American Music Awards 2026: Complete list of winners

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

This was the 52nd music awards ceremony created by Dick Clark in 1974.

It is one of the world’s largest annual music awards shows, honoring artists across genres including pop, rap, R&B, country, Latin and K-Pop.

View the full list of winners

Artist of the Year

• BTS WINNER
• Bad bunny
• Bruno Mars
• Harry Styles
• Justin Bieber
• Kendrick Lamar
• Lady Gaga
• Morgan Wallen
• Sabrina Timmerman
• 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 Timmerman
• AM I THE DRAMA? –Cardi B
• 111xpantia — Fuerza Regida
• Chaos – Lady Gaga
• I am 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
• Normal –Alex Warren
• I choose Texel – Ella Langley
• Folded – Kehlani
• MUST —Leon Thomas
• I am the problem – Morgan Wallen
• Man I need –Olivia Dean
• male child— Sabrina Timmerman
• back to friends — sombr
• The fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift

Social song of the year

• CHANNEL – Tyla – WINNER
• No broken boys — Disco Lines and Tinashe
• Illegal — Pink Panther
• Sally, when the wine runs out – Role model
• Opulent life – Zara Larsson

Best Music Video

• Gnarled — KATSEYE – WINNER
• Berghain – ROSALÍA, Björk and Yves Tumor
• male child – Sabrina Timmerman
• The fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift
• CHANNEL — Tyla

Best soundtrack

• KPop Demon Hunters — Various artists – WINNER
• F1 The album — Various artists
• Hazbin Hotel: Season Two — Various artists
• Bad: forever — 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
• Kind regards, 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 hardly know her — sombr
• Midnight sun – Zara Larsson – WINNER

Best Throwback Song

• Rock that body – Black Eyed Peas – WINNER
• Iris – Goo Goo dolls
• What is — 4 non-blondes

Best Vocal Performance

• Golden — HUNTR/X (EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) —WINNER
• Normal –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 Timmerman – WINNER
• Lady Gaga
• Olivia Dean
• Tate McRae
• Taylor Swift

Breakthrough pop artist

• KATSEIJ – WINNER
• SIENNA SPIRO
• Zara Larsson

Best pop song

• Normal –Alex Warren
• Golden — HUNTR/X (EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) — WINNER
• Man I need –Olivia Dean
• male child– Sabrina Timmerman
• 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

• Bend –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
• Laine Wilson
• Megan Moroney
• Miranda Lambert

Best Country Duo or Group

• Brooks & Dunn
• Old rule
• Villain Flatts
• Treaty Oak Revival
• Zac Brown Band – WINNER

Breakthrough country artist

• Sam Barber – WINNER
• Tucker Wetmore
• Zach Top

Best country song

• Absolutely — BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman
• Choose Texas – Ella Langley – WINNER
• Just in case – Morgan Wallen
• Happen to me – Russel Dickerson
• Good news — Shaboozey

Best Country Album

• I hope you are happy — BigXthaPlug
• Cloud 9 — Megan Moroney — WINNER
• I am the problem – Morgan Wallen
• Restless Spirit – Sam Barber
• What Not to Do – 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
• Sexy red
• YKNIËCE

Breakthrough hip hop artist

• EsDeeKid
• Monaleo – WINNER
• PLUTO

Best hip-hop song

• ErrTime – Cardi B – WINNER
• NOKIA –Drake
• wgft – Gunna, Burna Boy
• Better lie — Playboi Carti and The Weeknd
• Take me through 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 was never broken again

Best R&B Artist

• Bruno Mars – WINNER
• Chris Brown
• Daniel Caesar
• PARTY BEE
• The Weeknd

Best Female R&B Artist

• Kehlani
• Summer hiker
• SZA – WINNER
• Teyana Taylor
• Tyla

Breakthrough R&B artist

• Leon Thomas – WINNER
• Mariah the scientist
• Ravyn Lenae

Best R&B Song

• I just could – 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
• Raw Alejandro
• Tito Double P

Best Female Latin Artist

• Shakira – WINNER
• Gloria Estefan
• KAROL G
• Natti Natasha
• ROSALIA

Best Latin duo or group

• Gap Special
• Fuerza Regida – WINNER
• Grupo Firme
• Group Frontera
• Julión Álvarez and his Norteño Banda

Breakthrough Latin artist

• Beele
• Kapo WINNER
• Netón Vega

Best Latin song

• NUEVAYoL – Bad Bunny – WINNER
• Ojos Tristes — Benny Blanco, Selena Gomez, The Marias
• Marlboro Rojo —Fuerza Regida
• I JEALOUS —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 Marias
• Sleep sign
• Twenty One Pilots – WINNER

Breakthrough rock/alternative album

• Even in Arcadia – Sleep Token
• I barely know her – sombr – WINNER
• Deadbeat – Tame Impala
• Infringement – Twenty-one pilots
• With the sky above – Zach Bryan

Best Dance/Electronic Artist

• Calvin Harris
• David Guetta – WINNER
• Fred again…
• ILLENIUM
• Johannes Top

Best Male K-Pop Artist

• ATEEZ
• BTS WINNER
• ENHYPING
• Lost children
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER

Best Female K-Pop Artist

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

Best Afrobeats Artist

• Tyla – WINNER
• WizKid

• Burna boy

• MOLIJ
• 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