The big-box stars came out to play at the 2014 American Music Awards, with winners ranging from One Direction as Artist of The Year, Iggy Azalea as Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Artist and Imagine Dragons taking the Alternative Rock honors. Check out the full list of winners below, and try to stay awake as you read down the list of bland, inescapable mediocrity that represents the absolute lack of danger, risk or musical evolution in the coprorate-driven musical climate of 2014.
Artist Of The Year
Iggy Azalea
Beyoncé
Luke Bryan
Eminem
Imagine Dragons
John Legend
Lorde
One Direction — WINNER
Katy Perry
Pharrell Williams
Favorite Album – Country
Garth Brooks, Blame It On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences
Eric Church, The Outsiders
Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am — WINNER
Favorite Artist – Rap/Hip-Hop
Iggy Azalea — WINNER
Drake
Eminem
New Artist Of The Year Presented By Kohl’s
5 Seconds of Summer — WINNERS
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Sam Smith
Meghan Trainor
Favorite Artist – Alternative Rock
Bastille
Imagine Dragons — WINNER
Lorde
Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock
Iggy Azalea
Lorde
Katy Perry — WINNER
Favorite Album – Pop/Rock
Lorde, “Pure Heroine”
One Direction, “Midnight Memories” — WINNER
Katy Perry, “Prism”
Favorite Male Artist – Country
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan — WINNER
Blake Shelton
Favorite Male Artist – Pop/Rock
John Legend
Sam Smith — WINNER
Pharrell Williams
Favorite Artist – Latin
Marc Anthony
Enrique Iglesias — WINNER
Romeo Santos
Favorite Album – Rap/Hip-Hop
Iggy Azalea, The New Classic — WINNER
Drake, Nothing Was The Same
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Favorite Band, Duo Or Group – Pop/Rock
Imagine Dragons
One Direction — WINNER
OneRepublic
Single Of The Year
Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX, “Fancy”
John Legend, “All of Me”
MAGIC!, “Rude”
Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J, “Dark Horse” — WINNER
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
Favorite Female Artist – Country
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood — WINNER
Favorite Band, Duo Or Group – Country
Eli Young Band
Florida Georgia Line — WINNER
Lady Antebellum
Favorite Male Artist – Soul/R&B
Chris Brown
John Legend — WINNER
Pharrell Williams
Favorite Female Artist – Soul/R&B
Jhene Aiko
Beyoncé — WINNER
Mary J. Blige
Favorite Album – Soul/R&B
Beyoncé, Beyoncé — WINNER
John Legend, Love in the Future
Pharrell Williams, G I R L
Favorite Artist – Adult Contemporary
Sara Bareilles
OneRepublic
Katy Perry — WINNER
Favorite Artist – Contemporary Inspirational
Casting Crowns — WINNER
Hillsong United
Newsboys
Favorite Artist – Electronic Dance Music (Edm)
Avicii
Calvin Harris — WINNER
Zedd
Top Soundtrack
Frozen — WINNER
The Fault In Our Stars
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1
