( CNN ) -- This year 's American Music Awards will be the first without its founder Dick Clark . But America 's eternal teenager will still be there in spirit â€ ” and in song . Stevie Wonder will be performing a special tribute to Clark at this Sunday 's live ceremony , Dick Clark Productions has announced . The tribute will be introduced by Ryan Seacrest . `` He was a mentor , friend and a wonderful advocate for popular music , '' Seacrest said of Clark in a statement . `` It 's only fitting that one of music 's legends , Stevie Wonder , will play at Sunday 's tribute . '' 'Only God is responsible for making more stars than Dick Clark ' Clark , of course , formed the American Music Awards back in 1973 as a means of competing with the Grammys . Wonder himself has snagged 11 AMAs over the years . EW Daily Poll : Which is the best Pixar movie ? `` Without a Dick Clark , '' AMA producer Larry Klein says , `` our entire current musical repertoire might be classical in nature . Not that there 's anything wrong with classical music , but Clark helped Beethoven roll over and tell Tchaikovsky the news . '' Other than Stevie , other live acts at this year 's AMAs ( Sunday at 8 p.m. on ABC ) will include the likes of Taylor Swift , Pink , Christina Aguilera , Justin Bieber , Kelly Clarkson , Carly Rae Jepsen , Carrie Underwood , Ke $ ha , Nicki Minaj , Chris Brown , and tons more . Check back here the day after for EW 's graded report card of all the night 's best and worst performances . See original story at EW.com .
The tribute will be introduced by Clark . Ryan Seacrest formed the American Music Awards back in Sunday . The show will be on Sunday at all the night 's on Pink .