The 50th Annual American Music Awards were held on November 20, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, in recognition of the most popular artists, songs, and albums of 2022.
On September 15, 2022, Dick Clark Productions (DCP) and ABC announced that the 50th American Music Awards (AMAS) would be held on November 20 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, with Jesse Collins executive producing the show together with Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay, and Larry Klein as producer.
Pink performed twice: first as the show's opening act, and later to sing "Hopelessly Devoted to You" in tribute to Olivia Newton-John following her death in August 2022.
Stevie Wonder and Charlie Puth performed a special extended medley of select Lionel Richie songs in honor of the singer being the year's Icon Award recipient.
They were eventually joined onstage by several other artists including Ari Lennox, Melissa Etheridge, Yola, and Smokey Robinson.
On November 21, Chris Brown shared a video clip on Instagram of a rehearsal for a tribute performance he had originally prepared for the show in honor of the 40th anniversary of Michael Jackson's Thriller (1982).
In response, a spokesperson for DCP stated that the cancellation was due to "creative direction" and not any fault of Brown's.
Nominations were released the following month, on October 13, with Becky G announcing the contenders for New Artist of the Year on Good Morning America.
[1] Voting in all categories, except Favorite K-pop Artist, opened the same day nominations were announced and took place on the AMAs website and Twitter.
[12] Voting for Favorite K-pop Artist began on November 1 and took place on the aforementioned platforms, as well as on the newly launched AMAs Discord server.
[14] Winners for 25 untelevised awards were announced prior to the ceremony, through a Twitter and Discord audio livestream hosted by Tetris Kelly of Billboard, Tiffany Taylor of The Hollywood Reporter, and K-pop singer Mark Tuan.