The 2019 American Music Awards took place today and all of music’s biggest and brightest stars were there. The ceremony saw a whole stack of absolutely massive performances, but it was all about the awards – of which Taylor Swift took home plenty.
The biggest winner of the night, Swift’s appearance at the show was surrounded by controversy in the weeks preceding the event due to her claim that Scooter Braun & Scott Borchetta were prohibiting her to perform her old songs.
Not only did she end up performing her older songs, she always walked away with a stack of awards. She took home ‘Artist Of The Year’, ‘Favourite Music Video’, ‘Favourite Female Artist – Pop/Rock’, ‘Favourite Album – Pop/Rock’ and ‘Favourite Artist – Adult Contemporary’. On top of that, she also took home the honorary ‘Artist Of The Decade’ award and celebrated it with the aforementioned career-spanning performance.
She wasn’t the only winner though. Billie Eilish took home ‘New Artist Of The Year’ and ‘Favourite Artist – Alternative Rock’ (???) and Khalid took home the ‘Favourite Male Artist’ award, as well as ‘Favourite Song – Soul/R&B’ and ‘Favourite Album – Soul/R&B’.
Check out the full list of winners (in bold) below.
2019 American Music Awards Winners
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Drake
Ariana Grande
Halsey
Post Malone
Taylor Swift
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Luke Combs
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”
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita”
Post Malone & Swae Lee – “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”
TOUR OF THE YEAR
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”
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”
FAVORITE SOCIAL ARTIST
BTS
Billie Eilish
EXO
Ariana Grande
Shawn Mendes
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
Drake
Khalid
Post Malone
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Taylor Swift
FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK
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
Taylor Swift – Lover
FAVORITE SONG – POP/ROCK
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
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Kelsea Ballerini
Maren Morris
Carrie Underwood
FAVORITE DUO or GROUP – COUNTRY
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY
Kane Brown – Experiment
Dan + Shay – Dan + Shay
Carrie Underwood – Cry Pretty
FAVORITE SONG – RAP/HIP-HOP
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
Bruno Mars
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B
Beyoncé
Lizzo
Ella Mai
FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown – Indigo
Khalid – Free Spirit
Ella Mai – Ella Mai
FAVORITE SONG – SOUL/R&B
Khalid – “Talk”
Lizzo – “Juice”
Ella Mai – “Trip”
FAVORITE ARTIST – ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Billie Eilish
Imagine Dragons
Panic! At The Disco
FAVORITE ARTIST – ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Maroon 5
P!nk
Taylor Swift
FAVORITE ARTIST – LATIN
Bad Bunny
J Balvin
Ozuna
FAVORITE ARTIST – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
Lauren Daigle
for KING & COUNTRY
MercyMe
FAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)
Avicii
Marshmello
The Chainsmokers
FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK
A Star is Born by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
