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The 44th edition of the American Music Awards happened in Los Angeles last night. Winners were determined by a poll fans could vote in on which differs from the Grammy's which is judged by a panel of music industry elites.
The winners aren't all that surprising, the biggest names in mainstream pop cleaned up. Drake got four awards, Rihanna, and Justin Bieber and Adele received a couple, and Beyonce and Zayn, were among the other winners. But Selenea Gomez beating Adele and Rihanna for Favourite Female Artist was a turn for the books
The stand out moment of the evening came as Green Day made a political statement against Trump with an altered version of their single 'Bang Bang' live. They added in the opening chant from 1982 single by Texas hardcore outfit MDC which says: "No war, no KKK, no fascist USA." Anti-Trump sentiment was high with other artists, including Sting, - who won the Merit Awards and performed ‘I Can’t Stop Thinking About You - he made reference to the election saying he’s a “musical migrant.”
Niall Horan, Maroon 5 and Kendrick Lamar, James Bay, Fifth Harmony, Lady Gaga, DJ Khaled, John Legend, Bruno Mars, Shawn Mendes, Twenty One Pilots, The Weeknd and Justin Bieber (sort of), special duets from The Chainsmokers and Halsey, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj also played live in one bumper Sunday evening.
Congrats @Drake aka Champagne Papi for the #AMAs for Favorite Album - Rap/Hip-Hop with #Views! pic.twitter.com/U5xm0dC4Aw
— AMAs (@AMAs) November 21, 2016
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Adele
Beyoncé
Justin Bieber
Drake
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande -- WINNER
Rihanna
Twenty One Pilots
Carrie Underwood
The Weeknd
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR UN-LEASHED BY T-MOBILE
Alessia Cara
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Shawn Mendes
ZAYN – WINNER
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, 'Don’t Let Me Down'
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla, 'One Dance'
Fifth Harmony Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, 'Work From Home' -- WINNER
Rihanna Featuring Drake, 'Work'
Meghan Trainor Featuring John Legend, 'Like I’m Gonna Lose You'
TOUR OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé -- WINNER
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Justin Bieber 'Sorry' -- WINNER
Desiigner 'Panda'
Rihanna Featuring Drake 'Work'
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
Justin Bieber -- WINNER
Drake
The Weeknd
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
Adele
Selena Gomez -- WINNER
Rihanna
FAVORITE DUO or GROUP – COUNTRY
Florida Georgia Line – WINNER
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band
FAVORITE ALBUM - COUNTRY
Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights
Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Carrie Underwood, Storyteller -- WINNER
FAVORITE SONG - COUNTRY
Florida Georgia Line, 'H.O.L.Y.'
Tim McGraw, 'Humble And Kind' -- WINNER
Thomas Rhett, 'Die A Happy Man'
FAVORITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP
Drake -- WINNER
Fetty Wap
Future
FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP
Drake, Views -- WINNER
Drake & Future, What A Time To Be Alive
Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap
FAVORITE SONG – RAP/HIP-HOP
Desiigner, 'Panda'
Drake, 'Hotline Bling' -- WINNER
Fetty Wap, '679'
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown – WINNER
Bryson Tiller
The Weeknd
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B
Beyoncé
Janet Jackson
Rihanna -- WINNER
FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B
Beyoncé, Lemonade
Rihanna, Anti -- WINNER
Bryson Tiller, T R A P S O U L
FAVORITE SONG – SOUL/R&B
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla, 'One Dance'
Rihanna Featuring Drake, 'Work' -- WINNER
Bryson Tiller, 'Don’t'
FAVORITE ARTIST - ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Coldplay
Twenty One Pilots -- WINNER
X Ambassadors
FAVORITE ARTIST - ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Adele -- WINNER
Rachel Platten
Meghan Trainor
FAVORITE ARTIST – LATIN
J Balvin
Enrique Iglesias -- WINNER
Nicky Jam
FAVORITE ARTIST - CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
Lauren Daigle
Hillsong UNITED -- WINNER
Chris Tomlin
FAVORITE ARTIST - ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)
The Chainsmokers -- WINNER
Calvin Harris
Major Lazer
TOP SOUNDTRACK
Purple Rain -- WINNER
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