{"id":187829,"date":"2026-04-07T00:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/187829\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T00:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:16:27","slug":"queen-latifah-to-host-52nd-american-music-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/187829\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Latifah to Host 52nd American Music Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/music\/news\/american-music-awards-returns-las-vegas-new-venue-1236683190\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queen Latifah is set to host<\/a> the 52nd <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/american-music-awards\/\" id=\"auto-tag_american-music-awards\" data-tag=\"american-music-awards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Music Awards<\/a>, taking place on May 25 in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLatifah will serve as emcee 30 years after she first co-hosted the award show in 1995. \u201cI am so excited to return to the American Music Awards stage to host this year,\u201d said Latifah in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s been an incredible year for music and there is no better place to celebrate than in Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLike last year, Dick Clark Productions and CBS are bringing back the AMAs on Memorial Day, May 25, and will air the event live on CBS at 8 p.m. ET and 5 p.m. PT. The ceremony will also be streamed and made available on demand by Paramount+. Nominations for the AMAs will be announced on April 14, when fan voting will open and run through May 8. Additional details, including performers and presenters, will be announced in the coming weeks. Tickets are available now on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axs.com\/events\/1365931\/american-music-awards-tickets?\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AXS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/queen-latifah\/\" id=\"auto-tag_queen-latifah\" data-tag=\"queen-latifah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queen Latifah<\/a> back as host of the American Music Awards,\u201d said Jay Penske, CEO of Dick Clark Productions. \u201cA true powerhouse and trailblazer, she brings a dynamic presence and deep connection to both fans and fellow artists, making her the perfect choice to lead a night celebrating the biggest names and most defining moments in music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn 2025, the AMAs staged its first live ceremony since 2022, when they aired in the fall from Los Angeles on ABC. The 2022 show had a 0.6 rating among adults in the key 18-49 demographic and 3.53 million total viewers, a record low for AMAs viewership. But it made an impressive comeback last year, averaging 5.2 million viewers for its largest performance since 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tVariety\u00a0parent company PMC owns Dick Clark Prods. in a joint venture with Eldridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Latifah is set to host the 52nd American Music Awards, taking place on May 25 in Las&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[75326,9,24,63,34055,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-187829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-american-music-awards","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-queen-latifah","13":"tag-queens","14":"tag-queens-headlines","15":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}