<a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music-stage/2022/11/18/taylor-swift-ticketmaster-tour-tickets-cancelled/" target="_blank">Taylor Swift</a> took the top prize at this year's <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/2022/10/14/american-music-award-nominations-bad-bunny-drake-beyonce-and-taylor-swift-lead-nods/" target="_blank">American Music Awards</a> after she bagged the Artist of the Year gong. K-pop supergroup <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music-stage/2022/10/29/bts-member-jin-bids-farewell-in-buenos-aires-ahead-of-mandatory-military-service/" target="_blank">BTS</a>, whose member Jungkook is fresh from his performance at the <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/fifa-world-cup-2022/2022/11/20/the-qatar-world-cup-2022-opening-ceremony-in-pictures/" target="_blank">Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 opening ceremony</a>, walked away with the Favourite Pop Duo or Group Award and were named Favourite K-Pop Artist, a new award. Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, who was also in contention for Artist of the Year, went into the night with a leading eight nominations. Singer Pink opened the show dancing and singing on roller skates to her upbeat song <i>Never Gonna Not Dance Again</i>. Comedian and host Wayne Brady attempted a rap in his monologue. "Ain’t nobody getting slapped tonight," Brady joked, referencing Will Smith's infamous attack on Chris Rock at the Oscars. Dove Cameron, a former Disney Channel actress who reached the Billboard charts this year with the pop single <i>Boyfriend</i>, earned the first trophy of the night with her New Artist of the Year win. Machine Gun Kelly, wearing a purple suit with long silver spikes, was named Favourite Rock Artist. <i>— Reuters contributed to this report</i>