60-527: The American Music Award for Favorite Album – Pop/Rock has been awarded since 1974. Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward when awards were handed out on November of the same year). The all-time winner in this category is Taylor Swift with 5 wins. Swift has also received the most number of nominations in this category than any other artist. Justin Bieber and Michael Jackson are tied for
120-636: A session musician . That October, he joined the Champs . By January 1961, Campbell had found a daytime job at publishing company American Music, writing songs and recording demos. Because of these demos Campbell soon was in demand as a session musician and became part of a group of studio musicians later known as the Wrecking Crew . Campbell played on recordings by the Beach Boys , Bobby Darin , Frank Sinatra , Ricky Nelson , Dean Martin , Nat King Cole ,
180-527: A 2024 ceremony, a televised special honoring the AMAs' 50th anniversary was aired by CBS on October 6, 2024, including performances and retrospectives paying tribute to the ceremony's history and memorable moments. The record for most American Music Awards won is held by Taylor Swift with 40 awards. The record for most American Music Awards won by a male artist belongs to Michael Jackson , who has collected 26 awards. The record for most American Music Awards won by
240-521: A career that spanned five decades, selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album. Born in Billstown, Arkansas , Campbell began his professional career as a studio musician in Los Angeles, spending several years playing with the group of instrumentalists later known as " The Wrecking Crew ". After becoming a solo artist, he placed
300-438: A genre of music. For instance, Glen Campbell , who co-hosted the AMAs five times, would host the country portion, while other artists would co-host to represent their genre. In recent years, however, there has been a single host. In 1991, Keenen Ivory Wayans became the first Hollywood actor to host the AMAs. From its inception in 1974 through 2003, the AMAs were held in mid- to late-January, but were moved to November (usually
360-460: A group belongs to Alabama , who have collected 18 awards. The record for the most American Music Awards won in a single year is held by Michael Jackson (in 1984) and Whitney Houston (in 1994), each with 8 awards to their credit (including the Award of Merit , with which both artists were honored in the respective years). The following list shows the artists with most wins in each category, adapted from
420-483: A local nightclub. In 1954, at age 17, Campbell moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico , to join his uncle's band, known as Dick Bills and the Sandia Mountain Boys. He also appeared there on his uncle's radio show and on K Circle B Time , the local children's program on KOB television . It was there that he met his first wife, whom he married when he was 18 and she was 16. In 1958, Campbell formed his own band,
480-550: A multi-year deal of unspecified length. The rights were bundled with CBS's five-year agreement to televise the Golden Globe Awards , whose telecast has historically been produced by DCP, and whose assets had been acquired by DCP in 2023. It was not stated whether the contract is for the same period as the Golden Globes agreement. The AMAs continued to be on hiatus for 2024, with a return scheduled for May 2025. In lieu of
540-628: A planned return in 2025 with a new May scheduling. [REDACTED] Dua Lipa Cold Heart (Pnau remix) All Too Well: The Short Film BTS Taylor Swift The AMAs was created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammy Awards after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS (which has broadcast all Grammy Award shows since then) picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC . In 2014, American network Telemundo acquired
600-531: A regular on network television. He co-starred in a made-for-television movie , Strange Homecoming (1974), with Robert Culp and up-and-coming teen idol Leif Garrett . He hosted a number of television specials, including 1976's Down Home, Down Under with Olivia Newton-John . He co-hosted the American Music Awards from 1976 to 1978 and headlined the 1979 NBC special Glen Campbell: Back to Basics with guest-stars Seals and Crofts and Brenda Lee . He
660-750: A total of 80 different songs on either the Billboard Country Chart , Billboard Hot 100 , or Adult Contemporary Chart , of which 29 made the top 10 and of which nine reached number one on at least one of those charts. Among Campbell's hits are " Universal Soldier ", his first hit from 1965, along with " Gentle on My Mind " (1967), " By the Time I Get to Phoenix " (1967), " Dreams of the Everyday Housewife " (1968), " Wichita Lineman " (1968), " Galveston " (1969), " Rhinestone Cowboy " (1975), and " Southern Nights " (1977). In 1967, Campbell won four Grammys in
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#1732926634461720-415: Is featured in the 2014 documentary Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me , was released on September 30, 2014, with the documentary following on October 24. On January 15, 2015, Campbell and fellow songwriter Julian Raymond were nominated for Best Original Song at the 87th Academy Awards . In March 2016, it was confirmed that Campbell was in the final stages of Alzheimer's disease. On August 30, 2016, during
