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Justin Bieber, Usher and Ke$ha to perform at American Music Awards 2012

Justin Bieber, Usher and Ke$ha to perform at American Music Awards 2012The AMAs organizing body announces a great show for the 40th Annual American Music Awards 2012. More artists confirmed to perform to the big event. We can name Usher, Justin Bieber and Ke$ha that join the previously announced performers such as Christina Aguilera, No Doubt, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Linkin Park and Pitbul. They will all take the stage on November 18 at 8 p.m. on ABC.

Justin Bieber is up for three awards this year" Favorite Male nomination, the Favorite Album: Pop/Rock award and Artist of the Year.

Usher expressed his excitement that about being nominated for three awards including the Favorite Male Artist. "It feels good to be recognized for my work on#Looking4Myself. Really proud of my 3 AMA nominations!" wrote Usher on his Twitter account.

Rihanna and Minaj lead the nominees for this year and they have four nominations each. They are followd by Drake, Maroon 5 and One Direction with three nominations, while Chris Brown, Fun. and Gotye have only two.

This year was introduces another category, Electronic Dance Music, and here we can include David Guetta, Calvin Harris and Skrilles as the nominees.

Find out who wins the big awards on ABC, broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on November 18 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.