Taylor Swift, Others Win at 2020 American Music Awards

The 2020 American Music Awards (AMAS) aired live Sunday evening, saw some of the biggest names in music took home awards.

The show was hosted by Taraji P. Henson from The Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, amid tight coronavirus protocols.

Multiple artists performed at the event, amid the attendee of a small audience.

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The show kicked off with a performance of Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes' 'Monster'. Bieber also performed two of his hit singles, "Lonely" and "Holy."

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Katy Perry also took the stage for the first time since she became a mom and performed "Only Love" with Darius Rucker.

The ceremony also witnessed the performance of Megan Thee Stallion, The Weeknd, Billie Eilish, Bad Bunny, Jhay Cortez, Bebe Rexha, Doja Cat, Bell Biv DeVoe, BTS, Dan + Shay, Dua Lipa, Jennifer Lopez, Maluma, Lewis Capaldi, Lil Baby, Machine Gun Kelly, Nelly, and Kenny G.

Artist of the year, the top prize of the night, went to Taylor Swift, and won two other awards, making it the sixth time to win the top prize at the fan-voted show.

Swift was unable to accept the award in person because she was busy re-recording her early music catalog, which was recently sold.

Swift collected the music video of the year and favorite female pop artist.

Cardi B made history at the American Music Awards, as she became the first artist in history to win Favorite Song in the Rap/Hip Hop category at the AMAs twice.

She celebrated on Twitter her historic award, as she had missed the show due to a dentist appointment.

Doja Cat won new artist of the year and Becky G won favorite female Latin artist, a brand new category at the AMAs.

Here’s the full list of 2020 American Music Awards winners:

Artist of the year:

Justin Bieber

Post Malone

Roddy Ricch

Taylor Swift *Winner

The Weeknd

New Artist of the year

Lewis Capaldi

Doja Cat *Winner

DaBaby

Lil Baby

Roddy Ricch

Megan Thee Stallion

Collaboration of the year

Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion, "WAP"

DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch, "Rockstar"

Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber, "10,000 Hours" *Winner

Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande, "Rain On Me"

Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé, "Savage Remix"

Favorite social artist

BTS *Winner

Billie Eilish

EXO

Ariana Grande

NCT 127

Favorite music video

Doja Cat, "Say So"

Future ft. Drake, "Life Is Good"

Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande, "Rain On Me"

Taylor Swift, "Cardigan" *Winner

The Weeknd, "Blinding Lights"

Favorite male Artist - Pop/Rock

Justin Bieber *Winner

Post Malone

The Weeknd

Favorite female artist – pop/rock

Dua Lipa

Lady Gaga

Taylor Swift * Winner

Favorite duo or group – pop/rock

BTS * Winner

Jonas Brothers

Maroon 5

Favorite album – pop/rock

Harry Styles, "Fine Line" * Winner

Taylor Swift, "folklore"

The Weeknd, "After Hours"

Favorite song – pop/rock

Lewis Capaldi, "Someone You Loved"

Dua Lipa, "Don't Start Now" * Winner

Post Malone, "Circles"

Roddy Ricch, "The Box"

The Weeknd, "Blinding Lights"

Favorite male artist – country

Kane Brown * Winner

Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen

Favorite female artist – country

Gabby Barrett

Miranda Lambert

Maren Morris* Winner

Favorite duo or group – country

Dan + Shay *Winner

Florida Georgia Line

Old Dominion

Favorite album – country

Luke Combs, "What You See Is What You Get"

Blake Shelton, "Fully Loaded: God's Country" *Winner

Morgan Wallen, "If I Know Me"

Favorite song – country

Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber, "10,000 Hours" * Winner

Maren Morris, "The Bones" *WINNER

Blake Shelton (Duet with Gwen Stefani), "Nobody But You"

Favorite male artist – Rap/hip-hop

DaBaby

Juice WRLD * Winner

Roddy Ricch

Favorite female artist – Rap/hip-hop

Cardi B

Nicki Minaj * Winner

Megan Thee Stallion

Favorite album – Rap/hip-hop

Lil Baby, "My Turn"d

Lil Uzi Vert, "Eternal Atake"

Roddy Ricch, "Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial" *Winner

Favorite song – Rap/hip-hop

Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion, "WAP" * Winner

DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch, "Rockstar"

Roddy Ricch "The Box"

Favorite male artist – Soul/R&B

Chris Brown

John Legend

The Weeknd *Winner

Favorite female artist – Soul/R&B

Jhene Aiko

Doja Cat *Winner

Summer Walker

Favorite album – Soul/R&B

Doja Cat, "Hot Pink"

Summer Walker, "Over It"

The Weeknd, "After Hours" *Winner

Favorite song – Soul/R&B

Chris Brown ft. Drake, "No Guidance"

Summer Walker, "Playing Games"

The Weeknd, "Heartless" *Winner

Favorite male artist – Latin

Bad Bunny *Winner

J Balvin

Ozuna

Favorite female artist – Latin

Becky G *Winner

KAROL G

Rosalía

Favorite album – Latin

Anuel AA, "Emmanuel"

Bad Bunny, "Las que no iban a salir"

Bad Bunny, "YHLQMDLG" *Winner

Favorite song – Latin

Bad Bunny, "Vete"

Black Eyed Peas X J Balvin, "RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)"

KAROL G & Nicki Minaj, "Tusa" *Winner

Favorite artist – Alternative rock

Billie Eilish

Tame Impala

Twenty One Pilots *Winner

Favorite artist – Adult contemporary

Lewis Capaldi

Jonas Brothers *Winner

Maroon 5

Favorite artist – Contemporary inspirational

Lauren Daigle *Winner

For King & Country

Kanye West

Favorite artist – Electronic dance music (EDM)

Kygo

Lady Gaga *Winner

Marshmello

Favorite soundtrack

"Birds of Prey: The Album" * Winner

"Frozen II"

"Trolls: World Tour"