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Here are the winners of the 2021 American Music Awards – BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Silk Sonic, Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Doja Cat, and more

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Here are the winners of the 2021 American Music Awards – BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Silk Sonic, Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Doja Cat, and more

The 2021 American Music Awards is finally here.

BTS on AMA Artist of the Year win: "We will never take this for granted."

Hosted by Cardi B at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on 21 November, 8 PM CET, the annual awards ceremony featured showcase performances by the likes of Silk Sonic, Olivia Rodrigo, Bad Bunny, BTS, Coldplay, and more.

BTS made history by being the first-ever Asian act to win the Artist of the Year award at the American Music Awards. In their acceptance speech, BTS leader RM shared their gratitude with their fans: "Nobody could've ever bet on the odds of us standing here receiving this award except ARMY. This whole thing is a miracle." SUGA also looked back on their very first AMA performance from 4 years ago: "When we had our debut US TV performance here... we didn't know we would come to receive the Artist of the Year Award like this." Jungkook also shared that "This is the beginning of our new chapter." V wrapped up their speech by giving love back to their fans, ARMY: "We purple you!"

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Taking home the New Artist of the Year Award is Filipino-American pop singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo.

Check out the full list of winners here*:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

BTS

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Olivia Rodrigo

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me More”

 

FAVORITE TRENDING SONG

Megan Thee Stallion “Body”

 

FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO

Lil Nas X “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)”

 

FAVORITE MALE POP ARTIST

Ed Sheeran

 

FAVORITE FEMALE POP ARTIST

Taylor Swift

FAVORITE POP DUO OR GROUP

BTS

 

FAVORITE POP ALBUM

Taylor Swift “evermore”

 

FAVORITE POP SONG

BTS “Butter”

FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST

Luke Bryan

 

FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST

Carrie Underwood

Gabby Barrett

Kacey Musgraves

Maren Morris

Miranda Lambert

 

FAVORITE COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP

Dan + Shay

 

FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM

Gabby Barrett “Goldmine”

FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG

Gabby Barrett “The Good Ones”

 

FAVORITE MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST

Drake

 

FAVORITE FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST

Megan Thee Stallion

 

FAVORITE HIP-HOP ALBUM

Megan Thee Stallion “Good News”

 

FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG

Cardi B “Up”

FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST

The Weeknd

 

FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST

Doja Cat

 

FAVORITE R&B ALBUM

Doja Cat “Planet Her”

 

FAVORITE R&B SONG

Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Leave The Door Open”

 

FAVORITE MALE LATIN ARTIST

Bad Bunny

 

FAVORITE FEMALE LATIN ARTIST

Becky G

FAVORITE LATIN DUO OR GROUP

Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga

 

FAVORITE LATIN ALBUM

Bad Bunny “EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO”

 

FAVORITE LATIN SONG

Kali Uchis “telepatía”

 

FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST

Machine Gun Kelly

FAVORITE INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST

Carrie Underwood

 

FAVORITE GOSPEL ARTIST

Kanye West

 

FAVORITE DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST

Marshmello

* The list will be updated as winners are announced

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