2014 American Music Awards: One Direction Wins Big

Erik Anderson November 23, 2014

One Direction win three AMAs, including Artist of the Year

One Direction continued their domination of the American Music Awards, winning three tonight; Artist of the Year, Favorite Album – Pop/Rock and Favorite Band, Duo or Group – Pop/Rock. Iggy Azalea, who came into the night with the most nominations (6) managed two wins, both in the Rap categories. Katy Perry also won two, for Single of the Year and Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock. She was also revealed to be the halftime performer at the 2015 Superbowl.

The full list:

Artist of the Year
One Direction — WINNER
Iggy Azalea
Beyoncé
Luke Bryan
Eminem
Imagine Dragons
John Legend
Lorde
Katy Perry
Pharrell Williams

Favorite Album — Country
Brantley Gilbert, Just as I Am — WINNER
Garth Brooks, Blame It on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences
Eric Church, The Outsiders

Favorite Artist — Rap/Hip-Hop
Iggy Azalea — WINNER
Drake
Eminem

New Artist of the Year
5 Seconds of Summer — WINNER
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Sam Smith
Meghan Trainor

Favorite Artist — Alternative Rock
Imagine Dragons — WINNER
Bastille
Lorde

Favorite Female Artist — Pop/Rock
Katy Perry — WINNER
Iggy Azalea
Lorde

Favorite Album — Pop/Rock
One Direction, Midnight Memories — WINNER
Lorde, Pure Heroine
Katy Perry, Prism

Favorite Male Artist — Country
Luke Bryan — WINNER
Jason Aldean
Blake Shelton

Favorite Male Artist — Pop/Rock
Sam Smith — WINNER
John Legend
Pharrell Williams

Favorite Artist — Latin
Enrique Iglesias — WINNER
Marc Anthony
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
One Direction — WINNER
Imagine Dragons
OneRepublic

Single of the Year
Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J, “Dark Horse” — WINNER
Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX, “Fancy”
John Legend, “All of Me”
Magic!, “Rude”
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”

Favorite Female Artist — Country
Carrie Underwood — WINNER

Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves

Favorite Band, Duo or Group — Country
Florida Georgia Line — WINNER
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum

Favorite Male Artist
John Legend — WINNER
Chris Brown
Pharrell Williams

Favorite Female Artist — Soul/R&B
Beyoncé — WINNER
Jhene Aiko
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
Katy Perry — WINNER
Sara Bareilles
OneRepublic

Favorite Artist — Contemporary Inspirational
Casting Crowns — WINNER
Hillsong United
Newsboys

Favorite Artist — Electronic Dance Music (EDM)
Calvin Harris — WINNER
Avicii
Zedd

Top Soundtrack
Frozen — WINNER
The Fault in Our Stars
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.