LOS ANGELES — Korean pop sensation BTS won artist of the year at the 2021 American Music Awards.

This is a breaking news update. A previous version of this report is below.

Rap superstar and five-time AMA winner Cardi B made her hosting debut at the show, live from the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles.

Megan Thee Stallion won favorite trending song, a new AMA category added this year, for “Body.”

Taylor Swift’s “evermore” was crowded favorite pop album, BTS won favorite pop duo or group and favorite pop song for “Butter,” Machine Gun Kelly grabbed favorite rock artist, and Bad Bunny took home favorite Latin album.

Earlier Sunday, in awards announced before the show, Taylor Swift was named favorite female pop artist, Ed Sheeran got the favorite male award and Doja Cat featuring SZA on “Kiss Me More” was named collaboration of the year. Carrie Underwood won for favorite inspirational artist and favorite female country artist, Megan Thee Stallion was named favorite female hip-hop artist and her “Good News” won for favorite hip-hop album. Doja Cat also won two other awards: favorite female R&B artist and her “Planet Her” was named favorite R&B album.

Newcomer Olivia Rodrigo will be pulling up to the show with the most nominations of the night, with seven, while five-time winner The Weeknd has six.

Silk Sonic’s Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak kicked off the AMAs on a R&B funky pre-taped note with their “Smokin Out the Window.” BTS and Coldplay — two of the biggest groups on Earth — teamed up for a live and raucous version of their cosmic collaboration “My Universe”

The A-list lineup of performers includes Rodrigo, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, Diplo, Mickey Guyton and Tyler, The Creator. Presenters include Machine Gun Kelly, JoJo Siwa and Brandy.

Don’t miss the 2021 American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 21, at 8 p.m. ET/PT | 7 p.m. CT on ABC. Stream the show the next day on Hulu.

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Full list of winners, nominees

Artist of The Year

WINNER: BTS
Ariana Grande
BTS
Drake
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd

New Artist of The Year

24kGoldn
Givēon
Masked Wolf
Olivia Rodrigo
The Kid LAROI

Collaboration of The Year

WINNER: Doja Cat ft. SZA: “Kiss Me More”
24kGoldn ft. iann dior: “Mood”
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez: “DÁKITI”
Chris Brown & Young Thug: “Go Crazy”
Doja Cat ft. SZA: “Kiss Me More”
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Givēon: “Peaches”

Favorite Trending Song

WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion: “Body”
Erica Banks: “Buss It”
Måneskin: “Beggin'”
Megan Thee Stallion: “Body”
Olivia Rodrigo: “drivers license”
Popp Hunna: “Adderall (Corvette Corvette)”

Favorite Music Video

WINNER: Lil Nas X: “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak): “Leave The Door Open”
Cardi B: “Up”
Lil Nas X: “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)”
Olivia Rodrigo: “drivers license”
The Weeknd: “Save Your Tears”

Favorite Male Pop Artist

WINNER: Ed Sheeran
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Lil Nas X
The Weeknd

Favorite Female Pop Artist

WINNER: Taylor Swift
Ariana Grande
Doja Cat
Dua Lipa
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift

Favorite Pop Duo or Group

WINNER: BTS
AJR
BTS
Glass Animals
Maroon 5
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)

Favorite Pop Album

WINNER: Taylor Swift: “evermore”
Ariana Grande: “Positions”
Dua Lipa: “Future Nostalgia”
Olivia Rodrigo: “SOUR”
Taylor Swift: “evermore”
The Kid LAROI: “F*** LOVE”

Favorite Pop Song

WINNER: BTS: “Butter”
BTS: “Butter”
Doja Cat ft. SZA: “Kiss Me More”
Dua Lipa: “Levitating”
Olivia Rodrigo: “drivers license”
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears (Remix)”

Favorite Male Country Artist

WINNER: Luke Bryan
Chris Stapleton
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Luke Combs
*Morgan Wallen

Favorite Female Country Artist

WINNER: Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Gabby Barrett
Kacey Musgraves
Maren Morris
Miranda Lambert

Favorite Country Duo or Group

WINNER: Dan + Shay
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Lady A
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band

Favorite Country Album

WINNER: Gabby Barrett: “Goldmine”
Chris Stapleton: “Starting Over”
Gabby Barrett: “Goldmine”
Lee Brice: “Hey World”
Luke Bryan: “Born Here Live Here Die Here”
*Morgan Wallen “Dangerous: The Double Album”

Favorite Country Song

WINNER: Gabby Barrett: “The Good Ones”
Chris Stapleton: “Starting Over”
Chris Young & Kane Brown: “Famous Friends”
Gabby Barrett: “The Good Ones”
Luke Combs: “Forever After All”
Walker Hayes: “Fancy Like”

Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist

WINNER: Drake
Drake
Lil Baby
Moneybagg Yo
Polo G
Pop Smoke

Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist

WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion
Cardi B
Coi Leray
Erica Banks
Megan Thee Stallion
Saweetie

Favorite Hip-Hop Album

WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion: “Good News”
Drake:”Certified Lover Boy”
Juice WRLD: “Legends Never Die”
Megan Thee Stallion: “Good News”
Pop Smoke: “Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon”
Rod Wave: “SoulFly”

Favorite Hip-Hop Song

WINNER: Cardi B: “Up”
Cardi B: “Up”
Internet Money ft. Gunna, Don Toliver & NAV: “Lemonade”
Lil Tjay ft 6LACK: “Calling My Phone”
Polo G: “RAPSTAR”
Pop Smoke: “What You Know Bout Love”

