The 43rd annual American Music Awards (AMAs) is celebrating artists in pop music. The awards are completely fan-voted and do not have a jury of music professionals deciding who wins in the music industry.
Drake, who is leading the pack with 13 nominations, won ‘Favourite Album Hip/Hop’.
Drake is closely followed by Rihanna who has seven nominations, Adele and Justin Bieber at five each.
Check out the winners’ list so far:
TOP SOUNDTRACK
Purple Rain *WINNER
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Suicide Squad: The Album
FAVORITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP
Drake *WINNER
Fetty Wap
Future
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Alessia Cara
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Shawn Mendes
ZAYN *WINNER
FAVORITE SONG – COUNTRY
Florida Georgia Line “H.O.L.Y.”
Tim McGraw “Humble And Kind” *WINNER
Thomas Rhett “Die A Happy Man”
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya “Don’t Let Me Down”
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance”
Fifth Harmony Featuring Ty Dolla $ign “Work From Home” *WINNER
Rihanna Featuring Drake“Work”
Meghan Trainor Featuring John Legend “Like I’m Gonna Lose You
FAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)
The Chainsmokers *WINNER
Calvin Harris
Major Lazer
FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Twenty One Pilots *WINNER
FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP
Drake “Views” *WINNER
Drake & Future “What A Time To Be Alive”
Fetty Wap “Fetty Wap”
Here are some of the highlights from the music awards:
Yup, everyone quiet down. That’s Bruno Mars performing on stage!
Here’s All of Me singer, John Legend’s performance at the AMAs.
Zayn Malik wins the award for ‘New Artist of the Year’.
Shawn Mendes floored the audience with his performance.
Take a look at what went down at the red carpet before the awards night began:
Lady Gaga turned up on the red carpet in a white pantsuit which many are calling as a silent message by the singer to show her support to presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. You could say she was wearing her grief at the awards night.
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Nina presented an award with Julianne Hough.
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Stay tuned for more updates.
Source: The Wrap
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