From newcomers to perennial favorites, many of the music world s best and brightest were nominated at the American Music Awards on Sunday night. Here s who took the night s honors—including Billie Eilish, BTS, and the 2019 AMAs Artist of the Decade honoree Taylor Swift, whose wins tonight helped her beat Michael Jackson s record for the most American Music Awards.
This post will be updated throughout the night.
FAVORITE ARTIST—ALTERNATIVE ROCK
WINNER: Billie Eilish
Imagine Dragons
Panic! at the Disco
FAVORITE SONG—POP/ROCK
WINNER: Halsey, “Without Me”
Jonas Brothers, “Sucker”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Panic! At The Disco, “High Hopes”
Post Malone
Swae Lee, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”
FAVORITE ALBUM—POP/ROCK
WINNER: Taylor Swift, Lover
Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next
FAVORITE ALBUM—COUNTRY
WINNER: Carrie Underwood, Cry Pretty
Kane Brown, Experiment
Dan + Shay, Dan + Shay
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST—COUNTRY
WINNER: Carrie Underwood
Kelsea Ballerini
Maren Morris
TOUR OF THE YEAR
WINNER: BTS
Ariana Grande
Elton John
P!nk
Ed Sheeran
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Shawn Mendes
Camila Cabello, “Señorita”
Lady Gaga
Bradley Cooper, “Shallow”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Marshmello
Bastille, “Happier”
Post Malone
Swae Lee, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Billie Eilish
Luke Combs
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Ella Mai
FAVORITE ALBUM—RAP/HIP-HOP
WINNER: Post Malone, “Hollywood’s Bleeding”
Meek Mill, “Championships”
Travis Scott, “Astroworld”
FAVORITE SONG—RAP/HIP-HOP
WINNER: Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Post Malone, “Wow.”
Travis Scott, “Sicko Mode”
FAVORITE SONG—COUNTRY
WINNER: Dan + Shay, “Speechless”
Luke Combs, “Beautiful Crazy”
Blake Shelton, “God’s Country”
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Drake
Ariana Grande
Halsey
Post Malone
FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER: Taylor Swift, “You Need to Calm Down”
Billie Eilish, “Bad Guy”
Ariana Grande, “7 Rings”
Halsey, “Without Me”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
FAVORITE SOCIAL ARTIST
WINNER: BTS
Billie Eilish
EXO
Ariana Grande
Shawn Mendes
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST—POP/ROCK
WINNER: Khalid
Drake
Post Malone
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST—POP/ROCK
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP—POP/ROCK
WINNER: BTS
Jonas Brothers
Panic! At The Disco
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST— COUNTRY
WINNER: Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
FAVORITE DUO or GROUP—COUNTRY
WINNER: Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
FAVORITE ARTIST—RAP/HIP-HOP
WINNER: Cardi B
Drake
Post Malone
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST—SOUL/R&B
WINNER: Chris Brown
Khalid
Bruno Mars
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST—SOUL/R&B
WINNER: Beyoncé
Lizzo
Ella Mai
FAVORITE ALBUM—SOUL/R&B
WINNER: Khalid, Free Spirit
Chris Brown, Indigo
Ella Mai, Ella Mai
FAVORITE SONG—SOUL/R&B
WINNER: Khalid, “Talk”
Lizzo, “Juice”
Ella Mai, “Trip”
FAVORITE ARTIST—ADULT CONTEMPORARY
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Maroon 5
P!nk
FAVORITE ARTIST—LATIN
WINNER: J Balvin
Bad Bunny
Ozuna
FAVORITE ARTIST—CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
WINNER: Lauren Daigle
For King
Country
MercyMe
FAVORITE ARTIST—ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)
WINNER: Marshmello
Avicii
The Chainsmokers
FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK
WINNER: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
A Star Is Born by Lady Gaga
Bradley Cooper
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse