2019 American Music Awards winners: See the full list

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Monday, November 25, 2019
Who's nominated for an American Music Award this year
The battle for artist of the year is on! The nominees for 2019 American Music Awards have been announced, and Drake, Ariana Grande, Halsey, Post Malone and Taylor Swift are all up for the night's top honor.

Taylor Swift dominated at the American Music Awards, winning all five categories in which she was nominated -- including Artist of the Year -- in addition to being named Artist of the Decade. Swift surpassed Michael Jackson as the most-decorated artist in American Music Awards history with an all-time total of 29 wins.



Post Malone was the most-nominated artist for 2019 with seven total nominations. Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish both followed with six each, and Lil Nas X and Taylor Swift each scored five nominations. Billy Ray Cyrus, Khalid and Ella Mai all earned four nominations this year.



FULL LIST OF AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 2019 NOMINEES, WINNERS



ARTIST OF THE YEAR


Drake


Ariana Grande


Halsey


Post Malone


WINNER: Taylor Swift



NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR


Luke Combs


WINNER: Billie Eilish


Lil Nas X


Lizzo


Ella Mai



COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR


Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper "Shallow"


Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus "Old Town Road"


Marshmello & Bastille "Happier"


WINNER: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello "Señorita"


Post Malone & Swae Lee "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)"



TOUR OF THE YEAR


WINNER: BTS


Ariana Grande


Elton John


P!nk


Ed Sheeran





FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO


Billie Eilish "bad guy"


Ariana Grande "7 rings"


Halsey "Without Me"


Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus "Old Town Road"


WINNER: Taylor Swift "You Need to Calm Down"



FAVORITE SOCIAL ARTIST


WINNER: BTS


Billie Eilish


EXO


Ariana Grande


Shawn Mendes



FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - POP/ROCK


Drake


WINNER: Khalid


Post Malone



FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - POP/ROCK


Billie Eilish


Ariana Grande



WINNER: Taylor Swift




FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP - POP/ROCK


WINNER: BTS


Jonas Brothers


Panic! At The Disco



FAVORITE ALBUM - POP/ROCK


Billie Eilish "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"


Ariana Grande "thank u, next"


WINNER: Taylor Swift "Lover"



FAVORITE SONG - POP/ROCK


WINNER: Halsey "Without Me"


Jonas Brothers "Sucker"


Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus "Old Town Road"


Panic! At The Disco "High Hopes"


Post Malone & Swae Lee "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)"



FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - COUNTRY


WINNER: Kane Brown


Luke Combs


Thomas Rhett



FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - COUNTRY


Kelsea Ballerini


Maren Morris


WINNER: Carrie Underwood



FAVORITE DUO or GROUP - COUNTRY


WINNER: Dan + Shay


Florida Georgia Line


Old Dominion



FAVORITE ALBUM - COUNTRY


Kane Brown "Experiment"


Dan + Shay "Dan + Shay"


WINNER: Carrie Underwood "Cry Pretty"



FAVORITE SONG - COUNTRY


Luke Combs "Beautiful Crazy"


WINNER: Dan + Shay "Speechless"


Blake Shelton "God's Country"



FAVORITE ARTIST - RAP/HIP-HOP


WINNER: Cardi B


Drake


Post Malone



FAVORITE ALBUM - RAP/HIP-HOP


Meek Mill "Championships"


WINNER: Post Malone "Hollywood's Bleeding"


Travis Scott "Astroworld"





FAVORITE SONG - RAP/HIP-HOP


WINNER: Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus "Old Town Road"


Post Malone "Wow."


Travis Scott "SICKO MODE"



FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - SOUL/R&B


Chris Brown


Khalid


WINNER: Bruno Mars



FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - SOUL/R&B


WINNER: Beyoncé


Lizzo


Ella Mai



FAVORITE ALBUM - SOUL/R&B


Chris Brown "Indigo"


WINNER: Khalid "Free Spirit"


Ella Mai "Ella Mai"



FAVORITE SONG - SOUL/R&B


WINNER: Khalid "Talk"


Lizzo "Juice"


Ella Mai "Trip"



FAVORITE ARTIST - ALTERNATIVE ROCK


WINNER: Billie Eilish


Imagine Dragons


Panic! At The Disco



FAVORITE ARTIST - ADULT CONTEMPORARY


Maroon 5


P!nk


WINNER: Taylor Swift



FAVORITE ARTIST - LATIN


Bad Bunny


WINNER: J Balvin


Ozuna



FAVORITE ARTIST - CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL


WINNER: Lauren Daigle


for KING & COUNTRY


MercyMe



FAVORITE ARTIST - ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)


Avicii


WINNER: Marshmello


The Chainsmokers



FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK


"A Star is Born" by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper


WINNER: "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen


"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"

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