The American Music Awards were presented on ABC from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles Sunday night. YA Pop Culture has the winners below. The winners are marked with an * and in bold from the list of nominees.
The awards show featured performances by Rihanna, Usher, Santana, Pink, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Kid Rock, Katy Perry, Bon Jovi, Christina Aguilera, Train, Ke$ha, New Kinds on the Block and the Backstreet Boys, and more.
The Artist of the Year Award went to Justin Bieber.
Here are the winners of the 2010 American Music Awards:
Favorite Male Artist, Pop or Rock
Justin Bieber
Favorite Female Artist, Pop or Rock
Lady Gaga
Favorite Band, Duo or Group, Pop or Rock
The Black Eyed Peas
Favorite Album, Pop or Rock
Justin Bieber - My World 2.0
Favorite Male Artist, Country
Brad Paisley
Favorite Female Artist, Country
Taylor Swift
Favorite Band, Duo or Group, Country
Lady Antebellum
Favorite Album, Country
Carrie Underwood - Play On
Favorite Male Artist, Rap/Hip-Hop
Eminem
Favorite Album, Rap/Hip-Hop
Eminem - Recovery
Favorite Male Artist - Soul/R&B
Usher
Favorite Female Artist - Soul/R&B
Rihanna
Favorite Album, Soul/R&B
Usher - Raymond v. Raymond
Favorite Album, Soundtracks
Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers
Favorite Artist, Alternative Rock Music
Muse
Favorite Artist, Adult Contemporary Music
Michael Bublé
Favorite Artist, Latin Music
Shakira
Favorite Artist, Contemporary Inspirational
MercyMe
Artist of the Year
Justin Bieber
T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Nominations
Justin Bieber
The Black Eyed Peas have already taken millions of us to The E.N.D., so it only makes sense that on their upcoming album they’re going to take us back to The Beginning. That’s the name of the sequel to last year’s nearly triple-platinum album, which just last week fell out of the top 40 on the Billboard albums chart after more than a year on the tally. A spokesperson for the band’s label confirmed the title of the LP and its November 30 release date to MTV News.
In a recent Dipdive.com interview from the set of will.i.am and Nicki Minaj’s “Check It Out” video, BEP leader will.i.am revealed that the band has a new collaborator on the disc: Damien “DJ Ammo” LeRoy, who worked on four songs. According to his online bio, the little known, Los Angeles-based Ammo regularly DJs all over the world and has played parties for Will, BEP singer Fergie and Outkast. Ammo is also behind remixes for the Veronicas and the BEPs and produced Kelis’ single “4th of July (Fireworks),” which was released on Will’s label via Interscope.
Will said that in addition to producing three songs himself on the 12-track Beginning, dance-floor master David Guetta had a hand in producing two others. Describing the prequel to The Associated Press back in July, Will described it as symbolizing “growth, new beginnings and starts, fresh new perspective.”
The Peas have a tough act to follow, considering The E.N.D. is certified double-platinum in the U.S. and has produced three #1 singles, including the mega-smashes “I Gotta Feeling” and “Boom Boom Pow.” A first single from the album is tentatively due in October and while fans haven’t heard it yet, will.i.am recently broke down his hit-making strategy for MTV’s “The Seven.”
“We call it ‘A-B-ing.’ Anything you make, there’s nothing new under the sun. So there’s always an ‘A and B’ to whatever your approach is,” he said of producing smashes for everyone from Usher to Estelle and Nicki Minaj. “So if you want a song to be a big #1 smash, then you have to play a Michael Jackson song while you’re making your song.”
He said using an artist such as Jackson as a benchmark will usually let a producer know if a track really has that “It” factor. “What you don’t want to do is have a ‘hit record’ and then turn it on and it isn’t as loud as Michael Jackson’s.”
