On Sunday night the 2014 American Music Awards took over the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate the very best of the music industry. Going into the evening, Iggy Azalea was leading the pack with six nominations, with expectations high for performances from Taylor Swift, Imagine Dragons, Selena Gomez and others.
One Direction kicked things off with the first win of the evening, and went on to snag both pop/rock album honors for Midnight Memories as well as Artist of the Year, beating out such heavyweights as Beyoncé in the process. Despite heat from both Iggy Azalea and Lorde, Katy Perry took home (via remote message) the award for pop/rock female artist. In fact, despite not being at the show, Perry went on to tie One Direction with a total of three awards, including favorite adult contemporary artist and Single of the Year for “Dark Horse,” featuring Juicy J.
Despite four nominations — and a dramatic, colorful performance of “Yellow Flicker Beat” — Lorde was completely shut out, and while Iggy Izalea’s six nominations may have been the story going into the show they resulted in just two awards. Then again, Izalea’s closing performance of “Booty” with Jennifer Lopez provided much to talk about no matter how the awards went.
The full list of the 2014 American Music Awards winners is below.
Artist of the Year
One Direction — WINNER
Iggy Azalea
Beyoncé
Luke Bryan
Eminem
Imagine Dragons
John Legend
Lorde
Katy Perry
Pharrell Williams
Favorite Album — Country
Brantley Gilbert, Just as I Am — WINNER
Garth Brooks, Blame It on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences
Eric Church, The Outsiders
Favorite Artist — Rap/Hip-Hop
Iggy Azalea — WINNER
Drake
Eminem
New Artist of the Year
5 Seconds of Summer — WINNER
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Sam Smith
Meghan Trainor
Favorite Artist — Alternative Rock
Imagine Dragons — WINNER
Bastille
Lorde
Favorite Female Artist — Pop/Rock
Katy Perry — WINNER
Iggy Azalea
Lorde
Favorite Album — Pop/Rock
One Direction, Midnight Memories — WINNER
Lorde, Pure Heroine
Katy Perry, Prism
Favorite Male Artist — Country
Luke Bryan — WINNER
Jason Aldean
Blake Shelton
Favorite Male Artist — Pop/Rock
Sam Smith — WINNER
John Legend
Pharrell Williams
Favorite Artist — Latin
Enrique Iglesias — WINNER
Marc Anthony
Romeo Santos
Favorite Album — Rap/Hip-Hop
Iggy Azalea, The New Classic — WINNER
Drake, Nothing Was the Same
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Favorite Band, Duo or Group — Pop/Rock
One Direction — WINNER
Imagine Dragons
OneRepublic
Single of the Year
Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J, “Dark Horse” — WINNER
Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX, “Fancy”
John Legend, “All of Me“
Magic!, “Rude“
Pharrell Williams, “Happy“
Favorite Female Artist — Country
Carrie Underwood — WINNER
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Favorite Band, Duo or Group — Country
Florida Georgia Line — WINNER
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Favorite Male Artist
John Legend — WINNER
Chris Brown
Pharrell Williams
Favorite Female Artist — Soul/R&B
Beyoncé — WINNER
Jhene Aiko
Mary J. Blige
Favorite Album — Soul/R&B
Beyoncé, Beyoncé — WINNER
John Legend, Love in the Future
Pharrell Williams, G I R L
Favorite Artist — Adult Contemporary
Katy Perry — WINNER
Sara Bareilles
OneRepublic
Favorite Artist — Contemporary Inspirational
Casting Crowns — WINNER
Hillsong United
Newsboys
Favorite Artist — Electronic Dance Music (EDM)
Calvin Harris — WINNER
Avicii
Zedd
Top Soundtrack
Frozen — WINNER
The Fault in Our Stars
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1
The 2014 American Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, a sister company of The Hollywood Reporter.
