The AMAs Showed Up… And We’re Here For It!

A night everyone waited patiently for has finally arrived. The AMA’s hosted by the gorgeous Ciara, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on saw all our favourite artists strut down the red carpet, set to have a fun, musical evening.

The AMA’s saw performances by Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Jonas Brothers, Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello, Lizzo, Thomas Rhett, Shania Twain and many more. Misty Copeland, Craig Hall, Camila Cabello, Halsey and Taylor Swift even shared the stage in the most iconic performance of the night and that “was even more fun than I thought it would be”, according to Swift.

Taylor Swift was presented with the ‘Artist of the Decade’ award. She performed a medley of her hits through-out the decade. She also won ‘Artist of the Year’, ‘Favourite Music Video’, ‘Favourite Female Artist – Pop/Rock’ and ‘Favourite Artist – Adult Contemporary’, setting a record for the most awarded artist in the industry, tying with Michael Jackson. The singer truly had one of the grandest nights at the award show, winning every award she was nominated for.

Billie Eilish was presented with the ‘New Artist of the Year’ and ‘Favourite Artist – Alternative Rock’ awards. Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello won the ‘Collaboration of the Year’. K-Pop sensation BTS won the ‘Tour of the year’, ‘Favourite Duo or Group – Pop/Rock’ and ‘Favourite Social Artist’ awards. Like any award show, there were a few shady on-stage moments like when Halsey shaded the Grammys in her acceptance speech, crediting the AMAs with being a fan-voted show. The jab comes after her mega hit ‘Without Me’ was left out of any Grammy nominations this year.

Carrie Underwood, Kane Brown, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Post Malone, Khalid and Beyonce were some of the other award winners of the night. The award show ran smoothly, with no controversial hitches – from banging performances to a whole load of empowering moments, the show is definitely going to be he talk of the town for a while now.

With new music being an every-day thing now, the following American Music Awards 2020 is bound to knock everyone’s socks off, and we can’t wait! Take a look at all the winners below!

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Drake
Ariana Grande
Halsey
Post Malone
**WINNER: Taylor Swift

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Luke Combs
**WINNER: Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Ella Mai

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, “Shallow”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Marshmello & Bastille, “Happier”
**WINNER: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, “Señorita”
Post Malone & Swae Lee, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”

TOUR OF THE YEAR
**WINNER: BTS
Ariana Grande
Elton John
P!nk
Ed Sheeran

FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO
Billie Eilish, “bad guy”
Ariana Grande, “7 rings”
Halsey, “Without Me”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
**WINNER: Taylor Swift, “You Need to Calm Down”

FAVORITE SOCIAL ARTIST
**WINNER: BTS
Billie Eilish
EXO
Ariana Grande
Shawn Mendes

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
Drake
**WINNER: Khalid
Post Malone

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
**WINNER: Taylor Swift

FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK
**WINNER: BTS
Jonas Brothers
Panic! At The Disco

FAVORITE ALBUM – POP/ROCK
Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Ariana Grande, thank u, next
WINNER: Taylor Swift, Lover

FAVORITE SONG – POP/ROCK
**WINNER: Halsey, “Without Me”
Jonas Brothers, “Sucker”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Panic! At The Disco, “High Hopes”
Post Malone & Swae Lee, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
**WINNER: Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Kelsea Ballerini
Maren Morris
**WINNER: Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE DUO or GROUP – COUNTRY
**WINNER: Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion

FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY
Kane Brown, Experiment
Dan + Shay, Dan + Shay
**WINNER: Carrie Underwood, Cry Pretty

FAVORITE SONG – COUNTRY
Luke Combs, “Beautiful Crazy”
**WINNER: Dan + Shay, “Speechless”
Blake Shelton, “God’s Country”

FAVORITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP
**WINNER: Cardi B
Drake
Post Malone

FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP
Meek Mill, Championships
**WINNER: Post Malone, Hollywood’s Bleeding
Travis Scott, Astroworld

FAVORITE SONG – RAP/HIP-HOP
**WINNER: Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Post Malone, “Wow.”
Travis Scott, “SICKO MODE”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown
Khalid
**WINNER: Bruno Mars

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B
**WINNER: Beyoncé
Lizzo
Ella Mai

FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown, Indigo
**WINNER: Khalid, Free Spirit
Ella Mai, Ella Mai

FAVORITE SONG – SOUL/R&B
**WINNER: Khalid, “Talk”
Lizzo, “Juice”
Ella Mai, “Trip”

FAVORITE ARTIST – ALTERNATIVE ROCK
*WINNER*: Billie Eilish
Imagine Dragons
Panic! At The Disco

FAVORITE ARTIST – ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Maroon 5
P!nk
**WINNER: Taylor Swift

FAVORITE ARTIST – LATIN
Bad Bunny
**WINNER: J Balvin
Ozuna

FAVORITE ARTIST – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
**WINNER: Lauren Daigle
for KING & COUNTRY
MercyMe

FAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)
Avicii
**WINNER: Marshmello
The Chainsmokers

FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK
A Star is Born by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
**WINNER: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse