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Country-pop star Taylor Swift scored big at the American Music Awards on Sunday, taking home four wins including the night's top prize for artist of the year, as some of pop music's biggest names came together for the fan-voted awards ceremony.
Swift, 23, beat out Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Bruno Mars and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to win artist of the year for the third time, the most times an artist has won the category. She also won favorite female pop/rock artist, female country artist and country album for her 2012 record Red, which featured songs about love and heartbreak.
Timberlake, 32, who returned to the musical spotlight this year after a five-year hiatus with The 20/20 Experience, was nominated in five categories and won three, including favorite male pop/rock artist. The singer performed Drink You Away with his Tennessee Kids band on stage.
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Newcomer hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, who led the nominees on Sunday with six nods and came away with two wins including best rap/hip-hop artist, used their acceptance speech to address a social issue.
"I want to acknowledge Trayvon Martin and the hundreds and hundreds of kids who die every year due to racial profiling ... it's time we look out for the youth and fight racism and the laws that protect it," Macklemore said. Martin, an unarmed black teenager, was shot dead in Florida in 2012. A jury this year cleared the shooter, George Zimmerman, who is white and Hispanic, of second-degree murder.
Check out more red carpet fashion and full list of winners below
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Lady Gaga in Versace
Rihanna in John Paul Gaultier
Jenifer Hudson in Dior
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