Drake Leading Nominee at 43rd Annual American Music Awards

Musicians Billie Joe Armstrong (left to right), Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt of Green Day perform onstage during the 2016 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 20, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

Those who are watching the traditional way – on TV – can tune in to ABC at 8 p.m. EST.

John Legend, who will release a new album on December 2, will perform, as will One Direction’s Niall Horan and Maroon 5, who recently dropped new singles.

The nominations for the “2016 American Music Awards” were announced last month, revealing that Drake leads with 13 nominations, while Rihanna received seven and Adele and Justin Bieber received five nominations each.

The artist’s responsibility met the demands of celebrity at Sunday’s American Music Awards, where half the assembled talent was eager to comment on a new political reality and the other half was eager to promote new product before beating a path to their chauffeured SUVs.

The Weeknd, seen here accepting a Billboard award earlier this year, will compete against Drake and Justin Bieber in the all-Canadian category of favourite male artist – pop/rock.

Jay Pharoah and Gigi Hadid were the hosts of the evening, and even though Jay is known for his impressions, it was Gigi’s impression of Melania Trump that had people talking… and not in a good way.

The 2016 American Music Awards are hours away and it’s shaping up to be a night of great music. The New Jersey rockers and the dance-pop diva have been nominated in the Tour of the Year category, along with Beyoncé.

Maroon 5 & Kendrick Lamar – “Don’t Wanna Know”.

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Well, now we know where Indina Menzel stands on the “Hamilton” kerfuffle.

Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj – “Side to Side”.

The American Music Awards were created in 1973 as an alternative to the Grammys.

But despite a chart-topping album, “Views”, that this year became the first to earn one billion streams on Apple Music, the “Hotline Bling” singer has already been knocked out of the running for Sunday’s top prize – artist of the year.