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Drake and Rihanna among this year's big winners at American Music Awards

Drake and Rihanna were among the winners at this year's American Music Awards, which took place on Sunday (November 20).

The former picked up a total of four prizes on the night, including the artist, album and song gongs in the rap/hip-hop section. Rihanna won three times, including for her Drake collaboration 'Work' in the soul/R&B category.

Justin Bieber and Adele grabbed a couple of awards, while Zayn Malik got the new artist of the year prize for his post-One Direction work. Ariana Grande meanwhile went home with the main artist of the year award.

Selena Gomez also returned from her break from the music industry to collect the pop/rock female artist prize. Check out the full list of winners below:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Adele
Beyoncé
Justin Bieber
Drake
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande -- WINNER
Rihanna
Twenty One Pilots
Carrie Underwood
The Weeknd

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR UN-LEASHED BY T-MOBILE

Alessia Cara
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Shawn Mendes
ZAYN – WINNER

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, 'Don’t Let Me Down'
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla, 'One Dance'
Fifth Harmony Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, 'Work From Home' -- WINNER
Rihanna Featuring Drake, 'Work'
Meghan Trainor Featuring John Legend, 'Like I’m Gonna Lose You'

TOUR OF THE YEAR

Beyoncé -- WINNER
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

VIDEO OF THE YEAR 
Justin Bieber 'Sorry' -- WINNER 
Desiigner 'Panda' 
Rihanna Featuring Drake 'Work' 

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK 
Justin Bieber -- WINNER 
Drake 
The Weeknd 

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK

Adele
Selena Gomez -- WINNER
Rihanna

FAVORITE DUO or GROUP – COUNTRY

Florida Georgia Line – WINNER
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band

FAVORITE ALBUM - COUNTRY

Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights
Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Carrie Underwood, Storyteller -- WINNER

FAVORITE SONG - COUNTRY 
Florida Georgia Line, 'H.O.L.Y.' 
Tim McGraw, 'Humble And Kind' -- WINNER 
Thomas Rhett, 'Die A Happy Man' 

FAVORITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP

Drake -- WINNER
Fetty Wap
Future

FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP

Drake, Views -- WINNER
Drake & Future, What A Time To Be Alive
Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap

FAVORITE SONG – RAP/HIP-HOP

Desiigner, 'Panda'
Drake, 'Hotline Bling' -- WINNER
Fetty Wap, '679'

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B

Chris Brown – WINNER
Bryson Tiller
The Weeknd

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B

Beyoncé
Janet Jackson
Rihanna -- WINNER

FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B

Beyoncé, Lemonade
Rihanna, Anti -- WINNER
Bryson Tiller, T R A P S O U L

FAVORITE SONG – SOUL/R&B

Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla, 'One Dance'
Rihanna Featuring Drake, 'Work' -- WINNER
Bryson Tiller, 'Don’t'

FAVORITE ARTIST - ALTERNATIVE ROCK

Coldplay
Twenty One Pilots -- WINNER
X Ambassadors

FAVORITE ARTIST - ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Adele -- WINNER
Rachel Platten
Meghan Trainor

FAVORITE ARTIST – LATIN

J Balvin
Enrique Iglesias -- WINNER
Nicky Jam

FAVORITE ARTIST - CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

Lauren Daigle
Hillsong UNITED -- WINNER
Chris Tomlin

FAVORITE ARTIST - ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)

The Chainsmokers -- WINNER
Calvin Harris
Major Lazer

TOP SOUNDTRACK

Purple Rain -- WINNER
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Suicide Squad: The Album

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Watch clips from the night below:

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