Las Vegas (Reuters) – The singer of “Birds of A Feather”, Billie Eilish, won Monday with the highest award in the American Music Awards by winning the award for artist of the year in Las Vegas, in a ceremony with a red carpet in which fans are those who choose the winners.
Billie Eilish won Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Morgan Wallen and other nominees. Billie Eilish won the seven categories in which she was nominated, including album of the year and a favorite tour artist.
“It’s crazy. I’m speechless,” said Billie Eilish in a video message from Europe, where she is on tour. “I wish I was there tonight.”
Billie Eilish, 23, launched her third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft”, in May 2024.
The singer of “That’s So True”, Gracie Abrams, chosen revelation artist of the year, also sent a video to accept the award. He thanked his fans, of which he said he had “the luck to learn.”
“They have reminded me of the light that exists out there,” Abrams said.
Sza took home the awards loves R&B’s female artist and R&B song by “Saturn”. Becky G won a favorite Latin female artist.
Many big names on the nominees list did not attend the gala, broadcast live on CBS from the Fontainebleau hotel in Las Vegas.
One of the absent was Beyoncé, who won the prize for artist “Country” Favorite and Album “Country” Favorite for “Cowboy Carter”, his first victories in the AMA in the category “Country.” Post Malone won as a favorite male “country” artist.
Nor did they go to the Taylor Swift or Kendrick Lamar gala.
Kendrick Lamar had 10 nominations. He won an award, the favorite “hip-hop song, for” Not Like Us. “
The gala began with an performance by the presenter, Jennifer López, who sang and danced a six -minute potpy with 23 successes of the nominees, including “Birds of a Feather”, by Billie Eilish, “Espresso”, by Sabrina Carpenter, and “Texas Hold ‘Em”, by Beyoncé.
Janet Jackson was awarded the icon prize, a tribute to artists with world influence.
“I don’t consider myself an icon,” Jackson said on stage. “All I hope is to be an inspiration for others to follow their dreams and succeed.”
Rod Stewart, 80, received the prize for his entire career and danced and sang his pop success “Forever Young”, published in 1984.
Stewart said that when he started his career he had “a burning ambition to sing.”
“That was all I wanted to do. I didn’t want to be rich or famous,” he said.
(Lisa Richwine information; Mary Milliken edition, Frances Kerry and Stephen Coates; Spanish edition of María Bayarri Cárdenas)
