LOS ANGELES – Setelah digelar tiga jam penuh di Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, American Music Awards (AMA) 2016 akhirnya menemukan pemenang untuk semua kategorinya. Ariana Grande menerima penghargaan utama yakni Artist of the Year.
Drake yang paling banyak dinominasikan lewat 13 nominasi, mematahkan rekor Michael Jackson dalam sejarah AMA, harus puas dengan hanya membawa pulang tiga trofi. Drake menang di kategori Favorite Artist, Favorite Album dan Favorite Song untuk genre Rap/HipHop.
Sementara itu, Justin Bieber yang tak bisa datang karena tengah menggelar konser di Swiss menjadi penyanyi yang paling banyak menang. Total, Bieber menambahkan empat trofi AMA ke lemari pialanya.
Di sisi lain, AMA 2016 juga memberikan penghargaan spesial. Kali ini, mereka menganugerahkan penghargaan khusus Award of Merit untuk Sting berkat jasanya di dunia musik selama bertahun-tahun.
Berikut adalah daftar lengkap pemenang AMA 2016:
Artist of the Year : Ariana Grande
New Artist of the Year Un-Leashed By T-Mobile : Zayn Malik
Collaboration of the Year : Fifth Harmony Featuring Ty Dolla $Ign - Work From Home
Tour of the Year : Beyonce
Video of the Year : Justin Bieber - Sorry
Favorite Male Artist – Pop/Rock : Justin Bieber
Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock : Selena Gomez
Favorite Duo or Group – Pop/Rock : Twenty One Pilots
Favorite Album – Pop/Rock : Justin Bieber - Purpose
Favorite Song – Pop/Rock : Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
Favorite Male Artist – Country : Blake Shelton
Favorite Female Artist – Country : Carrie Underwood
Favorite Duo or Group – Country : Florida Georgia Line
Favorite Album – Country : Carrie Underwood - Storyteller
Favorite Song – Country : Tim McGraw - Humble and Kind
Favorite Artist – Rap/Hip-Hop : Drake
Favorite Album – Rap/Hip-Hop : Drake - Views
Favorite Song – Rap/Hip-Hop : Drake – Hotline Bling
Favorite Male Artist – Soul/R&B : Chris Brown
Favorite Female Artist – Soul/R&B : Rihanna
Favorite Album – Soul/R&B : Rihanna - Anti
Favorite Song – Soul/R&B : Rihanna featuring Drake - Work
Favorite Artist – Alternative Rock : Twenty One Pilots
Favorite Artist – Adult Contemporary : Adele
Favorite Artist – Latin : Enrique Iglesias
Favorite Artist – Contemporary Inspirational : Hillsong UNITED
Favorite Artist – EDM : The Chainsmokers
Top Soundtrack : Prince - Purple Rain
(okz/edh)