780-651: The 2018 ceremony , as there was no mention of the YouTube Music partnership in the 2019 show . In March 2023, it was announced that the Billboard Music Awards , which are also produced by DCP via co-owned Billboard , had been moved from May to the November scheduling that was typically occupied by the American Music Awards, leading to speculation that the AMAs would be discontinued in order to focus on
840-729: The Academy of Country Music (ACM), and took the CMA's top award as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. Campbell played a supporting role in the film True Grit (1969), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. He also sang the title song , which was nominated for an Academy Award . Glen Travis Campbell was born on April 22, 1936, in Billstown , a tiny community near Delight in Pike County, Arkansas , to John Wesley Campbell (a sharecropper ) and Carrie Dell (née Stone) Campbell. Campbell
900-751: The Billboard Hot 100. In 1968, Campbell released "Wichita Lineman", a song written by Jimmy Webb . It was recorded with backing from members of the Wrecking Crew and appeared on his 1968 album of the same name. It reached number 3 on the US pop chart, remaining in the Top 100 for 15 weeks. In addition, the song also topped the American country music chart for two weeks, and the adult contemporary chart for six weeks. The 1969 song " True Grit " by composer Elmer Bernstein and lyricist Don Black, and sung by Campbell, who co-starred in
960-477: The Billboard Music Awards, or at the very least cancelled for 2023 so it could move to May in its place. It was reported that the broadcast rights for both events (which had been held by NBC and ABC respectively) would also be shopped; the Billboard Music Awards moved to an online only event in November 2023. In March 2024, it was announced that CBS had acquired the rights to broadcast the AMAs under
1020-442: The lock screen wallpaper of Samsung Galaxy smartphones rather than envelopes to reveal winners, as part of a sponsorship by Samsung Electronics . A magnetic screen cover on each phone kept the wallpaper image with the winner's name secret until opened. In August 2018, Dick Clark Productions announced a two-year sponsorship and content partnership with YouTube Music . However, this partnership seemed to have lasted only for
1080-535: The 10th Annual ACM Honors, Keith Urban , Blake Shelton and others performed a medley of Glen Campbell's songs in tribute to him. His wife Kim accepted the Career Achievement Award on his behalf. Alice Cooper described him as being one of the five best guitar players in the music industry. Campbell's final album, Adiós , featuring twelve songs from his final 2012–13 sessions, was announced in April 2017. It
1140-449: The 10th grade at 14 to work in Houston alongside his brothers, installing insulation and later working at a gas station. Not satisfied with that kind of work, Campbell started playing music at fairs and church picnics and singing gospel hymns in the church choir. He was able to find spots performing on local radio stations, and after his parents moved to Houston, he made some appearances at
1200-508: The AMAs official website. The American Music Award of Merit has been awarded to thirty two artists, the latest being Sting (2016). The International Artist Award of Excellence is described as "an award which recognizes artists whose popularity and impact cross national boundaries and is only given when there is a deserving recipient who is worthy of recognition for their accomplishments" and has been awarded to seven artists: The AMAs' producer Larry Klein stated: "The first-ever Icon Award
1260-492: The Academy and only nominate a work from their eligibility period that changes often. The award statuette is manufactured by New York firm Society Awards . The hosts for the first AMAs were Helen Reddy , Roger Miller , and Smokey Robinson . Reddy not only hosted the show but also became the first artist to win an AMA for Favorite Pop/Rock Female artist. For the first two decades, the AMAs had multiple hosts, each representing
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#17329266344611320-463: The Century award in the 29th American Music Awards held on January 9, 2002. Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American country singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television from 1969 until 1972. He released 64 albums in
1380-604: The Hot 100 in a 1968 Vogues cover. Campbell also formed the Gee Cees with former bandmembers from the Champs, performing at the Crossbow Inn in Van Nuys . The Gee Cees, too, released a single on Crest, the instrumental "Buzz Saw", which did not chart. In 1962, Campbell signed with Capitol Records . After minor initial success with "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry", his first single for
1440-534: The Hot 100 with a version of Buffy Sainte-Marie 's " Universal Soldier ". Asked about the pacifist message of the song, he said that "people who are advocating burning draft cards should be hung". Campbell continued as a session musician, playing guitar on the Beach Boys' 1966 album Pet Sounds , among other recordings. In April of that year, he joined Rick Nelson on a tour through the Far East, again playing bass. When follow-up singles did not do well, and Capitol
