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Taylor Swift is the recipient of the Artist of the Year award for the sixth time in a row

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Taylor Swift is the recipient of the Artist of the Year award for the sixth time in a row

Taylor Swift was named Artist of the year at the American Music Awards on Sunday and won two other trophies during a ceremony held sleep in l. a. amid tight coronavirus curbs.

Taylor Swift is the recipient of the Artist of the Year award for the sixth time in a row

It was Swift’s record sixth win of the highest prize at the fan-voted show, although she was absent from the ceremony and thanked fans on video for his or her support of her surprise lockdown album “folklore.”

Canadians Justin Bieber and therefore the Weeknd – the latter sporting an outsized white face bandage – were the opposite big winners, with three awards each.

Bieber was named favorite male pop/rock artist and picked up his two other wins for his collaboration with country singers Dan + Shay on “10,000 Hours”. The Weeknd took home trophies for best soul/R&B male artist also as for his album “After Hours” and song “Heartless.”

He gave no reason for his bandaged appearance, which confused fans on social media, but seemed to be an inventive choice that started together with his March album cover on which he sported a bloodied and broken nose.

The show featured a mixture of live and pre-recorded performances across Latin, country, pop, rap, and R&B music soul ahead of a couple of socially distanced fans.

“It has been an extended year and now that 2020 is coming to an end it is time to recollect that we are one country, y’all. we’d like to heal,” said host Taraji P. Henson as she opened the ceremony.

Masked dancers were the order of the night, beginning with Bieber singing his hits “Lonely” and “Holy” before being joined by Shawn Mendes for his or her duet “Monster.”
Taylor Swift is the recipient of the Artist of the Year award for the sixth time in a row
The awards celebrated the surge in popularity of Latin music with expanded categories and a steamy performance by Jennifer Lopez and Colombian singer Maluma singing “Lonely” in both English and Spanish.

Becky G, whose parents are Mexican-American, won for best female Latin artist and dedicated her award to immigrant workers.

K-pop group BTS won two, for best pop/rock group and favorite social artists, and closed the show with a version of their hits “Dynamite” and “Life Goes On” from South Korea.

Rapper Megan Thee Stallion marked her debut performance at the American Music Awards with “Body” and later accepted the simplest rap/hip-hop song trophy for her raunchy summer collaboration “WAP” with Cardi B.

But she was beaten within the best new artist category by l. a. singer Doja Cat, who was also named favorite female soul/R&B artist.

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