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Latin Grammy Award winner Pitbull Image Credit: AP

Pitbull will host the 2014 American Music Awards (AMAs).

The platinum-selling rapper will also perform at the November 23 event at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, dick clark productions announced on Monday.

Later that week, Pitbull will perform during the halftime show on Thanksgiving Day when the Dallas Cowboys play the Philadelphia Eagles. The November 27 game will take place at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Iggy Azalea is the leading nominee at the AMAs with six. John Legend, Katy Perry and Pharrell Williams have five nominations each. Lorde is up for four honours at the fan-voted show.

Those acts are all nominated for artist of the year, competing with Beyonce, Luke Bryan, Eminem, Imagine Dragons and One Direction.