American Music Awards: Taylor Swift Breaks Michael Jackson’s Record for All-Time Wins

Going into the 2019 American Music Awards, all eyes were already on Artist of the Decade recipient Taylor Swift as viewers eagerly awaited whether she would, in fact, perform her past hits and address her recent dispute with Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun over her right to do so on the live awards show.

Swift did perform past hits like “Love Story,” “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space” and others. However, she didn’t directly address Borchetta and Braun, merely talking about the importance of songwriting and creating “something that will last.”

Still, by the end of the show, it was clear it was Swift’s night. The superstar singer-songwriter won five competitive awards, including the top prize of artist of the year, bringing her total tally of AMA wins over the course of her career to 28 (she had 23 career wins prior to Sunday night’s show) and breaking Michael Jackson’s record of most AMA wins of all time (the late King of Pop won 24 AMAs).

BTS and Khalid won the second highest number of awards of the night, taking home 3 awards each.

Six-time nominee Billie Eilish won two awards while fellow six-time nominee Ariana Grande was shut out. Carrie Underwood and Dan + Shay each won two awards.

Going into the night, the most nominated artist was Post Malone, who had seven nominations including nods for artist of the year, collaboration of the year and favorite male artist – pop/rock. Malone won one award.

Meanwhile, Lil Nas X, who tied Swift with five nods, won one award.

The AMA nominations are based on interactions on Billboard.com, streaming, album and digital song sales, radio airplay, social activity and touring. Winners are voted on entirely by fans.

Ciara is hosting the AMAs, airing live on ABC on the East Coast (tape delayed PT), from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Dick Clark Productions, which produces the American Music Awards, is a division of Valence Media, which owns The Hollywood Reporter.

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  Artist of the Year

  Taylor Swift (WINNER)
  Drake
  Ariana Grande
  Halsey
  Post Malone

• New Artist of the Year

  
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  Billie Eilish (WINNER)
  Luke Combs
  Lil Nas X
  Lizzo
  Ella Mai

• Collaboration of the Year

  
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  Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, “Señorita” (WINNER)
  Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, Shallow”
  Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, Old Town Road”
  Marshmello & Bastille, Happier”
  Post Malone & Swae Lee, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”

• Tour of the Year

  
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  BTS (WINNER)
  Ariana Grande
  Elton John
  P!nk
  Ed Sheeran

• Favorite Music Video

  
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  Taylor Swift, “You Need to Calm Down” (WINNER)
  Billie Eilish, “bad guy”
  Ariana Grande, “7 rings”
  Halsey, “Without Me”
  Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
   

• Favorite Social Artist

  
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  BTS (WINNER)
  Billie Eilish
  EXO
  Ariana Grande
  Shawn Mendes

• Favorite Male Artist – Pop/Rock

  
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  Khalid (WINNER)
  Drake
  Post Malone

• Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock

  
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  Taylor Swift (WINNER)
  Billie Eilish
  Ariana Grande

• Favorite Duo or Group – Pop/Rock

  
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  BTS (WINNER)
  Jonas Brothers
  Panic! At The Disco

• Favorite Album – Pop/Rock

  Taylor Swift, Lover (WINNER)
  Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
  Ariana Grande, thank u, next

• Favorite Song – Pop/Rock

  
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  Halsey, “Without Me” (WINNER)
  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

  
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  Kane Brown (WINNER)
  Luke Combs
  Thomas Rhett

• Favorite Female Artist – Country

  
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  Carrie Underwood (WINNER)
  Kelsea Ballerini
  Maren Morris

• Favorite Duo or Group – Country

  
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  Dan + Shay (WINNER)
  Florida Georgia Line
  Old Dominion

• Favorite Album – Country

  
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  Carrie Underwood, Cry Pretty (WINNER)
  Kane Brown, Experiment
  Dan + Shay, Dan + Shay

• Favorite Song – Country

  
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  Dan + Shay, “Speechless” (WINNER)
  Luke Combs, “Beautiful Crazy”
  Blake Shelton, “God’s Country”

• Favorite Artist – Rap/Hip-Hop

  
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  Cardi B (WINNER)
  Drake
  Post Malone

• Favorite Album – Rap/Hip-Hop

  
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  Post Malone, Hollywood’s Bleeding (WINNER)
  Meek Mill, Championships
  Travis Scott, Astroworld

• Favorite Song – Rap/Hip-Hop

  
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  Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road” (WINNER)
  Post Malone, “Wow.”
  Travis Scott, “SICKO MODE”

• Favorite Male Artist – Soul/R&B

  
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  Bruno Mars (WINNER)
  Chris Brown
  Khalid

• Favorite Female Artist – Soul/R&B

  
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  Beyoncé (WINNER)
  Lizzo
  Ella Mai

• Favorite Album – Soul/R&B

  
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  Khalid, Free Spirit (WINNER)
  Chris Brown, Indigo
  Ella Mai, Ella Mai

• Favorite Song – Soul/R&B

  
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  Khalid, “Talk” (WINNER)
  Lizzo, “Juice”
  Ella Mai, “Trip”

• Favorite Artist – Alternative Rock

  
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  Billie Eilish (WINNER)
  Imagine Dragons
  Panic! At The Disco

• Favorite Artist – Adult Contemporary

  
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  Taylor Swift (WINNER)
  Maroon 5
  P!nk

• Favorite Artist – Latin

  
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  J Balvin (WINNER)
  Bad Bunny
  Ozuna

• Favorite Artist – Contemporary Inspirational

  
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  Lauren Daigle (WINNER)
  for KING & COUNTRY
  MercyMe

• Favorite Artist – Electronic Dance Music (EDM)

  
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  Marshmello (WINNER)
  Avicii
  The Chainsmokers

• Favorite Soundtrack

  
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  Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (WINNER)
  A Star is Born by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
  Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse