April 6 (UPI) — CBS and Richard Clark Productions announced the host of the American Music Awards on Monday.
Queen Latifah will host the 52nd edition on May 25 at 8 p.m. EDT.
Latifah has performed at the AMAs and co-hosted in 1995 but has never been nominated. She has won a Grammy for 1995’s “U.N.I.T.Y.”
“It’s been an incredible year for music,” she said in a statement. “There is no better place to celebrate than in Vegas.”
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The live ceremony will be broadcast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The awards air on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
Queen Latifah (R), seen with Eboni Nichols at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in March in Los Angeles, will host this year’s AMAs. Photo by Chris Chew/UPI
Latifah most recently released an album in 2023 and the single “Live It Up” in 2025.
She also acts, with Oscar and Emmy nominations and 1 Emmy win for producing Bessie, and once hosted a talk show.
Queen Latifah, seen watching the U.S. Open in August in New York City, will host the AMAs in May. File Photo by Larry Marano/UPI