Dick Clark Productions has announced the hosts of the T-Mobile Magenta Carpet Live at the BBMAs, the official pre-show for the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. Jessie James Decker, AJ Gibson, Jeannie Mai and SiriusXM’s Sway Calloway will host the T-Mobile Stages, while Chris Daughtry and Laura Marano will host the Xfinity Stage. The two hour pre-show will be live from the Magenta Carpet at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 21st from 6 pm- 8 pm ET/3 pm – 5 pm PT. The pre-show will be available to logged-in and logged-out audiences on Twitter and connected devices, and can be found at BBMAs.twitter.com or via @BBMAs.
Produced by Dick Clark Productions, the stream will be available exclusively on Twitter, where fans can watch and participate in the live Magenta Carpet experience. Featuring exclusive interviews, interactive Twitter polls and a star-studded lineup of nominees, performers and presenters, fans will be able to engage in real-time conversation on the platform as some of the biggest moments of the night unfold. Questions sourced from Twitter using #AskBBMAs will also enable fans to participate in the Magenta Carpet experience.
The 2017 Billboard Music Awards will broadcast live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 21st at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT on ABC. This year’s award ceremony will showcase big performances, unexpected collaborations and much-discussed pop culture moments.
Sam Hunt, The Chainsmokers, Camila Cabello, Miley Cyrus, Celine Dion, Drake, Florida Georgia Line, Imagine Dragons, John Legend, Lorde, Bruno Mars, Nicki Minaj, Ed Sheeran and 2017 Billboard Music Awards ICON Award recipient, Cher, are all among the performers. Dion will give a special performance of her monster hit “My Heart Will Go On” in honor of the blockbuster film, Titanic’s, 20th anniversary.
Fans can still vote online and on Twitter for Billboard Chart Achievement Award presented by Xfinity and Top Social Artist. Voting for both categories will remain open until May 21st at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT (one hour into the live broadcast).
Drake and The Chainsmokers lead the pack with 22 nominations each, tying the all-time record for most nominations in a single year. Twenty One Pilots received the third most nominations, at 17, with Rihanna placing fourth with 14 nominations.
Billboard Music Awards nominees are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital songs sales, streaming, radio airplay, touring and social engagement. These measurements are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound. The awards are based on the reporting period of March 18, 2016 through March 16, 2017. Since 1940, the Billboard charts have been the go-to guide for ranking the popularity of songs and albums, and are the ultimate measure of success in music.
Tickets are now on sale for the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at axs.com.
