We Have The AMA’s Complete List of Winners

 

Well the AMA’s are done and dusted for another year so let’s that a look at the winners for the 2016 American Music Awards.

Gigi Hadid and Jay Pharoah hosted this year’s AMA’s, Jay did a great job but I am afraid Gigi was really  underwhelming and I was constantly wondering what she was on? This year’s performers and their performances really took it up a notch this year and knocked it out of the park, except Bieber who just jumped around while the tweens lost their shit over him, I know, I really don’t get it but I’m 35 and grumpy so maybe I’m not meant to get? My four favourite performances of the night were Twenty One Pilots, Lady Gaga (Goddess) and my all time favourite boys Green Day and Sting.

There were a few deserving artists this year however, you can see the main age group of votes, it is clear that popularity wins over talent in a few of the categories. I was quite taken aback at Ariana Grande winning artist of the year, sorry love but I thought there were more deserving candidates. I need to also make mention of Selena Gomez’s speech, I loved it and the fact that she used that time to get a message across to you girls and women Kudos Selena!  Right here is the full list of winners from the night.

 

American Music Award’s Full Winners List 2016

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AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD OF MERIT

Winner:

💿  Sting

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ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Nominees:

• Ariana Grande
• Justin Bieber
• Selena Gomez
• Rihanna
• Carrie Underwood

Winner:

💿 Ariana Grande

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NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Nominees:

• Alessia Cara
• The Chainsmokers
• DNCE
• Shawn Mendes
• Zayn

Winner:

💿 Zayn

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COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

Nominees:

• The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya – “Don’t Let Me Down”
• Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla – “One Dance”
• Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign – “Work From Home”
• Meghan Trainor Feat. John Legend – “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”
• Rihanna Feat. Drake – “Work“

Winner:

💿 Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign – “Work From Home“

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TOUR OF THE YEAR

Nominees:

• Beyoncé
• Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
• Madonna

Winner:

💿 Beyoncé 

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Video Of The Year

Nominees:

• Desiigner – “Panda“
• Rihanna Feat. Drake – “Work“
• Justin Bieber – “Sorry“

Winner:

💿 Justin Bieber – “Sorry“

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FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK

Nominees:

• Drake
• Justin Bieber
• The Weeknd

Winner:

💿 Justin Bieber

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FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK

Nominees:

• Adele
• Rihanna
• Selena Gomez

Winner:

💿 Selena Gomez

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FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK

Nominees:

• The Chainsmokers
• DNCE
• Twenty One Pilots

Winner:

💿 Twenty One Pilots

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FAVORITE ALBUM – POP/ROCK

Nominees:

• Adele – “25“
• Drake – “Views“
• Justin – “Purpose“

Winner:

💿 Justin Bieber – “Purpose“

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FAVORITE SONG – POP/ROCK

Nominees:

• Adele – “Hello“
• Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla – “One Dance“
• Justin Bieber – “Love Yourself“

Winner:

💿 Justin Bieber – “Love Yourself“

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FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY

Nominees:

• Blake Shelton
• Luke Bryan
• Thomas Rhett

Winner:

💿 Blake Shelton

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FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY

Nominees:

• Carrie Underwood
• Cam
• Kelesa Ballerini

Winner:

💿 Carrie Underwood

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FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – COUNTRY

Nominees:

• Florida Georgia Line
• Old Dominion
• Zac Brown Band

Winner:

💿 Florida Georgia Line 

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FAVORITE ALBUM COUNTRY

Nominees:

• Carrie Underwood – “Storyteller“
• Luke Bryan – “Kill The Lights‘
• Chris Stapleton – “Traveller”

Winner:

💿 Carrie Underwood – “Storyteller“

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FAVORITE SONG – COUNTRY

Nominees:

• Tim McGraw – “Humble And Kind“
• Florida Georgia Line – “H.O.L.Y.“
• Thomas Rhett – “Die A Happy Man“

Winner:

💿 Tim McGraw – “Humble And Kind“

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FAVORITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP

Nominees:

• Drake
• Fetty Wap
• Future

Winner:

💿 Drake 

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FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP

Nominees:

• Drake – “Views“
• Drake & Future – “What A Time To Be Alive“
• Fetty Wap – “Fetty Wap”

Winner:

💿 Drake – “Views”

