Non-Americans take home major titles at the American Music Awards
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Satisfying America's taste for imports, the slow, but steady musical British invasion continued at last night's American Music Awards as Brits took home top honors. Brit/Irish pop group One Direction ("Best Song Ever," "Story of My Life") was pronounced Artist of the Year. They beat out Beyonce, whose confluence of top secret marketing, massive video output and major appearances in connection with the 2013 release "Beyonce" was tauted as a genius branding strategy. Once Direction also won the award for Favorite Album Pop/Rock and Favorite Pop/Rock Duo or Group.
British singer Sam Smith ("Stay With Me") also triumphed over gigantic competitors, beating out Pharrell and John Legend for the Favorite Male Artist title.
From elsewhere across the waters, the "realest" female MC from the Land Down Under, Iggy Azalea won American Music Awards for both Favorite Rap Artist and Favorite Hip Hop Album, despite being shunned by leaders in the Hip Hop community over the past year. Azalea beat out senior rappers Drake and Eminem. The win must have been the ultimate diss to Eminem who recently insulted her online.
Australian rock band 5 Seconds of Summer was presented with the New Artist of the Year award.
Katy Perry was one "made in the USA" artist who held her own, earning three wins for Favorite Single of the Year for "Dark Horse", Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock and Favorite Adult Contemporary (She'll also headline the Super Bowl half time show on February 1, 2015.)
Taylor Swift continues to be a stateside favorite too. After performing "Blank Space" for the show opener, she later received the evening's special honor, the Dick Clark Award for Excellence.
And the award for the Best Movie Soundtrack goes to. . ."Frozen." Back in October Forbes noted that music for the animated feature was the only album in America to go platinum, crossing the million albums sold threshold at 3.2 million at that time.
None of the top artists mentioned here walked away empty handed. Check out what they won on the full list of 2014 American Music Awards winners below:
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| One Direction won Favorite Artist of the Year on November 23 at the American Music Awards. |
Satisfying America's taste for imports, the slow, but steady musical British invasion continued at last night's American Music Awards as Brits took home top honors. Brit/Irish pop group One Direction ("Best Song Ever," "Story of My Life") was pronounced Artist of the Year. They beat out Beyonce, whose confluence of top secret marketing, massive video output and major appearances in connection with the 2013 release "Beyonce" was tauted as a genius branding strategy. Once Direction also won the award for Favorite Album Pop/Rock and Favorite Pop/Rock Duo or Group.
British singer Sam Smith ("Stay With Me") also triumphed over gigantic competitors, beating out Pharrell and John Legend for the Favorite Male Artist title.
From elsewhere across the waters, the "realest" female MC from the Land Down Under, Iggy Azalea won American Music Awards for both Favorite Rap Artist and Favorite Hip Hop Album, despite being shunned by leaders in the Hip Hop community over the past year. Azalea beat out senior rappers Drake and Eminem. The win must have been the ultimate diss to Eminem who recently insulted her online.
Australian rock band 5 Seconds of Summer was presented with the New Artist of the Year award.
Katy Perry was one "made in the USA" artist who held her own, earning three wins for Favorite Single of the Year for "Dark Horse", Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock and Favorite Adult Contemporary (She'll also headline the Super Bowl half time show on February 1, 2015.)
Taylor Swift continues to be a stateside favorite too. After performing "Blank Space" for the show opener, she later received the evening's special honor, the Dick Clark Award for Excellence.
And the award for the Best Movie Soundtrack goes to. . ."Frozen." Back in October Forbes noted that music for the animated feature was the only album in America to go platinum, crossing the million albums sold threshold at 3.2 million at that time.
None of the top artists mentioned here walked away empty handed. Check out what they won on the full list of 2014 American Music Awards winners below:
Artist of the Year: One Direction
Dick Clark Award For Excellence: Taylor Swift
New Artist of the Year: 5 Seconds of Summer
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist: Sam Smith
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist: Katy Perry
Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group: One Direction
Favorite Pop/Rock Album: One Direction, Midnight Memories
Favorite Country Male Artist: Luke Bryan
Favorite Soul/R&B Album: Beyoncé, Beyoncé
Favorite Alternative Rock Artist: Imagine Dragons
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist: Katy Perry
Favorite Latin Artist: Enrique Iglesias
Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist: Casting Crowns
Favorite Electronic Dance Music Artist: Calvin Harris
Favorite Soundtrack: Frozen
Single of the Year: Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J, "Dark Horse"
