Maroon 5, Taylor Swift Win Early At AMAs

First Published: November 20, 2011 9:54 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Taylor Swift is seen looking glam at the 2011 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angele on November 20, 2011 Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift had the right moves at the American Music Awards: The band and the country princess picked up the first trophies at Sundays ceremony. Maroon 5, still riding high off their comeback hit Moves Like Jagger, won for favorite pop-rock band/duo/group. Adam Levine, the bands lead singer and The Voice judge, thanked our incredible fans for making this happen. Swift won country female artist. The ceremony inside the Nokia Theatre in an unusually rainy Los Angeles was dripping with musical performances from such acts as The Band Perry, who crooned an emotional If I Die Young, and a platinum-blonde Chris Brown, who sang a stripped-down All Back before being joined by helmet-clad back-up dancers for a high-energy routine to Say It With Me. Nicki Minaj launched the 39th annual fan-favorite ceremony with a performance featuring tethered back-up dancers, stilt-walking robots and super-producer David Guetta emerging from behind a pillar of speakers. The pink-haired singer wearing a pair of speakers on her much-talked about posterior kicked off the show with Turn Me On before launching into Super Bass. Minaj later won favorite rap/hip-hop artist, besting a group that included her mentor, Lil Wayne. Theres so much love in this room, said Minaj, who also thanked Swift, a big fan of her Super Bass hit. Justin Bieber got in the holiday spirit with Under the Mistletoe, before Kelly Clarkson, wearing a glittery red gown with her hair swept to the side, delivered a swinging rendition of her Mr. Know It All as back-up dancers dressed as 1930s-era photographers snapped the first-ever American Idol champion. Adele leads the nominees with four nods at this years AMAs, which honor music artists based on online votes. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.