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Happy 50th, American Music Awards! Half a century after the first American Music Awards took place, the 50th installment occurred on Nov. 20, 2022, at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. With Wayne Brady hosting the event and scheduled performances from Pink, Lil Baby, Anitta, Imagine Dragons with JID, Carrie Underwood, Yola, and Tems, it promised to be an exciting night of music. But, who won big?

The Artist of the Year category represents the biggest stars of music’s present – Adele, Drake, Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, and The Weekend – and some of the shining stars of tomorrow are competing for Best New Artist – Dove Cameron, Gayle Steve Lacy, Latto, Maneskin. It’s safe to say the 2022 AMAs showed that this year has been an exciting one.

Ahead of the broadcast on ABC, the show announced a slew of winners. Familiar faces like Taylor, Bey, and Harry won while some stars new to the mainstream spotlight (like Ghost) claimed an AMA.

As the night goes on, come back to HollywoodLife’s coverage of all the winners, who will be listed below in bold.

Shoutout to the 🐝-hive! @Beyonce wins #AMAs Favorite R&B Album for “Renaissance”! pic.twitter.com/E9X2d830g9

— American Music Awards (@AMAs) November 20, 2022

Artist of the year


Adele


Bad Bunny


Beyoncé


Drake


Harry Styles

Taylor Swift


The Weeknd

New artist of the year

Dove Cameron


Gayle


Latto


Måneskin


Steve Lacy

Collaboration of the year


Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”

Elton John & Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix”


Future ft. Drake & Tems, “Wait For U”


Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”


The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay”

CONGRATS to @eltonofficial & @DUALIPA for taking home the #AMAs Collaboration of the Year for “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix)! 🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/7mOmwIQQ50

— American Music Awards (@AMAs) November 20, 2022

Favorite touring artist


Bad Bunny

Coldplay


Ed Sheeran


Elton John


The Rolling Stones

Favorite music video


Adele, “Easy on Me”


Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito”


Harry Styles, “As It Was”


Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”

Taylor Swift, “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)”

Favorite male pop artist


Bad Bunny


Drake


Ed Sheeran

Harry Styles


The Weeknd

Favorite female pop artist


Adele


Beyoncé


Doja Cat


Lizzo

Taylor Swift

Favorite pop duo or group

BTS


Coldplay


Imagine Dragons


Måneskin


OneRepublic

Favorite pop album


Adele, 30


Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti


Beyoncé, Renaissance


Harry Styles, Harry’s House

Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version)


The Weeknd, Dawn FM

.@taylorswift13 takes home the #AMAs Favorite Country Album for “Red (Taylor’s Version)” ❤️ pic.twitter.com/qoCoY8R8Tp

— American Music Awards (@AMAs) November 20, 2022

Favorite pop song


Adele, “Easy on Me”


Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”

Harry Styles, “As It Was”


Lizzo, “About Damn Time”


The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay”

Favorite male country artist


Chris Stapleton


Cody Johnson


Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen


Walker Hayes

Favorite female country artist


Carrie Underwood


Lainey Wilson


Maren Morris


Miranda Lambert

Taylor Swift

Favorite country duo or group

Dan + Shay


Lady A


Old Dominion


Parmalee


Zac Brown Band

Favorite country album


Carrie Underwood, Denim & Rhinestones


Luke Combs, Growin’ Up


Cody Johnson, Human: The Double Album

Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version)


Walker Hayes, Country Stuff: The Album

Favorite country song


Chris Stapleton, “You Should Probably Leave”


Cody Johnson, “’Til You Can’t”


Dustin Lynch ft. MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ‘Bout You”


Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan, “Buy Dirt”

Morgan Wallen, “Wasted on You”

All those votes were not “Wasted on You,” @MorganWallen! Congrats on taking home the #AMAs for Favorite Country Song! 🎶 pic.twitter.com/E0r2spOj3y

