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23rd November, 2022
Taylor Swift grabs six wins at The American Music Awards

The American Music Awards held on the weekend belonged to Taylor Swift.

The Pop juggernaut became the top-awarded artist in AMAs history with her six wins at the awards show Sunday night, which included favorite female pop artist, favorite country album and artist of the year. In total, Swift has won 40 times at the AMAs. 

The night was also full of tributes to titans in the music industry. Lionel Richie, recipient of the AMAs 2022 Icon Award, was introduced by Smokey Robinson. 

After a video tribute played onstage, Richie thanked his family, friends and manager during his acceptance speech and reflected on his long career and 40-year history with the AMAs.

Legend Stevie Wonder and Charlie Puth continued with the tribute by performing some of Richie's biggest hits including Say You, Say Me, Easy, Brick House and concluded it with We Are the World.  For the latter, the duo was joined by Melissa Etheridge, Yola, Jimmie Allen and others. 

The AMAs, hosted by actor and comedian Wayne Brady at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, also featured electrifying performances from some of the biggest stars in music, including Pink, who paid tribute to Olivia Newton-John with a powerful rendition of Hopelessly Devoted to You, Dove Cameron, GloRilla with Cardi B, Carrie Underwood, Lil Baby and Aniita. 

Check out the biggest winners of the night below (in bold): 

ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

  • Adele 
  • Bad Bunny 
  • Beyoncé 
  • Drake 
  • Harry Styles 
  • WINNER: Taylor Swift 
  • The Weeknd 

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

  • WINNER: Dove Cameron
  • Gayle 
  • Latto 
  • Måneskin 
  • Steve Lacy

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR 

  • Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto cast, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" 
  • WINNER: Elton John & Dua Lipa, "Cold Heart — PNAU Remix" 
  • Future ft. Drake & Tems, "Wait for U" 
  • Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, "Industry Baby" 
  • The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, "Stay" 

FAVORITE TOURING ARTIST 

  • Bad Bunny 
  • WINNER: Coldplay 
  • Ed Sheeran 
  • Elton John 
  • The Rolling Stones 

FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO

  • Adele, "Easy On Me" 
  • Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, "Me Porto Bonito" 
  • Harry Styles, "As It Was" 
  • Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, "Industry Baby" 
  • WINNER: Taylor Swift, "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" 

FAVORITE MALE POP ARTIST 

  • Bad Bunny 
  • Drake 
  • Ed Sheeran 
  • WINNER: Harry Styles 
  • The Weeknd 

FAVORITE FEMALE POP ARTIST 

  • Adele 
  • Beyoncé 
  • Doja Cat 
  • Lizzo 
  • WINNER: Taylor Swift 

FAVORITE POP DUO OR GROUP 

  • WINNER: BTS 
  • Coldplay 
  • Imagine Dragons 
  • Måneskin 
  • OneRepublic 

FAVORITE POP ALBUM 

  • Adele, 30 
  • Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti 
  • Beyoncé, Renaissance
  • Harry Styles, Harry's House 
  • WINNER: Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor's Version) 
  • The Weeknd, Dawn FM 

FAVORITE POP SONG 

  • Adele, "Easy On Me" 
  • Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto cast, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" 
  • WINNER: Harry Styles, "As It Was" 
  • Lizzo, "About Damn Time" 
  • The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, "Stay" 

FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST 

  • Chris Stapleton 
  • Cody Johnson 
  • Luke Combs 
  • WINNER: Morgan Wallen 
  • Walker Hayes 

FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST 

  • Carrie Underwood 
  • Lainey Wilson
  • Maren Morris 
  • Miranda Lambert 
  • WINNER: Taylor Swift 

FAVORITE COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP 

  • WINNER: Dan + Shay 
  • Lady A 
  • Old Dominion 
  • Parmalee 
  • Zac Brown Band 

FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM 

  • Carrie Underwood, Denim & Rhinestones
  • Luke Combs, Growin' Up 
  • Cody Johnson, Human: The Double Album
  • WINNER: Taylor Swift: Red (Taylor's Version)
  • Walker Hayes, Country Stuff: The Album 

FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG 

  • Chris Stapleton, "You Should Probably Leave"
  • Cody Johnson, "'Til You Can't" 
  • Dustin Lynch ft. MacKenzie Porter, "Thinking 'Bout You"
  • Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan, "Buy Dirt" 
  • WINNER: Morgan Wallen, "Wasted on You" 

