Canadian rapper Drake won his first ever American Music Awards , Ariana Grande was named artist of the year, and punk band Green Day took aim at newly-elected U.S. President Donald Trump.

• Ariana Grande-Butera, known professionally as Ariana Grande is an American singer and actress. She began her career in the Broadway musical , before landing the role of Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon television series Victorious in 2009.
• Drake, 30, who got a leading 13 nominations, won best rap/hip-hop artist, song and album for his best-selling “Views”, which earlier this year became the first album to earn one billion streams on Apple Music.

Former One Direction member Zayn Malik, who quit British boy band One Direction last year to launch a solo career, bested Canadian Shawn Mendes to take the best new artist trophy.

American Music Awards of 2016:

The 44th Annual American Music Awards took place on November 20, 2016, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.The 2016 AMAs fell 31% from 2015 among adults 18-49 and 26% among viewers, to 8.2 million watching last night, and all-time low in the show history.