy®-winning “The Sound of Music
Live!,” whose airings attracted 44 million viewers. She is lead designer
for her fitness and lifestyle brand, CALIA by Carrie Underwood, which
launched in 2015 and is exclusively available at DICK’S Sporting Goods
nationwide and online. This spring, Carrie celebrated her 10th
anniversary as a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry and returns this fall
for her sixth season as the voice of prime-time television’s No. 1 program,
“Sunday Night Football.”
Formed in 2009 and featuring lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne
Sermon, bassist Ben McKee and drummer Daniel Platzman, Imagine Dragons earned a grassroots
following by independently releasing a series of EPs. After Alex Da Kid
signed them to his KIDinaKORNER/Interscope label, the band made its
major-label debut with the release of “Continued Silence,” a 2012 EP
featuring the 2x platinum breakthrough single “It’s Time.” “Night Visions”
arrived later that year and Imagine Dragons found themselves on a skyward
trajectory that saw the album debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums
chart and became the No. 1 album on Spotify Worldwide for 2013. “Night
Visions” has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. The album’s second
single, the 9x-platinum “Radioactive,” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Rock
Songs chart and earned the band a 2014 GRAMMY for Best Rock Performance.
The third single, “Demons,” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Songs airplay
chart and has sold 3.9 million copies in the U.S. Imagine Dragons’
platinum-selling second album, “Smoke + Mirrors,” debuted at No. 1 on the
Billboard 200 albums chart and has sold 1.1 million copies worldwide.
Imagine Dragons’ third studio album, “Evolve,” has been certified double
platinum within a year of its June 2017 release. “Evolve” has spent 63
weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album is 10th in
the world on Spotify with over 38 million monthly listeners.
Post
Malone
stirs a mix of genres into his own sonic sound that’s both intoxicating and
invigorating. His RIAA platinum-certified debut album, “Stoney,” led the
genre-bending Dallas, Texas, artist to his first Top 10 on the Billboard
200 and first No. 1 R&B/Hip-Hop Album. In 2018, his sophomore album,
“beerbongs & bentleys,” debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 1 with the
then-largest streaming week ever for an album in the U.S., according to
Nielsen Music. Additionally, Post charted nine songs in the Top 20 of the
Hot 100, notching a then-record for the most concurrent songs in the Top 20
of the Hot 100. Moreover, he set a then-record for most simultaneous Top 40
Hot 100 hits with 14. As “beerbongs & Bentleys” returned to No. 1 for
the second consecutive week on the Top 200, his domination shows no sign of
slowing down.
Los Angeles-bred singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist TY DOLLA $IGN has been one of the most acclaimed singers and in-demand writers, producers and featured artists since helming YG’s
2010 smash, “Toot It and Boot It.” Ty Dolla $ign made a major splash with
2014’s critically acclaimed “Beach House” EP, highlighted by the RIAA
platinum-certified “Paranoid (Feat. B.o.B)” and 3x platinum smash, “Or Nah
(Feat. Wiz Khalifa & The Weeknd).” He released his debut album “Free
TC” in November 2015, which has since gone on to become RIAA-certified gold
and features the multiplatinum hits “Blasé (feat. Future & Rae
Sremmurd)” and “Saved (feat. E-40).” Ty’s second studio album, “Beach House
3,” was released in October 2017, followed by the deluxe release in May of
this year. Ty undoubtedly took over summer 2018 as both a writer and
featured artist. In addition to receiving his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
with Post Malone’s “Psycho,” the GRAMMY-nominated phenom’s talents were
featured on Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s “Everything Is Love” (“Boss”), Drake’s
“Scorpion” (“Jaded” and “After Dark”), Kanye West and Kid Cudi’s “Kids See
Ghosts” (“Freee Ghost Town Pt. 2”), Christina Aguilera (“Accelerate”),
Khalid (“OTW”), 6lack (“Switch”), Teyana Taylor (“3way”) and Kanye West’s
“ye,” where Ty is featured on three out of seven songs (“All Mine,”
“Wouldn’t Leave,” “Violent Crimes”). He’s also been credited with writing
several hits such including Rihanna’s 3X platinum hit “FourFiveSeconds”
with Kanye West and Paul McCartney, and Chris Brown’s “Loyal,” to name a
few. Ty also just finished a blockbuster summer on G Eazy’s The Endless
Summer Tour.
