Taylor Swift may have made a bigger impact than the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on Sunday night, winning five awards – including artist of the year.
Jackson had been expected to sweep the awards, but wound up capturing four of them. Swift and Jackson duked it out in the artist of the year race, the night’s final prize.
Other multiple awards winners included hip-hop artists Jay-Z and the Black Eyed Peas, with two apiece.
Swift, 19, was also named favorite female artist in the pop/rock and country categories, and favorite adult-contemporary artist. Her 2008 album “Fearless,” the best-selling CD in the U.S. this year, was named favorite country album.
She accepted her awards live via satellite from backstage at London’s Wembley Arena, where she will perform a concert on Monday.
“Music has never been ultimately about competition,” Swift said, after winning the artist of the year prize. She said it was an “unimaginable honor” to be cited in the same category as Jackson, and thanked the Jackson family.
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