The British boy band One Direction dominated the American Music Awards ceremony Sunday, while the country-pop star Taylor Swift has defended the traditional purchasing albums, an indirect attack against the streaming services like Spotify.

The American Music Awards (AMA) reward commercial success and are awarded based on the fans to vote contrary to the Grammy Awards, awarded by professionals.

The quintet One Direction won the prize of the artist of the year, best album and best pop-rock band with his latest album, Midnight Memories. Taylor Swift for his part, received an award “excellence” of the hands of the legendary Diana Ross, launching another round of indirect criticism against the streaming service Spotify.

While thanking his fans, the interpreter of the hit “Shake It Out” affirmed that “investing in music and albums, you say (…) that music has value and should Albums be consumed and appreciated as art objects. ”

The last album of Taylor Swift, “1989”, recorded the highest sales of a US album twelve years during its first week in stores and has sold two million copies in the US in three weeks.

After its release, the singer of 24 years has removed all his catalog of Spotify, accusing the service growth to devalue music by not distributing enough revenue to artists. The Swedish founder of Spotify Daniel Ek defended himself by saying that his company had paid $ 2 billion to the musicians and performers since its launch in 2008, a substantial source of revenue for an industry in crisis.

Taylor Swift opened the evening by singing her new single “Blank Space”, playing his reputation to maintain relationships Flash pushing dancers-contenders.

Her friend, the New Zealand prodigy 18 Lorde, electrified the audience dancing like one possessed while interpreting “Yellow Flicker Beat”, the flagship title of the soundtrack of the film “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.”

The other sensation of the year, Ariana Grande, also seduced, black lace sheath with a jazzy version of his hits Problem and Love me harder.

The must blond Iggy Azalea tornado took home the award for best artist and best hip-hop album, the pop diva Katy Perry with that of the female pop-rock artist and Imagine Dragon, tubes author “Demons “and” Radioactive “with one of the best alternative rock artists.