Kendrick Lamar & Nicki Minaj Wins Favorite Male & Female Hip-Hip Artists At AMAs 2022; Full Winners List

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Kendrick Lamar & Nicki Minaj Wins Favorite Male & Female Hip-Hip Artists At AMAs 2022; Full Winners List

Taylor Swift dominates American Music Awards 2022.

The 50th annual American Music Awards took place earlier tonight at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, which was hosted by Wayne Brady.

The night belongs to Taylor Swift, who dominated the AMAs as she won the most 6 trophies, in all the categories she was nominated in. She was awarded with the ceremony’s top honour, Artist of the Year. She also won favourite music video, favourite female pop artist, favourite pop album, favourite female country artist and favourite country album. Taylor Swift now becomes the first artist in history to win 40 AMAs.

“You encouraged me and I found that the more music I made and the more music I put out, the happier I was, the more I just kept that channel open and just kept creating, kept making things,” Swift said. “So, I have the fans to thank, essentially, for my happiness. And I love you more than I can say, I cannot express how unbelievable it is to me that I still get to do this and that you still care.”

Kendrick Lamar was also awarded a couple of honours, which included favourite male hip-hop artist, and his favourite hip-hop album for his recent project “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.” He beats Drake, Future, Lil Baby and Lil Durk for favourite male rap artists.

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Nicki Minaj took home favourite female hip-hop artist after beating Cardi B, GloRilla, Latto and Megan Thee Stallion. Future was awarded favourite hip-hop song, for his Drake and Tems collab “Wait For U”. The other nominees in the category were Jack Harlow, Kodak Black, Latto and Lil Nas X.

Check out the full winners’ list below.

Artist of the year

Adele
Bad Bunny
Beyoncé
Drake
Harry Styles
Taylor Swift — WINNER
The Weeknd

New artist of the year

Dove Cameron — WINNER
Gayle
Latto
Måneskin
Steve Lacy

Favorite music video

Adele – “Easy on Me”
Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone – “Me Porto Bonito”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” — WINNER

Collaboration of the year

Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast – “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Elton John & Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix” — WINNER
Future ft. Drake & Tems – “Wait For U”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – “Stay”

Favorite touring artist

Bad Bunny
Coldplay — WINNER
Ed Sheeran
Elton John
The Rolling Stones

Favorite male hip-hop artist

Drake
Future
Kendrick Lamar — WINNER
Lil Baby
Lil Durk

Favorite female hip-hop artist

Cardi B
GloRilla
Latto
Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj — WINNER

Favorite hip-hop album

Future – I Never Liked You
Gunna – DS4EVER
Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers — WINNER
Lil Durk – 7220
Polo G – Hall of Fame 2.0

Favorite hip-hop song

Future ft. Drake & Tems – “Wait For U” — WINNER
Jack Harlow – “First Class”
Kodak Black – “Super Gremlin”
Latto – “Big Energy”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”

Favorite male R&B artist

Brent Faiyaz
Chris Brown — WINNER
Givēon
Lucky Daye
The Weeknd

Favorite female R&B artist

Beyoncé — WINNER
Doja Cat
Muni Long
Summer Walker
SZA

Favorite R&B album

Beyoncé – Renaissance — WINNER
Drake – Honestly, Nevermind
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) – An Evening with Silk Sonic
Summer Walker – Still Over It
The Weeknd – Dawn FM

Favorite R&B song

Beyoncé – “Break My Soul”
Muni Long – “Hrs And Hrs”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) – “Smokin Out The Window”
SZA – “I Hate U”
Wizkid ft. Tems – “Essence” — WINNER

Favorite male pop artist

Bad Bunny
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles — WINNER
The Weeknd

Favorite female pop artist

Adele
Beyoncé
Doja Cat
Lizzo
Taylor Swift — WINNER

Favorite pop duo or group

BTS — WINNER
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
Måneskin
OneRepublic

Favorite pop album

Adele – 30
Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti
Beyoncé – Renaissance
Harry Styles – Harry’s House
Taylor Swift – Red (Taylor’s Version) — WINNER
The Weeknd – Dawn FM

Favorite pop song

Adele – “Easy on Me”
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast – “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Harry Styles – “As It Was” — WINNER
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – “Stay”

Favorite male Latin artist

Bad Bunny — WINNER
Farruko
J Balvin
Jhayco
Rauw Alejandro

Favorite female Latin artist

Anitta — WINNER
Becky G
Kali Uchis
Karol G
Rosalía

Favorite Latin duo or group

Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga
Calibre 50
Eslabon Armado
Grupo Firme
Yahritza Y Su Esencia — WINNER

Favorite Latin album

Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti — WINNER
Farruko – La 167
J Balvin – Jose
Rauw Alejandro – Vice Versa
Rosalía – Motomami

Favorite Latin song

Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone – “Me Porto Bonito”
Becky G x Karol G – “MAMIII”
Karol G – “Provenza”
Rauw Alejandro – “Todo de Ti”
Sebastián Yatra – “Dos Oruguitas” — WINNER

Favorite K-pop artist

Blackpink
BTS — WINNER
Seventeen
Tomorrow X Together
Twice

Favorite soundtrack

ELVIS — WINNER
Encanto
Sing 2
Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 4
Top Gun: Maverick

Favorite rock artist

Imagine Dragons
Machine Gun Kelly — WINNER
Måneskin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Lumineers

Favorite rock song

Foo Fighters – “Love Dies Young”
Imagine Dragons x JID – “Enemy”
Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”
Måneskin – “Beggin’” — WINNER
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Black Summer”

Favorite rock album

Coldplay – Music of the Spheres
Ghost – Impera — WINNER
Imagine Dragons – Mercury – Act 1
Machine Gun Kelly – mainstream sellout
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Unlimited Love

 

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