American Music Awards 2026: Complete list of winners

The 2026 American Music Awards took place on Monday, May 25 night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

This marked 52nd ceremony of the music awards show Created by Dick Clark in 1974.

It is one of the world’s largest fan-voted annual music award shows and it honors artists across various genres—including pop, rap, R&B, country, Latin, and K-Pop

Check out the full list of the Winners

Artist of the Year

• BTS — WINNER
• Bad Bunny
• Bruno Mars
• Harry Styles
• Justin Bieber
• Kendrick Lamar
• Lady Gaga
• Morgan Wallen
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Taylor Swift

New Artist of the Year

• KATSEYE — WINNER
• Alex Warren
• Ella Langley
• Leon Thomas
• Olivia Dean
• Sombr

Album of the Year

• Man’s Best Friend — Sabrina Carpenter
• AM I THE DRAMA? — Cardi B
• 111xpantia — Fuerza Regida
• Mayhem — Lady Gaga
• I’m The Problem — Morgan Wallen
• The Art of Loving — Olivia Dean
• MUSIC — Playboi Carti
• So Close To What — Tate McRae
• The Life of a Showgirl — Taylor Swift

Song of the Year

• Golden — HUNTR/X (EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) — WINNER
• Ordinary — Alex Warren
• Choosin’ Texas — Ella Langley
• Folded — Kehlani
• MUTT — Leon Thomas
• I’m the Problem — Morgan Wallen
• Man I Need — Olivia Dean
• Manchild— Sabrina Carpenter
• back to friends — sombr
• The Fate of Ophelia — Taylor Swift

Social Song of the Year

• CHANEL — Tyla — WINNER
• No Broke Boys — Disco Lines and Tinashe
• Illegal — PinkPantheress
• Sally, When The Wine Runs Out — Role Model
• Lush Life — Zara Larsson

Best Music Video

• Gnarly — KATSEYE – WINNER
• Berghain — ROSALÍA, Björk and Yves Tumor
• Manchild — Sabrina Carpenter
• The Fate of Ophelia — Taylor Swift
• CHANEL — Tyla

Best Soundtrack

• KPop Demon Hunters — Various Artists — WINNER
• F1 The Album — Various Artists
• Hazbin Hotel: Season Two — Various Artists
• Wicked: For Good — Various Artists
• Wuthering Heights — Charli xcx

Tour of the Year

• Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour — Shakira — WINNER
• Cowboy Carter Tour — Beyoncé
• Grand National Tour — Kendrick Lamar and SZA
• The Mayhem Ball — Lady Gaga
• Oasis Live ’25 Tour — Oasis

Collaboration of the Year

Breakout Tour

• American Heart World Tour — Benson Boone— WINNER
• The Sincerely, Tour — Kali Uchis
• Submarine Tour — The Marías
• Am I Okay? Tour — Megan Moroney
• Even in Arcadia Tour — Sleep Token

Breakthrough Album of the Year

• The Art of Loving — Olivia Dean
• I Barely Know Her — sombr
• Midnight Sun — Zara Larsson — WINNER

Best Throwback Song

• Rock That Body — Black Eyed Peas — WINNER
• Iris — Goo Goo Dolls
• What’s Up — 4 Non Blondes

Best Vocal Performance

• Golden — HUNTR/X (EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) —WINNER
• Ordinary — Alex Warren
• Abracadabra — Lady Gaga
• WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! — RAYE
• Die on this Hill — SIENNA SPIRO

Song of the Summer

Best Male Pop Artist

• Justin Bieber — WINNER

• Alex Warren

• Benson Boone
• Ed Sheeran
• Harry Styles

Best Female Pop Artist

• Sabrina Carpenter — WINNER
• Lady Gaga
• Olivia Dean
• Tate McRae
• Taylor Swift

Breakthrough Pop Artist

• KATSEYE — WINNER
• SIENNA SPIRO
• Zara Larsson

Best Pop Song

• Ordinary — Alex Warren
• Golden — HUNTR/X (EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami)— WINNER
• Man I Need — Olivia Dean
• Manchild— Sabrina Carpenter
• The Fate of Ophelia — Taylor Swift

Best Pop Album

• Man’s Best Friend — Sabrina Carpenter — WINNER
• So Close To What — Tate McRae
• The Life of a Showgirl — Taylor Swift

• Mayhem — Lady Gaga

• The Art of Loving — Olivia Dean

Best Male Country Artist

• Jelly Roll
• Luke Combs
• Morgan Wallen — WINNER
• Riley Green
• Shaboozey

Best Female Country Artist

• Ella Langley — WINNER
• Kelsea Ballerini
• Lainey Wilson
• Megan Moroney
• Miranda Lambert

Best Country Duo or Group

• Brooks & Dunn
• Old Dominion
• Rascal Flatts
• Treaty Oak Revival
• Zac Brown Band — WINNER

