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American Music Awards 2012 Winners List

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Tonight (Nov. 18), musicians celebrated the American Music Awards' 40th anniversary, live from Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre. Among the event's start-studded performance lineup was Taylor Swift, Christina Aguilera, Pitbull and Carrie Underwood to name a few, and they did not disappoint!

As for the winners, going into the night Rihanna and Nicki Minaj led the nominees with four nods each. But, did they manage to come out on top with artists like Drake, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, One Direction and Usher right behind them with multiple nominations?

Check out the complete winners list below to find out who owned the night and who came up short at the 2012 AMAs!

One of the biggest surprises of the night was a special guest Justin brought on stage to help accept one of three three awards he won. It wasn't on-and-off again GF Selena Gomez, but instead his mom, Pattie Mallette! Joining him on stage as he was honored with Artist of the Year, Justin said, "This is my mom. She's little, but she's beautiful...it's hard growing up with everything going on, with everyone watching me. I wanna always make you proud." Aww, too sweet!

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Justin Bieber -- WINNER
Drake
Maroon 5
Katy Perry
Rihanna

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
J. Cole
fun.
Gotye
Carly Rae Jepsen -- WINNER
One Direction

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST -- POP/ROCK
Justin Bieber -- WINNER
Flo Rida
Pitbull
Usher

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST -- POP/ROCK
Kelly Clarkson
Nicki Minaj
Katy Perry -- WINNER
Rihanna

FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP -- POP/ROCK
fun.
Maroon 5 -- WINNER
One Direction
The Wanted

FAVORITE ALBUM -- POP/ROCK
Justin Bieber, Believe -- WINNER
Maroon 5, Overexposed
Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
One Direction, Up All Night

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST -- COUNTRY
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan -- WINNER
Eric Church

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST -- COUNTRY
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift -- WINNER
Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE BAND, DUO or GROUP -- COUNTRY
Zac Brown Band
Lady Antebellum -- WINNER
Rascal Flatts

FAVORITE ALBUM -- COUNTRY
Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines
Lionel Richie, Tuskegee
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away -- WINNER

FAVORITE ARTIST -- RAP/HIP-HOP
Drake
Nicki Minaj -- WINNER
Tyga

FAVORITE ALBUM -- RAP/HIP-HOP
J. Cole, Cole World: The Sideline Story
Drake, Take Care
Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded -- WINNER

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST -- SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown
Trey Songz
Usher -- WINNER

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST -- SOUL/R&B
Beyonce -- WINNER
Mary J. Blige
Rihanna

FAVORITE ALBUM -- SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown, Fortune
Rihanna, Talk That Talk -- WINNER
Usher, Looking 4 Myself

FAVORITE ARTIST -- ALTERNATIVE ROCK
The Black Keys
Gotye
Linkin Park -- WINNER

FAVORITE ARTIST -- ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Adele -- WINNER
Kelly Clarkson
Train

FAVORITE ARTIST -- LATIN
Don Omar
Pitbull
Shakira -- WINNER

FAVORITE ARTIST -- CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
Jeremy Camp
Newsboys
tobyMac -- WINNER

FAVORITE ARTIST -- ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)
David Guetta -- WINNER
Calvin Harris
Skrillex



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Gilbert

Justin Beiber, the new Justin Timberlake and soon to be forgotten too.

November 20 2012 at 9:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gilbert

The AMA's have lost all credibility now. They are officially a JOKE! It has nothing to do with music now. It is just another TV show who's only concern is Ratings.

November 20 2012 at 9:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kmcewan007

justins music SUCKS

November 20 2012 at 8:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Moon Woo

Favorist hip pop Artist 2012 should be "PSY" Kangnam Style recognized WORLDWIDE with 700 Million people behind (Youtube).

November 20 2012 at 5:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
___

linkin park, luck bryan ,beyonce & shakira deserve it .. the rest is ****

November 20 2012 at 1:57 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
edwards97754

YOU YOU YOU ARE ARE ARE ARE SO SO SO SO SO GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

November 20 2012 at 12:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
pershing7e

I do not care about the beibs....TOBYMAC WON !!!! thats all I needed

November 20 2012 at 12:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
metusmetu

It's a sad day in music land when something like this scores a huge win at the AMA's. This guy (?) looks like a chipmunk. Heck, I've got a Hamster that looks better and can sing better!! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL!

November 20 2012 at 12:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
testube9

he looks like a young gay vanilla ice!

November 19 2012 at 11:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ddbash71054

Just wrong.

November 19 2012 at 11:29 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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