American Music Awards mark first show to use TikTok for nominees reveal
If you were anticipating watching the American Music Awards this year, you would have had to download TikTok to find out who has been nominated.
The award show became the first-ever to announce their nominees via TikTok with creators Joshua Cureton, Nick Tangorra and Brittany Tomlinson participating in the content.
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The three creators ended up announcing the nominees for favorite music video, best collaboration of the year and favorite social artist. This is a huge step for the app which has been progressively getting more and more popular over the last year.
The custom clips each featured the TikTok stars announcing the nominees in their own ways. Cureton made a music video incorporating themes from the videos, Tangorra put together a quick rap about the top collabs and Tomlinson opted for a straight-to-camera monologue about the top social acts.
Take a look below for the nominations including their accompanying videos.
FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO
Billie Eilish, “Bad Guy”
Ariana Grande, “7 Rings”
Halsey, “Without Me”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Taylor Swift, “You Need to Calm Down”
FAVORITE SOCIAL ARTIST
BTS
Billie Eilish
EXO
Ariana Grande
Shawn Mendes
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, “Shallow”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Marshmello & Bastille, “Happier”
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, “Señorita”
Post Malone & Swae Lee, “Sunflower” (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)
You can also check out the full list of nominees here.
The 2019 AMAs will air live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 24 at 8 p.m. eastern time on ABC.
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