New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) Adele had the most award-wins at this year's American
Music Awards with three awards, including Adult Contemporary Artist, Pop/Rock Female Artist, and Pop/Rock Album for 21.
Nicki Minaj picked up the second-most awards, winning for both Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and Rap/Hip-Hop Album for Pink Friday. UMPG songwriters and artists picked up 8 award wins, out of 19 possible categories. UMPG's
Maroon 5 teamed with
Christina Aguilera to deliver an energetic performance of "
Moves Like Jagger" while
Justin Bieber made a cameo in LMFAO's "
Party Rock Anthem" to close the show. Congratulations to all of our award winners!
Complete list of UMPG award-winners:
-Adult Contemporary Artist: Adele
-Alternative Rock Artist: Foo Fighters
-Pop/Rock Female Artist: Adele
-Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group: Maroon 5
-Pop/Rock Album: Adele, 21 (via Adele,
Simon Gallup,
Roger O'Donnell, Robert
James Smith, Porl Thompson, Laurence Andrew Tolhurst,
Boris Williams)
-Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj
-Rap/Hip-Hop Album: Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday (via Nicki Minaj, Swizz Beatz, Eminem, Andrew "Pop" Wansel)
-Soul/R&B Album: Rihanna, Loud (via Stacy Barthe, Avril Lavigne, Rock City, Nicki Minaj,
Tricky Stewart, Alex Da Kid, Eminem,
Skylar Grey and Rondor's Avril Lavigne)