| 44th Annual American Music Awards | |
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 American Music Awards logo | |
| Date | November 20, 2016 |
| Location | Microsoft Theater Los Angeles, California |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | |
| Most awards |
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| Most nominations | Drake (12) |
| Website | ABC-American Music Awards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | ABC |
| Runtime | 180 minutes |
| Viewership | 11.4 million |
| Produced by | Dick Clark Productions |
The 44th Annual American Music Awards took place on November 20, 2016, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.[1][2] It was broadcast on ABC and was hosted by Gigi Hadid and Jay Pharoah.[3] The 2016 AMAs fell 31% from 2015 among adults 18-49 and 26% among viewers, to 8.2 million watching the show, which was an all-time low in the show's history.[4]
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- ^ "Gigi Hadid & Jay Pharoah to Host 2016 American Music Awards". Billboard. November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ "American Music Awards Ratings Hit All-Time Low, 'Sunday Night Football' Falls". Variety. November 21, 2016.