Rod Stewart to be Recognized with Lifetime Achievement Award

The Two-Time Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame Inducted Artist Will Take the AMAs Stage for the First Time in Extra Than 20 Years.

The World’s Largest Fan-Voted Award Present, Hosted by Jennifer Lopez, Airs Dwell Coast to Coast From Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Memorial Day, Monday, Could 26 at 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT on CBS and Paramount+.

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LOS ANGELES – Could 20, 2025 – Immediately, CBS and Dick Clark Productions (DCP) introduced that Rod Stewart might be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award on the “2025 American Music Awards” (AMAs) in recognition of his incomparable profession, physique of labor, and unparalleled contributions to music for almost six a long time, honoring his lasting legacy and continued affect on generations of artists and followers. He may also ship a efficiency of one in every of his timeless classics, marking his first time on the AMAs stage since 2004. 

A two-time inductee into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame, Stewart’s extraordinary catalog contains 19 platinum and multi-platinum licensed albums within the US. Amongst his greater than 50 hit songs on the Billboard Scorching 100 chart and 16 Scorching 100 prime 10 chart-toppers are songs like, “Maggie May,” “Hot Legs,” “Infatuation,” “Do You Think I’m Sexy,” “Some Guys Have All the Luck,” “Tonight’s The Night,” and “Forever Young.” His dynamic reside performances have made him one of the crucial profitable touring artists in music historical past. This summer time, he’ll launch the North American leg of his “One Last Time,” world tour, a field workplace smash which grossed amongst The Prime 20 International Live performance Excursions of 2024, and he’ll return to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace Could–June and September-October 2025 with “The Encore Shows.”

“Sir Rod Stewart is a master showman whose charisma and energy have defied time and embody the very spirit of rock and roll,” mentioned govt producers Barry Adelman, EVP, Tv, and Alexi Mazareas, SVP, Programming & Growth, Dick Clark Productions. “We are looking forward to another epic performance on the AMAs stage as well as celebrating his incredible body of work when he receives the Lifetime Achievement Award.”

The star-studded celebration will kick off summer time with host Jennifer Lopez from the all-new luxurious resort Fontainebleau Las Vegas, on Monday, Could 26. Promising to be an evening of unforgettable performances, together with from Lopez herself, the 51st AMAs will air reside coast to coast at 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT on the CBS Tv Community, and stream on Paramount+ within the U.S.*  Tickets to the star-studded present can be found now on Ticketmaster.  

Stewart joins beforehand introduced performers Benson Boone, Blake Shelton, Gloria Estefan, Gwen Stefani, Lainey Wilson, and Reneé Rapp. Legendary entertainer Janet Jackson will obtain the celebrated ICON Award, which acknowledges an artist whose physique of labor has marked a world affect over the music {industry}. The worldwide phenomenon and 11-time American Music Award-winner may also take the stage, marking her first tv efficiency since 2018.

The AMAs and Easy Day Foundation, the Las Vegas-based nonprofit group dedicated to serving to Veterans transition to civilian life, will accomplice to current a number of particular in-show moments that commemorate Veterans whereas elevating funds for quite a lot of nationwide and native organizations. Happening throughout Could’s Army Appreciation Month, the American Music Awards x Straightforward Day moments will embrace two performances and the presentation of a particular award honoring a marquee expertise who makes use of their platform to make significant contributions to the Veteran neighborhood, in addition to inspirational tales from active-duty service members and veterans.

Fan voting is now closed except for Collaboration of the Yr and Social Music of the Yr, which can stay open for internet voting via the primary half-hour of the AMAs broadcast by way of VoteAMAs.com. Kendrick Lamar leads this 12 months’s nominees with ten nominations, adopted intently by Submit Malone, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, and Shaboozey.

Concerning the “2025 American Music Awards”:

• Celebrating the 12 months’s most iconic music—the American Music Awards is the world’s largest fan-voted award present honoring immediately’s most influential artists and their passionate fanbases. This Memorial Day, the AMAs pays particular tribute to our U.S. troops and veterans via genuine performances and unforgettable moments.
• The “2025 American Music Awards” winners are voted fully by followers. Nominees are based mostly on key fan interactions – as mirrored on the Billboard charts – together with streaming, album and track gross sales, radio airplay and tour grosses. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and Luminate, the leisure {industry}’s most trusted knowledge accomplice, and canopy the info monitoring eligibility interval of March 22, 2024, via March 20, 2025.
• Kendrick Lamar leads this 12 months’s nominees with ten nominations, adopted intently by Submit Malone, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, and Shaboozey.
• Created by legendary producer and visionary Dick Clark and first awarded in 1974, the AMAs is thought for delivering half a century price of iconic performances, enduring moments which have outlined and formed popular culture, in addition to a historical past of introducing audiences to breakthrough artists. 
• This 12 months marks the return of the AMAs following October 2024’s top-rated “American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special” on CBS – named one of many most-watched leisure specials of the 12 months.  Because the most-streamed AMAs within the present’s historical past, the star-studded particular surpassed 13M in attain and averaged over 6.1M viewers, a rise of +53% from the final present in 2022 on ABC, making it the most important 12 months over 12 months development of a music particular or award present on this planet.  
• The “2025 American Music Awards” is produced by Dick Clark Productions and will broadcast globally throughout linear and digital platforms.
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• The Mountain Valley Spring Water is the Official Water of the American Music Awards.

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About Dick Clark Productions
Dick Clark Productions (DCP) is the world’s largest producer and proprietor of televised reside occasion leisure programming together with the “Academy of Country Music Awards,” “American Music Awards,” “Billboard Music Awards,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” “Golden Globes,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” from 19 Leisure and DCP, and “Streamy Awards.” Dick Clark Productions owns one of many world’s most intensive and distinctive leisure archive libraries with greater than 60 years of award-winning exhibits, historic specials, performances, and legendary programming. Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Company, in a subsidiary three way partnership between Penske Media and Eldridge. Dick Clark Productions is a Penske Media firm. For extra data, please go to DickClark.com.

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