Highlights From The 2015 AMA’s In GIF: Full List of Winners, Losers And Cute Nonna’s
Another awards show has come and gone, leaving us with plenty of killer performances and GIF-able moments. Typically, we spent most of the afternoon procrastinating by compiling some of our favourite parts from this year’s American Music Awards to bring to you, our rundown of what went down.
it all kicked off with J-Lo absolutely blowing everyone away with her opening dance routine to a mashup of 2015’s biggest hits. Somehow Lopez managed to survive with only minor whiplash.
One Direction were undoubtably the group to watch at this years AMA’s, taking home the ‘Artist Of The Year’ award and beating out other fan favourites like Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj.
But what attracted the most attention to the group was the questionable 70’s inspired suit that group member Harry Styles wore. Many took to social media to draw comparisons between ‘Harry’s style’ and something the Beatles would have worn.
Other winners from the night include ‘Blank Space’ by Taylor Swift for ‘Song of the Year’, Ed Sheeran for ‘Best Pop Male Artist’ and Ariana Grande for ‘Best Female Pop Artist’.
As for the performances, Ariana Grande graced the stage in a cabaret style dress, singing her new single ‘Focus’ and hitting those high notes effortlessly. Demi Lovato also made the cut, belting out her album’s title track ‘Confident’ with two backup dancers by her side.
Proud of my bae @ArianaGrande ???? So many artists are saaangin at the #AMAs this year ???????????? @ddlovato @Meghan_Trainor pic.twitter.com/E5qTlvW8fP
— Angelo Vivo (@AngeloVivoMusic) November 23, 2015
In a more sombre tone, Celine Dion performed a tribute to those who lost their lives during the Paris shootings with a rousing cover of Edith Piaf’s ‘Hymne a L’Amour’, leaving not a single dry eye in the room. It was epic.
No awards show would be complete without an iconic acceptance speech from the Queen of rap herself, Nicki Minaj, who provided some of the more inspiring and laughable moments of the night.
Thanking ‘Queen B’ when she accepted her award for Best hip-hop/rap artist, Minaj delighted her faithful Barbz with some heartfelt words. She also won Best Rap Album.
Justin Bieber closed the show with a medley of some of his biggest hits from his new album ‘Purpose’, performing ‘What Do You Mean’, ‘Where Are U Now?’ and finishing it off with ‘Sorry’ whilst rain fell from the roof, drenching Biebs and his dancers.
However the moment just didn’t live up to his robot dance earlier in the night:
When in doubt, do the robot. #AMAs @justinbieber https://t.co/hycgrTxGPz pic.twitter.com/krOPSAN5wd
— GIPHY (@GIPHY) November 23, 2015
Finally, social media was ablaze with tweets being sent out rapidly about this years awards show newcomer – none other than Ariana Grande’s Nonna! Awwwww.
The singers grandmother was caught being photographed with some of the biggest names in music all night, she even managed to get #NonnaGrande trending on Twitter.
Her impression of nonna is so cute and nonna laughing is adorable https://t.co/vRcU417sZi
— Kyia ???? (@cc1miIa) November 23, 2015
@FrankieJGrande the #Grandtourage always knew what a treasure ????Nonna is and now the rest of the world knows too!???????????? pic.twitter.com/8AZZwYob5c
— ♡Stephanie♡ (@trufishgirly) November 23, 2015
Here’s the full list of winners from the 2015 AMA’s
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Luke Bryan
- Ariana Grande
- Maroon 5
- Nicki Minaj
- One Direction — WINNER
- Ed Sheeran
- Sam Smith
- Taylor Swift
- Meghan Trainor
- The Weeknd
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY KOHL’S
- Fetty Wap
- Sam Hunt — WINNER
- Tove Lo
- Walk The Moon
- The Weeknd
SONG OF THE YEAR
- Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth “See You Again”
- Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!”
- Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud”
- Taylor Swift “Blank Space” — WINNER
- The Weeknd “Can’t Feel My Face”
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR UN-LEASHED BY T-MOBILE
- Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth “See You Again”
- Rihanna & Kanye West Featuring Paul McCartney “FourFiveSeconds”
- Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!”
- Skrillex & Diplo Featuring Justin Bieber “Where Are Ü Now” — WINNER
- Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar “Bad Blood”
FAVOURITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
- Nick Jonas
- Ed Sheeran — WINNER
- Sam Smith
FAVOURITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
- Ariana Grande — WINNER
- Taylor Swift
- Meghan Trainor
FAVOURITE DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK
- Maroon 5
- One Direction — WINNER
- Walk The Moon
FAVOURITE ALBUM – POP/ROCK
- Ed Sheeran x
- Sam Smith In The Lonely Hour
- Taylor Swift 1989 — WINNER
FAVOURITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
- Jason Aldean
- Luke Bryan — WINNER
- Sam Hunt
FAVOURITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
- Kelsea Ballerini
- Miranda Lambert
- Carrie Underwood — WINNER
FAVOURITE DUO or GROUP – COUNTRY
- Zac Brown Band
- Florida Georgia Line — WINNER
- Little Big Town
FAVOURITE ALBUM – COUNTRY
- Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt
- Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes — WINNER
- Sam Hunt Montevallo
FAVOURITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP
- Drake
- Fetty Wap
- Nicki Minaj — WINNER
FAVOURITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP
- J. Cole 2014 Forest Hills Drive
- Drake If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
- Nicki Minaj The Pinkprint — WINNER
FAVOURITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B
- Chris Brown
- Trey Songz
- The Weeknd — WINNER
FAVOURITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B
- Beyoncé
- Mary J. Blige
- Rihanna — WINNER
FAVOURITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B
- Chris Brown X
- D’Angelo and The Vanguard Black Messiah
- The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness — WINNER
FAVOURITE ARTIST – ALTERNATIVE ROCK
- Fall Out Boy — WINNER
- Hozier
- Walk The Moon
FAVOURITE ARTIST – ADULT CONTEMPORARY
- Ed Sheeran
- Taylor Swift — WINNER
- Meghan Trainor
FAVOURITE ARTIST – LATIN
- Enrique Iglesias — WINNER
- Ricky Martin
- Romeo Santos
FAVOURITE ARTIST – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
- Casting Crowns — WINNER
- Hillsong United
- MercyMe
FAVOURITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)
- Calvin Harris — WINNER
- David Guetta
- Zedd
TOP SOUNDTRACK
- Fifty Shades of Grey
- Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1
- Pitch Perfect 2 — WINNER
Header image via The AMA’s on Twitter.