Mariah Carey, Green Day, Stray Kids, Jennifer Hudson Among Performers for American Music Awards’ 50th Anniversary Special

CBS and DIck Clark Productions have announced nine artists set to perform on the “American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special” Oct. 6, with Mariah Carey, Green Day, Stray Kids, Jennifer Hudson, Kane Brown, Raye, Gladys Knight, Brad Paisley and Chaka Khan in the initial rollout of talent for the live broadcast.

Additionally, the two-hour special will include appearances by Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan and former AMAs host Jimmy Kimmel, producers announced.

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The network unveiled what many of the slate of performers will be doing on the telecast. Carey will be doing a medley of songs from her “The Emancipation of Mimi” album to salute that recording’s own anniversary — its 20th. Hudson is set to perform a salute to Whitney Houston, who won 22 AMAs in her lifetime.

K-pop group Stray Kids will do a salute to boy bands. Raye will sing James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World,” following a look back at winners of the American Music Award of Merit. Kane Brown will sing a medley of past and present country hits.

Khan is on board to sing her own classic “I’m Every Woman.” Knight will perform “Midnight Train to Georgia,” 50 years after she did it on the first AMAs show in 1974.

Green Day will perform a recent single, “Dilemma.” And Paisley will do a salute to Charley Pride, as well as a brand new single of his own.

The special is being broadcast on the fall date once announced for the standard annual edition of the American Music Awards, which got moved to May 2025 when plans for the anniversary broadcast were announced. The show last aired in November 2022 on ABC.

The 50th anniversary special will air live on CBS coast-to-coast on Oct. 6, being seen live from 8-10 p.m. on the east coast and 5-7 p.m. on the west coast. It can also be seen at that time, or on demand, by Paramount+ With Showtime subscribers; Paramount+ Essential subscribers will be able to view it the next day.

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