The 42nd Annual American Music Awards ceremony was held on November 23, 2014, at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California.

[1] The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums of 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.

[4][5] The special received 11.61 million viewers, the fourth-most that night.

[6] Notes The nominations were announced on October 13, 2014, by Jason Derulo and Charli XCX.