The annual American Music Awards show airs this Sunday night and you can be sure host Jennifer Lopez will bring quite a show. Taylor Swift leads with six nominations this year with Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd each earning five nominations.

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Lopez will be performing during the awards show, which was created in 1973 for ABC by the one and only Dick Clark. The network’s contract expired with the Grammy Awards so Clark stepped in and invented the American Music Awards Show where the viewers and the public always determine awards.

Along with Lopez performing, other artists taking the stage this year include Gwen Stefani, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Selena Gomez, Nick Jonas, Coldplay, Walk the Moon, Carrie Underwood and many more.

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There are a number of categories in different genres that range from Country to Rap/Hip Hop to EDM to Pop/Rock and everything in between. Two of the biggest awards handed out at the American Music Awards are Song of the Year and Artist of the Year.

Taylor Swift’s Blank Space, Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud, Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars’ Upton Funk, The Weeknd’s Can’t Feel My Face and Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth’s See You Again are all up for Song of the Year.

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Artist of the Year nominees are Maroon 5, Ariana Grande, Luke Bryan, One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Megahn Trainor and The Weeknd.

Make sure to check out the American Music Awards on ABC on Sunday night to find out who wins!