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FAVORITE SONG – RAP/HIP-HOP

Nominees:

• Drake – “Hotline Bing”
• Desiigner – “Panda”
• Fetty Wap – “679“

Winner:

💿 Drake – “Hotline Bing” 

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FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B

Nominees:

• Chris Brown
• Bryson Tiller
• The Weeknd

Winner:

💿 Chris Brown

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FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B

Nominees:

• Beyoncé
• Rihanna
• Janet Jackson

Winner:

💿 Rihanna

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FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B

Nominees:

• Beyoncé – “Lemonade”
• Bryson Tiller – “TRAPSOUL”
• Rihanna – “Anti”

Winner:

💿 Rihanna – “Anti“

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FAVORITE SONG – SOUL/R&B

Nominees:

• Bryson Tiller – “Don’t“
• Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla – “One Dance“
• Rihanna Feat. Drake – “Work“

Winner:

💿 Rihanna Feat. Drake – “Work“

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FAVORITE ARTIST – ALTERNATIVE ROCK

Nominees:

• Coldplay
• Twenty One Pilots
• X Ambassadors

Winner:

💿 Twenty One Pilots 

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FAVORITE ARTIST – ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Nominees:

• Adele
• Meghan Trainor
• Rachel Platten

Winner:

💿 Adele

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FAVORITE ARTIST – LATIN

Nominees:

• Enrique Iglesias
• Nicky Jam
• J Balvin

Winner:

💿 Enrique Iglesias

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FAVORITE ARTIST – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

Nominees:

• Chris Tomlin
• Hillsong UNITED
• Lauren Daigle

Winner:

💿 Hillsong UNITED

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FAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)

Nominees:

• Calvin Harris
• Major Lazer
• The Chainsmokers

Winner:

💿 The Chainsmokers 

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TOP SOUNDTRACK

Nominees:

• Purple Rain
• Star Wars – The Force Awakens
• Suicide Squad: The Album

Winner:

💿 Purple Rain

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That bring us to the end of the winners list for another year. Skatronixxx has you covered with all the Music Awards Nominees and Winners lists.

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 Presh (@Presh81)

Head Music Writer 

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The Latest on the Charts in Skatronixxx Chart News

Welcome to this week’s Chart News, in this week’s chart news we look at the Top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart and the Top 10 Singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, lets get down to business.

Billboard 200 Top 10

Jeezy hits his third No.1 album and eight consecutive top 10 on the Billboard 200 with the new album Trap or Die 3, which earned 89,000 units with 73,000 of that traditional sales. All eight of Jeezy’s charting albums have reached the top 10.

Kenny Chesney keeps his hot streak on the Billboard 200 chart, as his new album, Cosmic Hallelujah debuts at No.2 with just under 89,000 units with 79,000 of that in traditional album sales. Cosmic Hallelujah also enters at No.1 on the Top Album Sales chart, which ranks the best-selling albums of the week.

Jeezy’s Trap or Die 3 edges out Cosmic Hallelujah for the top spot on the Billboard 200 although Cosmic Hallelujah is the top selling album of the week, Trap or Die3 earned a greater overall equivalent album unit figure, due to the popularity of its track streaming services. In addition to Trap or Die 3’s 73,000 in pure album sales , it also tallied 3,000 in track equivalent albums and 13,000 in streaming equivalent albums. Kenny Chesney’s album sold 79,000 copies, earned 7,000 track equivalent units and 2,000 in streaming units.

Cosmic Hallelujah is Chesney’s 12th consecutive charting album to debut inside the top for of the Billboard 200. In total, he has achieved 13 top 10s including the new album, which all come in the top four. Cosmic Hallelujah is at No.1 on the Top Country Album chart, marking his 14th No.1 on the tally. The hit single “Setting The World On Fire” featuring Pink has earned Chesney his 27th No.1 on the Country Airplay chart, and 23rd leader on the Hot Country Songs Chart.

Meek Mill’s new mixed tape album DC4 debuts at No.3 with 87,000 units with 45,000 of that in traditional album sales, making his third charting effort. Of the 87,000 units, a huge 37,000 were streaming equivalent album units. DC4 is the fourth release in his Dreamchasers mixtape series, it the first to chart and the first to get a wide commercial release.

