BTS, AND TAYLOR SWIFT ARE BIG WINNERS AMERICAIN MUSIC AWARDS Editor Steve Hart - 22-11- 2021 South Korean K-pop group BTS were crowned artist of the year at the American Music Awards on Sunday, brushing aside challenges from Taylor Swift, Drake and The Weekend as they took home a total of three awards and teamed up with Coldplay for a raucous "My Universe" and closed the show with "Butter. BTS also won artist of the year, becoming the first group to win in that top category since One Direction won back-to-back awards in 2014-15. The K-pop group also beat Taylor Swift, who has won six times in the category, more than anyone another act. This is only the second time Swift’s has lost in the category. She previously lost to 1D in 2015. BTS also won favorite pop song for “Butter,” w hich logged 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 , longer than any other single so far this year. That gave BTS three awards on the ni...