American Music Award
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International flavor Although the American Music Awards is primarily for artists that originate from the United States, international artists like Elton John, Def Leppard, Celine Dion, Shania Twain, George Michael, Rihanna, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira and the have also won awards on the show, although this is in part of their large popularity in the United States. Hosts For the first decade or so, the AMAs had multiple hosts, each representing a genre of music. For instance, Glen Campbell would host the country portion (Campbell, in fact, has co-hosted the AMAs more times than any other host or co-host), while other artists would co-host to represent his/her genre. In recent years, however, there has been one single host. For the 2008 awards, Jimmy Kimmel hosted for the fourth consecutive year. In 2009, there will be no host for the first time in history. Instead, the AMAs will follow the Grammys' lead in having various celebrities give introductions. From its inception in 1973 until 2003, the AMAs have been held in mid- to late-January, but were moved to November beginning in 2003 so as not to further compete with other major awards shows (such as the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards) and allows for ABC to have a well-rated awards show during November sweeps. Artists with the most awards The most American Music Awards for a group belongs to Alabama who have collected twenty-two awards. The record for a solo artist belongs to Michael Jackson who has amassed twenty-three awards (twenty-two as solo artist), including one for "artist of the century". The record for the most American Music Awards won in a single year is held by both Michael Jackson (for 1983's Thriller), and |