Breakthrough Country Artist

• Sam Barber — WINNER
• Tucker Wetmore
• Zach Top

Best Country Song

• All The Way — BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman
• Choosin’ Texas — Ella Langley — WINNER
• Just In Case — Morgan Wallen
• Happen To Me — Russell Dickerson
• Good News — Shaboozey

Best Country Album

• I Hope You’re Happy — BigXthaPlug
• Cloud 9 — Megan Moroney — WINNER
• I’m The Problem — Morgan Wallen
• Restless Mind — Sam Barber
• What Not To — Tucker Wetmore

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist

• Don Toliver
• Kendrick Lamar — WINNER
• Playboi Carti
• Tyler, The Creator
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist

• Cardi B — WINNER
• Doechii
• GloRilla
• Sexxy Red
• YKNIECE

Breakthrough Hip-Hop Artist

• EsDeeKid
• Monaleo  — WINNER
• PLUTO

Best Hip-Hop Song

• ErrTime — Cardi B — WINNER
• NOKIA — Drake
• wgft — Gunna, Burna Boy
• Rather Lie — Playboi Carti and The Weeknd
• Take Me Thru Dere — YKNIECE, Quavo, Metro Boomin and Breskii

Best Hip-Hop Album

• AM I THE DRAMA? — Cardi B — WINNER
• OCTANE — Don Toliver
• The Last Wun — Gunna
• MUSIC — Playboi Carti
• MASA — YoungBoy Never Broke Again

Best R&B Artist

• Bruno Mars — WINNER
• Chris Brown
• Daniel Caesar
• PARTYNEXTDOOR
• The Weeknd

Best Female R&B Artist

• Kehlani
• Summer Walker
• SZA — WINNER
• Teyana Taylor
• Tyla

Breakthrough R&B Artist

• Leon Thomas — WINNER
• Mariah the Scientist
• Ravyn Lenae

Best R&B Song

• I Just Might — Bruno Mars  — WINNER
• It Depends — Chris Brown and Bryson Tiller
• Folded — Kehlani
• MUTT — Leon Thomas
• BURNING BLUE — Mariah the Scientist

Best R&B Album

• The Romantic — Bruno Mars — WINNER
• SWAG — Justin Bieber
• MUTT — Leon Thomas
• HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY — Mariah the Scientist
• Finally Over It — Summer Walker

Best Male Latin Artist

• Bad Bunny — WINNER
• Junior H
• Peso Pluma
• Rauw Alejandro
• Tito Double P

Best Female Latin Artist

• Shakira — WINNER
• Gloria Estefan
• KAROL G
• Natti Natasha
• ROSALÍA

Best Latin Duo or Group

• Clave Especial
• Fuerza Regida — WINNER
• Grupo Firme
• Grupo Frontera
• Julión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda

Breakthrough Latin Artist

• Beéle
• Kapo — WINNER
• Netón Vega

Best Latin Song

• NUEVAYoL — Bad Bunny — WINNER
• Ojos Tristes — benny blanco, Selena Gomez, The Marías
• Marlboro Rojo — Fuerza Regida
• ME JALO — Fuerza Regida
• LATINA FOREVA — KAROL G

Best Latin Album

• 111xpantia — Fuerza Regida
• Tropicoqueta — KAROL G — WINNER
• Mi Vida Mi Muerte — Netón Vega
• DINASTÍA — Peso Pluma and Tito Double P
• Lux — ROSALÍA

Best Rock/Alternative Artist

• Deftones
• Linkin Park
• The Marías
• Sleep Token
• Twenty One Pilots — WINNER

Breakthrough Rock/Alternative Album

• Even in Arcadia — Sleep Token
• I Barely Know Her — sombr — WINNER
• Deadbeat — Tame Impala
• Breach — Twenty One Pilots
• With Heaven On Top — Zach Bryan

Best Dance/Electronic Artist

• Calvin Harris
• David Guetta — WINNER
• Fred again…
• ILLENIUM
• John Summit

Best Male K-Pop Artist

• ATEEZ
• BTS — WINNER
• ENHYPEN
• Stray Kids
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER

Best Female K-Pop Artist

• TWICE — WINNER
• aespa
• BLACKPINK
• ILLIT
• LE SSERAFIM

Best Afrobeats Artist

• Tyla — WINNER
• WizKid

• Burna Boy

• MOLIY
• Rema

Best Americana/Folk Artist

• Noah Kahan — WINNER
• Lord Huron
• The Lumineers
• Mumford & Sons
• Tyler Childers

Breakthrough Rock/Alternative Artist

• sombr— WINNER

• Geese

• Gigi Perez

Breakthrough Rock/Alternative Song

• back to friends — sombr — WINNER
• “The Great Divide” — Noah Kahan
• “Up From the Bottom” — Linkin Park
• “Ensenada” — Sublime
• “Dracula” — Tame Impala