2019 American Music Award Winners

Taylor Swift accepts the award for artist of the decade at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Photo: Associated Press


The 2019 American Music Awards took place on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC.

Viewers enjoyed an abundance of amazing performances during the awards show by artists like Taylor Swift, Travis Scott, and Selena Gomez.

Swift, who was nominated in five categories, broke the record for most AMA wins of all time; she added 5 AMA awards for a total of 28. Previously, Michael Jackson held the record with 24.

Here are all of the night’s winners:

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

(ETOnline)

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