2012 American Music Awards Winners

Making for quite the star-studded spectacle, the 40th American Music Awards took place at Nokia Theatre LA Live in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday night (November 18). The complete list of 2012 American Music Awards winners is as follows: ARTIST OF THE YEAR WINNER: Justin Bieber Drake Maroon 5 Katy Perry Rihanna NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR J. Cole fun. Gotye WINNER: Carly Rae Jepsen One Direction FAVORITE MALE ARTIST ? POP/ROCK WINNER: Justin Bieber Flo Rida Pitbull Usher FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST ? POP/ROCK Kelly Clarkson Nicki Minaj WINNER: Katy Perry Rihanna FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP ? POP/ROCK fun. WINNER: Maroon 5 One Direction The Wanted FAVORITE ALBUM ? POP/ROCK WINNER: Justin Bieber, ?Believe? Maroon 5, ?Overexposed? Nicki Minaj, ?Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded? One Direction, ?Up All Night? FAVORITE MALE ARTIST ? COUNTRY Jason Aldean WINNER: Luke Bryan Eric Church FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST ? COUNTRY Miranda Lambert WINNER: Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood FAVORITE BAND, DUO or GROUP ? COUNTRY Zac Brown Band WINNER: Lady Antebellum Rascal Flatts FAVORITE ALBUM ? COUNTRY Luke Bryan, ?Tailgates & Tanlines? Lionel Richie, ?Tuskegee? WINNER: Carrie Underwood, ?Blown Away? FAVORITE ARTIST ? RAP/HIP-HOP Drake WINNER: Nicki Minaj Tyga FAVORITE ALBUM ? RAP/HIP-HOP J. Cole, ?Cole World: The Sideline Story? Drake, ?Take Care? WINNER: Nicki Minaj, ?Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded? FAVORITE MALE ARTIST ? SOUL/R&B Chris Brown Trey Songz WINNER: Usher FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST ? SOUL/R&B WINNER: Beyonc� 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 WINNER: Linkin Park FAVORITE ARTIST ? ADULT CONTEMPORARY WINNER: Adele Kelly Clarkson Train FAVORITE ARTIST ? LATIN Don Omar Pitbull WINNER: Shakira FAVORITE ARTIST ? CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL Jeremy Camp Newsboys WINNER: tobyMac FAVORITE ARTIST ? ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM) WINNER: David Guetta Calvin Harris Skrillex [gallery=843]

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