Washington, Nov 21 : Britney Spears will make a surprise appearance at the American Music Awards that are being held on November 23, it has emerged.

It is being rumoured that the ‘Toxic’ hitmaker will be taking to the stage at the event at Los Angeles'' Nokia Theatre in a bid to mark her comeback to the music scene with forthcoming album ‘Circus’, reports Contactmusic.

Also, host Jimmy Kimmel has said that the event''s organizers are planning a spectacular secret performance, however, they are not ready to spill the beans.

The funnyman told E! Online, "They have these surprises that 75 people on the crew know about, but they won''t tell the host.

"Apparently, there is some big surprise. I sent... the producer an email yesterday and he was like, I can''t tell you."

Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Leona Lewis, Taylor Swift and Kanye West are the confirmed performers of the event. (ANI)