The annual awards event didn't fail to deliver on the glamour and gossip as a host of stars took to the stage
Top prize: The band won the artist of the year awardOne 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.
The four-piece pose on the red carpet
Model Gigi Hadid debuted a new bob
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.
Show
host Jennifer Lopez danced through a high-octane medley of this year's
top pop songs, saying: "Tonight is about the music, and this year's
music makes me want to dance."
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 presented by Khol's
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
Bieber along with Diplo and Skrillex won 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”
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