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The awards show will air on May 26 on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
By Lexy Perez
Associate Editor
Jennifer Lopez will host and perform at the 2025 American Music Awards.
This marks Lopez’s second time hosting the awards ceremony, a role she first took on in 2015. Meanwhile, Lopez has performed on the AMAs stage more than ten times.
“We are thrilled to welcome Jennifer Lopez back to host the American Music Awards,” Jay Penske, CEO, Dick Clark Productions, said in a statement Wednesday. “Jennifer’s incredible talent and incomparable stage presence make her the ideal host of the show. We know she will bring her one-of-a-kind energy to the official kick off celebration of summer.”
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Lopez’s 2025 AMAs performance is teased as one that will “showcase her unparalleled artistry and signature mix of music, dance, and visual spectacle.”
Lopez first teased her return as host of the AMAs last fall on the American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special, which also aired on CBS. “Maybe I’ll do it again one day,” she teased.
The singer-actress is a three-time AMA winner and recognized as the only female artist to have a No. 1 album and No. 1 film simultaneously.
The fan-voted award show will air live from Las Vegas on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26 on the CBS Television Network, and stream on Paramount+ in the U.S.
Nominations are to be announced at a later date.
The AMAs is produced by Dick Clark Productions. On the Rocks Premium Cocktails is the official cocktail of the American Music Awards.
The American Music Awards was created by Dick Clark Productions. DCP is owned by Penske Media Corporation, The Hollywood Reporter’s parent company, in a subsidiary joint venture between Penske Media and Eldridge.
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