Monday, November 21, 2011

Taylor Swift emerges the biggest winner in the American Music Awards

Big winner of the night - Taylor Swift
US country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress Taylor Swift was the biggest winner at the recently concluded American Music Awards which took place on Sunday night, November 20, 2011.
Swift picked up the biggest awards of the night which included ‘Artist of the Year’, ‘Favourite Country Music Album’ for her third album ‘Speak Now’ and ‘Favourite Country Female Artist’ for the fourth year in a row.
Another big winner of the night include was Nicki Minaj  who picked up the awards for ‘Favourite Artiste’ and ‘Favourite Album’ for her debut release ‘Pink Friday’.
A high moment of the awards show was when US hot shot singer Jennifer Lopez performed her chart-topping ‘Papi’ in a rhinestone-covered nude body suit and was later joined on stage by fellow Latino singer Pitbull for the collabo ‘On the floor’. Lopez picked up the award for ‘Favourite Latin Music Artist’.
Other performers of the night include Maroon 5 who performed their 2011 smash hit single ‘Moves like Jagger’ alongside US pop singer Christina Aguilera, Travie McCoy and Gym Class Heroes, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Ludacris, Enrique Iglesias and Katy Perry.
Major absentees from the awards were Rihanna, Adele and Beyonce who both picked up awards for ‘Favourite Soul/R&B Album’, Favourite Pop/Rock Music Female Artist and ‘Favourite Soul/R&B Female artist’ respectively.
More stories and pictures after the cut


Artist Of The Year – Taylor Swift
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POP or ROCK MUSIC
Favourite Male Artist – Bruno Mars
Favourite Female Artist – Adele
Favourite Band, Duo or Group – Maroon 5
Favourite Album – Adele’s 21
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COUNTRY MUSIC
Favourite Male Artist – Blake Shelton
Favourite Female Artist – Taylor Swift
Favourite Album – Taylor Swift’s Speak Now
Favourite Band, Duo or Group – Lady Antebellum
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RAP/HIP-HOP MUSIC
Favourite Artist – Nicki Minaj
Favourite Album – Nicki Minaj ‘Pink Friday’
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SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES MUSIC
Favourite Male Artist -Usher
Favourite Female Artist – Beyonce
Favourite Album – Rihanna ‘Loud’
Sprint New Artist Of The Year – Hot Chelle Ra
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LATIN MUSIC
Favourite Artist – Jennifer Lopez
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SPECIAL AWARD – Katy Perry (For being the first woman to have five ‘number one’ singles from one album)
 
Taylor Swift
Nicki Minaj
 
Singer Nicki Minaj accepts RapHip-Hop Favorite Artist award
 
Enrique Iglesias
 
Jennifer Hudson
 
Singer Jennifer Lopez performs on stage

Justin Bieber
Rapper Ludacris performs
Singer Chris Brown performs

Singer Ryan Tedder of One Republic performs
 
Singer Jennifer Lopez and rapper Pitbull perform onstage

Nicki Minaj

 
Adam Levine, James Valentine, Matt Flynn, Jesse Carmichael, Michael Madden

 
Neil Perry, Reid Perry, Kimberly Perry
 
Queen Latifah
 
Rapper Ludacris (L) and singer Enrique Iglesias
 
Selena Gomez, Taio Cruz

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