Taylor Swift Sweeps 2022 American Music Awards, Extending Record as Most-Awarded Artist in AMAs History



Taylor Swift swept the 2022 American Music Awards Sunday night, winning each six awards for which she go nominated which see the pinnacle prize of creator of the yr.

Three of her awards got present for her paintings connected her re-recorded Red (Taylor’s Version), which includes the ten-minute speedy movie euphony video of “All Too Well,” starring Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien.

During her favourite popular medium attractiveness speech, Swift stated she “in nary mode predicted oregon assumed” her re-recorded albums would mean immoderate happening to fans, arsenic she recalled and thanked individuals who helped her walk “hours and hours wrong the studio, meticulously re-growing” Red. She thanked the artists who joined her for the re-recorded exemplary of her 2012 album, her “All Too Well” video stars and “I Bet You Think About Me” manager Blake Lively and co-superstar Miles Teller.

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Swift aboriginal returned to the grade to judge the grant for prime way video for “All Too Well,” thanking the enthusiasts for their usher for the tune, which Swift indicated was what allowed her to motorboat the 10-minute mentation and marque her speedy movie starring Sink and O’Brien.

And for her last win, Swift spoke astir however her assistance from her lovers to motorboat “greater track” implicit the past fewer years than she did “in the full decennary erstwhile that,” stored her going and contributed to her happiness.

“You, the enthusiasts, made it wide which you wanted to perceive masses of euphony that I would make. You advocated me. So I located the greater way I made and the greater opus I positioned out, the happier I become,” Swift stated successful element. “I really person the lovers to convey fundamentally for my happiness, and I emotion you other than I tin say.”

Swift had already collected her six awards portion the amusement devoted its eventual half-hour to an extended tribute to Lionel Richie, recipient of the 2022 Icon Award, fixed to an creator whose enactment has produced a planetary interaction implicit the euphony enterprise. Smokey Robinson delivered Richie, noting that fanatics often get the 2 of them harassed, with Robinson and Richie adjacent sing autographs arsenic each different for fallacious admirers, immoderate happening Richie himself aboriginal confirmed.

After a video tribute, Richie took the level and thanked his ellipse of relatives, friends and supervisor and pondered connected his 40-year past with the AMAs. Speaking to “the young superstars,” Richie informed them, “God has fixed you a light. That airy is simplest fixed to 3…If you get a hazard to person that mild connected you, admit what God has successful prevention … God is making an effort to pass you you're chosen to encourage. Take this opportunity. That mild is connected you, inspire.”

Stevie Wonder and Charlie Puth past took the signifier for a jam session, successful which they completed a fig of Richie’s hits which includes “Easy,” “Say You, Say Me,” “Brick House,” and “We Are the World,” with the duo joined via Melissa Etheridge, Yola and different performers. Richie walked onstage and embraced Wonder and Robinson connected the extremity of the wide performance.

The Wayne Brady-hosted show came astir overmuch little than a time aft Saturday nighttime time’s deadly shooting astatine a Colorado Springs, Colorado cheery nightclub, wherein a 22-12 months-old feline killed 5 radical and near 25 injured earlier helium became subdued with the assistance of purchasers and arrested. Brady, presenter Kim Petras and Dove Cameron, who gained the archetypal grant of the nighttime clip for bully caller artist, each spoke astir the tragedy, expressing their assistance for the victims and the queer assemblage astatine massive.

“I request to punctual each of america however important queer visibility is, and however indispensable our assemblage is,” Cameron stated successful component. “And I privation to nonstop your attraction to organizations similar GLAAD and The Trevor Project for what you could bash due now. I privation to punctual you which you are made simply proper, and you're truthful cherished and truthful held, and I privation to acknowledgment for assisting me. Thank you for holding the region — I’m preserving it for you too.”

Brady addressed the shooting astatine the pinnacle of the 2nd hr of the awards rite, saying that connected behalf of the show, “our hearts exit to each the sufferers’ families.” Speaking successful my opinion, helium introduced, “I emotion you all, and my coronary bosom is with you, and God bless you.”

Referencing the latest demise of Migos subordinate Takeoff earlier transitioning to speaking astir the Colorado Springs capturing, Brady said, “We should forestall this mindless and unspeakable weapon violence.”

In summation to Swift, pinnacle winners blanketed Beyoncé, BTS, Bad Bunny, Harry Styles, Kendrick Lamar, Morgan Wallen and Wizkid, who each received awards.

Wallen’s wins are his archetypal connected the AMAs, arsenic the chart-topping agreed states creator returns to awards consideration aft helium turned into caught connected digicam successful aboriginal 2021 the usage of a radical slur.

Bad Bunny topped this year’s AMA nominations with 8 nods, with Beyoncé, Swift and Drake each nominated for 6 awards. Adele, Styles and The Weeknd each scored 5 nominations.

Chris Brown gained favored antheral R&B artist, nevertheless helium wasn’t acquisition to conscionable judge the award, with presenter Kelly Rowland accepting connected his behalf, telling the people market, who responded to the accusation of Brown’s triumph with a fewer unclear shouts, “Excuse me, chill out.”

She persevered, “But I privation to archer Chris, acknowledgment a batch for making fantastic track, and I privation to archer him convey you for being an exceptional performer. I’ll instrumentality this grant and nutrient it to you. I emotion you. Congratulations and congratulations to each of the nominees successful this class.”

Brown remains a arguable discern aft pleading liable successful 2009 to assaulting then-female person Rihanna.

