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Toronto, ON (Nov. 13, 2012) – It’s time to celebrate music at itsfinest as CTV brings viewers THE 40THANNIVERSARY AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS®. Broadcasting livefrom the Nokia Theatre in L.A. this Sunday,Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, the host-freeevent highlights music’s biggest artists performing on one stage. For the fifthyear in a row, winners will be determined solely by online voting that hasalready been completed.
THE40TH ANNIVERSARY AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS® is part of CTV’s extensive roster of the most-watched awardsbroadcasts in Canada, delivering the biggest names in film, television andmusic. In addition to THE 64th PRIMETIME EMMY®AWARDS last month,in 2013, CTV is set to broadcast THE 70th GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS®,THE 85th ACADEMY AWARDS ®, THE 2013 JUNO AWARDS, and THE 2013 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS.
**MediaNote** Photography for THE 40THANNIVERSARY AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS®is available online at BellMediaPR.ca
Justannounced as performers at this year’s awards are global super-star JustinBieber, Kelly Clarkson, Carly Rae Jepsen, PSY, The Wanted, and Swizz Beatzfeaturing Chris Brown and Ludacris. Alsotaking the stage with performances at this year’s event are AMERICAN IDOL judgeand Favourite Female Artist nominee, Nicki Minaj, Ke$ha, No Doubt, Usher,Carrie Underwood, P!nk, Pitbull, TaylorSwift, Linkin Park, and THE VOICE’s Christina Aguilera.
As previouslyannounced, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna both lead THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY AMERICANMUSIC AWARDS® with four nominations individually, whileDrake and Justin Bieber join Maroon 5, One Direction, and Usher with threenominations each and Carrie Underwood, Chris Brown, fun., Gotye, J.Cole, KatyPerry, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Bryan, and Pitbull all collected two nominations each. This year’s 2012 Artist ofthe Year nominees are Justin Bieber, Drake, Maroon 5, Katy Perry, and Rihanna.This year also marks the creation of the new Electronic Dance Music Category.Nominees include David Guetta, Calvin Harris, and Skrillex.
ETALK’s Hollywood Correspondent Jessi Cruickshank is on the red carpet and backstagewith all the winners and performers. Cruickshank delivers ETALK’s exclusive coverageof all of the red carpet action and backstage reactions to viewers on Monday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV(visit CTV.ca toconfirm local broadcast times).
Online, visit CTV.ca/LiveChat to chat live with @CTV_Television, @etalkCTV and the face of MuchMoreMusic @mattawells throughout the broadcast.
About theAMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
In 1973 DickClark created the American Music Awards to pay tribute to popular musiciansfrom various genres of music and to put audiences in touch with the latestphenomena in American music. Since its founding, the AMAs have honored andshowcased the talents of some of the biggest names in the music industry.Archived footage and photography are available upon request.
About dickclark productions, inc.
Founded in 1957, dick clark productions, inc. (dcp) is a leading independentproducer of television programming. dcp produces perennial hits such as theAMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS, ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS,and DICK CLARK’S NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN’ EVE WITH RYAN SEACREST. dcp also producespopular weekly television programming, including SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE,and owns and maintains one of the world’s most unique and extensiveentertainment libraries, which includes more than 30 years of AMERICANBANDSTAND footage. For additional information about dcp, please visit www.dickclarkproductions.com
About CTV
CTV is Canada’s largestprivate broadcaster. Featuring a wide range of quality news, sports,information, and entertainment programming, CTV is Canada’s most-watchedtelevision network. CTV is a division of Bell Media, Canada’s premiermultimedia company with leading assets in television, radio and digital. BellMedia is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communicationscompany. More information about CTV can be found on the network’s website at ctv.ca.
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