American Music Awards: Winners List – 2021 AMAs Recap

ABC is kicking off Turkey Week (that’s a thing, isn’t it?) with Sunday’s American Music Awards, but not every artist will leave the Microsoft Theater feeling as grateful as they did when they arrived .
Heading into Cardi B’s ceremony, Olivia Rodrigo leads the pack with seven total nominations, including Artist of the Year and New Artist of the Year. (Not too shabby for a first outing.)
The Weeknd follows closely with six nominations, including Artist of the Year. Other multiple-nominated Top Artists include Bad Bunny, Doja Cat, and Giveon, with each receiving five nominations.
As always, the AMAs assembled an impressive group of presenters to announce this year’s winners. Brandy, Madelyn Cline, Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler, Winnie Harlow, Machine Gun Kelly, Liza Koshy, Marsai Martin, Billy Porter, Anthony Ramos, JoJo Siwa and JB Smoove are all set to present.
Read on for a full list of this year’s winners, including those announced on TikTok earlier today, which we’ll update throughout the ceremony:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Ariana Grande
BTS (WINNER!)
Duck
Olivia Rodrigue
Taylor Swift
The weekend
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
24kGold
Overlook
masked wolf
Olivia Rodrigo (WINNER!)
Kid Laroi
FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) – “Leave the Door Open”
Cardi B – “Up”
Lil Nas X – “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” (WINNER!)
Olivia Rodrigo – “Driver’s License”
The Weeknd – “Save Your Tears”
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
24kGoldn with Iann Dior – “Mood”
Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez – “Dakiti”
Chris Brown and Young Thug – “Go Crazy”
Doja Cat featuring SZA – “Kiss Me More” (WINNER!)
Justin Bieber with Daniel Caesar and Giveon – “Peaches”
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP
Duck
Ed Sheeran (WINNER!)
justin bieber
Lil Nas X
The weekend
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP
Ariana Grande
Doja Cat
Doua Lipa
Olivia Rodrigue
Taylor Swift (WINNER!)
FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – POP
RDA
BTS (WINNER!)
glass animals
Brown 5
Sonic Silk (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)
FAVORITE ALBUM – POP
Ariana Grande – Positions
Doua Lipa – nostalgia for the future
Olivia Rodrigue- Acid
Taylor Swift – Always (WINNER!)
The Kid Laroi – fucking love
FAVORITE SONGS – POP
BTS – “Butter” (WINNER!)
Doja Cat featuring SZA – “Kiss Me More”
Dua Lipa – “Levitation”
Olivia Rodrigo – “Driver’s License”
The Weeknd and Ariana Grande – “Save Your Tears (Remix)”
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – HIP-HOP
Drake (WINNER!)
Little baby
Moneybagg Yo
Polo G
Pop Smoke
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – HIP-HOP
Cardi B
Coi Leray
Erica Banks
Megan Thee Stallion (WINNER!)
Saweetie
FAVORITE ALBUM – HIP-HOP
Drake- Certified lover
Juice Wrld – legends never die
Stallion Megan Thee – Good news (WINNER!)
Smoke Pop – Aim for the stars, aim for the moon
Stem wave – soul fly
FAVORITE SONG – HIP-HOP
Cardi B – “Up” (WINNER!)
Internet Money featuring Gunna, Don Toliver and Nav – “Lemonade”
Lil Tjay featuring 6lack – “Calling My Phone”
Polo G – “Rapstar”
Pop Smoke – “What You Know About Love”
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Chris Stapleton
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan (WINNER!)
Luc Combes
Morgan Wallen
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Carrie Underwood (WINNER!)
Gabby Barrette
Kacey Musgraves
Maren Morris
Miranda Lambert
FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – COUNTRY
Dan + Shay (WINNER!)
Florida Georgia Line
Lady A
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band
FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY
Chris Stapleton– restart
Gabby Barret- Gold mine (WINNER!)
Lee Brice – Hello world
Luke Bryan – Born here Live here Die here
Morgan Wallen – Dangerous: the double album
FAVORITE SONG – COUNTRY
Chris Stapleton – “Start Over”
Chris Young and Kane Brown – “Famous Friends”
Gabby Barrett – “The Good Ones” (WINNER!)
Luke Combs – “Forever After All”
Walker Hayes – “Fantasy Like”
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – R&B
Chris Brown
Overlook
Tank
The weekend (WINNER!)
Bailiff
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – R&B
Doja Cat (WINNER!)
HIS
Jazmine Sullivan
Jhene Aiko
SZA
FAVORITE ALBUM – R&B
Doja Cat – planet she (WINNER!)
Overlook – When all is said and done… Take the time
HIS – In the back of my mind
Jazmine Sullivan – Tales of Heaux
Queen Naija – Misunderstood
FAVORITE SONGS – R&B
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) – “Leave the Door Open” (WINNER!)
Chris Brown and Young Thug – “Go Crazy”
Giveon – “Sorrow’s Anniversary”
SHE – “Too bad”
Jazmine Sullivan – “Take Back Your Feelings”
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – LATIN
Bad Bunny (WINNER!)
J Balvin
Maluma
Ozuna
Rauw Alejandro
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – LATIN
Becky G (WINNER!)
Kali Uchis
Karl G.
Natti Natasha
Rosalia
FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – LATIN
Banda MS by Sergio Lizárraga (WINNER!)
Caliber 50
Eslabon Armado
La Arrolladora Banda El Limon By Rene Camacho
Los Dos Carnales
FAVORITE ALBUM – LATIN
Bad bunny – El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo (WINNER!)
Kali Uchis – Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)
Karol G- KG0516
Maluma- Grandpa Juancho
Rauw Alejandro – Afrodisiaco
FAVORITE SONGS – LATIN
Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez – “Dakiti”
Bad Bunny x Rosalía – “La Noche de Anoche”
Farruko – “Pepas”
Kali Uchis – “Telepatía” (WINNER!)
Maluma and The Weeknd – “Hawaii (Remix)”
FAVORITE ARTIST – ROCK
RDA
all the time low
foo fighters
glass animals
Machine Gun Kelly (WINNER!)
FAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC
David Guetta
Illenium
Marshmello (WINNER!)
Concerning
Tiesto
FAVORITE ARTIST – INSPIRING
Cain
Carrie Underwood (WINNER!)
worship of elevation
Lauren Daigle
Zach Williams
FAVORITE ARTIST – GOSPEL
Kanye West (WINNER!)
kirk franklin
Koryn Hawthorne
Maverick Town Music
Tasha Cobbs Leonard
FAVORITE TRENDING SONG
Erica Banks – “Bus It”
Måneskin – “Beggin'”
Megan Thee Stallion – “Body” (WINNER!)
Olivia Rodrigo – “Driver’s License”
Popp Hunna – “Adderall (Corvette Corvette)”
How did your favorite artists fare at this year’s AMAs? Leave a comment with your thoughts on the winners below.