She thought fast and one of Franklin's albums came to mind, I blurted out, \"'You Make Me Feel Like (A Natural Woman)' ... I don't know what I said, I don't know what came over me,\" but she sang.

Weeks later, they called and said she had great potential, \"We want to bring you to Paris and make you a star.\"

She came back to the states weeks later to write her own music, and \"the rest is history.\"

\"She led me to where I am today,\" she said. \"I want to thank you Aretha for empowering all of us. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Long live the Queen.\"

The winners!

And let's not forget about the winners!

Here are all the winners in the major categories:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana”

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Camila Cabello

SONG OF THE YEAR

Post Malone ft. 21 Savage – “rockstar”

BEST NEW ARTIST

Cardi B

BEST COLLABORATION

Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B – “Dinero”

PUSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Hayley Kiyoko

BEST POP

Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry”

BEST DANCE

Avicii ft. Rita Ora – “Lonely Together”

BEST ROCK

Imagine Dragons – “Whatever It Takes”

BEST HIP HOP

Nicki Minaj – “Chun-Li”

BEST LATIN

J Balvin, Willy William – “Mi Gente”

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