From Taylor Swift to Justin Bieber and BTS: Here are the top winners at the 2020 American Music Awards

Artist of the year: Taylor Swift. This was her third consecutive artist of the year prize at the American Music Awards, but she missed the show because she’s busy re-recording her early music after her catalogue was sold.

New artist of the year: Doja Cat. The singer of ‘Say So’ fame was also was also named favourite female soul/R’n’B artist. She performed her new collaboration with Bebe Rexha, ‘Baby I’m Jealous’, at the event.

Collaboration of the year: Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber, ‘10,000 Hours’. The Grammy-winning country duo Dan + Shay performed ‘I Should Probably Go to Bed’ at the show and also won favourite country duo or group and favourite country song for ‘10,000 Hours’.

Favourite pop/rock male artist: Justin Bieber. The singer and Shawn Mendes kicked off the AMAs with a pre-taped performance of their new duet ‘Monster’, marking the first time they performed the song together. It began with a stripped-down Bieber singing his recent hit ‘Lonely’, with songwriter-producer Benny Blanco on piano, and ‘Holy’, where background dancers wearing masks joined him.

Favourite pop/rock duo or group: BTS. The group BTS also won the award for favourite social artists, and closed the show with the first ever performance of their new song ‘Life Goes On’ and their chart-topping son ‘Dynamite’.

Favourite pop/rock song: Dua Lipa, ‘Don’t Start Now’. The popular singer took to the air — literally — for a performance of her song ‘Levitating’, that was beamed from Royal Albert Hall in London.

Favourite rap/hip-hop song: Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, ‘WAP’. There’s no surprise here that the iconic track ‘WAP’ won prize for favourite rap/hip-hop song. Megan Thee Stallion also performed ‘Body’ from her recently released debut album ‘Good News’.

Favourite soul/R&B male artist: The Weeknd. The singer was one of several artists who appeared live at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles for the fan-voted awards show. He also took home trophies for his album ‘After Hours’ and song ‘Heartless.’ He gave no reason for his bandaged appearance, which confused fans on social media, but appeared to be an artistic choice that started with his March album cover on which he sported a bloodied and broken nose.