| 37th Annual American Music Awards | |
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| Format | Awards show |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California |
| Running time | 180 min. |
| Production company(s) | Dick Clark Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| First shown in | November 22, 2009 |
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| Website | |
The 37th American Music Awards took place on November 22, 2009 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The nominees were announced on October 13, 2009. For the first time in history, there was no host for the year's ceremony. Instead, various celebrities introduced the performers similar to the procedure at the Grammy Awards.[1][2] Taylor Swift won five of six categories she was nominated for. Jay-Z and The Black Eyed Peas both won two awards. Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine Jackson accepted his awards.
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Winners are noted in bold.
Taylor Swift won five awards of six nominations she was nominated for.
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group
Favorite Pop/Rock Album
Favorite Country Male Artist
Favorite Country Female Artist
Favorite Country Music Band, Duo or Group
Favorite Country Music Album
Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Male Artist
Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album
Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
Favorite Soul/R&B Band, Duo or Group
Favorite Soul/R&B Album
Favorite Soundtrack
Favorite Alternative Rock Artist
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
Favorite Latin Music Artist
Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist
In response to Adam Lambert's performance of his song "For Your Entertainment" at the end of the 2009 American Music Awards broadcast on ABC, the Parents Television Council, a conservative television watchdog group, urged viewers to complain to the FCC if living in an area where the performance was shown before 10 p.m. local time. PTC complained that the performance contained a simulation of oral sex.[4] Lambert's performance reportedly was broadcast around 11 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time, "outside the FCC's usual 6am-10pm time frame prohibiting the broadcast of indecent material".[5] ABC also received about 1,500 telephoned complaints.[6]
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