TAYLOR SWIFT EMERGES BIGGEST WINNER AT AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 2011

US country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress Taylor Swift was the biggest winner at the recently concluded American Music Awards which took place on Sunday night, November 20, 2011. Swift picked up the biggest awards of the night which included ‘Artist of the Year’, ‘Favourite Country Music Album’ for her third album ‘Speak Now’ and ‘Favourite Country Female Artist’ for the fourth year in a row.

Another big winner of the night include was Nicki Minaj  who picked up the awards for ‘Favourite Artiste’ and ‘Favourite Album’ for her debut release ‘Pink Friday’. A high moment of the awards show was when US hot shot singer Jennifer Lopez performed her chart-topping ‘Papi’ in a rhinestone-covered nude body suit and was later joined on stage by fellow Latino singer Pitbull for the collabo ‘On the floor’. Lopez picked up the award for ‘Favourite Latin Music Artist’.

Other performers of the night include Maroon 5 who performed their 2011 smash hit single ‘Moves like Jagger’ alongside US pop singer Christina Aguilera, Travie McCoy and Gym Class Heroes, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Ludacris, Enrique Iglesias and Katy Perry.

Major absentees from the awards were Rihanna, Adele and Beyonce who both picked up awards for ‘Favourite Soul/R&B Album’, Favourite Pop/Rock Music Female Artist and ‘Favourite Soul/R&B Female artist’ respectively.\