1500-546: The Monkees , Nancy Sinatra , Merle Haggard , Jan and Dean , Bing Crosby , Phil Spector , Sammy Davis Jr. , Doris Day , Bobby Vee , The Everly Brothers , Shelley Fabares , The Cascades , Paul Revere & the Raiders , Wayne Newton , The First Edition , The Kingston Trio , Roger Miller , Gene Clark , Lou Rawls , Claude King , Lorne Greene , Ronnie Dove , and Elvis Presley . He befriended Presley when he helped record
1560-531: The Sunday before Thanksgiving) beginning in late 2003 so it would prevent the ceremony to further compete with other major awards shows (such as the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards ) and allows for ABC to have a well-rated awards show during November sweeps. For the 2008 awards, Jimmy Kimmel hosted for his fifth year, tying with Glen Campbell for the most AMAs hosted or co-hosted. From 2009–2012, there
1620-535: The Western Wranglers. "We worked hard," he said. "Six, sometimes seven nights a week. I didn't have my eye set on any specific goals or big dreams." He played with all kinds of genres, with different instrumentation and different styles. If it was a just and righteous world, Glen would be credited as one of the great, seminal influences of all time. He was a secret weapon in the armory of Sixties record producers. In 1960, Campbell moved to Los Angeles to become
1680-540: The album as well. The first single, a cover of Green Day 's " Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) ", was released to radio in July 2008. In March 2010, Campbell announced his farewell album titled Ghost on the Canvas , which served as a companion to Meet Glen Campbell (2008). Following his late-2010 Alzheimer's diagnosis, Campbell embarked on a final "Goodbye Tour", with three of his children joining him in his backup band. He
1740-524: The basics of how to play. Most of his family was musical, he said. "Back home, everybody plays and sings." By the time he was 6 he was performing on local radio stations. Campbell continued playing guitar in his youth, with no formal training, and practiced when he was not working in the cotton fields. He developed his talent by listening to radio and records and considered Django Reinhardt among his most admired guitarists, later calling him "the most awesome player I ever heard." He dropped out of school in
1800-411: The bigger hit " By the Time I Get to Phoenix " later in 1967, and " I Wanna Live " and " Wichita Lineman " in 1968, remaining on Billboard's Top 100 charts for 15 weeks. He won four Grammy Awards for "Gentle on My Mind" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix". In 1967, Campbell was also the uncredited lead vocalist on " My World Fell Down " by Sagittarius , a studio group. The song reached number 70 on
1860-459: The careers of Anne Murray and Jerry Reed , who were regulars on his Goodtime Hour program. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Campbell released a long series of singles and appeared in the movies True Grit (1969) with John Wayne and Kim Darby and had the lead role in Norwood (1970) with Kim Darby and Joe Namath . After the cancellation of his CBS series in 1972, Campbell remained
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1920-558: The country and pop categories. For "Gentle on My Mind", he received two awards in country and western ; "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" did the same in pop. Three of his early hits later won Grammy Hall of Fame Awards (2000, 2004, 2008), while Campbell himself won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He owned trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and
1980-529: The early 1990s. Campbell also served as an inspiration to Keith Urban , who cites Campbell as a strong influence on his performing career. In 2005, Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame . Glen was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in the first group of inductees along side other members of the Wrecking Crew in 2007. It was announced in April 2008 that Campbell
2040-477: The height of his popularity, a 1970 biography by Freda Kramer, The Glen Campbell Story , was published. With Campbell's session-work connections, he hosted major names in music on his show, including the Beatles (on film), David Gates , Bread , the Monkees , Neil Diamond , Linda Ronstadt , Johnny Cash , Merle Haggard , Willie Nelson , Waylon Jennings , Roger Miller , and Mel Tillis . Campbell helped launch
2100-555: The label, and "Kentucky Means Paradise", released by the Green River Boys featuring Glen Campbell, a string of unsuccessful singles and albums followed. By 1963 his playing and singing were heard on 586 recorded songs. He never learned to read music, but besides guitar, he could play the banjo, mandolin and bass. Fellow Wrecking Crew member Leon Russell said Campbell "was the best guitar player I'd heard before or since. Occasionally we'd play with 50- or 60-piece orchestras. His deal
2160-452: The most wins among male artists, with 3 wins each. American Music Awards The American Music Awards ( AMAs ) is an annual American music awards show produced by Dick Clark Productions since 1974. Nominees are selected on commercial performance, such as sales and airplay. Winners are determined by a poll of the public and fans, who can vote through the AMAs website. The event originally aired on ABC , after
2220-547: The movie , received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Song and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song. After he hosted a 1968 summer replacement for television's The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour variety show, Campbell was given his own weekly variety show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour , which ran from January 1969 through June 1972. The show's comedy writers included Steve Martin and Rob Reiner . At