Nominations for the “2018 American Music Awards” were announced LIVE by
Kane Brown, Ella Mai, Normani and Bebe Rexha on Wednesday, Sept. 12, from
YouTube Space LA. Cardi B and Drake lead this year’s nominees, with eight
possible wins for each. Ed Sheeran and Post Malone each earned six
nominations. Camila Cabello, nominated five times this year, could win her
first AMA as a solo artist.
The American Music Awards winners are voted entirely by fans. Voting is now
open in all categories except New Artist of the Year presented by Capital
One Savor Card, Favorite Social Artist and Collaboration of the Year, which
will all open on Monday, Sept. 24.
For New Artist of the Year presented by Capital One Savor Card, Favorite
Social Artist and Collaboration of the Year, fans can vote for each award
100 times per day, per voting platform in one or both of the ways below.
Fans can vote for all other awards once per day, per voting platform.
- • Via web at VoteAMAs.com
- • Posting a tweet on Twitter that includes the nominee’s name or
Twitter handle, the
category name
and #AMAs within the tweet
Collaboration of the Year will close on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 5:59:59 p.m.
PDT, one hour into the live broadcast. Voting for all other categories will
close on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 11:59:59 p.m. PDT.
American Music Awards nominees are based on key fan interactions as
reflected on Billboard.com, including
streaming, album and digital song sales, radio airplay, social activity and
touring. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and its data partners,
including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound, and reflect the time period of
Sept. 15, 2017, through Aug. 9, 2018.
YouTube Music is the presenting sponsor of the “2018 American Music
Awards.”
Capital One Savor Card and Subaru of America, Inc. are sponsors of the
“2018 American Music Awards.” Media partner is Cumulus Media/Westwood One.
The “2018 American Music Awards” is produced by dick clark productions.
Barry Adelman, Mark Bracco and Tracee Ellis Ross are executive producers.
Larry Klein is producer.
About the American Music Awards
The American Music Awards, the world’s largest fan-voted award show,
features performances from today’s hottest artists and presents fan-voted
awards in the music genres of Pop/Rock, Alternative Rock, Country,
Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Adult Contemporary, Contemporary Inspirational,
Latin, EDM and Soundtrack, and the categories of Artist of the Year, New
Artist of the Year presented by Capital One Savor Card, Collaboration of
the Year, Tour of The Year and Favorite Music Video. The American Music
Awards pays tribute to today’s most influential and iconic artists. The
show is produced by dick clark productions and is seen in more than 200
countries and territories around the world. For more information, visitwww.theamas.com, www.dickclark.com or
abc.go.com/shows/american-music-awards
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About dick clark productions
dick clark productions (dcp) is the world’s largest producer and proprietor
of televised live event entertainment programming with the “Academy of
Country Music Awards,” “American Music Awards,” “Billboard Music Awards,”
“Golden Globe Awards,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan
Seacrest” and the “Streamy Awards.” Weekly television programming includes
“So You Think You Can Dance” from 19 Entertainment and dcp. dcp also owns
one of the world’s most unique and extensive entertainment archive
libraries with over 60 years of award-winning shows, historic programs,
specials, performances and legendary programming. dcp is a division of
Valence Media, a diversified media company with divisions and strategic
investments in premium television, wide release film, specialty film, live
events and digital media. For additional information, visit
www.dickclark.com
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About YouTube Music
YouTube Music is a completely reimagined streaming music service with music
videos, official albums, singles, remixes, live performances, covers and
hard-to-find music you can only get on YouTube. It’s ALL here! YouTube
Music serves music based on your tastes and what’s moving the community
around you. Discover something new or keep up with what’s trending. Basic
functions such as playing music and watching videos are totally free, but
you can upgrade to YouTube Music Premium to explore the world of music
ad-free, offline, and with the screen locked. Available on mobile and
desktop. For additional information, visit
www.youtube.com/musicpremium
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