AMAs 2019 winners' list: Taylor Swift is tops; Dan + Shay, Billie Eilish win two each
Sunday's American Music Awards was historic for Taylor Swift.
Swift broke the record for most victories for an artist, formerly held by Michael Jackson. Over the years, the songstress had racked up 23 AMAs, and Sunday she surpassed Jackson's collection of 24 with wins for artist of the year and favorite pop/rock album for "Lover." She now holds the record for wins with 25.
Ciara hosted the awards show, which broadcast from Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater.
Here are all the winners for the 2019 AMAs announced Sunday:
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Artist of the year
Drake
Ariana Grande
Halsey
Post Malone
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Favorite song – country
Luke Combs, “Beautiful Crazy”
WINNER: Dan + Shay, “Speechless”
Blake Shelton, “God’s Country”
Favorite album – rap/hip-hop
Meek Mill, “Championships”
WINNER: Post Malone, “Hollywood’s Bleeding”
Travis Scott, “Astroworld”
New artist of the year
Luke Combs
WINNER: Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Ella Mai
Collaboration of the year
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, “Shallow”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Marshmello & Bastille, “Happier”
WINNER: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, “Señorita”
Post Malone & Swae Lee, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”
Favorite album – country
Kane Brown, "Experiment"
Dan + Shay, "Dan + Shay"
WINNER: Carrie Underwood, "Cry Pretty"
Favorite female artist – country
Kelsea Ballerini
Maren Morris
WINNER: Carrie Underwood
Favorite album – pop/rock
Billie Eilish, "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"
Ariana Grande, "Thank U, Next"
WINNER: Taylor Swift, "Lover"
Favorite song – pop/rock
WINNER: Halsey, “Without Me”
Jonas Brothers, “Sucker”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Panic! At The Disco, “High Hopes”
Post Malone & Swae L
Favorite song – rap/hip-hop
WINNER: Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Post Malone, “Wow.”
Travis Scott, “Sicko Mode”
Favorite artist – alternative rock
WINNER: Billie Eilish
Imagine Dragons
Panic! at the Disco
Tour of the year
WINNER: BTS
Ariana Grande
Elton John
P!nk
Ed Sheeran
Favorite duo or group – pop/rock
WINNER: BTS
Jonas Brothers
Panic! At The Disco
Favorite duo or group – country
WINNER: Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
Favorite social artist
BTS
Billie Eilish
EXO
Ariana Grande
Shawn Mendes
Favorite music video
Billie Eilish, “Bad Guy”
Ariana Grande, “7 Rings”
Halsey, “Without Me”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Taylor Swift, “You Need to Calm Down”
Favorite female artist – pop/rock
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Taylor Swift
Favorite male artist – pop/rock
Drake
Khalid
Post Malone
Favorite male artist – country
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
Favorite artist – rap/hip-hop
Cardi B
Drake
Post Malone
Favorite male artist – soul/R&B
Chris Brown
Khalid
Bruno Mars
Favorite female artist – soul/R&B
Beyoncé
Lizzo
Ella Mai
Favorite album – soul/R&B
Chris Brown, Indigo
Khalid, Free Spirit
Ella Mai, Ella Mai
Favorite song – soul/R&B
Khalid, “Talk”
Lizzo, “Juice”
Ella Mai, “Trip”
Favorite artist – adult contemporary
Maroon 5
P!nk
Taylor Swift
Favorite artist – Latin
Bad Bunny
J Balvin
Ozuna
Favorite artist – contemporary inspirational
Lauren Daigle
For King & Country
MercyMe
Favorite artist – Electronic Dance Music (EDM)
Avicii
Marshmello
The Chainsmokers
Favorite soundtrack
"A Star Is Born" by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"
Contributing: The Associated Press
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: AMAs 2019 winners' list: Taylor Swift, Dan + Shay, Billie Eilish
