Jennifer Lopez Talks Hosting, Performing On American Music Awards

“Jennifer Lopez talks hosting, performing on American Music Awards”

Jennifer Lopez’s historical past with the American Music Awards goes far past her 9 performances as a solo star and first internet hosting stint in 2015.

The long-ago Fly Girl debuted on the present in 1991 as a backup dancer for New Children on the Block. She was simply 21 and a decade away from superstardom when she rocked denims and a leather-based jacket to unleash some very ‘90s dance moves during “Games,” and she remembers it – and all of her performances – with a fond laugh.

The AMA show “has been such a big part of my music journey and history,” she tells USA TODAY during a break from rehearsing ahead of Monday’s awards.

Lopez, 55, will pull double duty as host and performer of this year’s AMAs, a music business establishment because the late Dick Clark started producing it in 1974. Throughout her present opening efficiency, she says, “We’re going to celebrate the year in music.”

And sure, there can be dancing.

“I don’t think there’s ever been a performance where I don’t dance!” she says with a figuring out chortle.

The awards air live from the Fontainebleau Las Vegas Could 26 at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

Benson Boone, Blake Shelton, Gloria Estefan, Gwen Stefani, Lainey Wilson and Reneé Rapp are among the many artists performing, together with Icon Award winner Janet Jackson and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Rod Stewart.

The highest nominees for the fan-voted present are Kendrick Lamar (10), Submit Malone (8), Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Shaboozey (all with 7), and all-time AMA chief Taylor Swift, who provides six nominations this 12 months to her general win tally of 40.

Lopez says she doesn’t normally comply with internet hosting gigs as a result of, “believe it or not, I’m quite shy. I’m a performer, so if I have a script or a song, I can do that and I love doing that. But hosting is a different thing, a different skill set. I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite thing to do.”

However she agreed to the duty of shuttling the present alongside due to the present musical panorama.

“I feel music is really exciting right now with Spanish music being so global. I love that Gloria (Estefan) is being honored as a pioneer crossover artist and I love all of the new artists because there isn’t a certain sound to them,” she says.

Lopez simply wrapped filming the romantic comedy “Office Romance” with Brett Goldstein and can star in musical thriller “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” due out Oct. 10.

As for music, she says, “I have a few things up my sleeve.”

However first, she’ll be supporting her friends from the wings when not standing within the highlight.

“I hope that (people) are entertained and have a good time,” she says. “And that they get to really feel their influence in selecting and cheering on their favourite artists.”

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