Two Canadians won this year's major awards at the 40th American Music Awards held last November 18 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Carly Rae Jepsen won the award for New Artist of the Year. But this year's biggest winner is Jepsen's fellow Canadian Justin Bieber who won all three nominations including Artist of the Year, edging out Drake, Katy Perry, Maroon 5 and Rihanna who were also nominated for this same category.
British boy band One Direction was nominated for New Artist of the Year and Favorite Pop/Rock/Band/Duo/Group, but they lost to Carly Rae Jepsen and Maroon 5, respectively. Their album Up All Night was also nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Album, but Bieber's album Believe was the chosen one.
Katy Perry is America's choice for Favorite Pop Female Artist over Kelly Clarkson, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. But Taylor Swift is one of those artists who never fail to receive awards from every music award giving bodies. She's this year's Favorite Country Female Artist.
Grammy Awards winner, Adele didn't go home empty handed, for she is the 2012 AMA's Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, while Linkin Park is the Favorite Alternative Artist. Other winners were Usher and Beyonce who respectively won Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist.
On the other hand, I have seen so many performances at the American Music Awards before, and PSY and MC Hammer's performance of Gangnam Style and 2 Legit 2 Quit at this year's AMA was one of the best performances. It was so nice to see two artists from different countries performed together in one stage, and even though I'm not a Korean, I'm so proud of my fellow Asian PSY for making it big not just here in Asia but also in America.
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