Taylor Swift breaks record at the American Music Awards and Anitta wins historic award

The 50th ceremony of American Music Awards took place last Sunday (20), presented by comedian and actor Wayne Brady in the city of Los Angeles, United States. The event rewarded the best releases made between September 20, 2021 and September 20, 2022 through popular voting.

Taylor Swift became the highlight of the event, winning all the categories in which she was nominated, taking six statuettes in total. During the 2022 edition, Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in the history of the AMAs, totaling 40 awards since her first nomination. Additionally, Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny was nominated in eight categories and won in two of them as Favorite Latin Album, for the production “A Summer Without You,” and Favorite Male Latin Artist.

Brazilian Anitta was also honored in the Favorite Female Latin Artist category, becoming the first artist from Brazil to be awarded in the American Music Awbards. In her acceptance speech, the singer declared: “I want to say, first of all, thank you so much to all my fans. You are incredible, without you and without my country, Brazil, I wouldn't be here today! This is the first time a Brazilian has won here! Secondly, I want to thank my team and my family, and myself, who worked hard too. And (dedicate) this award to the other nominees that I love so much. To Becky G, my friend who I love and deserves everything, and the other nominees, Rosalía and everyone else. There is no winner if there aren't other people running this path with us and doing great work. Thanks!”

_{Anitta is the first Brazilian to win a American Music Awards (Photo: Reproduction/Kevin Winter/Getty Images)}

The event was also marked by iconic performances: Anitta performed with the track “To involve” and called Missy Elliot on stage to sing the song together “lobby”. The surprise performance with Cardi B and GloRilla also became a highlight of the ceremony. Furthermore, singer P!nk paid tribute to Olivia Newton-John, who passed away in 2022, with the song “Hopelessly Devoted To You”.

Singer Lionel Richie was also honored during the event, receiving a tribute from Charlie Puth and Stevie Wonder who performed the artist's greatest hits, including “Brick House”, “All Night Long (All Night),” “Three Times A Lady”, “Easy” It is “Say You, Say Me”. Richie even won the icon awardbeing his 18th statuette since his first nomination.

FAVORITE LATINA FEMALE ARTIST

• Anita – WINNER
• Becky G
• Kali Uchis
• KAROL G
• ROSALÍA

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Adele
• Bad Bunny
• Beyonce
• Drake
• Harry Styles
• Taylor Swift – WINNER
• The Weeknd

NEW ARTIST

• Dove Cameron – WINNER
• GAYLE
• Latto
• Måneskin
• Steve Lacy

FAVORITE VIDEO CLIP OF THE YEAR

• 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 and “Encanto” cast, “We Don't Talk About Bruno”
• Elton John and 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 POP SONG

• Adele, “Easy On Me”
• Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and “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 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 DUO OR GROUP

• BTS – WINNER
• Coldplay
• imagine Dragons
• Måneskin
• OneRepublic

FAVORITE FEMALE POP ARTIST

• Adele
• Beyonce
• Doja Cat
• Lizzo
• Taylor Swift – WINNER

FAVORITE MALE POP ARTIST

• Bad Bunny
• Drake
• Ed Sheeran
• Harry Styles – WINNER
• The Weeknd

FAVORITE TOURING ARTIST

• Bad Bunny
• Coldplay – WINNER
• Ed Sheeran
• Elton John
• The Rolling Stones

FAVORITE AFROBEAT ARTIST

• Burna Boy
• CKay
• Fireboy DML
• tems
• Wizkid – WINNER

FAVORITE K-POP ARTIST

• BLACKPINK
• BTS – WINNER
• SEVENTEEN
• TOMORROW
• TWICE

FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK

• “ELVIS” – WINNER
• “Charm”
• “Sing 2”
• “Stranger Things”: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 4
• “Top Gun: Maverick”

FAVORITE GOSPEL ARTIST

• CeCe Winans
• DONATE
• E. Dewey Smith
• Maverick City Music
• Tamela Mann – WINNER

FAVORITE ELECTRONIC/DANCE MUSIC ARTIST

• Diplo
• Marshmello – WINNER
• Swedish House Mafia
• The Chainsmokers
• Tiësto

FAVORITE INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST

• Anne Wilson
• for KING & COUNTRY – WINNER
• Katy Nichole
• Matthew West
• Phil Wickham

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”

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 ARTIST

• imagine Dragons
• Machine Gun Kelly – WINNER
• Måneskin
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The Lumineers

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”