Taylor Swift to perform at American Music Awards By Press Association October 2 2018, 2:14 pm October 2 2018, 2:14 pm Share Taylor Swift to perform at American Music Awards Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/entertainment/music/1576472/taylor-swift-to-perform-at-american-music-awards/ Copy Link Taylor Swift (Rick Scuteri/Invision/AP) Taylor Swift will open the 2018 American Music Awards in her first awards show performance in nearly three years. The 28-year-old will sing I Did Something Bad from her Reputation album. Swift will compete for artist of the year alongside Drake, Ed Sheeran, Imagine Dragons and Post Malone. .@taylorswift13 will OPEN the #AMAs with her first awards show performance in almost 3 YEARS……and she's performing "I Did Something Bad." ONE WEEK at 8/7c on ABC. #TaylorSwiftAMAs pic.twitter.com/qi4Dq9V7RT— American Music Awards (@AMAs) October 2, 2018 Rap is dominating this year’s awards, with Drake and Cardi B earning eight nominations each. Sheeran and Malone each earned six nominations, while Camila Cabello is up for five honours. The fan-voted AMAs will be held on October 9 at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles.