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] The nominations were announced on October 10, 2016.

[21][22] The winners are in bold.