2011 American Music Awards: List of Winners

Making for quite the star-studded spectacle, the 2011 American Music Awards took place at Nokia Theatre LA Live in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday night (November 20). The annual musical showcase featured plenty of action, with the big winner of the ceremony being Taylor Swift - who picked up three trophies including Country Female Artist, Country Album and the grandest of all prizes Artist of the Year. Other triumphant artists included Nicki Minaj with two trophies for Rap Hip Hop Artist and Rap Hip Hop Album for "Pink Friday" while Bruno Mars nabbed Pop/Rock Male honors and Hot Chelle Rae landed the title of Best New Artist. The complete list of 2011 American Music Awards winners is as follows, with performance videos and pictures from the show found beneath this year's honorees. Artist of The Year: Adele Lady Gaga Katy Perry Lil Wayne WINNER: Taylor Swift Pop/Rock Male: Justin Bieber WINNER: Bruno Mars Pitbull Pop/Rock Female: Adele WINNER: Katy Perry Lady GaGa Pop/Rock Group: LMFAO WINNER: Maroon 5 One Republic Pop Rock Album: WINNER: Adele- 21 Rihanna ? Loud Lady Gaga ? Born This Way Country Male Artist: Jason Aldean Brad Paisley WINNER: Blake Shelton Country Female Artist: Sara Evans Miranda Lambert WINNER: Taylor Swift Country Band/Duo/Group: Zac Brown Band WINNER: Lady Antebellum The Band Perry Country Album: Jason Aldean- 'My Kinda Party' WINNER: Taylor Swift- 'Speak Now' The Band Perry? 'The Band Perry' Rap Hip Hop: Lil Wayne WINNER: Nicki Minaj Kanye West Rap Hip Hop Album: Lil Wayne- ?Carter 4' The Throne-?Watch The Throne? WINNER: Nicki Minaj- ?Pink Friday? Soul/R&B Male: Chris Brown Trey Songz WINNER: Usher Soul/R&B Female: Rihanna WINNER: Beyonce Kelly Rowland Soul/R&B Album: Chris Brown ?FAME? WINNER: Rihanna -?Loud? Beyonce ?-4' Latin: Pitbull WINNER: Jennifer Lopez Enrigue Iglesias Contemporary Inspirational Artist: WINNER: Casting Crowns Tobymac Third Day Adult Contemporary Artist: WINNER: Adele Bruno Mars Katy Perry New Artist: Miguel Wiz Khalifa The Band Perry Marsha Ambrosius Foster The People WINNER: Hot Chelle Rae LMFAO Thompson Square Enjoy the pictures from the 2011 American Music Awards (November 20). [gallery=779]

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