LMFAO has received two American Music Awards nominations for "Sprint New Artist of the Year" and "Pop or Rock Music: Favorite Band, Duo or Group." Fans can go to online to vote at
amavote.com or
ama.abc.com. The 39th Annual American Music Awards will be broadcast live on ABC on November 20 from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, it was stated in a press release on Tuesday.
The GRAMMY-nominated electro hip-hop duo, LMFAO are celebrating a successful 2011. Their sophomore album
Sorry For Party Rocking,jumped from No. 36 to No. 31 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and has produced two hit singles that are both in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Digital Songs chart the current single
Sexy & I Know Itand, officially according to Billboard, the No. 1 song of the summer
Party Rock Anthem.Party Rock Anthem" has seen over 200 million views on a video-sharing site and is featured by KIA in their award-winning KIA Hamster advertising campaign. The Ohio University Marching band has even filmed their performance of this song and the resulting video has gone viral.
By the end of this week LMFAO will have surpassed 10 million units in total single sales worldwide from their sophomore album with the three hit songs
Sexy & I Know It, (1 million units)
Party Rock Anthem, (8.3 million units) and
Champagne Showers (500,000 units). The group also recently took home the Australian Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for Favourite Song and received two MTV European Music Award nominations. They will be performing at the MTV EMAs which will be held in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Sunday, November 6, the release stated.
LMFAO will be headlining a sold out European tour this October and November before returning to North American to headline their first arena tour in Canada as they bring the Cherrytree Pop Alternative Tour to the north. Special guests on the bill for the tour are Far East Movement and Natalia Kills, with Frankmusik, Kay, Colette Carr and Rye Rye.