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Swift Wins Three American Music Awards Including Artist of the Year

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Taylor Swift received the Artist of the Year award and joined Justin Bieber, The Weeknd and Dan + Shay as three-time winners during the American Music Awards.

Swift beat out rapper Roddy Ricch, The Weeknd, Bieber and Post Malone for her third consecutive Artist of the Year award and record sixth all-time. Bieber and boy band One Direction with two each were the other multiple winners Sunday of awards presented annually since 1996.

Swift also won for favorite music video, “cardigan,” and favorite female artist, pop/rock. The three AMA awards increased her own record to 32. The late Michael Jackson is second with 26.

Bieber won for favorite male artist, pop/rock and collaboration of the year for “10,000 Hours” with Dan + Shay, which also won for favorite country song.

Dan + Shay also won for favorite country duo or group.

The Weeknd and Ricch both entered the ceremony with eight nominations. The Weeknd won for favorite male soul/r&b artist, favorite soul/r&b album for “After Hours” and favorite soul/r&b song for “Heartless.”

Ricch’s lone victory was for favorite rap/hip-hop album, “Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial.”

First-time nominee Megan Thee Stallion was the most nominated female artist with five. Her victory came for her featured performance on Cardi B’s favorite rap/hip-hop song winner, “WAP.”

Nominations were based on key fan interactions — as reflected on the Billboard charts — including streaming, album and digital song sales, radio airplay and social activity between Sept. 27, 2019 and Sept. 24, 2020. The winners are voted entirely by fans.

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The Weeknd performed “In Your Eyes” in a duet with saxophonist Kenny G and “Save Your Tears” accompanied by a fireworks display on the streets of downtown Los Angeles.

Bieber performed “Lonely” and “Holy” and joined Shawn Mendes in a world premiere performance of their newly released single “Monster.”

Other performers included Bebe Rexha with Doja Cat, Dan + Shay, Lewis Capaldi, Machine Gun Kelly, Jennifer Lopez with Maluma, Bell Biv DeVoe, BTS, Dua Lipa, Katy Perry, Lil Baby, Megan Thee Stallion and Nelly.

Taraji P. Henson hosted the socially distanced ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles and performed a beat-pumping dance routine, appeared as her character from the 2015-20 Fox hip-hop drama “Empire,” Cookie Lyon, and made nine wardrobe changes.

Here is a complete list of winners:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Taylor Swift

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Doja Cat

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours”

FAVORITE SOCIAL ARTIST

BTS

FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO

Taylor Swift, “cardigan”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK

Justin Bieber

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK

Taylor Swift

FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK

BTS

FAVORITE ALBUM – POP/ROCK

Harry Styles, “Fine Line”

FAVORITE SONG – POP/ROCK

Dua Lipa, “Don’t Start Now”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY

Kane Brown

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY

Maren Morris

FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – COUNTRY

Dan + Shay

FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY

Blake Shelton, “Fully Loaded: God’s Country”

FAVORITE SONG – COUNTRY

Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP

Juice WRLD

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP

Nicki Minaj

FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP

Roddy Ricch, “Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial”

FAVORITE SONG – RAP/HIP-HOP

Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion, “WAP”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B

The Weeknd

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B

Doja Cat

FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B

The Weeknd, “After Hours”

FAVORITE SONG – SOUL/R&B

The Weeknd, “Heartless”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – LATIN

Bad Bunny

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – LATIN

Becky G

FAVORITE ALBUM – LATIN

Bad Bunny, “YHLQMDLG”

FAVORITE SONG – LATIN

KAROL G & Nicki Minaj, “Tusa”

FAVORITE ARTIST – ALTERNATIVE ROCK

twenty one pilots

FAVORITE ARTIST – ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Jonas Brothers

FAVORITE ARTIST – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

Lauren Daigle

FAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)

Lady Gaga

FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK

Birds of Prey: The Album

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