The show kicked disconnected with Pink roller-skating onto the grade making a opus her caller single, “Never Gonna Not Dance Again.”

An excited Brady past took the signifier for his monologue, wearing a rainbow-coloured steadfast and joking that “the bribes subsequently paid off,” arsenic helium changed into this benignant of immense tune fan, overmuch similar folks who ballot for the winners, helium screamed whilst helium turned into presented the enactment of hosting Sunday nighttime time’s show. Brady highlighted 2022 Icon Award recipient Richie, saying that if helium bumps into him arsenic a instrumentality and passes out, Richie indispensable simply sal his thorax and locomotion away. Richie was disposable guffawing wrong the people audience. Brady additionally joked astir asking remaining year’s host, Cardi B, for help, earlier than helium launched close into a philharmonic show of his personal.

During his excessive-energy music, punctuated with a bleeped exclamation astir the “AMAs,” Brady sang astir “each nerdy kid paying attraction to immoderate signifier of track,” increasing up successful Orlando and, successful a callout to Will Smith’s Oscars altercation with Chris Rock, stated “ain’t cipher getting slapped tonight.”

Bebe Rexha and Anitta delivered aboriginal performances, with the second joined via Missy Elliott for a rendition of their collaboration “Lobby.” Carrie Underwood besides carried retired wrong the show’s archetypal hour, with Underwood’s tourmate Jimmie Allen introducing her with a little tribute to the precocious Loretta Lynn.

Other performers covered Imagine Dragons & JID, Cameron, Yola, Lil Baby and GloRilla and Cardi B. D-Nice served due to the fact that the location DJ.

In summation to her superior wide performance, Pink returned to the AMAs level to wage tribute to the past owed Olivia Newton-John, making a opus “Hopelessly Devoted to You.”

Presenters astatine the 2022 AMAs protected Dan + Shay, Dustin Lynch, Ellie Goulding, Jessie James Decker, Karrueche Tran, Liza Koshy, Latto, Meghan Trainor, Niecy Nash-Betts, Roselyn Sanchez, Sabrina Carpenter and Sheryl Lee Ralph.

A wide assortment of awards were introduced successful beforehand Sunday during a Twitter and Discord audio unrecorded travel hosted with the assistance of singer-songwriter Mark Tuan of GOT7, The Hollywood Reporter’s Tiffany Taylor and Billboard’s Tetris Kelly.

AMA winners are voted wholly done fanatics. Nominees are based wholly connected cardinal instrumentality interactions — arsenic meditated astatine the Billboard charts — which see streaming, medium and opus sales, vigor airplay and circuit grosses. Measurements are tracked by using Billboard and its facts spouse Luminate, wrong the eligibility play of Sept. 24, 2021, via Sept. 22, 2022.

The 2022 American Music Awards aired astatine 8 p.M. On ABC enactment from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater.

A listing of this year’s winners follows.

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
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” (WINNER)
Future ft. Drake & Tems “WAIT FOR U”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow “INDUSTRY BABY”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”

FAVORITE TOURING ARTIST
Bad Bunny
Coldplay (WINNER)
Ed Sheeran
Elton John
The Rolling Stones

FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO
Adele “Easy On Me”
Bad Bunny feet. Chencho Corleone “Me Porto Bonito”
Harry Styles “As It Was”
Lil Nas X feet. Jack Harlow “INDUSTRY BABY”
Taylor Swift “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” (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 & Encanto Cast “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Harry Styles “As It Was” (WINNER)
Lizzo “About Damn Time”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”

FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST
Chris Stapleton
Cody Johnson
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen (WINNER)
Walker Hayes

FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST
Carrie Underwood
Lainey Wilson
Maren Morris
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift (WINNER)

FAVORITE COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP
Dan + Shay (WINNER)
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) (WINNER)
Walker Hayes Country Stuff: The Album

FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG
Chris Stapleton “You Should Probably Leave”
Cody Johnson “’Til You Can’t”
Dustin Lynch toes. MacKenzie Porter “Thinking ‘Bout You”
Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan “Buy Dirt”
Morgan Wallen “Wasted connected You” (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 toes. Drake & Tems “WAIT FOR U” (WINNER)
Jack Harlow “First Class”
Kodak Black “Super Gremlin”
Latto “Big Energy”
Lil Nas X toes. Jack Harlow “INDUSTRY BABY”

FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST
Brent Faiyaz
Chris Brown (WINNER)
GIVĒON
Lucky Daye
The Weeknd

FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST
Beyoncé (WINNER)
Doja Cat
Muni Long
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”
Muni Long “Hrs And Hrs”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) “Smokin Out The Window”
SZA “I Hate U”
Wizkid ft. 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 feet. 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
Machine Gun Kelly (WINNER)
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’” (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 INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST
Anne Wilson
for KING & COUNTRY (WINNER)
Katy Nichole
Matthew West
Phil Wickham

FAVORITE GOSPEL ARTIST
CeCe Winans
DOE
E. Dewey Smith
Maverick City Music
Tamela Mann (WINNER)

FAVORITE DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST
Diplo
Marshmello (WINNER)
Swedish House Mafia
The Chainsmokers
Tiësto

FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK
Elvis (WINNER)
Encanto
Sing 2
Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season four
Top Gun: Maverick

FAVORITE AFROBEATS ARTIST
Burna Boy
CKay
Fireboy DML
Tems
Wizkid (WINNER)

FAVORITE K-POP ARTIST
BLACKPINK
BTS (WINNER)
SEVENTEEN
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
TWICE

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