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Brainerd Dispatch • November 22 - 28, 2020 •11 AGENDA BLANKET BREAKS BUDGET CALCULATOR COMMUNICATION COPIER DESK EMAIL ENVELOPE FILING CABINET FOLDERS HOME KIDS LAMP LAPTOP MASK MOUSE NOTEPAD OFFICE CHAIR PANTS PAPER PENCILS PENS PETS PHONE PRESENTATIONS PYJAMAS REMOTE SCREEN SKYPE SLACK SNACKS TEXT CHAT WORK ZOOM Working From Home From the list, find each word and circle its letters in the puzzle to reveal a message relating to this week's theme By Kyla Brewer TV Media A lot has changed in the past sev- eral months, but one thing that never seems to change is the power of music to unite us. This year it seems especially important to find safe ways to celebrate, and the stars of the music industry are poised to do just that in the days ahead. Join in the celebration as fans and recording artists celebrate out- standing achievements in music at The 48th Annual American Music Awards, airing Sunday, Nov. 22, on ABC. The ceremony may look a little — or a lot — different this year, but the awards will still celebrate a mix of genres, from rock and hip hop to country and pop. There's a tie for top nominees for this year's awards. Both The Week- nd and Roddy Ricch scored eight nominations each. They'll go head- to-head for both Artist of the Year and Song of the Year. Ricch is also up for New Artist of the Year; Col - laboration of the Year (with DaBa- by); Favorite Song, Pop/Rock; Favor- ite Male Artist, Rap/Hip Hop; Favor- ite Album, Rap/Hip Hop; and Favor- ite Song, Rap/Hip Hop. Meanwhile, The Weeknd's other nominations include Favorite Song, Soul/R&B; Favorite Album, Soul/R&B; Favorite Male Artist, Soul/R&B; Favorite Al - bum, Pop/Rock; Favorite Male Art- ist, Pop/Rock; and Favorite Music Video. Those are impressive lists, but the two recording artists face some stiff competition from some of the music industry's heaviest hitters. Newcomer Megan Thee Stallion clocked in with the second-highest number of nominations for New Artist of the Year; Favorite Female Artist, Rap/Hip Hop; Favorite Song, Rap/Hip Hop; and two for Collabo- ration of the Year — one for her work with Cardi B on "WAP" and the other for her work with Beyoncé on "Savage Re- mix." Six different acts earned four nomina- tions each this time around. DaBaby, Bad Bun- ny, Doja Cat, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift could each take home as many as four awards. Swift and Bieber join The Weeknd and Ricch, along with Post Malone, in the Artist of the Year category. It's a cat- egory Swift knows well, as the singer is the current record holder for the most Artist of the Year wins with five. Should she win in any of the four categories in which she's nom- inated this year, she'll break her own record for the most AMA wins of all time. At the 2019 American Music Awards, Swift was honored as the Artist of the Decade and broke Michael Jackson's previous record of 25 AMA wins. She now has 29 American Music Awards to her credit and could walk away with even more before Novem- ber is over. Even Swift may find it diffi- cult to compete with the ris- ing popularity of R&B, hip hop and Latin music. In fact, the genres have been gaining such mainstream momentum that the American Mu- sic Awards have ex- panded its catego- ries to reflect their current popu- larity and rel- evance. They include Fa- vorite Male Artist and Favorite Female Artist for Rap/Hip Hop and Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Fe- male Artist, Favorite Al- bum and Favorite Song for Latin Music. Other notable nominations include one for late rapper Juice WRLD, who died in December. He is up posthumously for Favorite Male Artist, Rap/Hip Hop. In the country genre, Dan + Shay picked up three nominations: Favorite Song, Country; Favorite Duo or Group, Country; and Collaboration of the Year for "10,000 Hours" with Bieber. Former One Direction mem- ber Harry Styles could pick up his first solo award for Favorite Album, Pop/Rock. Of course, watching awards shows isn't only about seeing your favorite stars accept awards. It's also an opportunity to see some of the world's most popular acts per- form, and this year should be no dif- ferent. In October, Billboard maga- zine put the call out to fans to see who should perform at this year's ceremony. The list of suggestions in- cluded The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, Roddy Ricch, BTS, Megan Thee Stal- lion, Billie Eilish, DaBaby and Bad Bunny among others. By the end of October, it was an- nounced that K-Pop sensation BTS would present the TV debut of "Life Goes On," the lead single of their upcoming album "Be (Deluxe Edi- tion)" at this year's ceremony. The group is also slated to perform the hit "Dynamite" in what will be their second experience on the American Music Awards stage. BTS first took the AMA stage by storm in 2017, becoming the first Korean group to perform at the prestigious ceremo- ny. At this year's ceremony, BTS is up for Favorite Social Artist and Fa- vorite Duo or Group, Pop/Rock. The beat goes on Stars celebrate at the American Music Awards Cover Story this week Taylor Swift is nominated for Artist of the Year Hospice byKNUTENELSON knutenelson.org/hospice | 218.520.0505 People with disabilities do have dignity, and every loss of independence thatyou experience, a little piece of that dignity goes with it. And the people that care for me and the people from Knute Nelson respect that dignity and understand it, and they helpyou maintain that aspect ofyour life. - JP, Knute Nelson Hospice Patient