Taylor Swift won Artist of the Year award at 2022 Annual American Music Awards. Image Source: ET Online

The 50th Annual American Music Awards were held on November 20, 2022, at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles in recognition of the most popular artists and music within the eligibility period of September 24, 2021, through September 22, 2022.

Wayne Brady hosted the ceremony, which aired live on ABC and will be available to watch on Hulu. Nominations were announced on October 13, 2022. Four new categories were introduced this year: Favorite Afrobeats Artist, Favorite K-Pop Artist, Favorite Rock Song, and Favorite Rock Album.

Here are the winners of the 2022 Annual American Music Awards:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR- Taylor Swift

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR- Dove Cameron

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR- Elton John & Dua Lipa "Cold Heart – Pnau Remix"

FAVORITE TOURING ARTIST- Coldplay

FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO- Taylor Swift "All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)"

FAVORITE MALE POP ARTIST- Harry Styles

FAVORITE FEMALE POP ARTIST- Taylor Swift

FAVORITE POP DUO OR GROUP- BTS

FAVORITE POP ALBUM- Taylor Swift "Red (Taylor’s Version)"

FAVORITE POP SONG- Harry Styles "As It Was"

FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST- Morgan Wallen

FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST- Taylor Swift

FAVORITE COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP- Dan + Shay

FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM- Taylor Swift "Red (Taylor’s Version)"

FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG- Morgan Wallen "Wasted on You"

FAVORITE MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST- Kendrick Lamar

FAVORITE FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST- Nicki Minaj

FAVORITE HIP-HOP ALBUM- Kendrick Lamar "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers"

FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG- Future ft. Drake & Tems "Wait for U"

FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST- Chris Brown

FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST- Beyoncé

FAVORITE R&B ALBUM- Beyoncé "Renaissance"

FAVORITE R&B SONG- Wizkid ft. Tems "Essence"

FAVORITE MALE LATIN ARTIST- Bad Bunny

FAVORITE FEMALE LATIN ARTIST-Anitta

FAVORITE LATIN DUO OR GROUP- Yahritza Y Su Esencia

FAVORITE LATIN ALBUM- Bad Bunny "Un Verano Sin Ti"

FAVORITE LATIN SONG- Sebastián Yatra "Dos Oruguitas"

FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST- Machine Gun Kelly

FAVORITE ROCK SONG- Måneskin "Beggin’"

FAVORITE ROCK ALBUM- Ghost "Impera"

FAVORITE INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST- For KING & COUNTRY

FAVORITE GOSPEL ARTIST- Tamela Mann

FAVORITE DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST- Marshmello

FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK- "Elvis"

FAVORITE AFROBEATS ARTIST- Wizkid

FAVORITE K-POP ARTIST- BTS

ICON AWARD- Lionel Richie

Taylor Swift accepted the award for Artist of the Year, and during her acceptance speech, she mentioned how frequently releasing music keeps her happy and thanked her fans for continuously supporting her and showing an immense love for her. Taylor Swift has released five albums in the past three years.

She stated in her acceptance speech that she has released more music than she did in the previous decade, and she attributes this to the fact that her fans expressed a desire to hear more of her music. The singer went on to say that her fans are extremely supportive, and she tries to find that the more songs she produces and releases, the more cheerful she becomes, so she decided to keep that channel open and just managed to keep on creating and making music. Taylor went on to say that everything is possible because of the fans, for her happiness, and that she loves every one of them more than she can express.

Taylor lastly added that she cannot express how unbelievable it is to her that she still gets to do this and that the fans still care, so thank you—underlined with 13 exclamation points. She doesn't know what to say except that she loves them. Taylor Swift also won best music video for All Too Well: The Short Film, best female pop artist, best female country artist, best pop album, and best country album for Red (Taylor's Version).

Chris Brown, who won the Favorite Male R&B Artist award, was not present at the ceremony, but Kelly Rowland accepted the award on his behalf even though she received a lot of boos from the crowd. She stated that Chris Brown is not here tonight, so she will be accepting the award on his behalf, and added that she just wants to say thank you to Chris for making great music and for being an incredible performer. Due to the optics of Chris Brown, who admitted guilt to attacking then-girlfriend Rihanna the evening before the Grammy Awards in 2009, the American Music Awards decided to cancel the Michael Jackson tribute at the last moment, supposed to lead to a tribute to Michael Jackson, who encountered a criminal trial for child sex abuse in 2005 but was acquitted.

According to Puck, despite the reservations of the show's executive producers Jesse Collins and Stephen Hill, Chris Brown's act of paying a tribute to Michael Jackson was deemed unacceptable even thou the network was not opposed to it.  A representative for the show's producer, Dick Clark Productions, told Puck that live performances change constantly; it's the nature of the industry. Unfortunately, this aspect of the AMAs did not come together because they couldn't agree on the performance, which was not Chris Brown's fault.

Congratulations to the winners.