2280-528: The network's contract to air the Grammy Awards expired; its contract expired after the 2022 ceremony, putting the American Music Awards on hiatus. In March 2024, it was announced that the AMAs would move to CBS as part of a package with its rights to broadcast the now DCP-owned Golden Globe Awards . The event remained on hiatus for 2024 (with CBS airing a 50th anniversary special in October of that year), ahead of
2340-658: The rights to produce a Spanish-language version of the American Music Awards and launched the Latin American Music Awards in 2015. Nominations are selected based on commercial performance, such as sales and airplay. Winners have been determined by a poll of the public and fans, who can vote through the AMAs website, while nominations have remained based on sales, airplay, now including activity on social networks, and video viewing. Before 2010, had nominations based only on sales and airplay and nominated every work, even if old. The Grammys have nominations based on vote of
2400-554: The rooster in Don Bluth 's live action/animated film Rock-a-Doodle . In 1999 he was featured on VH1 's Behind the Music and on A&E Network 's Biography and a PBS "in concert" special in 2001. He also appeared on a number of CMT programs, where he ranked among their Greatest Men of Country Music. He is credited with giving Alan Jackson his first big break after Jackson recorded with Campbell's music publishing business in
2460-487: The soundtrack for Viva Las Vegas in 1964. He later said, "Elvis and I were brought up the same humble way – picking cotton and looking at the south end of a north-bound mule." In May 1961, he left the Champs and was subsequently signed by Crest Records , a subsidiary of American Music . His first solo release, " Turn Around, Look at Me ", a moderate success, peaked at number 62 on the Hot 100 in 1961 but reached number 7 on
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2520-554: The year Brooks won the award, the AMAs held a poll to elect the Artist of the Decade for each previous decade of the Rock & Roll era. According to some sources, the result of this poll is not counted in the total of AMAs won by these artists. The results were Elvis Presley (1950s), The Beatles (1960s), Stevie Wonder (1970s), and Michael Jackson (1980s). Michael Jackson won the Artist of
2580-458: Was Campbell's largest-selling single and one of his best-known recordings, initially with over 2 million copies sold. Campbell had heard songwriter Larry Weiss' version while on tour of Australia in 1974. Both songs were in the October 4, 1975, Hot 100 top 10. "Rhinestone Cowboy" continues to be used in TV shows and films, including Desperate Housewives , Daddy Day Care , and High School High . It
2640-743: Was a guest on many network talk and variety shows, including Donny & Marie and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson , where he performed "Rhinestone Cowboy". He also appeared on Cher , the Redd Foxx Comedy Hour , The Merv Griffin Show , The Midnight Special , DINAH! , Evening at Pops with Arthur Fiedler and The Mike Douglas Show . In the mid-1970s, he had more hits with " Rhinestone Cowboy ", " Southern Nights " (both U.S. number one hits), "Sunflower" (U.S. number 39) (written by Neil Diamond ), and " Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.) " (U.S. number 11). "Rhinestone Cowboy"
2700-470: Was awarded 4 gold records along with a platinum award for wholesale sales in excess of $ 1,000,000 in Australia. "Southern Nights", by Allen Toussaint , his other number one pop-rock-country crossover hit, was generated with the help of Jimmy Webb and Jerry Reed , who inspired the famous guitar lick introduction to the song, which was the most-played jukebox number of 1977. From 1971 to 1983, Campbell
2760-402: Was considering dropping Campbell from the label in 1966, he was teamed with producer Al De Lory . Together, they first collaborated on " Burning Bridges " which became a top 20 country hit in early 1967, and the album of the same name . Campbell and De Lory collaborated again on 1967's " Gentle on My Mind ", written by John Hartford , which was an overnight success. The song was followed by
2820-540: Was created to honor an artist whose body of work has made a profound influence over pop music on a global level." At the 2014 award ceremony, the Dick Clark Award for Excellence was given for the first time. It was created to recognize "an artist who achieves a groundbreaking feat or creates a landmark work. It is to be bestowed upon someone whose spirit and excellence capture the visionary passion that Dick Clark himself incorporated into everything he did." In 2000,
2880-507: Was evident that he had relapsed in 2003 when he pleaded guilty in Arizona to aggravated drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident and spent 10 days in Maricopa County jail. On The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour television show, Campbell avoided political topics. Around this time, in interviews he described himself as "a registered Democrat ", but also said he "voted Republican
