Bieber dominates AMAs
Justin Bieber won three prizes at last night’s (18 November) American Music Awards.
The 18-year-old singer – who was accompanied to the bash by his mother Pattie Mallette – was the big winner at the ceremony, taking home Pop/Rock Male Artist, Pop/Rock Album for Believe and the evening’s final accolade, the coveted Artist of the Year Award.
Accepting Pop/Rock Male Artist, he said: "I want to say this is for all the haters who thought I was just here for one or two years. I feel like I’m going to be here for a very long time."
For his third win, Bieber brought his mother on stage with him and told her: "I wanted to thank you for always believing in me."
He added: "This is my mom. She’s little, but she’s beautiful."
The Believe star also performed twice at the ceremony, duetting with Nicki Minaj on their track Beauty and a Beat and a stripped-back solo acoustic performance of As Long As You Love Me.
Meanwhile, Starships singer Nicki picked up two prizes, taking home Rap/Hip-hop Artist and Rap/Hip-hop Album for Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.
Taylor Swift was awarded the prize for country female artist for the fifth time.
She said: "This is unreal. I want to thank the fans. You guys are the ones who voted on this."
Other winners included New Artist of the Year Carly Rae Jepsen, Usher, who bagged Soul/R&B Male Artist and Beyonce, who picked up the female equivalent.
Perfomers at the ceremony, which took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, included Usher, Kelly Clarkson, Ke$ha and PSY with MC Hammer.
American Music Awards full list of winners:
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&B female artist: Beyonce
Soul/R&B male artist: Usher
Soul/R&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
