On Sunday night, the 2012 American Music Awards honoured a few of the musicians that have rocked our world all year. The biggest winner of the night was Justin Bieber, who took home the top prize, artist of the year. Justin managed to beat out Rihanna, Maroon 5, Drake and Katy Perry for the honour, which was surely no easy feat! The Canadian musician brought his mom onstage during his acceptance speech. Later on, when he won favourite pop/rock album for ‘Believe’, he was sure to thank his mentor, Usher.
Another big win included Taylor Swift nabbing her fifth award in a row for favourite country female artist. She later hit the stage for a masquerade performance of “I Knew You Were Trouble.”
Canada got some more love when Carly Rae Jepsen won the new artist-of-the-year award. We really thought it would go to One Direction, but every award show needs a few surprises!
Check out the full winner’s list below!
ARTIST OF THE YEAR – Justin Bieber
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR – Carly Rae Jepsen
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK – Justin Bieber
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK – Katy Perry
FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK – Maroon 5
FAVORITE ALBUM – POP/ROCK – Justin Bieber, “Believe”
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY – Luke Bryan
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY – Taylor Swift
FAVORITE BAND, DUO or GROUP – COUNTRY – Lady Antebellum
FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY – Carrie Underwood, “Blown Away”
FAVORITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP – Nicki Minaj
FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP – Nicki Minaj , “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded”
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B – Usher
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B – Beyonce
FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B – Rihanna, “Talk That Talk”
FAVORITE ARTIST – ALTERNATIVE ROCK – Linkin Park
FAVORITE ARTIST – ADULT CONTEMPORARY – Adele
FAVORITE ARTIST – LATIN – Shakira
FAVORITE ARTIST – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL – tobyMac
FAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC – David Guetta