Atlanta, GA 11/22/2010 10:52:48 PM
Justin Bieber became the youngest person ever to win the Artist of the Year prize at the American Music Awards (AMAs) last night (21.11.10).
The ‘Pray’ hitmaker was the big winner of the evening,
taking home four accolades including Favourite Pop/Rock Male Artist,
Favourite Album and Breakthrough Artist of the Year during the ceremony
at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
Accepting the Artist of the Year honour, the 16-year-old star thanked
his mentor Usher and invited the ‘OMG’ singer to join him on stage.
He said: "I really was embraced by a man named Usher Raymond. It would
be only right if I invited him up here to share it with me."
Usher picked up two gongs himself, Favourite Soul/R&B Male Artist
and Favourite Soul/R&B Album, while rapper Eminem walked away with
statuettes for Favourite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist and Favourite
Rap/Hip-Hop Album.
Other winners at the 38th annual ceremony included country stars Taylor
Swift, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley; British rock band Muse,
R&B singer Rihanna and Colombian pop star Shakira.
Michael Buble was heard shouted “I love winning things’’ when he picked up the Favourite Adult Contemporary Artist award.
Rihanna, Katy Perry, Kid Rock and Bon Jovi, all performed at the
ceremony and boy bands New Kids on the Block (NKOTB) and Backstreet
Boys joined up for their first collaborative live stage effort before
they kick off a joint American tour next year.
Pink – who announced last week she is pregnant with her first child –
did not allow her pregnancy to slow her down putting on an energetic
dance routine to perform new song ‘Raise Your Glass’.
