Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus Join American Music Awards Lineup

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Kid Rock will perform on this year's American Music Awards on November 21, it was announced during the CMA Awards Wednesday night.

The three join previously announced performers Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Christina Aguilera, Bon Jovi, NKOTBSB (a.k.a. New Kids on the Block with Backstreet Boys), Ne-Yo with Diddy's Dirty Money, and Rihanna, who will open the show.

The show will air live on ABC on Sunday, November 21, at 8 p.m. ET.

Eminem and Lady Antebellum lead the nomination race for the 2010 American Music Awards, both with five nominations. Bieber received four nominations, while Perry, Ke$ha, B.o.B and Usher all got three nominations each.

For the fourth year, winners will be determined by online voting at the official Coca-Cola voting location www.amavote.com as well as ama.abc.com. Artists will be honored in the categories of Pop/Rock, Country, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Alternative, Adult Contemporary, Latin, Soundtracks and Contemporary Inspirational.

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus Join American Music Awards Lineup [Billboard]

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“I'm Yours”

Jason Mraz | 2008

Jason Mraz re-emerged after his disappointing second album with this lead single, a Jack Johnson-esque ditty about giving yourself fully to someone else. The success of the reggae-tinged song (it earned two Grammy nods and a spot on the Billboard singles chart for well over a year) was something the folk-pop singer never predicted when he wrote it in 15 minutes at home. "I played a happy-hippie chord progression that would probably work without 50 different Bob Marley songs," he told Rolling Stone. "I thought, 'It's too novelty. This is a nursery rhyme,'" concluding that "you can never guess what's gonna be a hit."

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