American Music Awards tonight

LOS ANGELES – Katy Perry thinks most awards shows are fun, but she especially loves the American Music Awards (AMA).
Perry is thrilled to open the live ABC broadcast tonight from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles with her latest single Unconditionally.
“I appreciate all the other awards shows for what they are,” Perry said. “Some are just kind of shock jock shows. Some are just like, ‘Hey, let’s see how many celebrities we can get together.’ Some are actually legitimate like the Grammys, and the AMAs is a very legitimate show with musicality to it.”
Three hours after Perry opens the show at 9 p.m. Barbados time, Miley Cyrus will close things down. In between, most of the year’s top performers are scheduled to take the stage, including Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
Pitbull hosts and will perform with Ke, and Jennifer Lopez will offer a tribute to Celia Cruz.
Swift and Justin Bieber, who is not nominated this year, have alternated victories in the category the last four years, cashing in on their rabid, social media-driven fan bases.
Only the adventurous would vote against Swift this year. Timberlake has the year’s top-selling album and Macklemore and Lewis tickled everyone’s fancy with Thrift Shop.
But the category winner has been either young or country since the award’s inception in 2004. Swift is both.