American Music Awards of 2014

The 42nd Annual American Music Awards ceremony was held on November 23, 2014, at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California. The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums of 2014. Iggy Azalea led the nominees with six categories. It was broadcast live on ABC. Pitbull was announced as a host on October 20, 2014. NSYNC's Lance Bass, Chelsea Briggs, Kandi Burruss, Gavin DeGraw, Frankie Grande, Taryn Manning, Jordin Sparks, Morgan Stewart and Ted Stryker were all announced co-hosts of the pre-show on November 7, 2014.

The special received 11.61 million viewers, the fourth-most that night.

Performances
Notes
 * $undefined$ Broadcast live from Garth Brooks' concert in Greensboro, NC.

Presenters

 * Diana Ross
 * Tracee Ellis Ross
 * Patrick Dempsey
 * Ansel Elgort
 * Rita Ora
 * Matthew Morrison
 * Jamie Foxx
 * Annalise Estelle Foxx
 * Becky G
 * Gavin DeGraw
 * Lauren Cohan
 * Danai Gurira
 * Pat Monahan
 * Kate Beckinsale
 * Mark Cuban
 * Robert Herjavec
 * Anthony Anderson
 * Kendall Jenner
 * Kylie Jenner
 * Khloe Kardashian
 * Luke Bryan
 * Uzo Aduba
 * Dianna Agron
 * Nathan Fillion
 * Taylor Schilling
 * Elizabeth Banks
 * Aloe Blacc
 * Jhené Aiko
 * Meghan Trainor
 * Julianne Hough
 * Daymond John
 * Kevin O'Leary
 * Jessie J
 * Heidi Klum
 * Olivia Munn
 * Kira Kazantsev
 * Emmy Rossum
 * Pentatonix
 * T.I.
 * Donnie Wahlberg
 * Jenny McCarthy
 * Lucy Hale
 * Danica McKellar
 * Brantley Gilbert
 * Mary Lambert
 * Josh Duhamel
 * Ella Henderson

Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on October 13, 2014, by Jason Derulo and Charli XCX.