Sam Smith won favourite male artist - pop/rock. Swift was also a cheerleader when her friend Lorde thrashed and sang onstage. She also received the first-ever Dick Clark Award for Excellence, presented by Diana Ross.Īriana Grande took the stage to sing lounge-y, piano-versions of her upbeat hits ‘Problem’ and ‘Break Free.’ She followed that with a duet of her latest hit, ‘Love Me Harder,’ with The Weeknd, as Grande’s older brother jumped up in joy, MAGIC! leader Nasir Atweh sang along and Heidi Klum bopped her head. She even removed part of her dress to reveal a shimmery, leg-revealing gold number.

She was aggressive, grabbing her male dancers by their blazers and singing in character on bended knee.

Swift sang her new number one hit, ‘Blank Space,’ Sunday night at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Taylor Swift kicked off the AMAs as a mad woman and man eater by feeding a boy a poisonous apple, holding burning roses and giving crazy eyes during a performance of her song about her dating life. She performed her massive hit, ‘Fancy,’ which was nominated for single of the year, as well as her new song, ‘Beg for It.’

“And it means so much that I can stand here against Eminem and Drake and come out with this,” she continued.Īzalea was the lead nominee with six, including artist of the year. “This award is the first award I’ve ever won in my entire life, and it means so much to me that it is for best hip-hop because that’s what inspired me to move to America and pursue my dreams, and it’s what helped me when I was a teenager to escape and to get through my life and to better times,” the 24-year-old Australian rapper said Sunday at the Nokia Theatre L.A. America feels like a second home to us,” Liam Payne said onstage with his band mates.īreakthrough newcomer Iggy Azalea won her first award ever at the American Music Awards, taking down rap heavyweights Eminem and Drake.Īzalea won favourite rap/hip-hop album for her debut, ‘The New Classic.’ One Direction also claimed trophies for favourite pop/rock duo or group and pop/rock album for ‘Midnight Memories.’ The final prize of the night was the third award the British boy band claimed during Sunday’s ceremony. One Direction has won the American Music Award for artist of the year.Ĭompetition in the category was tough, with Iggy Azalea, Beyoncé, Luke Bryan, Eminem, Imagine Dragons, John Legend, Lorde, Katy Perry and Pharrell Williams up for the honour.

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