Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift
Favorite Country Album: Taylor Swift, “Speak Now”
Favorite Pop or Rock Male Artist: Bruno Mars
Favorite Pop/Rock Album: Adele
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist: Beyonce
Favorite Latin Artist: Jennifer Lopez
Sprint New Artist of the Year: Hot Chelle Rae
Favorite Female Pop Artist: Katy Perry
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album: Nicki Minaj‘s “Pink Friday”
Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group: Lady Antebellum
Favorite Soul/R&B Album: Rihanna‘s “Loud”
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj
Favorite Country Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group: Maroon 5
Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist: Casting Crowns (from Atlanta)
*Explanation of Convoluted Voting: This actually makes “The X-Factor” make sense by comparison, but here’s the deal, straight from the source. Get our your abacus:
American Music Awards nominees are selected from both BigChampagne’s Ultimate Chart and Mediabase. The Ultimate Chart is a ranked list of the most popular artists and songs based on a weighted combination of music sales, radio and TV broadcast, internet streaming and video viewing, and incorporating additional online metrics, including activity on social networks. Mediabase monitors more than 1,800 radio stations in 180 U.S. and Canadian markets, 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week and provides vital airplay and programming information to more than 1,700 affiliate radio stations and every major broadcast group. Winners are chosen by public vote online.
