American Music Awards 2022: Wizkid, Tems win, Taylor Swift emerge biggest winner

Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, professionally known as Wizkid, has made history to emerge as the first artiste to win ‘Favourite Afrobeats Artiste’ category in the American Music Awards.

Nigerian music stars Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun aka Wizkid and Temilade Openiyi aka Tems
From Left: Nigerian music stars Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun aka Wizkid and Temilade Openiyi aka Tems. Photos: @wizkidayo @temsbaby

The American Music Awards 2022, which is the 50th Edition of the event, took place at the Microsoft Theatre in California on Sunday.

The Favourite Afrobeats Artiste Category was introduced into the Awards show for the first time.

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— Wizkid (@wizkidayo) November 21, 2022

To win the prize, Wizkid contested with four other Nigerian artistes – Burna Boy, CKay, Fireboy DML and Tems.

The ‘Bad To Me’ crooner went on to win another award in the ‘Favourite R&R Song’ category at the ceremony with his hit track ‘Essence’ featuring Nigerian female singer and record producer, Temilade Openiyi professionally known as Tems.

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— Wizkid (@wizkidayo) November 21, 2022

Two years after its official release in October 2020, Wizkid’s ‘Essence’ continues to amass numbers on different streaming platforms as well as win several awards.

Taylor Swift, American singer, was the biggest winner of the awards ceremony with six awards in total encompassing the 2022 Artiste Of The Year.

With this latest wins, Taylor Swift makes history as the highest winner of the American Music Awards with a total of 40 awards.

Full List Of Winners ⬇️

1. Artist of the year

Adele

Bad Bunny

Beyoncé

Drake

Harry Styles

Taylor Swift — WINNER

The Weeknd

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2. New artist of the year

Dove Cameron — WINNER

Gayle

Latto

Måneskin

Steve Lacy

3. Collaboration of the year

Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”

Elton John & Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix” — WINNER

Future ft. Drake & Tems, “Wait For U”

Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”

The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay”

4. Favorite touring artist

Bad Bunny

Coldplay — WINNER

Ed Sheeran

Elton John

The Rolling Stones

5. Favorite music video

Adele, “Easy on Me”

Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito”

Harry Styles, “As It Was”

Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”

Taylor Swift, “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” — WINNER

6. Favorite male pop artist

Bad Bunny

Drake

Ed Sheeran

Harry Styles — WINNER

The Weeknd

7. Favorite female pop artist

Adele

Beyoncé

Doja Cat

Lizzo

Taylor Swift — WINNER

8. Favorite pop duo or group

BTS — WINNER

Coldplay

Imagine Dragons

Måneskin

OneRepublic

9. Favorite pop album

Adele, 30

Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti

Beyoncé, Renaissance

Harry Styles, Harry’s House

Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version) — WINNER

The Weeknd, Dawn FM

10. Favorite pop song

Adele, “Easy on Me”

Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”

Harry Styles, “As It Was” — WINNER

Lizzo, “About Damn Time”

The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay”

11. Favorite male country artist

Chris Stapleton

Cody Johnson

Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen — WINNER

Walker Hayes

12. Favorite female country artist

Carrie Underwood

Lainey Wilson

Maren Morris

Miranda Lambert

Taylor Swift — WINNER

13. Favorite country duo or group

Dan + Shay — WINNER

Lady A

Old Dominion

Parmalee

Zac Brown Band

14. Favorite country album

Carrie Underwood, Denim & Rhinestones

Luke Combs, Growin’ Up

Cody Johnson, Human: The Double Album

Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version) — WINNER

Walker Hayes, Country Stuff: The Album

15. Favorite country song

Chris Stapleton, “You Should Probably Leave”

Cody Johnson, “’Til You Can’t”

Dustin Lynch ft. MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ‘Bout You”

Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan, “Buy Dirt”

Morgan Wallen, “Wasted on You” — WINNER

16. Favorite male hip-hop artist

Drake

Future

Kendrick Lamar — WINNER

Lil Baby

Lil Durk

17. Favorite female hip-hop artist

Cardi B

GloRilla

Latto

Megan Thee Stallion

Nicki Minaj — WINNER

18. Favorite hip-hop album

Future, I Never Liked You

Gunna, DS4EVER

Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers — WINNER

Lil Durk, 7220

Polo G, Hall of Fame 2.0

19. Favorite hip-hop song

Future ft. Drake & Tems, “Wait For U” — WINNER

Jack Harlow, “First Class”

Kodak Black, “Super Gremlin”

Latto, “Big Energy”

Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”

20. Favorite male R&B artist

Brent Faiyaz

Chris Brown — WINNER

Givēon

Lucky Daye

The Weeknd

21. Favorite female R&B artist

Beyoncé — WINNER

Doja Cat

Muni Long

Summer Walker

SZA

22. Favorite R&B album

Beyoncé, Renaissance — WINNER

Drake, Honestly, Nevermind

Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), An Evening with Silk Sonic

Summer Walker, Still Over It

The Weeknd, Dawn FM

23. Favorite R&B song

Beyoncé, “Break My Soul”

Muni Long, “Hrs And Hrs”

Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), “Smokin Out The Window”

SZA, “I Hate U”

Wizkid ft. Tems, “Essence” — WINNER

24. Favorite male Latin artist

Bad Bunny — WINNER

Farruko

J Balvin

Jhayco

Rauw Alejandro

25. Favorite female Latin artist

Anitta — WINNER

Becky G

Kali Uchis

Karol G

Rosalía

26. Favorite Latin duo or group

Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga

Calibre 50

Eslabon Armado

Grupo Firme

Yahritza Y Su Esencia — WINNER

27. Favorite Latin album

Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti — WINNER

Farruko, La 167

J Balvin, Jose

Rauw Alejandro, Vice Versa

Rosalía, Motomami

28. Favorite Latin song

Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito”

Becky G x Karol G, “MAMIII”

Karol G, “Provenza”

Rauw Alejandro, “Todo de Ti”

Sebastián Yatra, “Dos Oruguitas” — WINNER

29. Favorite rock artist

Imagine Dragons

Machine Gun Kelly — WINNER

Måneskin

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Lumineers

30. Favorite rock song

Foo Fighters, “Love Dies Young”

Imagine Dragons x JID, “Enemy”

Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”

Måneskin, “Beggin’” — WINNER

Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Black Summer”

31. Favorite rock album

Coldplay, Music of the Spheres

Ghost, Impera — WINNER

Imagine Dragons, Mercury – Act 1

Machine Gun Kelly, mainstream sellout

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Unlimited Love

32. Favorite inspirational artist

Anne Wilson

for King & Country — WINNER

Katy Nichole

Matthew West

Phil Wickham

33. Favorite gospel artist

CeCe Winans

DOE

E. Dewey Smith

Maverick City Music

Tamela Mann — WINNER

34. Favorite dance/electronic artiste

Diplo

Marshmello — WINNER

Swedish House Mafia

The Chainsmokers

Tiësto

35. Favorite soundtrack

ELVIS — WINNER

Encanto

Sing 2

Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 4

Top Gun: Maverick

36. Favorite Afrobeats artist

Burna Boy

CKay

Fireboy DML

Tems

Wizkid — WINNER

37. Favorite K-pop artist

Blackpink

BTS — WINNER

Seventeen

Tomorrow X Together

Twice

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