The American Music Award 2021 is done! This weekend, the award ceremony was held in Los Angeles with dominated by top artists and winners BTS, Megan Thee Stallion, and Doja Cat. The mesmerizing ceremony was done with hundreds of awards, celebs, and performances.  

The Korean band took home the top prize of the award show as ‘Artist of The Year’. The night became ten times exciting while they performed twice. 

BTS, Megan Thee Stallion, and Doja Cat won three trophies apiece each, with the Korean group taking home the night’s top prize of Artist of The Year. They also collected the Favourite Pop Duo or Group awards and Favourite Pop Song for ‘Butter’.

Twenty-one of the AMAs’ 32 winners were revealed on TikTok before the main event, with early winners including Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Silk Sonic, The Weeknd, and more. Olivia Rodrigo was there too, and she led the nominations with a total of seven nods, while The Weeknd followed closely behind with five.

The Favorite Female Pop Artist prize was handed over to Swift, while The Weeknd won Favourite Male R&B Artist. West earned the victor in the Favourite Gospel Artist category, and Silk Sonic has crowned the trophy for Favourite R&B Song with ‘Leave The Door Open.’

In the award ceremony, some of the most prominent musicians performed exclusively. The best among those were BTS and Coldplay delivering their first joint performance of ‘My Universe,’ Olivia Rodrigo playing ‘Traitor’, Bad Bunny’s sci-fi collaboration with Tainy and Julieta Venegas, Silk Sonic’s smooth opening performance, Tyler, The Creator, Måneskin and more.

See the full list of AMAs 2021 winners below:

Artist of The Year

Ariana Grande
BTS – winner
Drake
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd

AMAs 2021 winner Ariana Grande

New Artist of The Year

24kGoldn
Giveon
Masked Wolf
Olivia Rodrigo – winner
The Kid LAROI

AMAs 2021 winner Olivia Rodrigo

Collaboration of The Year

24kGoldn ft. iann dior, ‘Mood’
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez, ‘DÁKITI’
Chris Brown & Young Thug, ‘Go Crazy’
Doja Cat ft. SZA, ‘Kiss Me More’ – winner
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon, ‘Peaches’

Favourite Trending Song

Erica Banks, ‘Buss It’
Måneskin, ‘Beggin’’
Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Body’ – winner
Olivia Rodrigo, ‘drivers license’
Popp Hunna, ‘Adderall (Corvette Corvette)’

AMAs 2021 winner Megan Thee Stallion

Favourite Music Video

Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson. Paak), ‘Leave the Door Open’
Cardi B, ‘Up’
Lil Nas X, ‘MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)’ – winner
Olivia Rodrigo, ‘drivers license’
The Weeknd, ‘Save Your Tears’

Favourite Male Pop Artist

Drake
Ed Sheeran – winner
Justin Bieber
Lil Nas X
The Weeknd

AMAs 2021 winner Doja Cat

Favourite Female Pop Artist

Ariana Grande
Doja Cat
Dua Lipa
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift – winner

AMAs 2021 winner Taylor Swift

Favourite Pop Duo or Group

AJR
BTS – winner
Glass Animals
Maroon 5
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson. Paak)

Favourite Pop Album

Ariana Grande, ‘Positions’
Dua Lipa, ‘Future Nostalgia’
Olivia Rodrigo, ‘SOUR’
Taylor Swift, ‘evermore’ – winner
The Kid LAROI, ‘F*CK LOVE’

Favourite Pop Song

BTS, ‘Butter’ – winner
Doja Cat ft. SZA, ‘Kiss Me More’
Dua Lipa, ‘Levitating’
Olivia Rodrigo, ‘drivers license’
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande, ‘Save Your Tears (Remix)’

Favourite Male Country Artist

Chris Stapleton
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan – winner
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen

Favourite Female Country Artist

Carrie Underwood – winner
Gabby Barrett
Kacey Musgraves
Maren Morris
Miranda Lambert

