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"The American Music Awards are always a star-studded spectacle, and Sunday&amp;#039;s broadcast of the 40th Annual AMAs was no different. The biggest winner of the night was Justin Bieber, who took home the awards for Artist of the Year, Best Pop/Rock Male Artist and Best Pop/Rock Album for his third album, Believe. He dedicated his first trophy to the &amp;quot;haters,&amp;quot; but also took the opportunity to thank his mother, who was his date for the night. When he won Artist of the Year, he even brought Mom onstage to help him accept it. Later in the night, Bieber performed a stripped-down version of one of his popular songs and then joined the outrageous rap sensation Nicki Minaj in a duet. Minaj picked up awards for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and Best Rap-Hip/Hop Album for Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. Other performers and winners during the night were Taylor Swift (Best Country Female Artist), Carly Rae Jepson (Best New Artist of the Year), Carrie Underwood (Best Country Album for Blown Away), Usher (Favorite Soul/R&amp;amp;amp;B Male Artist) and Linkin Park (Best Alternative Rock Artist). Favorite female winners included Katy Perry, Beyonc\u00E9, Adele and Shakira, while favorite males included Luke Bryan, David Guetta (who won the AMA&amp;#039;s first electronic dance music award) and the band Maroon 5.   Stevie Wonder performed a tribute to the late Dick Clark, who was honored throughout the night. Clark founded the AMAs over four decades ago. AMA nominees are selected based on sales records and how much airplay they get. Fans then choose the winners by voting online. Although the AMAs have been a popular addition to the music awards scene for many years, this year marked a low point in viewership, falling 21% to 9.5 million viewers. Did you watch the American Music Awards? What did you think about the performances and wins? Sound off below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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