The winners of AMAs this year included those like Beyonce, Harry Styles, and BTS, with Taylor Swift as the biggest champion, winning all six awards she was nominated for.
With this year’s edition of the American Music Awards (AMAs) being handed out live at 8 p.m. on Sunday, 20 November, fans and music lovers around the world have dished out a clear-cut view of their preferences. The grand event, compèred by Wayne Brady, highlighted some of the biggest winners of the night like Taylor Swift, BTS, and Harry Styles.
The AMA nominees, like the Billboard Music Awards, were chosen based on fan interactions with music, such as radio airplay, record and song sales, tour grosses, and streaming performance. Fans voted for their favorite artists online. Some of the categories were announced earlier that day through Livestream on Twitter and Discord at 11 a.m. (Pacific). The highest number of nominations – eight- was brought in by artist Bad Bunny, followed closely by Beyonce, and then there were Drake and Taylor Swift with 6 each. Close behind them were The Weeknd, Harry Styles, and Adele with five each.
The biggest winner of the night turned out to be Taylor Swift, winning all six AMAs that she had been nominated for and was voted the ‘Artist of the Year’. She won awards for being the ‘Favorite Female Pop Artist ‘ and ‘Favorite Female Country Artist’. Her previous year’s re-recorded version of ‘Red’ won her the awards for ‘Favorite Pop Album’ as well as for ‘Favorite Country Album’. From the same album, ‘All Too Well’ won her the award for ‘Favorite Music Video”
Among other winners of the night were Beyonce, Harry Styles, BTS and Kendrick Lamar. Styles was awarded with the ‘Favorite Pop Song’ for ‘As It Was’ and was also voted ‘Favorite Male Pop Artist’, while Morgan Wallen took home the award for the ‘Favorite Male Country Artist’ and for the ‘Favorite Country Song’ with ‘Wasted On You’.
The other artist-led award categories included Dove Cameron as ‘New Artist Of The Year’, Coldplay as Favorite Touring Artist’, Dan + Shay as ‘Favorite Country Duo Or Group, Yahritza Y Su Esencia as Favorite Latin Duo Or Group, Marshmello as Favorite Dance/Electronic Artist and so on. Making a mark in the American Music Industry were BTS as ‘Favorite Pop Duo Or Group’- their fourth consecutive win in the category. It also made them the first to achieve such a streak. They also won the first-ever award for Favorite K-Pop Artist.
In the arena of genre-centric categories with gender divisions, Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown and Beyoncé, Bad Bunny, and Anitta’s names shone through. Moreover, the 2022 AMAs featured three new awards: ‘Favorite Rock Song’ given to Måneskin for ‘Beggin”, ‘Favorite Rock Album’ was given to Ghost for ‘Impera’, and ‘Favorite Afrobeats Artist’ was given to Wizkid.
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