Greetings my friends, I am back nice and early this Monday morning to share with you all the winners of last night’s American Music Awards. They were handed out at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles during a broadcast last night. I didn’t watch the program myself as I was at a killer Metal show for the PiercingMetal.com side of the fence. Let’s take a look at who took home a trophy and to let you all debate the fairness of the process, I have left the names of the nominees in each category as well. Let’s get down to business.
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
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Piercing Ken Thoughts: So that’s the long and short of it. The big news was that Taylor Swift was able to perform her older songs in the medley that she wanted to do. Initially, she was leading the world to believe that she wouldn’t do this thanks to her feud with her former record label. Sigh of relief for all those who were originally losing sleep about this nonsense right? Swift also appeared to be the big winner and took home five awards. As you can see there isn’t a proper Rock or Metal category here so my own interest in this is limited to my broadcasting the information to those of you who might find it of interest. What did you think of the winners circle and did any of your favorites get cheated out of an award? If that is the case please do chime in down below since I’d love to hear from you on it. See you next time.
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