FAVORITE MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST 

  • Drake 
  • Future 
  • WINNER: Kendrick Lamar 
  • Lil Baby 
  • Lil Durk 

FAVORITE FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST 

  • Cardi B 
  • GloRilla 
  • Latto 
  • Megan Thee Stallion 
  • WINNER: Nicki Minaj 

FAVORITE HIP-HOP ALBUM 

  • Future, I Never Liked You
  • Gunna, DS4EVER
  • WINNER: Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
  • Lil Durk, 7220 
  • Polo G, Hall of Fame 2.0 

FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG 

  • WINNER: Future ft. Drake & Tems, "Wait for U" 
  • Jack Harlow, "First Class" 
  • Kodak Black, "Super Gremlin" 
  • Latto, "Big Energy" 
  • Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, "Industry Baby"

FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST 

  • Brent Faiyaz 
  • WINNER: Chris Brown 
  • GIVÄ’ON 
  • Lucky Daye 
  • The Weeknd 

FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST 

  • WINNER: Beyoncé 
  • Doja Cat 
  • Muni Long 
  • Summer Walker 
  • SZA 

FAVORITE R&B ALBUM 

  • WINNER: Beyoncé, Renaissance
  • Drake, HonestlyNevermind
  • Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), An Evening With Silk Sonic
  • Summer Walker, Still Over It 
  • The Weeknd, Dawn FM 

FAVORITE R&B SONG 

  • WINNER: Beyoncé, "Break My Soul" 
  • Muni Long, "Hrs And Hrs" 
  • Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), "Smokin Out the Window"
  • SZA, "I Hate U" 
  • Wizkid ft. Tems, "Essence" 

FAVORITE MALE LATIN ARTIST 

  • WINNER: Bad Bunny 
  • Farruko 
  • J Balvin 
  • Jhayco 
  • Rauw Alejandro 

FAVORITE FEMALE LATIN ARTIST 

  • WINNER: Anitta 
  • Becky G 
  • Kali Uchis 
  • Karol G
  • ROSALÍA 

FAVORITE LATIN DUO OR GROUP 

  • Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga 
  • Calibre 50 
  • Eslabon Armado 
  • Grupo Firme 
  • WINNER: Yahritza Y Su Esencia 

FAVORITE LATIN ALBUM 

  • WINNER: Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti
  • Farruko, La 167 
  • J Balvin, Jose
  • Rauw Alejandro, Vice Versa 
  • ROSALÍA, Motomami

FAVORITE LATIN SONG 

  • Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, "Me Porto Bonito"
  • Becky G x Karol G, "Mamii" 
  • Karol G, "Provenza" 
  • Rauw Alejandro, "Todo de Ti" 
  • WINNER: Sebastián Yatra, "Dos Oruguitas" 

FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST 

  • Imagine Dragons 
  • WINNER: Machine Gun Kelly 
  • Måneskin 
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers 
  • The Lumineers 

FAVORITE ROCK SONG **New** 

  • Foo Fighters, "Love Dies Young" 
  • Imagine Dragons x JID, "Enemy" 
  • Kate Bush, "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"
  • WINNER: Måneskin, "Beggin'" 
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Black Summer" 

FAVORITE ROCK ALBUM **New** 

  • Coldplay, Music of the Spheres
  • WINNER: Ghost, Impera 
  • Imagine Dragons, Mercury – Act 1
  • Machine Gun Kelly, Mainstream Sellout
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers, Unlimited Love 

FAVORITE INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST 

  • Anne Wilson 
  • WINNER: For King & Country
  • Katy Nichole 
  • Matthew West 
  • Phil Wickham 

FAVORITE GOSPEL ARTIST 

  • CeCe Winans 
  • Doe 
  • E. Dewey Smith 
  • Maverick City Music 
  • WINNER: Tamela Mann 

FAVORITE DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST

  • Diplo 
  • WINNER: Marshmello 
  • Swedish House Mafia 
  • The Chainsmokers 
  • Tiësto 

FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK

  • WINNER: Elvis
  • Encanto 
  • Sing 2 
  • Stranger Things season 4 
  • Top Gun: Maverick 

FAVORITE AFROBEATS ARTIST **New** 

  • Burna Boy 
  • CKay 
  • Fireboy DML 
  • Tems 
  • WINNER: Wizkid 

FAVORITE K-POP ARTIST **New** 

  • Blackpink 
  • WINNER: BTS 
  • Seventeen 
  • Tomorrow x Together
  • Twice

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