The 39th Annual American Music Awards are currently underway at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles and breakout singer of the year Adele is missing.

The British singer who is nominated for four awards (Best Female Artist, Best Adult Contemporary Artist, Artist of the Year, and Favorite Album) is recuperating at home after undergoing surgery in Boston last week to remove a benign polyp in her throat.

While a full recovery is expected for the U.S. and UK’s best selling artist of the year (4 million albums worldwide for her sophomore album 21) she has already been forced to cancel her US tour and all other appearances until the end of the year and is not traveling as she recovers.

Other top nominees in attendance include Kat Perry, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Taylor Swift along with The Band Perry and Lil Wayne, all of whom are nominated for three awards each.

In the meantime Adele wrote on her blog this past Tuesday:

“Thank you for all your positive thoughts and get well wishes. I’m doing really well, on the mend, super happy, relaxed and very positive with it all,” the “Someone Like You” singer wrote.

Not having Adele at a music awards show in 2011 just seems wrong but we’re happy she’s getting the treatment her throat needed so she can continue to write the type of songs that propelled her to fame, perhaps she’ll be taking some of her time off to compose her next smash hit album.

Are you a fan of Adele?

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Dick Clark Productions President Orly Adelson announced several 2011 American Music Awards performances on Monday and among those performers will be teen heartthrob Justin Bieber, American Idol champion Kelly Clarkson and R&B/Hip-Hop star Mary J. Blige.

Adelson also announced that Maroon 5 will take to the stage to perform Moves Like Jagger with the help of the songs co-signer Christina Aguilera.

Already announced for performances were Katy Perry and Pitbull. Organizers also said more acts will be added to the performance list in the “coming week.”

Leading this years field with four nominations is songstress Adele who recently cancelled parts of her U.S. tour due to a ruptured vocal chord.

Following on Adele’s heels with three nominations each are Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, and The Band Perry. Performers with two nominations include Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown, Jason Aldean, Kanye West, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj and Pitbull.

The show’s top nomination for “Artist of the Year” will be battled out by Adele, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, and Taylor Swift

You can catch the 2011 American Music Awards live from the Nokia Theater on November 20 on ABC.

Do you plan to tune in for the performance and to support your favorite artists in the field?

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Wow, Alicia Keys singlehandedly managed a major burn at the 2008 American Music Awards last night. Thanks to Splash News, we got to see footage of Alicia sitting down during Beyonce’s performance while the rest of the audience looked completely into it (and was standing up). Were painful shoes or pangs of bitterness to blame?

Bad choice of Loubous aside, there could a couple reasons for Alicia to be looking so erm, competitive during Beyonce’s AMA performance. There were the Grammy Wars in October (which Alicia won, I might add), and it doesn’t help that their looks are often compared by 17-year-old boys plenty of people on the internet.

Is that enough for a major snub, or was this just an inopportune moment on Alicia Keys’ part? I bet there’s a bucketload of drama just waiting to be discovered between these two.

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Soul R&B Female – Rihanna

Pop/Rock Male – Chris Brown

Country Band/Duo/Group – Rascal Flats

Rap/Hip-Hop Album – Kanye West
(Graduation)

Country Male – Brad Paisley

Pop/Rock Album – Alicia Keys (As I Am)

Award of Merit – Annie Lennox

Country Female – Taylor Swift

Pop/Rock Female – Rihanna

Rap/Hip-Hop Male – Kanye West

T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Award – Jonas Brothers

Soul/R&B Album – Alicia Keys (As I Am)

Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group – Daughtry

Artist of the Year – Chris Brown

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