American Music Awards’ 50th Anniversary Special: 8 Takeaways From a 2-Hour Crash Course in Pop Music History
Music has gone through a lot of changes since the American Music Awards debuted on Feb. 19, 1974, as a fan-driven alternative to the Grammy Awards. American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special, a two-hour special that aired on Sunday, Oct. 6, captured many of those changes in smartly curated segments and fresh performances. Fifty years…