Between Taylor Swift's performance and Selena Gomez's tears, not much has been said about the winners of the American Music Awards. However, for those who were not able to watch the show, here is the complete list of winners, as noted by Variety:
Artist of the Year - One Direction
New Artist of the Year - 5 Seconds of Summer
Favorite Latin Artist - Enrique Iglesias
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist - Sam Smith
Favorite Pop/Rock Album - Midnight Memories, One Direction
Single of the Year - Dark Horse, Katy Perry and Juicy J
Favorite Country Album - Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artists - Katy Perry
Favorite Country Female Artist - Carrie Underwood
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album - The New Classic, Iggy Azalea
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group - Florida Georgia Line
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist - Katy Perry
Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group - One Direction
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist - Beyonce
Favorite Country Male Artist - Luke Bryan
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist - Iggy Azalea
Favortie Soul/R&B Male Artist - John Legend
Favorite Soundtrack - Frozen
Favorite Soul/R&B Album - Beyonce, Beyonce
Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist - Casting Crowns
Favorite Electronic Dance Music Artist - Calvin Harris
Favorite Alternative Artist - Imagine Dragons
Dick Clark Award for Excellence - Taylor Swift
The biggest winners of the night were One Direction and Katy Perry, who won three awards each. Liam Payne of 1D said onstage as they accepted their first award, "This has been a real perfect day ... America feels like a second home to us."
Unfortunately, the second big winner, Katy Perry, was absent during the awards. She is currently on tour in Australia and cannot make it to the show.
However, MSN noted that there are other big stars worth celebrating, one of which is the newcomer, Iggy Azalea, who won favorite album for "The New Classic," besting rap stars Eminem and Drake.
The 24-year-old was all smiles, saying, "This award is the first award I've ever won in my entire life, and it means so much to me that it is for best hip-hop because that's what inspired me to move to America and pursue my dreams, and it's what helped me when I was a teenager to escape and to get through my life and to better times. And it means so much that I can stand here against Eminem and Drake and come out with this."
Taylor Swift who kicked off the event, also won the first ever Dick Clark Award for Excellence, which was presented to her by Diana Ross. In her speech, she justified her fight against streaming service, Spotify, saying, "To the fans who went out and bought over a million copies of my last three albums, what you did by going out and investing in music and albums is you're saying you believe in the same thing I believe in - that music is valuable and that music should be consumed in albums and albums should be consumed as art and appreciated."
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