Hollywood singer-musician Bruno Mars walked away with seven
awards, and Keith Urban scored a hat- trick with three honours at the American
Music Awards (AMA) ceremony, which saw over a dozen performances by artistes
including Diana Ross.
Mars wasn't present at the Microsoft Theater here for the
gala on Sunday, but he dominated the winners list by winning seven of his eight
nominations. He won Favourite Artist of the Year, along with Favourite Male
Artist Pop/Rock, Favourite Album Pop/Rock for his "24K Magic",
Favourite Male Artist Soul/R&B, Favourite Album Soul/R&B, Video of the
Year and Favourite Song Soul/R&B for "That's What I Like".
Urban was close behind with awards for Favourite Male Artist
- Country, as well as Favourite Country Album (Ripcord) and Favourite Country
Song ("Blue Ain't Your Color"), billboard.com reported.
Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber were rewarded for
the remix of "Despacito", which won Favourite Song Pop/Rock and
Collaboration of the Year at the event, which was aired in India on Vh1.
Other performers included Nick Jonas, Hailee Steinfeld with
Alesso and Florida Georgia Line, Shawn Mendes, Macklemore and Skylar Grey,
Portugal. The Man, Zedd with Alessia Cara, Khalid & Imagine Dragons, Lady
Gaga, a high-flying solo performance from Pink, Niall Horan, Clarkson, a medley
from lifetime achievement honoree Diana Ross and the AMA debut of K-pop
superstars BTS.
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