The 40th Anniversary of American music awards was held on 18th November, 2012 at Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles. The event was featured by a star studded performances by Taylor swift, Christina Aguilera, Pitbull, Justin Bieber and Carie Underwood. The association has included a new category in the list of awards named 'Electronic dance music'.
Here's the complete list of different music categories and winners in each category.
Artist of the year:
Winner: Justin Bieber
Album: Believe
Born Place: Stratford, Ontario
New artist of the year:
Winner: Carly Ray Jepsen
Album: Call Me Maybe
Born Place: Mission
Pop/Rock female artist:
Winner: Katty perry
Album: Part of Me
Born Place: Santa Barbara
Pop/Rock album:
Winner: Justin Bieber
Album: Believe
Born Place: London
Country female artist:
Winner: Taylor Swift
Album: We Are Never Ever Getting
Born Place: Reading
Country Album:
Winner: Carrie Underwood
Album: Blown Away
Born Place: Muskogee
Rap/hip – hop artist:
Winner: Nicki Minaj
Album: Starships
Born Place: Trinidad and Tobago
David Guetta from Paris has won the award under newly included music category, electronic dance music.
