Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj were among the winners Sunday night at the 50th American Music Awards in Los Angeles.
Lionel Richie received the Icon Award, which was presented after a tribute by Stevie Wonder, Charlie Puth and Ari Lennox.
Kendrick Lamar picked up awards for Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite Hip-Hop Album for Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.
After being shut out of the recent Grammy nominations, Nicki Minaj won the AMA for Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist.
On the R&B side, Beyoncé won Favorite R&B Album for Renaissance, Favorite R&B Song for “Break My Soul,” and Favorite Female R&B Artist.
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Chris Brown won the award for Favorite Male R&B Artist.
Taylor Swift was the night’s big winner after picking up awards in six categories.
P!nk performed a tribute to the late Olivia Newton-John, who died in August after battling breast cancer.
Actor and comedian Wayne Brady hosted the ceremony.
Below is the list of winners at the 2022 American Music Awards.
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Dove Cameron
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Elton John & Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart” – PNAU Remix
FAVORITE TOURING ARTIST
Coldplay
FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO
Taylor Swift, “All Too Well: The Short Film”
FAVORITE MALE POP ARTIST
Harry Styles
FAVORITE FEMALE POP ARTIST
Taylor Swift
FAVORITE POP DUO OR GROUP
BTS
FAVORITE POP ALBUM
Taylor Swift, “Red (Taylor’s Version)”
FAVORITE POP SONG
Harry Styles, “As It Was”
FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST
Morgan Wallen
FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST
Taylor Swift
FAVORITE COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP
Dan + Shay
FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM
Taylor Swift, “Red (Taylor’s Version)”
FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG
Morgan Wallen, “Wasted on You”
FAVORITE MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Kendrick Lamar
FAVORITE FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Nicki Minaj
FAVORITE HIP-HOP ALBUM
Kendrick Lamar, “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers”
FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG
Future ft. Drake & Tems, “Wait for U”
FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST
Chris Brown
FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST
Beyoncé
FAVORITE R&B ALBUM
Beyoncé, “Renaissance”
FAVORITE R&B SONG
Beyoncé, “Break My Soul”
FAVORITE MALE LATIN ARTIST
Bad Bunny
FAVORITE FEMALE LATIN ARTIST
Anitta
FAVORITE LATIN DUO OR GROUP
Yahritza Y Su Esencia
FAVORITE LATIN ALBUM
Bad Bunny, “Un Verano Sin Ti”
FAVORITE LATIN SONG
Sebastián Yatra, “Dos Oruguitas”
FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST
Machine Gun Kelly
FAVORITE ROCK SONG
Máneskin, “Beggin”’
FAVORITE ROCK ALBUM
Ghost, “Impera”
FAVORITE INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST
for KING & COUNTRY
FAVORITE GOSPEL ARTIST
Tamela Mann
FAVORITE DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST
Diplo Marshmello
FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK
“ELVIS”
FAVORITE AFROBEATS ARTIST
Wizkid
FAVORITE K-POP ARTIST
BTS
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