American Music Awards of 2016

44th Annual American Music Awards
American Music Awards logo
DateNovember 20, 2016
LocationMicrosoft Theater
Los Angeles, California
CountryUnited States
Hosted by
Most awards
Most nominationsDrake (12)
WebsiteABC-American Music Awards
Television/radio coverage
NetworkABC
Runtime180 minutes
Viewership11.4 million
Produced byDick Clark Productions
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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]

  1. ^ "2016 American Music Awards top moments and winners". CNN. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ^ "American Music Awards 2016: anti-Trump sentiment peppers pop's timid party". Guardian. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Gigi Hadid & Jay Pharoah to Host 2016 American Music Awards". Billboard. November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "American Music Awards Ratings Hit All-Time Low, 'Sunday Night Football' Falls". Variety. November 21, 2016.