The 2015 American Music Awards took place Sunday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles featuring a number of notable performances and well-deserved wins.
Winning the night’s top award at the AMAs was British boy band One Direction, which took home the Artist of the Year trophy for the second year in a row. “It’s absolutely incredible to receive this award two years in a row. It’s a testament to how incredible our fans are,” Louis Tomlinson said. Liam Payne added, “We can’t believe we get to win awards like this and we are obviously going on a little break now to spend a little time with our families, obviously we want to thank our families.”
One Direction also won the Favorite Duo or Group Award.
Rapper Nicki Minaj had a good night, winning Favorite Artist – Rap/Hip-Hop and Favorite Album – Rap/ Hip-Hop for The Pinkprint. Taylor Swift, who had a short-lived feud with Minaj prior to the MTV Video Music Awards, won Song of the Year for “Blank Space,” Favorite Album – Pop/Rock for 1989 and Favorite Artist – Adult Contemporary.
Though the New Artist of the Year award went to country music’s Sam Hunt, The Weeknd had a breakout year at the ceremony. He won for Favorite Male Artist – Soul/R&B and Favorite Album – Soul/ R&B for Beauty Behind the Madness. The Weeknd, who’s given name is Abel Testfaye, also performed “The Hills” during the ceremony.
Other notable winners at the ceremony included Fall Out Boy (Favorite Artist – Alternative Rock); Justin Bieber, Diplo and Skrillex (Collaboration of the Year); Ariana Grande (Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock) and Ed Sheeran (Favorite Male Artist – Pop/Rock).
In addition to The Weeknd, the 2015 American Music Awards included performances by Gwen Stefani, Coldplay, Nick Jonas, Selena Gomez, Meghan Trainor and Charlie Puth, Demi Lovato, Justin Bieber and more.
The ceremony also included a touching tribute to the victoms of the Paris terror attacks. As part of the tribute, Celine Dion sang Edith Piaf’s “Hymne à L’Amour.”
See Below For A Full List Of Winners
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
SONG OF THE YEAR
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST — POP/ROCK
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST — POP/ROCK
FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP — POP/ROCK
FAVORITE ALBUM — POP/ROCK
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST — COUNTRY
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST — COUNTRY
FAVORITE DUO or GROUP — COUNTRY
FAVORITE ALBUM — COUNTRY
FAVORITE ARTIST — RAP/HIP-HOP
FAVORITE ALBUM — RAP/HIP-HOP
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST — SOUL/R&B
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST — SOUL/R&B
FAVORITE ALBUM — SOUL/R&B
FAVORITE ARTIST — ALTERNATIVE ROCK
FAVORITE ARTIST — ADULT CONTEMPORARY
FAVORITE ARTIST — LATIN
FAVORITE ARTIST — CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
FAVORITE ARTIST — ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)
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