Los Angeles (Top40 Charts / dick clark productions) Winners of the 39th Annual American
Music Awards (AMAs) were announced this evening from the NOKIA Theatre, L.A LIVE. The show aired live on ABC at 8:00pm ET/ 7:00pm CT. Produced by dick clark productions (dcp), the 2011 AMAs were produced by Larry Klein and executive produced by Orly Adelson, president of dcp.
AMA highlights included live performances by Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown,
Kelly Clarkson, Drake, an AMA record six collaborations including
Nicki Minaj with
David Guetta opening the show,
Pitbull with
Marc Anthony and Lil Jon,
Gym Class Heroes with Adam Levine, will.i.am with Jennifer Lopez,
Enrique Iglesias with Ludacris, and
Maroon 5 with
Christina Aguilera.
LMFAO closed the night out with a party filled with surprises.
Winners of the 39th American
Music Awards included
Taylor Swift winning (Artist of the Year, Favorite Female Artist / Country
Music and Favorite Album / Country),
Nicki Minaj taking home her very first American
Music Awards (Favorite Artist, Rap/Hip-Hop and Favorite Album, Rap/Hip-Hop),
Adele winning (Favorite Female Artist / Pop/Rock, Favorite Album / Pop/Rock and Favorite Artist / Adult Contemporary),
Maroon 5 presented with (Favorite Band Duo or Group / Pop/Rock),
Jennifer Lopez honored with (Favorite Artist / Latin Music),
Hot Chelle Rae winning (Sprint New Artist of the Year award) and more. A complete list of winners is attached.
Katy Perry received a special AMA Award of Achievement for being the first woman in the history of pop music to have five No. 1 singles from one album.
Artists were honored in the categories of Pop/Rock, Country, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Alternative, Adult Contemporary, Latin, and Contemporary Inspirational.
This year, ABC aired a live pre-show "Countdown to The American
Music Awards" hosted by Chris Harrison and
Vanessa Lachey and live reporting by Ryan Devlin. In addition, fans were treated to the online pre-show "Coca-Cola
Red Carpet LIVE! @ the 2011 AMAs" hosted by Lance Bass, Michael Buckley, Estelle,
Sarah Hyland, Mario, Audrina Patridge and Josh Sussman that streamed live online worldwide at ABC.com, Livestream.com/AMAs and other partner sites.
American
Music Awards® nominees are selected from both BigChampagne's Ultimate Chart and Mediabase. The Ultimate Chart is a ranked list of the most popular artists and songs based on a weighted combination of music sales, radio and TV broadcast, internet streaming and video viewing, and incorporating additional online metrics, including activity on social networks. Mediabase monitors more than 1,800 radio stations in 180 U.S. and Canadian markets, 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week and provides vital airplay and programming information to more than 1,700 affiliate radio stations and every major broadcast group. Winners are chosen by public vote online.
2011 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
WINNERS
NOVEMBER 20TH, 2011
POP or ROCK MUSIC
Favorite Male Artist
Bruno Mars
Favorite Female Artist
Adele
Favorite Band, Duo or Group
Maroon 5
Favorite Album
Adele/21
COUNTRY MUSIC
Favorite Male Artist
Blake Shelton
Favorite Female Artist
Taylor Swift
Favorite Band, Duo or Group
Lady Antebellum
Favorite Album
Taylor Swift/Speak Now
RAP/HIP-HOP MUSIC
Favorite Artist
Nicki Minaj
Favorite Album
Nicki Minaj/Pink Friday
SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES MUSIC
Favorite Male Artist
Usher
Favorite Female Artist
Beyonce
Favorite Album
Rihanna/Loud
ALTERNATIVE ROCK MUSIC
Favorite Artist
Foo Fighters
ADULT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Favorite Artist
Adele
LATIN MUSIC
Favorite Artist
Jennifer Lopez
CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
Favorite Artist
Casting Crowns
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift
Sprint New Artist Of The Year
Hot Chelle Rae
