American Music Awards full Winners List

One Direction scooped the top gong - the artist of the year award - at Sunday's American Music Awards.

The four-piece won the accolade for the second year running and also won the best pop/rock album for a third consecutive year, with the album Made In The A.M.

"It's absolutely incredible to receive this award two years in a row. It's a testament to how incredible our fans are," Louis Tomlinson said.

Meanwhile, actor-musician Jared Leto made a moving tribute to the 130victims of the deadly attacks across Paris, specifically the 89 who died at the Bataclan concert hall, where he said he and his band, 30 Seconds to Mars, had performed "a beautiful, peaceful" show earlier this year.

"Tonight we honor victims of the unimaginable violence that took place in Paris and around the world," he said.

"France matters, Russia matters, Syria matters, Mali matters, the Middle East matters, the United States matters, the entire world matters and peace is possible."

Celine Dion sang Edith Piaf's classic French ode La Vie en Rose in memory of those lost.

Key winners on the night included Taylor Swift, who went into the night with a leading six nominations and won three awards but didn't attend the event.

Nicki Minaj won two awards in the rap/hip hop categories, The Weeknd won two soul/R&B awards, Florida Georgia Line won two country music awards and country artist Sam Hunt was named best new artist.

Star Wars veteran Harrison Ford introduced five-piece acappella group Pentatonix, who put their vocals to John Williams' iconic Star Wars score, along with a full orchestra on stage. The performance comes ahead of next month's highly-anticipated new Star Wars: The Force Awakens film.

FULL WINNERS LIST:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Luke Bryan Ariana Grande Maroon 5 Nicki Minaj One Direction - WINNER Ed Sheeran Sam Smith Taylor Swift Meghan Trainor The Weeknd

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

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Fetty Wap Sam Hunt - WINNER Tove Lo Walk The Moon The Weeknd

SONG OF THE YEAR

Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth, “See You Again” Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk!” Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud” Taylor Swift, “Blank Space” - WINNER The Weeknd, “Can’t Feel My Face”

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth, “See You Again” Rihanna & Kanye West Featuring Paul McCartney, “FourFiveSeconds” Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk!” Skrillex & Diplo Featuring Justin Bieber, “Where Are Ü Now” - WINNER Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - POP/ROCK

Nick Jonas Ed Sheeran - WINNER Sam Smith

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - POP/ROCK

Ariana Grande - WINNER Taylor Swift Meghan Trainor

FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP - POP/ROCK

Maroon 5 One Direction - WINNER Walk The Moon

FAVORITE ALBUM - POP/ROCK

Ed Sheeran, X Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour Taylor Swift, 1989 - WINNER

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - COUNTRY

Jason Aldean Luke Bryan - WINNER Sam Hunt

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - COUNTRY

Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Carrie Underwood - WINNER

FAVORITE DUO or GROUP - COUNTRY

Zac Brown Band Florida Georgia Line - WINNER Little Big Town

FAVORITE ALBUM - COUNTRY

Jason Aldean, Old Boots, New Dirt Florida Georgia Line, Anything Goes - WINNER Sam Hunt, Montevallo

FAVORITE ARTIST -- RAP/HIP-HOP

Drake Fetty Wap Nicki Minaj - WINNER

FAVORITE ALBUM - RAP/HIP-HOP

J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint - WINNER

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - SOUL/R&B

Chris Brown Trey Songz The Weeknd - WINNER

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - SOUL/R&B

Beyoncé Mary J. Blige Rihanna - WINNER

FAVORITE ALBUM - SOUL/R&B

Chris Brown, X D’Angelo and The Vanguard, Black Messiah The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness - WINNER

FAVORITE ARTIST - ALTERNATIVE ROCK

Fall Out Boy - WINNER Hozier Walk the Moon

FAVORITE ARTIST - ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Ed Sheeran Taylor Swift - WINNER Meghan Trainor

FAVORITE ARTIST - LATIN

Enrique Iglesias - WINNER Ricky Martin Romeo Santos

FAVORITE ARTIST - CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

Casting Crowns - WINNER Hillsong United MercyMe

FAVORITE ARTIST -- ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)

Calvin Harris - WINNER David Guetta Zedd

TOP SOUNDTRACK

Fifty Shades of Grey Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1 Pitch Perfect 2 - WINNER

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