Fil-Am artists Olivia Rodrigo, Bruno Mars win big with BTS at AMAs 2021

MANILA, Philippines — With seven nominations, Filipino-American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo was the most nominated artist at this year’s American Music Awards broadcast live from Los Angeles earlier today.

The 18-year-old "Good 4 U" singer was slated to break records as a first-time nominee with the most wins if she bagged five of her seven nominations. She has so far won as New Artist of the Year. 

She also reaped nominations for Artist of the Year, Favorite Female Pop Artist, Favorite Pop Album for “Sour;” and Favorite Pop Song, Favorite Trending Song and Favorite Music Video for “Drivers License." Fellow Filipino-American singer Bruno Mars, together with Anderson .Paak, was also nominated under Favorite Music Video for “Leave The Door Open.”

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, who form the duo Silk Sonic, also got the Favorite R&B Song nod for "Leave The Door Open.”

Other Filipino-American artists who bagged nominations included Saweetie (Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist) and H.E.R. (Favorite Female R&B Artist, Favorite R&B Album for “Back of My Mind” and Favorite R&B Song for “Damage”).

Korean superstars BTS swept three AMAs, including Artist of the Year, Favorite Pop Duo or Group, and Favorite Pop Song for “Butter.”

Here's the full list of winners:

Artist of The Year 

Ariana Grande 
BTS 
Drake 
Olivia Rodrigo 
Taylor Swift 
The Weeknd 

New Artist of the Year 

24kGoldn 
Giveon 
Masked Wolf 
Olivia Rodrigo 
The Kid LAROI 

Collaboration of the Year 

24kGoldn ft. iann dior "Mood" 
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez "DÁKITI" 
Chris Brown & Young Thug "Go Crazy" 
Doja Cat ft. SZA "Kiss Me More" 
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon "Peaches" 

Favorite Trending Song 

Erica Banks "Buss It" 
Måneskin "Beggin'" 
Megan Thee Stallion "Body" 
Olivia Rodrigo "drivers license" 
Popp Hunna "Adderall (Corvette Corvette)" 

Favorite Music Video 

Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) "Leave The Door Open" 
Cardi B "Up" 
Lil Nas X "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" 
Olivia Rodrigo "drivers license" 
The Weeknd "Save Your Tears" 

Favorite Male Pop Artist 

Drake 
Ed Sheeran 
Justin Bieber 
Lil Nas X 
The Weeknd 

Favorite Female Pop Artist 

Ariana Grande 
Doja Cat 
Dua Lipa 
Olivia Rodrigo 
Taylor Swift 

Favorite Pop Duo or Group 

AJR 
BTS 
Glass Animals 
Maroon 5 
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) 

Favorite Pop Album 

Ariana Grande, Positions
Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia
Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR
Taylor Swift, evermore
The Kid LAROI, F— LOVE

Favorite Pop Song 

BTS "Butter" 
Doja Cat ft. SZA "Kiss Me More" 
Dua Lipa "Levitating" 
Olivia Rodrigo "drivers license" 
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande "Save Your Tears (Remix)" 

Favorite Male Country Artist 

Chris Stapleton 
Jason Aldean 
Luke Bryan 
Luke Combs 
*Morgan Wallen 

Favorite Female Country Artist 

Carrie Underwood 
Gabby Barrett 
Kacey Musgraves 
Maren Morris 
Miranda Lambert 

Favorite Country Duo or Group 

Dan + Shay 
Florida Georgia Line 
Lady A 
Old Dominion 
Zac Brown Band 

Favorite Country Album 

Chris Stapleton - Starting Over
Gabby Barrett - Goldmine
Lee Brice - Hey World
Luke Bryan - Born Here Live Here Die Here
*Morgan Wallen - Dangerous: The Double Album

Favorite Country Song 

Chris Stapleton "Starting Over" 
Chris Young & Kane Brown "Famous Friends" 
Gabby Barrett "The Good Ones" 
Luke Combs "Forever After All" 
Walker Hayes "Fancy Like" 

Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist 

Drake 
Lil Baby 
Moneybagg Yo 
Polo G 
Pop Smoke 

Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist 

Cardi B 
Coi Leray 
Erica Banks 
Megan Thee Stallion 
Saweetie 

Favorite Hip-Hop Album

Drake - Certified Lover Boy
Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die
Megan Thee Stallion - Good News
Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon
Rod Wave - SoulFly

Favorite Hip-Hop Song 

Cardi B "Up" 
Internet Money ft. Gunna, Don Toliver & NAV "Lemonade" 
Lil Tjay ft. 6LACK "Calling My Phone" 
Polo G "RAPSTAR" 
Pop Smoke "What You Know Bout Love" 

Favorite Male R&B Artist 

Chris Brown 
Giveon 
Tank 
The Weeknd 
Usher 

Favorite Female R&B Artist 

Doja Cat 
H.E.R. 
Jazmine Sullivan 
Jhené Aiko 
SZA 

Favorite R&B Album 

Doja Cat - Planet Her
Giveon - When It's All Said And Done… Take Time
H.E.R. - Back of My Mind
Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
Queen Naija - missunderstood

Favorite R&B Song 

Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) "Leave The Door Open" 
Chris Brown & Young Thug "Go Crazy" 
Giveon "Heartbreak Anniversary" 
H.E.R. "Damage" 
Jazmine Sullivan "Pick Up Your Feelings" 

Favorite Male Latin Artist 

Bad Bunny 
J Balvin 
Maluma 
Ozuna 
Rauw Alejandro 

Favorite Female Latin Artist 

Becky G 
Kali Uchis 
KAROL G 
Natti Natasha 
ROSALÍA 

Favorite Latin Duo Or Group 

Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga 
Calibre 50 
Eslabon Armado 
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De Rene Camacho 
Los Dos Carnales

Favorite Latin Album 

Bad Bunny - EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO
Kali Uchis - Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)
KAROL G - KG0516
Maluma - PAPI JUANCHO
Rauw Alejandro - Afrodisíaco

Favorite Latin Song 

Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez "DÁKITI" 
Bad Bunny x ROSALÍA "LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE" 
Farruko "Pepas" 
Kali Uchis "telepatía" 
Maluma & The Weeknd "Hawái (Remix)" 

Favorite Rock Artist 

AJR 
All Time Low 
Foo Fighters 
Glass Animals 
Machine Gun Kelly 

Favorite Inspirational Artist 

CAIN 
Carrie Underwood 
Elevation Worship 
Lauren Daigle 
Zach Williams 

Favorite Gospel Artist 

Kanye West 
Kirk Franklin 
Koryn Hawthorne 
Maverick City Music 
Tasha Cobbs Leonard 

Favorite Dance/Electronic Artist 

David Guetta 
ILLENIUM 
Marshmello 
Regard 
Tiësto