Avenged Sevenfold’s surprise release, The Stage, enters at No.4 with 76,000 units with 72,000 of that in traditional album sales. The album surprised us on October 28th , well ahead of its previously announced release date December 8th. The album is the band’s first for Capitol Record, after releasing four studio efforts for Warner Bros. The Stage is the group’s fifth top 10 effort.

With the top four packed with debuts, the rest of the top ten chart is more subdued. Lady Gaga’s Joanne takes a little slide back from No.1 to No.5 in its second week, earning another 61,000 units (down 70 percent). Pentatonix’s A Pentatonix Christmas slide back from No.3 to No.6 with 41,000 units (down 32 percent).

Views by Drake drops out of the top five for the first time, it has spent 26 weeks locked in the region. The album slides back from No.5 to No.7 with 36,000 units (down 6 percent) Views is one of only seven albums to have spent its first 26 weeks on the chart inside the top five.

The soundtrack to Suicide Squad moves back from No.7 to No.8 with 28,000 units (down 10 percent). The original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton slides to No.9 with 26,000 units (down 14 percent).

Rounding out the top 10 is Micheal Buble’s Nobody but Me , which has slid from No.2 to No.10 in its second week with 25,000 units (down 73 percent).

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10

The Chainsmokers continue to rule the Billboard Hot 100 for the 12th weeks with “Closer“, it leads the Digital Song Sales chart for a record-tying 13th week (72,000 downloads sold, down 15 percent). “Closer” remains the top-selling, most-streamed and most heard Radio Song in the U.S.  and lead the Hot 100 chart, Digital Song Sales chart, Streaming Songs chart and Radio Songs chart, in addition, it also tops Billboards Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 12th week.

The Weekend’s “Starboy” featuring Daft Punk sits at No.2 on the Hot 100 for the fifth week. It also sits at No.2 on Streaming Songs (23.7 million, down a tiny 4 percent), Digital Song Sales (70,000, 6 percent) and No.3 on Radio Songs (127 million, up 3 percent). “Starboy” tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a sixth week.

Twenty One Pilots‘ “Heathens” is holding at No.3 on the Hot 100 after peaking at No.2 for four weeks. “Heathens” also holds on at No.2 on Radio Songs (135 million , down 4 percent) and slides down from No.3 to No.5 the Digital Song Sales (53,000 down 12 percent) and it has also slipped down from No.5 to No.7 on Streaming Songs (16.3 million, down 9 percent). It holds for a 13th week at No.1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart.

“Let Me Love You” by DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber holds on at No.4, with D.R.A.M.’s “Broccoli” featuring Lil Yachty also so holding on at its peak No.5, “Broccoli” also tops the Hot Rap Songs chart for a ninth week.

Did you know that The Hot 100 top five has sported the same five songs in the very same order three weeks running.

Ariana Grande’s “Side to Side”  featuring Nicki Minaj, moves up from No.7 to No.6 on the Hot 100, hitting a new high. It is also Grande’s  seventh Radio Songs top 10 and is Minaj’s 13th, leaping from No.14 to No.9 on the Airplay Chart (72 million, up 12 percent).

Bruno Mars’s “24K Magic” slides down from No.6 to No.7 on the Hot 100, Zay Hilfigerrr’s & Zayion McCall’s “JuJu on That Beat (TZ Anthem)” moves up from No.9 to No.8 in its second week in the top 10, it has also climbed up from No.4 to No.3 on Streaming Songs (20.5 million, up 5 percent) and has also climbed from No.12 to No.9 on Digital Songs Sale (43,000, up 5 percent). It has also gained by 20 percent to 12 million in Radio Audience.

Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane each earn their first trips to the Hot 100’s top 10 as “Black Beatles” soars from No.16 to No.9. It also leaps from No.7 to No.5 on Streaming Songs (19.5 million, up 31 percent, with YouTube clips accounting for its greatest share of clicks: 44 percent) and also leaps from No.27 to No.16 on Digital Song Sales (34,000, up 58 percent). The Collab increases by 32 percent to 16 million airplay impressions.

Drake’s “Fake Love” rounds out the Hot 100’s top 10, it’s jumped from No.24 to No.10 in its second chart week. Following the first full week of tracking the song soared from No.28 to No.6 on Streaming Songs (17.2 million, you a huge 121 percent), however, it has slipped back from No.5 to No.10 on Digital Song Sales (43,000 down 25 percent). It also has moved up from No.8 to No.1 on On-Demand Songs  streaming chart (17.1 million on-demand clicks, up 120) to become  his record-breaking fifth No.1 on the tally.

