Drake, Ariana Grande, and Justin Bieber were the big winners at the American Music Awards last night, November 20. Both Drake and Bieber won four AMAs with Drake collecting four awards on the night, including favorite artist, album, and song in the hip-hop categories.
Ariana Grande took home the evening’s biggest prize, Artist of the year, while other winners included Zayn Malik, Fifth Harmony, Rihanna and Adele. Beyoncé collected the Tour of The Year prize for her Formation world tour. See the full winners list below.
Performances on the night included Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga, Fifth Harmony, The Weeknd, and DJ Khaled with Nicki Minaj, Future, and Rick Ross. Check out the best of the performances now.
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American Music Awards winners 2016:
Artist of the year – Ariana Grande
New artist of the year – Zayn Malik
Collaboration of the year – Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla Sign – "Work From Home"
Tour of the year – Beyoncé
Video of the year – Justin Bieber – "Sorry"
Favorite male artist (pop/rock) – Justin Bieber
Favorite female artist (pop/rock) – Selena Gomez
Favorite duo or group (pop/rock) – Twenty One Pilots
Favorite album (pop/rock) – Justin Bieber – Purpose
Favorite song (pop/rock) – Justin Bieber – "Love Yourself"
Favorite male artist (country) – Blake Shelton
Favorite female artist (country) – Carrie Underwood
Favorite duo or group (country) – Florida Georgia Line
Favorite album (country) – Carrie Underwood – Storyteller
Favorite song (country) – Tim McGraw – "Humble And Kind"
Favorite artist (rap/hip-hop) – Drake
Favorite album (rap/hip-hop) – Drake – VIEWS
Favorite song (rap/hip-hop) – Drake – "Hotline Bling"
Favorite male artist (soul/R&B) – Chris Brown
Favorite female artist (soul/R&B) – Rihanna
Favorite album (soul/R&B) – Rihanna – Anti
Favorite song (soul/R&B) – Rihanna featuring Drake – "Work"
Favorite artist (alternative rock) – Twenty One Pilots
Favorite artist (adult contemporary) – Adele
Favorite artist (Latin) – Enrique Iglesias
Favorite artist (contemporary inspirational) – Hillsong United
Favorite artist (electronic dance music) – The Chainsmokers
Top soundtrack – Purple Rain
