00:00All right, now from the beaches of the Bahamas to the Las Vegas Strip, where music's biggest stars are rolling the dice at tonight's American Music Awards.
00:12Oh, she's ready to take the floor for one of music's biggest nights.
00:18Jennifer Lopez throwing the hottest, loudest party in Vegas this Memorial Day, hosting the 2025 American Music Awards.
00:25The best things come in threes.
00:30When I hosted in 2015, it was really one of the most fun nights I ever had.
00:35There's something about hosting that's a whole different thing.
00:39The Bronx bombshell proving she's gonna go hard, revealing these pics of the injuries she suffered during rehearsals.
00:47But with some stitches from her surgeon and a lot of ice, she was as good as new.
00:52J-Lo is no stranger to putting on a show-stopping AMA spectacular.
00:56She revealed her first time on the AMA stage was in 1991.
01:00I was dancing for New Kids on the Block, and that was really my first performance at the AMAs.
01:06Cut to a decade later, Jennifer was on stage performing her own hit, Love Don't Cost a Thing.
01:11My love don't cost a thing.
01:14But all the performances I've had since then have been so memorable for me.
01:18We were with her backstage after her huge 2013 performance.
01:23Some of those moves you just did on stage did not look safe.
01:25They were not safe.
01:26I had to push myself.
01:27I had to do something that I've never done on stage before.
01:30And she's back to do the same this year at the world's largest awards show voted on by fans.
01:35What makes it so special is that the fans vote.
01:39They tell you who they love.
01:41Now it's time to see who you've selected.
01:43J-Lo's hosting.
01:45The acrobatic Benson Boone is performing.
01:48So are Lainey Wilson, Gloria Estefan, and Gwen Stefani, and Blake Shelton.
02:00I never knew where I'd like this.
02:03The biggest names in music are up for the biggest awards of the night.
02:06Kendrick Lamar leading the pack with ten nominations.
02:09They not like us.
02:10They not like us.
02:12They not like us.
02:12Including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year.
02:17I had some help.
02:19It ain't like I can make this kind of mess all by myself.
02:22Post Malone is runner-up with nine noms.
02:25Everybody has one in history.
02:28Shibuzi, Chapel Roan, and Billie Eilish all tied for six.
02:36Taylor is up for six AMAs and could extend her lead as the top winner in the show's history.
02:41I go into all of them going like, keep your expectations low.
02:44Like, it's really great to be nominated.
02:46But the most prestigious award will be handed out to Janet Jackson.
02:51This means so much to me.
02:52Oh, it's Miss Jackson, if you're an icon.
02:58And she is.
02:58She'll receive the Icon Award and deliver her first TV performance in seven years.
