American Music Awards 2014 Winners List: One Direction Wins Artist of the Year

The American Music Awards 2014 were last night, and One Direction came out on top. The boy band took home three awards: Artist of the Year, Favorite Pop/Rock Album, and Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group (which should win some sort of award for Most Cumbersome Awards Category Title). Their big victories coincide with last Monday's release of their fourth studio album, Four, making this a pretty great seven days for the group. However, while One Direction took home the big prize, Katy Perry managed to tie them in overall haul, taking home three awards herself (for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Single of the Year for "Dark Horse," and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, which is the first and only time I've ever seen Perry described as "Adult Contemporary").

Overall, the wealth was pretty evenly divided among winners, as the three wins apiece for Katy Perry and One Direction was the closest any artist came to actually sweeping. Iggy Azalea and Beyoncé won two awards each, while a slew of other artists took home individual honors: Taylor Swift earned the Dick Clark Award for Excellence while Sam Smith won Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist. Meanwhile, 5 Seconds of Summer won New Artist of the Year, and Disney's Frozen won Favorite Soundtrack. And those were only some of the awards handed out, so check out the full list of winners from last night's American Music Awards below:

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AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 2014 WINNERS LIST

Artist of the Year: One Direction

Dick Clark Award For Excellence: Taylor Swift

New Artist of the Year: 5 Seconds of Summer

Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist: Sam Smith

Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist: Katy Perry

Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group: One Direction

Favorite Pop/Rock Album: One Direction, Midnight Memories

Favorite Country Male Artist: Luke Bryan

Favorite Country Female Artist: Carrie Underwood

Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group: Florida Georgia Line

Favorite Country Album: Brantley Gilbert, Just As I Am

Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: Iggy Azalea

Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album: Iggy Azalea, The New Classic

Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist: John Legend

Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist: Beyoncé

Favorite Soul/R&B Album: Beyoncé, Beyoncé

Favorite Alternative Rock Artist: Imagine Dragons

Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist: Katy Perry

Favorite Latin Artist: Enrique Iglesias

Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist: Casting Crowns

Favorite Electronic Dance Music Artist: Calvin Harris

Favorite Soundtrack: Frozen

Single of the Year: Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J, "Dark Horse"