Gallery: The 2019 American Music Awards
By Ashley Kenney
Nov. 24, 2019 11:47 p.m.
Taylor Swift was presented the award for Artist of the Decade and five other awards Sunday night, making her the most decorated artist in the history of the American Music Awards, with a total of 29 awards.
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Shawn Mendes won the award for Collaboration of the Year for his song with Camila Cabello, ‘’Señorita.’'
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Opening the AMAs, Selena Gomez performed her two newest songs, ‘’Lose You To Love Me’’ and ‘’Look At Her Now.’’
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After winning the award for Favorite Song - Pop/Rock, Halsey performed “Graveyard” on the AMAs stage. Halsey joined Swift onstage again for Swift’s “Shake It Off.”
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Billie Eilish made her award show debut with a performance of ‘’all the good girls go to hell.’’
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Lizzo smiles as she walks down the AMAs red carpet. She performed her song ‘’Jerome’’ during the awards show.
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TikTok star Brittany Tomlinson, known for her video of her trying kombucha, made an appearance on the AMAs red carpet.
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Green Day guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong brought a guitar down the red carpet alongside his bandmates. The group performed ‘’Basket Case’’ and ‘’Father of All…’’
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Carole King was in attendance at the AMAs. She presented Swift with the Artist of the Decade award.
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Post Malone performed alongside Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott during the show. He won the award for Favorite Album - Rap/Hip-Hop.
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Christina Aguilera performed ‘’Fall On Me,’’ her new song with A Great Big World, with whom she previously collaborated with on the song “Say Something.”
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Cabello performed ‘’Señorita’’ with Mendes, as well as her song ‘’Living Proof.’’ She later joined Swift onstage for ‘’Shake It Off.’’
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Carrie Underwood was presented with the awards for Favorite Album - Country and Favorite Female Artist - Country.
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Despite a public battle with record executive Scooter Braun regarding Swift’s AMA performance, Swift performed a medley of her hits, including songs such as ‘’The Man,’’ ‘’Blank Space’’ and ‘’Lover.’’
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Mendes and Cabello pose with their award.
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Lil Nas X took home the award for Favorite Song - Rap/Hip-Hop for his song ‘’Old Town Road’’ with Billy Ray Cyrus. The song was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 19 weeks straight this year, breaking the previously held record.
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Shania Twain performed a medley of her hits, including a cover of Twenty One Pilots’ ‘’Stressed Out’’ and her own, ‘’You’re Still the One.’’
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Country duo Dan + Shay took home two awards.
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Eilish poses with her trophies. She took home the awards for New Artist of the Year and Favorite Artist - Alternative Rock.
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Kane Brown poses with the award he received for Favorite Male Artist - Country.
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