American Music Awards 2022: Here’s the Complete Winners List!
The ceremony for the American Music Awards was held on Sunday night, November 20, 2022 and the host Wayne Brady, kicked off the show.
The annual fan-voted awards show was held at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and featured a star-studded line-up of famous faces from the music world and beyond. The host, Wayne Brady, kicked off the show as Pink roller skated on to the stage performing her new single, Never Gonna Not Dance Again.
Brady highlighted 2022 Icon Award recipient Lionel Richie, saying that if he bumps into Richie as a fan and passes out, Richie should just sign his chest and walk away, via The Hollywood Reporter.
The show allso featured performances from Pink, Stevie Wonder, Charlie Puth, Ari Lennox, GloRilla, David Guetta, Bebe Rexha, Dove Cameron, Anitta, Lil Baby, Carrie Underwood, Imagine Dragons with J.I.D., Yola, Tems and Wizkid, while D-Nice served as the house DJ.
Artist of the year
Taylor Swift — WINNER
Adele
Bad Bunny
Beyoncé
Drake
Harry Styles
The Weeknd
New artist of the year
Dove Cameron — WINNER
Gayle
Latto
Måneskin
Steve Lacy
Collaboration of the year
Elton John & Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix” — WINNER
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Future ft. Drake & Tems, “Wait For U”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay”
Favorite touring artist
Coldplay — WINNER
Bad Bunny
Ed Sheeran
Elton John
The Rolling Stones
Taylor Swift, “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” — WINNER
Favorite music video
Adele, “Easy on Me”
Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito”
Harry Styles, “As It Was”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”
Favorite male pop artist
Harry Styles — WINNER
Bad Bunny
Drake
Ed Sheeran
The Weeknd
Favorite female pop artist
Taylor Swift — WINNER
Adele
Beyoncé
Doja Cat
Lizzo
Favorite pop duo or group
BTS — WINNER
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
Måneskin
OneRepublic
Favorite pop album
Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version) — WINNER
Adele, 30
Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti
Beyoncé, Renaissance
Harry Styles, Harry’s House
The Weeknd, Dawn FM
Favorite pop song
Harry Styles, “As It Was” — WINNER
Adele, “Easy on Me”
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Lizzo, “About Damn Time”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay”
Favorite male country artist
Morgan Wallen — WINNER
Chris Stapleton
Cody Johnson
Luke Combs
Walker Hayes
Favorite female country artist
Taylor Swift — WINNER
Carrie Underwood
Lainey Wilson
Maren Morris
Miranda Lambert
Favorite country duo or group
Dan + Shay — WINNER
Lady A
Old Dominion
Parmalee
Zac Brown Band
Favorite country album
Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version) — WINNER
Carrie Underwood, Denim & Rhinestones
Luke Combs, Growin’ Up
Cody Johnson, Human: The Double Album
Walker Hayes, Country Stuff: The Album
Favorite country song
Morgan Wallen, “Wasted on You” — WINNER
Chris Stapleton, “You Should Probably Leave”
Cody Johnson, “’Til You Can’t”
Dustin Lynch ft. MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ‘Bout You”
Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan, “Buy Dirt”
Favorite male hip-hop artist
Kendrick Lamar — WINNER
Drake
Future
Lil Baby
Lil Durk
Favorite female hip-hop artist
Nicki Minaj — WINNER
Cardi B
GloRilla
Latto
Megan Thee Stallion
Favorite hip-hop album
Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers — WINNER
Future, I Never Liked You
Gunna, DS4EVER
Lil Durk, 7220
Polo G, Hall of Fame 2.0
Favorite hip-hop song
Future ft. Drake & Tems, “Wait For U” — WINNER
Jack Harlow, “First Class”
Kodak Black, “Super Gremlin”
Latto, “Big Energy”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”
Favorite male R&B artist
Chris Brown — WINNER
Brent Faiyaz
Givēon
Lucky Daye
The Weeknd
Favorite female R&B artist
Beyoncé — WINNER
Doja Cat
Muni Long
Summer Walker
SZA
Favorite R&B album
Beyoncé, Renaissance — WINNER
Drake, Honestly, Nevermind
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), An Evening with Silk Sonic
Summer Walker, Still Over It
The Weeknd, Dawn FM
Favorite R&B song
Wizkid ft. Tems, “Essence” — WINNER
Beyoncé, “Break My Soul”
Muni Long, “Hrs And Hrs”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), “Smokin Out The Window”
SZA, “I Hate U”
Favorite male Latin artist
Bad Bunny — WINNER
Farruko
J Balvin
Jhayco
Rauw Alejandro
Favorite female Latin artist
Anitta — WINNER
Becky G
Kali Uchis
Karol G
Rosalía
Favorite Latin duo or group
Yahritza Y Su Esencia — WINNER
Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga
Calibre 50
Eslabon Armado
Grupo Firme
Favorite Latin album
Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti — WINNER
Farruko, La 167
J Balvin, Jose
Rauw Alejandro, Vice Versa
Rosalía, Motomami
Favorite Latin song
Sebastián Yatra, “Dos Oruguitas” — WINNER
Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito”
Becky G x Karol G, “MAMIII”
Karol G, “Provenza”
Rauw Alejandro, “Todo de Ti”
Favorite rock artist
Machine Gun Kelly — WINNER
Imagine Dragons
Måneskin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Lumineers
Favorite rock song
Måneskin, “Beggin’” — WINNER
Foo Fighters, “Love Dies Young”
Imagine Dragons x JID, “Enemy”
Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”
Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Black Summer”
Favorite rock album
Ghost, Impera — WINNER
Coldplay, Music of the Spheres
Imagine Dragons, Mercury – Act 1
Machine Gun Kelly, mainstream sellout
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Unlimited Love
Favorite inspirational artist
for King & Country — WINNER
Anne Wilson
Katy Nichole
Matthew West
Phil Wickham
Favorite gospel artist
Tamela Mann — WINNER
CeCe Winans
DOE
E. Dewey Smith
Maverick City Music
Favorite dance/electronic artist
Marshmello — WINNER
Diplo
Swedish House Mafia
The Chainsmokers
Tiësto
Favorite soundtrack
ELVIS — WINNER
Encanto
Sing 2
Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 4
Top Gun: Maverick
Favorite Afrobeats artist
Wizkid — WINNER
Burna Boy
CKay
Fireboy DML
Tems
Favorite K-pop artist
BTS — WINNER
Blackpink
Seventeen
Tomorrow X Together
Twice