Favourite Country Duo or Group

Dan + Shay – winner
Florida Georgia Line
Lady A
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band

Favourite Country Album

Chris Stapleton, ‘Starting Over’
Gabby Barrett, ‘Goldmine’ – winner
Lee Brice, ‘Hey World’
Luke Bryan, ‘Born Here Live Here Die Here’
Morgan Wallen, ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’

Favourite Country Song

Chris Stapleton, ‘Starting Over’
Chris Young & Kane Brown, ‘Famous Friends’
Gabby Barrett, ‘The Good Ones’ – winner
Luke Combs, ‘Forever After All’
Walker Hayes, ‘Fancy Like’

Favourite Male Hip-Hop Artist

Drake – winner
Lil Baby
Moneybagg Yo
Polo G
Pop Smoke

Favourite Female Hip-Hop Artist

Cardi B
Coi Leray
Erica Banks
Megan Thee Stallion – winner
Saweetie

Favourite Hip-Hop Album

Drake, ‘Certified Lover Boy’
Juice WRLD, ‘Legends Never Die’
Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Good News’ – winner
Pop Smoke, ‘Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon’
Rod Wave, ‘SoulFly’

Favourite Hip-Hop Song

Cardi B, ‘Up’ – winner
Internet Money ft. Gunna, Don Toliver & NAV, ‘Lemonade’
Lil Tjay ft. 6LACK, ‘Calling My Phone’
Polo G, ‘RAPSTAR’
Pop Smoke, ‘What You Know Bout Love’

Favourite Male R&B Artist

Chris Brown
Giveon
Tank
The Weeknd – winner
Usher

Favourite Female R&B Artist

Doja Cat – winner
H.E.R.
Jazmine Sullivan
Jhené Aiko
SZA

Favourite R&B Album

Doja Cat, ‘Planet Her’ – winner
Giveon, ‘When It’s All Said and Done… Take Time’
H.E.R., ‘Back of My Mind’
Jazmine Sullivan, ‘Heaux Tales’
Queen Naija, ‘missunderstood’

Favourite R&B Song

Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson. Paak), ‘Leave the Door Open’ – winner
Chris Brown & Young Thug, ‘Go Crazy’
Giveon, ‘Heartbreak Anniversary’
H.E.R., ‘Damage’
Jazmine Sullivan, ‘Pick Up Your Feelings’

Favourite Male Latin Artist

Bad Bunny – winner
J Balvin
Maluma
Ozuna
Rauw Alejandro

Favourite Female Latin Artist

Becky G – winner
Kali Uchis
KAROL G
Natti Natasha
ROSALÍA

Favourite Latin Duo or Group

Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga – winner
Calibre 50
Eslabon Armado
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De Rene Camacho
Los Dos Carnales

Favourite Latin Album

Bad Bunny, ‘El Último Tour Del Mundo’ – winner
Kali Uchis, ‘Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)’
KAROL G, ‘KG0516’
Maluma, ‘Papi Juancho’
Rauw Alejandro, ‘Afrodisíaco’

Favourite Latin Song

Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez, ‘DÁKITI’
Bad Bunny x ROSALÍA, ‘LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE’
Farruko, ‘Pepas’
Kali Uchis, ‘telepatía’ – winner
Maluma & The Weeknd, ‘Hawái (Remix)’

Favourite Rock Artist

AJR
All Time Low
Foo Fighters
Glass Animals
Machine Gun Kelly – winner

Favourite Inspirational Artist

CAIN
Carrie Underwood – winner
Elevation Worship
Lauren Daigle
Zach Williams

Favourite Gospel Artist

Kanye West – winner
Kirk Franklin
Koryn Hawthorne
Maverick City Music
Tasha Cobbs Leonard

Favourite Dance/Electronic Artist

David Guetta
ILLENIUM
Marshmello – winner
Regard
Tiësto