The 40th Annual American Music Awards was held on November 18, 2012 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
 The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums from the year 2012.
 It was broadcast live on ABC.
 The nominees were announced on October 9, 2012 by Christina Aguilera.
 This year included a brand new category, "Electronic Dance Music".
 Justin Bieber won all three of his nominations, and of each of their four nominations, Nicki Minaj won two, and Rihanna one.
 Katy Perry won one of her 2 nominations, whereas Adele and Taylor Swift each won the award for which they were nominated.
The 38th Annual American Music Awards were held November 21, 2010, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
 The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums from 2010's music list.
 Nominees were announced on October 12, 2010.
 Justin Bieber was nominated for, and won, four awards, including Artist of the Year.
 Usher and Eminem both won two awards; the former was nominated for three and the latter, five.
The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC when the network's contract to air the Grammy Awards expired.
 Unlike the Grammys, which are awarded on the basis of votes by members of the Recording Academy, the AMAs are determined by a poll of the public and fans, who can vote through the AMAs website.
 The award statuette is manufactured by New York firm Society Awards.
Created by Dick Clark in 1973, the American Music Awards is an annual music awards ceremony and one of several major annual American music awards shows.
 TLC has won two award from seven nominations.
The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2010 (generally known as APRA Music Awards) was the 28th annual ceremony by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) to award outstanding achievements in contemporary songwriting, composing and publishing.
 They are a series of awards which include the APRA Music Awards and Screen Music Awards.
 The APRA Music Awards ceremony was held on 21 June at the Sydney Convention Centre, they were presented by APRA and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) and included the new category, 'Rock Work of the Year'.
 A total of 12 awards were presented.
 The Screen Music Awards were issued on 9 November by APRA and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC).
 The 2010 Classical Music Awards were suspended and were replaced by the Art Music Awards from 2011 held in May that year.
 They included jazz categories.
 Art Music Awards are sponsored by APRA and the Australian Music Centre (AMC).
The 39th Annual American Music Awards was held on November 20, 2011 (8:00/7:00 EST/CST), at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles (see 2011 in music).
 The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums from the year 2011.
 Nominees were announced on October 11, 2011.
 The awards ceremony was host-free.
 It was broadcast on ABC.
As of June 2017, Nigerian recording artist Wizkid has received a total of 43 awards from 157 nominations.
 He is the recipient of two BET Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, two iHeartRadio Music Awards, one MTV Europe Music Awards, four MTV Africa Music Awards, one iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards,two SoundCity MVP Awards, one African Pride Award, two MOBO Award, six The Headies Awards, two Channel O Music Video Awards, six Nigeria Entertainment Awards, two Ghana Music Awards, two Dynamix All Youth Awards, two City People Entertainment Awards, and a Future Award.
 In addition, he has been nominated five times at the MTV Europe Music Awards, three times at the American Music Awards, once at the Grammy Awards, as well as four times at the World Music Awards.
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter.
 One of the leading contemporary recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage.
The Latin American Music Awards (Latin AMAs) is an annual American music award that is presented by Telemundo.
 It is the Spanish-language counterpart of the American Music Awards (AMAs) produced by the Dick Clark Productions.
 As with AMAs, the Latin AMAs are determined by a poll of the public and music buyers.
 The first Latin AMAs debuted on October 8, 2015 and was hosted by Lucero.
The 37th Annual American Music Awards took place on November 22, 2009 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
 The nominees were announced on October 13, 2009.
 For the first time in history, there was no host for the year's ceremony.
 Instead, various celebrities introduced the performers similar to the procedure at the Grammy Awards.
 Taylor Swift won five of six categories she was nominated for.
 Jay-Z and The Black Eyed Peas both won two awards.
 Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine Jackson accepted his awards on his behalf.

Question: Which singer won an award at he 40th Annual American Music Awards who is known for writing narrative songs about her personal life?
Answer: Taylor Swift