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That brings us to the end of this weeks Chart News,  join me the same time next week (Monday 21st November) for the latest in Chart News. untill then have a great week ahead guys and gals!

Drake Drops Short Film ‘Please Forgive Me’

Drake’s  short film ‘Please Forgive Me‘ has finally arrived. The film,  inspired by his chart-topping 2016 album, Views, and was initially scheduled to debut on Sept. 30, but it didn’t drop untill 1 a.m EST Monday morning as an Apple Music exclusive

The 23-minute film ‘Please Forgive Me‘ stars Drake in the lead role with co-stars Popcaan, Fanny Neguesha, Soni Chidiebere and Kyla Reid. The film includes seven songs from Views with original music from Noah “40” Shebib and was directed by Anthony Mandler, the music video director behind Drake’s “Over“, “Miss Me” and “Fancy” videos. Please Forgive Me was filmed in a week in Soweto township in Johannesburg, South Africa in July before the start of Drake and Future’s Summer Sixteen Tour.

The short film is only the second visual emerge from the release of Views outside of the music video for “Child’s play“, Drake hasn’t put out videos for any of the other singles from the album, such as “Pop Style“, “Controlla“, “Too Good‘ or the Billboard Hot 100-topping “One Dance” however “Hotline Bling” which was a bonus track included on the album, also had a video, produced by Apple Music and released last October.

Watch it here:

 

2016 The Worst So Far For U.S Record Industry

Although there has been many record released this year, however it seems no amount of awesome music will fix the music industry’s declining album sales. Billboard and Nielsen Music (formerly Nielsen SoundScan) have released some 2016 mid year sales data on the 6th July 2016 and so far it’s looking quite grim, 2016 is the worst year for overall album sales since Nielsen started to keep track of sales in 1991. Consumers have brought 100.3 million album units – this number includes, digital downloads, CDs and vinyl for the first half of 2016, down 13.6 percent compared to the same time period in 2015.

In the same six months, Listeners stream 208.9 billion songs or 139.2 million album units and according to RIAA and Billboard rules it’s a 58.7 percent increase. Hidden in that number is the boom in music-only streaming: 113.6 billion audio streams, compared to 58.6 billion in 2015. Video streaming like YouTube and Vevo saw a more modest growth: 95.3 billion streams, compared to 2015’s 76.6 billion. Unsurprisingly the report also stated that CD’s continue to decline, with only 40 million units moving in the first six months of 2016, which is a decline of 11.6 percent compared to the same time period last year. However the vinyl collector’s market is still growing, and is up 11.4 percent, but still remains far smaller in terms of actual records: 6.2 million copies sold in the first half of the year.

Looking at percentage, digital album sales are slipping faster than CDs – they are down 18.4 percent to 43.8 million. Only three albums have sold more than one million copies this year and the artist are really no surprise: Drake’s album – ‘Views‘ at 1.3 million album sales, Beyoncé’s Album – ‘Lemonade‘ at 1.2 million album sales and Adele’s Album – ‘25‘ at 1.4 million, the other big seller has been the late great David Bowie’s last album ‘Blackstar‘ is the best-selling vinyl record of the year, shifting 57,000 copies.

The most common place for consumers to purchase albums and songs were, unsurprisingly, at digital retailers, which captured 43.7 percent of the album market, which saw overall sales decline by 18.4 percent, to 43.8 million, but surprisingly “non-traditional” CD retailers, like Amazon and supermarkets, saw an 8.3 percent growth in sales. Streaming is the main culprit in the sales cull, particularly song sales, streaming is definitely booming. For the year, total album consumption which includes TEA, SEA and overall album units – totaled 279.9 million units in the first half of 2016, up 8.9 percent.

The billboard figures don’t really surprise me at all given the last time I physically brought a CD from Sanity or JB Hi-Fi  would have to at lest been 5 or more years ago, all my music is now purchased via Google Music and it’s just as competitive as JB Hi-Fi and other retailers if not cheaper most times, so it’s really not that surprising and I would suspect that physical CD sales will keep dropping as streaming albums becomes the new normal.