The American Music Awards 2022 were held Sunday night (November 20) live at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and – per usual – the ceremony had many-a-highlight thanks to jaw-dropping performances from the likes of Stevie Wonder, P!nk, Glorilla, Anitta, and many more (as we reported here).
Yet, even with the spectacle each of the aforementioned acts provided, the biggest star of the Wayne Brady-hosted show remained the awards themselves.
Curious to know who took home the coveted trophies? Head below to see the list of winners.
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Adele
Bad Bunny
Beyoncé
Drake
Harry Styles
Taylor Swift — WINNER!
The Weeknd
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Dove Cameron — WINNER!
Gayle
Steve Lacy
Latto
Måneskin
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Future featuring Drake and Tems – “Wait For U”
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, and the Encanto Cast – “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Elton John and Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (Pnau remix)” — WINNER!
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – “Stay”
Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
FAVORITE TOURING ARTIST
Bad Bunny
Coldplay — WINNER!
Elton John
The Rolling Stones
Ed Sheeran
FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO
Adele – “Easy on Me”
Bad Bunny featuring Chencho Corleone – “Me Porto Bonito”
Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Taylor Swift – All Too Well: The Short Film — WINNER!
FAVORITE MALE POP ARTIST
Bad Bunny
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles — WINNER!
The Weeknd
FAVORITE FEMALE POP ARTIST
Adele
Beyoncé
Doja Cat
Lizzo
Taylor Swift — WINNER!
FAVORITE POP DUO OR GROUP
BTS — WINNER!
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) — WINNER!
The Weeknd – Dawn FM
FAVORITE POP SONG
Adele – “Easy on Me”
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the Encanto Cast – “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – “Stay”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
Harry Styles – “As It Was” — WINNER!
FAVORITE MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Drake
Future
Kendrick Lamar — WINNER!
Lil Baby
Lil Durk
FAVORITE FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Cardi B
GloRilla
Latto
Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj — WINNER!
FAVORITE HIP-HOP ALBUM
Future – I Never Liked You
Gunna – DS4Ever
Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers — WINNER!
Lil Durk – 7220
Polo G – Hall of Fame 2.0
FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG
Future featuring Drake and Tems – “Wait For U” — WINNER!
Jack Harlow – “First Class”
Kodak Black – “Super Gremlin”
Latto – “Big Energy”
Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST
Chris Brown — WINNER!
Brent Faiyaz
Givēon
Lucky Daye
The Weeknd
FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST
Beyoncé — WINNER!
Doja Cat
Muni Long
SZA
Summer Walker
FAVORITE R&B ALBUM
Beyoncé – Renaissance — WINNER!
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” – WINNER!
Muni Long – “Hrs And Hrs”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) – “Smokin out the Window”
SZA – “I Hate U”
Wizkid featuring Tems – “Essence” – WINNER!
FAVORITE MALE LATIN ARTIST
Bad Bunny — WINNER!
Farruko
J Balvin
Jhayco
Rauw Alejandro
FAVORITE FEMALE LATIN ARTIST
Anitta — WINNER!
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 — WINNER!
FAVORITE LATIN ALBUM
Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti — WINNER!
Farruko – La 167
J Balvin – Jose
Rauw Alejandro – Vice Versa
Rosalía – Motomami
FAVORITE LATIN SONG
Bad Bunny featuring Chencho Corleone – “Me Porto Bonito”
Becky G x Karol G – “Mamiii”
Karol G – “Provenza”
Rauw Alejandro – “Todo de Ti”
Sebastián Yatra – “Dos Oruguitas” — WINNER!
FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST
Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Machine Gun Kelly — WINNER!
Måneskin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
FAVORITE ROCK SONG
Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)”
Foo Fighters – “Love Dies Young”
Imagine Dragons x JID – “Enemy”
Måneskin – “Beggin’” — WINNER!
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Black Summer”
FAVORITE ROCK ALBUM
Coldplay – Music of the Spheres
Ghost – Impera — WINNER!
Imagine Dragons – Mercury – Act 1
Machine Gun Kelly – Mainstream Sellout
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Unlimited Love
FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST
Luke Combs
Walker Hayes
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen — WINNER!
FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST
Miranda Lambert
Maren Morris
Taylor Swift — WINNER!
Carrie Underwood
Lainey Wilson
FAVORITE COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP
Dan + Shay — WINNER!
Lady A
Old Dominion
Parmalee
Zac Brown Band
FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM
Luke Combs – Growin’ Up
Walker Hayes – Country Stuff: The Album
Cody Johnson – Human: The Double Album
Taylor Swift – Red (Taylor’s Version) — WINNER!
Carrie Underwood – Denim & Rhinestones
FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG
Jordan Davis featuring Luke Bryan – “Buy Dirt”
Cody Johnson – “‘Til You Can’t”
Dustin Lynch featuring MacKenzie Porter – “Thinking ‘Bout You”
Chris Stapleton – “You Should Probably Leave”
Morgan Wallen – “Wasted on You” — WINNER!
Taylor is a country artist again??? Hmmm congrats to the winners
Red (Taylor’s Version) is predominantly a country album.
I will admit Taylor is somehow much more interesting to look at more now than ever before but 95% of Taylor’s catalog sounds BASIC to me.
(Bad Blood & Shake it off being in the top tiers)
I get it with Adele, billie elish, Katy, Britney and even Xtina but not this particular brand of MAYONNAISE.
Mayonnaise always goes down better than lumpy old gravy, hunnie 💋
Congratulations to Queen Nicki and Queen Bey and all those with REAL TALENTwho won
Soooooooo…. taylor swift can win in both pop and country music but beyoncé’s renaissance is considered a r&b album? Are you kidding me?
Nicki minaj never got a grammy, summer walker and others get snubbed at the grammys… chris brown performance got cancelled.
Black artists, something gotta be done, the disrespect is too big and everybody sees it.
The black privilege card is now getting declined. Get used to it!
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Artist of our generation! And she is returning to number 1 in the album chart this week.
Congrats to Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen! Two talented singer/songwriters who write their own ish! Wasted On You is a SMASH! His entire double album Dangerous is a smash! I have the 3LP vinyl edition and it gets PLAYED OUT at my house! CONGRATS real talent!
I couldn’t agree more with you.
Bad bunny should’ve won more
Not to my surprise Taylor swift’s is a AMA favorite even over Adele. Let’s call a spade a spade. Adele is a Grammy favorite as well as Beyoncé .