Justin Bieber sweeps American Music Awards with most wins
Washington, Nov. 19 (ANI)
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber swept the American Music Awards on Sunday, by winning all three categories in which he was nominated, including the night's biggest award, artist of the year, over Rihanna, Katy Perry, Maroon 5 and Drake.
The 18-year-old teen singer pulled his mother, Pattie Malette, onstage to help him accept the top award.
"This is my mom. She's little, but she's beautiful," CBS News quoted him as saying.
"I wanted to thank you for always believing in me," he said, looking at his mom.
Bieber also won favorite pop/rock male artist and favorite pop/rock album for Believe.
While accepting the first award of the night, he said "I want to say this is for all the haters who thought that I was just here for one or two years."
"I feel like I'm going to be here for a very long time," he said.
When he returned to the stage to claim his second award, he corrected what he saw as an oversight and thanked his long-time mentor, Usher, among others.
List of artist's who won AMA:
Artist of the year: Justin Bieber
New artist of the year: Carly Rae Jepsen
Pop/rock female artist: Katy Perry
Pop/rock male artist: Justin Bieber
Pop/rock band, duo or group: Maroon 5
Pop/rock album: Justin Bieber, Believe
Country female artist: Taylor Swift
Country male artist: Luke Bryan
Country band, duo or group: Lady Antebellum
Country album: Carrie Underwood, Blown Away
Rap/hip-hop artist: Nicki Minaj
Rap/hip-hop album: Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Soul/R and B female artist: Beyonce
Soul/R and B male artist: Usher
Soul/R and B album: Rihanna, Talk That Talk
Alternative rock artist: Linkin Park
Adult contemporary artist: Adele
Latin artist: Shakira
Contemporary inspirational artist: tobyMac
Electronic dance music artist: David Guetta