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