Favorite Male R&B Artist

WINNER: The Weeknd
Chris Brown
Givēon
Tank
The Weeknd
Usher

Favorite Female R&B Artist

WINNER: Doja Cat
Doja Cat
H.E.R.
Jazmine Sullivan
Jhené Aiko
SZA

Favorite R&B Album

WINNER: Doja Cat: “Planet Her”
Doja Cat: “Planet Her”
Givēon: “When It’s All Said And Done … Take Time”
H.E.R.: “Back of My Mind”
Jazmine Sullivan: “Heaux Tales”
Queen Naija: “misunderstood”

Favorite R&B Song

WINNER: Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak): “Leave The Door Open”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak): “Leave The Door Open”
Chris Brown & Young Thug: “Go Crazy”
Givēon: “Heartbreak Anniversary”
H.E.R.: “Damage”
Jazmine Sullivan: “Pick Up Your Feelings”

Favorite Male Latin Artist

WINNER: Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny
J Balvin
Maluma
Ozuna
Rauw Alejandro

Favorite Female Latin Artist

Becky G
Kali Uchis
KAROL G
Natti Natasha
ROSALÍA

Favorite Latin Duo or Group

WINNER: Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga
Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga
Calibre 50
Eslabon Armado
La Arrollladora Banda El Limón De René Camacho
Los Dos Carnales

Favorite Latin Album

WINNER: Bad Bunny: “EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO”
Bad Bunny: “EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO”
Kali Uchis: “Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)”
KAROL G: “KG0516”
Maluma: “PAPI JUANCHO”
Rauw Alejandro: “Afrodisíaco”

Favorite Latin Song

Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez: “DÁKITI”
Bad Bunny & ROSALÍA: “LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE”
Farruko: “Pepas”
Kali Uchis: “telepatía”
Maluma & The Weeknd: “Hawái (Remix)”

Favorite Rock Artist

WINNER: Machine Gun Kelly
AJR
All Time Low
Foo Fighters
Glass Animals
Machine Gun Kelly

Favorite Inspirational Artist

WINNER: Carrie Underwood
CAIN
Carrie Underwood
Elevation Worship
Lauren Daigle
Zach Williams

Favorite Gospel Artist

WINNER: Kanye West
Kanye West
Kirk Franklin
Koryn Hawthorne
Maverick City Music
Tasha Cobbs Leonard

Favorite Dance/Electronic Artist

WINNER: Marshmello
David Guetta
ILLENIUM
Marshmello
Regard
Tiësto

Here’s everything you need to know about tonight’s show:

How to watch

The show airs live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/PT | 7 p.m. CT and will stream the following day on Hulu.

Performers

BTS and Coldplay – two of the biggest groups on Earth – teamed up for a live and raucous version of their cosmic collaboration “My Universe.”

Silk Sonic’s Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak kicked off the awards on a funky, R&B and pre-taped note with their “Smokin Out the Window”

Olivia Rodrigo performed her hit “traitor” on a stage covered with flowers and Carrie Underwood and Jason Aldean brought a little country to the stage when they sang their duet “If I Didn’t Love You.” With a little help from Julieta Venegas and Tainy, Bad Bunny performed their hit “Lo Siento BB :/.” The Italian rock group and Eurovision winners Måneskin made their U.S. awards show debut.

New Edition and New Kids on the Block performed together for the first time.

Other performers include Jennifer Lopez, Diplo, Mickey Guyton and Tyler, The Creator.

MORE: What to know about 2021 AMA performances

Host Cardi B in a fur headdress revved up the crowd, admitting she was sweating.

“I’m a little nervous,” said the host after listing all the performances planned. “We’re going to celebrate everybody.”

She said she planned to be herself when she takes the stage.

“Oh the pressure on me! They got a lot of pressure,” the rap superstar told “Good Morning America” Friday. “I mean, how can I excite the audience? Should I show my child? No, no, no, I’m now not gonna do that. I don’t know, I’m just gonna be myself.”

The “I Like It” and “Bodak Yellow” rapper admitted that she’s feeling nervous for the big night but said she loves the opportunity to host.

“Some just awakes in me [when I perform]. But when I’m on TV shows, for some reason I just get so nervous. Like, oh my goodness,” she said.

Machine Gun Kelly, JoJo Siwa and Brandy are among the Hollywood stars who are revealing the 2021 AMA winners.

They’re joined by Ansel Elgort & Rachel Zegler, Anthony Ramos, Billy Porter, JB Smoove, Liza Koshy, Marsai Martin, Madelyn Cline and Winnie Harlow, producers announced Friday.

Nominees

Olivia Rodrigo could turn her album “Sour” into something very sweet at the AMAs, entering the night as the leading nominee with nods for artist of the year and new artist of the year.
Rodrigo has seven nominations, besting The Weeknd with six. He’s also going up against Rodrigo in the artist of the year category along with BTS, Ariana Grande, Drake and Taylor Swift.
Reggaeton star Bad Bunny, R&B newcomer Givēon and Doja Cat each have five nominations each. In the new artist of the year category, Rodrigo joins Givēon, 24KGoldn, Masked Wolf and The Kid LAROI.
Swift, who currently holds the record for the most awarded artist in AMA history with 32, could further extend her streak. She is nominated for three awards total, including favorite pop album for “evermore.”

The AMAs added new categories this year, including favorite trending song, favorite gospel artist and favorite Latin duo or group.

Nominees were based on streaming, album and digital sales, radio airplay and social activity, and reflect the time period of Sept. 25, 2020, through Sept. 23, 2021.

Rapper Pop Smoke, who was killed in 2020, is nominated in three categories, including favorite hip-hop album and favorite hip-hop artist, and could win his first award posthumously.

Country star Morgan Wallen earned two nominations in country categories, but he won’t be included in the awards show after being caught on video using a racial slur.

If Rodrigo wins a majority of the awards she is nominated for, that would put her in good company. Olivia Newton-John and Justin Bieber are tied for four awards won in their first year nominated.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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