The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, Dan + Shay Win Big at an Audience-Light, Politics-Free American Music Awards

Taylor Swift continues to give generously.

The 63rd annual Grammy Awards may be celebrating the best in music come Jan. 31, but some artists were missing from the list of nominees unveiled Tuesday.

Taylor Swift and The Weeknd were triple winners at the 2020 American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night (November 22, 2020).The Weeknd kicked off the big show by landing best soul/R&B album for After Hours, which he dedicated to “the late, great Prince”, and he later added Favorite Male Artist – Soul/R&B, and Favorite Song – Soul/R&B for Heartless to his haul.However, he lost out on the top prize of Artist of the Year to Swift, who also scored Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock and

Will Thorne Staff WriterThe 2020 American Music Awards delivered a big decline in rating and total viewership from last year, falling to record lows in both measurements.Last night’s awards show, which was hosted by “Empire” star Taraji P. Henson and saw Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Dan + Shay emerge as the big winners, averaged a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49 and around 3.8 million total viewers.

The 2020 American Music Awards, like most things in 2020, was visibly affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Host Taraji P.

Taylor Swift won three awards at the 2020 American Music Awards, but she had a good reason for not being there in person! The 30-year-old entertainer gave a virtual acceptance speech for Artist of the Year during the event on Sunday (November 22) and she revealed she was speaking from the recording studio. “The reason I’m not there tonight is because I’m re-recording all of my old music,” Taylor told fans.

Another COVID-compliant awards show was pulled off without a hitch!!

Taylor Swift won big at the 2020 American Music Awards on Sunday, November 22.The “Betty” singer, 30, took home the trophies for Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock, Favorite Music Video (“Cardigan”) and Artist of the Year, the latter of which marked her third consecutive year winning the night’s top category. She virtually accepted the awards from her recording studio.“Thank you so much for this.

2020 American Music Awards on Sunday night.In a big comeback year that started with his “Changes” album released in February, Biebs — making his first appearance at the AMAs since 2016 — got the prime spot to introduce the show, held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.But in the middle of a pandemic with coronavirus cases surging — and folks who can’t see their families for Thanksgiving as a result — did we really need to hear Bieber whining about the price of young fame in “Lonely” at the

Taylor Swift won three American Music Awards last night, but chose to miss the ceremony as she continues to re-record her back catalogue.Accepting the Artist of the Year honour, Swift explained that she was busy in the studio and thanked the AMAs for the gong, which followed her triumphs for favourite pop/rock female and favourite music video (‘Cardigan’) earlier in the evening.“The reason I’m not there tonight is I’m actually recording all of my old music in the studio where we originally

Taylor Swift just won big at the 2020 American Music Awards!The 30-year-old singer took home the night's most prestigious award, Artist of the Year, on Sunday. Although she couldn't be there in person to accept the award, Swift recorded a video to all the fans who voted for her, and explained why she wasn't inside Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater.«Oh hey, guys.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe American Music Awards (AMAs) handed out trophies for their 2020 ceremony with The Weeknd, Doja Cat and Taylor Swift as some of the night’s top winners.Hosted by Taraji P. Henson, this in-person ceremony aired on ABC and was wildly socially distanced with cardboard cutouts of Beyonce, Jay Z, Dolly Parton and others in the orchestra section of the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Dan + Shay are back on stage at the 2020 American Music Awards!

A list of the winners at the 2020 American Music Awards, held Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.— Artist of the year: Taylor Swift— New artist of the year: Doja Cat— Collaboration of the year: Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours"— Favorite pop/rock female artist: Taylor Swift— Favorite pop/rock male artist: Justin Bieber— Favorite pop/rock duo or group: BTS— Favorite pop/rock song: Dua Lipa, “Don't Start Now"— Favorite pop/rock album: Harry Styles, “Fine Line"— Favorite

Chris Willman Music WriterTaylor Swift won three American Music Awards Sunday night, including the top “favorite artist” honor — explaining her absence as due to being busy in the studio re-recording her entire Big Machine catalog.The climactic favorite artist award came as something as a surprise, since Swift’s name had not come up as a winner any time earlier in the three hours, leading to an underlying assumption that she might have been shut out in some or all of the four categories she’d

American Music Awards were true celebration of the art! The star-studded spectacular featured some of the biggest names in music being honored for their achievements and delivering some jaw-dropping live performances. From Justin Bieber's soulful medley of new hits — which came 10 years after he made his AMAs debut with a performance of «Pray» — to Jennifer Lopez and Maluma's world premiere performance of «Pa' Ti» and «Lonely,» the night was jam-packed with incredible highlights.With Taraji P.

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Billie Eilish just wowed on the 2020 American Music Awards stage! The 18-year-old singer put on the world premiere performance of her latest single, «Therefore I Am,» from Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater during Sunday's ceremony.Eilish opted for her signature comfortable gear for the performance, still rocking her black-and-green hair and long acrylic nails.In addition to her epic performance, Eilish is up for two awards at this year's ceremony, Favorite Social Artist and Favorite Artist —

Dan + Shay are winners!

2020 American Music Awards kicked off with a bang! After the show teased a «world premiere performance» that would «give fans the unexpected,» it delivered with an epic opening featuring Shawn Mendes and his latest collaborator and fellow Canadian, Justin Bieber! The awards show kicked off with Bieber performing his song, «Lonely,» while dressed in a blue plaid shirt and orange beanie.