2940-446: Was he didn't read [music], so they would play it one time for him, and he had it". From 1964 on, Campbell began to appear on television as a regular on Star Route , a syndicated series hosted by Rod Cameron , ABC's Shindig! and Hollywood Jamboree . From December 1964 to early March 1965, Campbell was a touring member of the Beach Boys , filling in for Brian Wilson , playing bass guitar and singing falsetto harmonies. He
3000-443: Was married four times and fathered six sons and three daughters: After his divorce from Sarah Barg Davis, Campbell began a relationship with fellow country artist Tanya Tucker . The relationship was marked by frequent tabloid gossip and articles. The couple recorded a number of songs together, including the single "Dream Lover", and they performed the national anthem together at the 1980 Republican National Convention . Campbell
3060-461: Was no host. Instead, the AMAs followed the Grammys' lead in having various celebrities give introductions. However, rapper Pitbull hosted the 2013 ceremony and 2014 ceremony. Jennifer Lopez hosted the 2015 show. Gigi Hadid and Jay Pharoah hosted the 2016 show. Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the show in 2017 and 2018. Ciara hosted the 2019 show. Between 2012 and 2014, the American Music Awards used
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#17329266344613120-624: Was of Scottish descent and was the seventh son of 12 children. As a child he almost died from drowning. His family went to the Church of Christ , and Campbell's brother Lindell became a Church of Christ minister. In 2011, Campbell said his mother was Irish ; although his mother was born in the United States, her family had emigrated from County Tipperary . The family lived on a farm, where they barely managed, by growing cotton, corn, watermelons and potatoes. "We had no electricity," he said, and money
3180-512: Was raised in the Church of Christ . In the 1980s, he joined a Baptist church in Phoenix along with his wife Kim. In a 2008 interview, Campbell said that they had been adherents of Messianic Judaism for two decades. Campbell began having problems with alcoholism and cocaine addiction in the 1970s. He credited his fourth wife Kim with helping him turn his life around. Campbell eventually stopped drinking alcohol and taking drugs in 1987. However, it
3240-629: Was released on June 9, 2017. Adiós was named by the UK's Official Charts Company as the best-selling country/Americana album of 2017 in Britain. In 2024, Glen Campbell Duets: Ghost on the Canvas Sessions was released. It is a reworked version of Campbell's farewell album, featuring newly recorded guest vocals performing posthumous duets with Campbell, from artists such as Carole King , Elton John , Eric Clapton , Hope Sandoval and Dolly Parton Campbell
3300-507: Was returning to his signature label, Capitol , to release his new album, Meet Glen Campbell . The album was released on August 19. With this album, he branched off in a different musical direction, covering tracks from artists such as Travis , U2 , Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , Jackson Browne , and Foo Fighters . It was Campbell's first release on Capitol in over 15 years. Musicians from Cheap Trick and Jellyfish contributed to
3360-418: Was scarce. "A dollar in those days looked as big as a saddle blanket ." To supplement income the family picked cotton for other farmers. "I picked cotton for $ 1.25 a hundred pounds," Campbell said. "If you worked your tail off, you could pick 80 or 90 pounds a day." Campbell started playing guitar at age 4 after his father gave him a Sears -bought five-dollar guitar as a gift, with his uncle Boo teaching him
3420-622: Was the celebrity host of the Los Angeles Open , an annual professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour . Campbell made a cameo appearance in the 1980 Clint Eastwood movie Any Which Way You Can , for which he recorded the title song. From 1982 to 1983, he hosted a 30-minute syndicated music show, The Glen Campbell Music Show . Campbell gave up smoking in March 1992 and believed it improved his singing voice. In 1991, Campbell voiced Chanticleer
3480-463: Was the inspiration for the 1984 Dolly Parton / Sylvester Stallone movie Rhinestone . The main phrase of Campbell's recording was included in Dickie Goodman 's Jaws movie parody song "Mr. Jaws". Campbell also made a techno/pop version of the song in 2002 with UK artists Rikki & Daz and went to the top 10 in the UK with the dance version and related music video. In January 1975, Campbell
3540-406: Was then replaced on the Beach Boys' tours by new member Bruce Johnston . Brian Wilson produced and co-wrote a single for Campbell, " Guess I'm Dumb ", which failed to chart despite what writer David Howard called "a surging, elegant Burt Bacharach -inspired string and horn arrangement and Campbell's forlorn Roy Orbison -like vocal.". In 1965, he had his biggest solo hit yet, reaching number 45 on
3600-665: Was too ill to travel to Australia and New Zealand in the summer of 2012. His final show was on November 30, 2012, in Napa, California . After the end of the tour, Campbell entered the studio in Nashville to record what would be his final album, Adiós , which would not be revealed until five years later. According to his wife Kim, he wanted to preserve "what magic was left" in what would be his final recordings. In January 2013, Campbell recorded his final song, " I'm Not Gonna Miss You ", during what would be his last recording sessions. The song, which
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