— American Music Awards (@AMAs) November 20, 2022

Favorite male hip-hop artist


Drake


Future

Kendrick Lamar


Lil Baby


Lil Durk

Favorite female hip-hop artist


Cardi B


GloRilla


Latto


Megan Thee Stallion

Nicki Minaj

Favorite hip-hop album


Future, I Never Liked You


Gunna, DS4EVER

Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers


Lil Durk, 7220


Polo G, Hall of Fame 2.0

Favorite hip-hop song

Future ft. Drake & Tems, “Wait For U”


Jack Harlow, “First Class”


Kodak Black, “Super Gremlin”


Latto, “Big Energy”


Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”

Favorite male R&B artist


Brent Faiyaz

Chris Brown


Givēon


Lucky Daye


The Weeknd

Favorite female R&B artist

Beyoncé


Doja Cat


Muni Long


Summer Walker


SZA

👑 @Beyonce is this year’s #AMAs Favorite Female R&B Artist! pic.twitter.com/MZCDPDhVI8

— American Music Awards (@AMAs) November 20, 2022

Favorite R&B album

Beyoncé, Renaissance


Drake, Honestly, Nevermind


Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), An Evening with Silk Sonic


Summer Walker, Still Over It


The Weeknd, Dawn FM

Favorite R&B song


Beyoncé, “Break My Soul”


Muni Long, “Hrs And Hrs”


Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), “Smokin Out The Window”


SZA, “I Hate U”


Wizkid ft. Tems, “Essence”

(Note: The award for Favorite R&B Song wasn’t announced during the broadcast)

Favorite male Latin artist

Bad Bunny


Farruko


J Balvin


Jhayco


Rauw Alejandro

Favorite female Latin artist

Anitta


Becky G


Kali Uchis


Karol G


Rosalía

Favorite Latin duo or group


Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga


Calibre 50


Eslabon Armado


Grupo Firme

Yahritza Y Su Esencia

Favorite Latin album

Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti


Farruko, La 167


J Balvin, Jose


Rauw Alejandro, Vice Versa


Rosalía, Motomami

Favorite Latin song


Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito”


Becky G x Karol G, “MAMIII”


Karol G, “Provenza”


Rauw Alejandro, “Todo de Ti”

Sebastián Yatra, “Dos Oruguitas”

Favorite rock artist


Imagine Dragons

Machine Gun Kelly


Måneskin


Red Hot Chili Peppers


The Lumineers

Favorite rock song


Foo Fighters, “Love Dies Young”


Imagine Dragons x JID, “Enemy”


Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”

Måneskin, “Beggin’”


Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Black Summer”

Favorite rock album


Coldplay, Music of the Spheres

Ghost, Impera


Imagine Dragons, Mercury – Act 1


Machine Gun Kelly, mainstream sellout


Red Hot Chili Peppers, Unlimited Love

The first-ever #AMAs Favorite Rock Album winner is “Impera” by @thebandghost ☠️ pic.twitter.com/pG1ReU89eK

— American Music Awards (@AMAs) November 20, 2022

Favorite inspirational artist


Anne Wilson

for King & Country


Katy Nichole


Matthew West


Phil Wickham

Favorite gospel artist


CeCe Winans


DOE


E. Dewey Smith


Maverick City Music

Tamela Mann

Favorite dance/electronic artist


Diplo

Marshmello


Swedish House Mafia


The Chainsmokers


Tiësto

Favorite soundtrack

ELVIS

Encanto

Sing 2

Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 4

Top Gun: Maverick

Favorite Afrobeats artist


Burna Boy


CKay


Fireboy DML


Tems

Wizkid

Favorite K-pop artist


Blackpink


BTS


Seventeen


Tomorrow X Together


Twice

👏 CONGRATS 👏 to all of our non-televised #AMAs winners! Tune in tonight at 8/7c on @abcnetwork to see who else takes home a 🏆!

— American Music Awards (@AMAs) November 20, 2022


Nominees are based on key fan interactions – as reflected on the Billboard charts – including streaming, album and song sales, radio airplay, and tour grosses. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and its data partner Luminate, and cover the eligibility period of Sept. 24, 2021, through Sept. 22, 2022 (representing Billboard chart dates of Oct. 9, 2021, through Oct. 1, 2022).

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