Iggy Azalea, Taylor Swift Set for 2014 AMAs Is this the American Music Awards or the Australian Music Awards? Iggy Azalea, who was born Down Under, is the lead nominee at Sunday's show. She will compete for top awards such as artist, new artist and single of the year for her smash hit, "Fancy." Another Australian act, the boy band 5 Seconds of Summer, will battle Azalea for new artist of the year. Azalea will perform when the show airs live from Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, along with a slew of A-Listers, including Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks, Fergie, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Imagine Dragons, Lil Wayne, Lorde, Nicki Minaj, One Direction and Sam Smith. Beyonce, Luke Bryan, One Direction and Katy Perry will battle Azalea for artist of the year.