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Billie Eilish is a major recipient of the American Music Awards this year, winning all seven awards she was nominated for.
Despite not in the room (Eilish is currently on tours to Europe), the singer of “Birds of A Feather” took home many of the night’s biggest awards, including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Songs, Favorite Tour Artist, Favorite Pop Album, Favorite Pop Songs.
And Beyoncé finally won the Best Country Album despite her early snub at the Country Music Association Awards and later at the Country Music Awards Academy. However, the American Music Awards were a mistake for Taylor Swift. No matter how many hard fans try to reveal the announcement of “reputation (Taylor’s version).”
Who brought the trophy home? This is the biggest winner of the night (In bold):
American Music Awards 2025 winners:
Artist of the Year
Favorite country duo or group
- Winner: And +Shay
- Old Dominion
- Palmary
- Red clay is confused
- Zack Brown Band
Favorite male hip hop artist
Favorite female R&B artists
- kick
- Muni Long
- Summer Walker
- Winner: SZA
- silence
This year’s new artist
- Benson Boone
- Chapel Lawn
- Winner: Gracie Abrams
- Shaboozy
- Teddy swims
- Tommy Richman
Favorite female Latin artist
- Winner: Becky G
- Karol g
- Natti Natasha
- Shakira
- Young Miko
Favorite R&B songs
- Chris Brown “Residuals”
- Muni Long: “Made for me”
- Winner: SZA “Saturn”
- Weeknd and Playboi Carti “Timeless”
- Tommy Richman “Million Dollar Baby”
This year’s album
- Beyonce “Cowboy Carter”
- Winner: Billy Eilish says “Make me hard and soft”
- Chapel Lone: “The Midwest Princess Ascends and Descends”
- Charli XCX “Brat”
- Gracie Abrams: Our Secret
- Future & Metro Boomin “We don’t trust you”
- Kendrick Lamar “GNX”
- Malone posts “F-1 Trillion”
- Sabrina Carpenter “Short N’Sweet”
- Taylor Swift, “The Tortured Poets Club”
This year’s song
- Benson Boone: “Beautiful Things”
- Winner: Billie Eilish, “The Bird of Feathers”
- Chapel Lone: “Lucky, baby!”
- hozier: “Too sweet”
- Kendrick Lamar: “We don’t like it”
- Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars: “Die with a Smile”
- Post Malone featuring Morgan Warren: “I had some help.”
- Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso”
- Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
- Teddy swims “los of control”
This year’s collaboration
- Kendrick Lamar & Sza “Luser”
- Winners: Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars “Die with a Smile”
- Marshmello & Kane Brown “Miles on It”
- Post Malone featuring Morgan Warren: “I had some help.”
- Rose & Bruno Mars “apt”.
- Taylor Swift featuring “2 Weeks” Post Malone
Social Song of the Year
- Chapel Lawn: “Hot to Go!”
- DJO: “The End of the Beginning”
- Winner: doechii “Anxiety”
- Laura Young: “Mess”
- Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
- Tommy Richman “Million Dollar Baby”
Favorite Tour Artist
- Winner: Billie Eilish
- Luke Combs
- Morgan Warren
- Taylor Swift
- Zach Brian
Favorite music video
- Benson Boone: “Beautiful Things”
- Karol G: “If I knew you.”
- Kendrick Lamar: “We don’t like it”
- Winners: Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars “Die with a Smile”
- Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Favorite male pop artist
- Benson Boone
- Winner: Bruno Mars
- Hozier
- Teddy swims
- weeknd
Favorite female pop artist
- Winner: Billie Eilish
- Chapel Lawn
- lady gaga
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Taylor Swift
Favorite pop album
- Winner: Billy Eilish says “Make me hard and soft”
- Chapel Lone: “The Midwest Princess Ascends and Descends”
- Charli XCX “Brat”
- Sabrina Carpenter “Short N’Sweet”
- Taylor Swift, “The Tortured Poets Club”
Favorite pop song
- Benson Boone: “Beautiful Things”
- Winner: Billie Eilish, “The Bird of Feathers”
- Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars “Die with a Smile”
- Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso”
- Teddy swims “los of control”
Favorite male country artist
- Jelly roll
- Luke Combs
- Morgan Warren
- Winner: Post Malone
- Shaboozy
Favorite female country artist
- Winner: Beyoncé
- She is Langley
- Kacey Musgraves
- Rainey Wilson
- Megan Moroney
Favorite country album
- Winner: Beyonce “Cowboy Carter”
- Jelly roll: “Beautiful and broken”
- Megan Moloney: Are you okay?
- Malone posts “F-1 Trillion”
- Shaboozey: “The place I went, not where I went.”
Favorite country song
- Jerry Roll: “I’m not okay”
- Koe Wetzel and Jessie Murph “High Road”
- Luke Combs: “No Oklahoma Love”
- Winner: Post Malone featuring Morgan Warren: “I had some help”
- Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Favorite female hip hop artist
- Doechii
- Glorira
- lacto
- Winner: Megan Therion
- Sexy red
Favorite hip hop album
- Winner: Eminem “Death of Slim Shady (Coup Grass)”
- Future & Metro Boomin “We don’t trust you”
- Gunna: “One of Win”
- Kendrick Lamar “GNX”
- Tyler, creator “Chromakopia”
Favorite hip hop song
- Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar “Such”
- Glorilla “TGIF”
- Glorila and sexy red “whatchu kno”
- Winner: Kendrick Lamar: “We Don’t Like”
- Kendrick Lamar and SZA “Luser”
Favorite male R&B artists
- Bryson Tiller
- Chris Brown
- PartyNextDoor
- Winner: weeknd
- Asher
Favorite R&B Album
- Bryson Tiller “Bryson Tiller”
- PartyNextDoor “PartyNextDoor 4 (P4)”
- PartyNextDoor and Drake “$OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U”
- SZA “SOS Deluxe: Lana”
- Winner: weeknd “Hurry tomorrow”
Favorite male latin artist
- Winner: Bad Bunny
- Feud
- Pen weight
- Alejandro raw
- Tito Double P
Favorite Latin Duo or Group
- Caliber 50
- Girdle Force
- Corporate Group
- Border Group
- Winner: Julión Alvarez and his North Band
Favorite Latin album
- Winner: Bad Bunny: “I had to throw more photos”
- The governed power: “Injury will not repent”
- folm weight “exodus”
- Rauw Alejandro “About Us”
- Tito Double P “Unpleasant”
Favorite Latin song
- Bad Bunny “DTMF”
- floyymenor x Chris MJ “Grat Only”
- Karol G: “If I knew you.”
- Oscar Maydon and “Your Wedding” that ruled over strength
- Winner: Shakira “Single”
Favourite rock artist
- Hozier
- Linkin Park
- Pearl jam
- Winner: 21 pilots
- Zach Brian
Favorite rock album
- hozier “Unreal Earthert: desond”
- Koe Wetzel “9 Lives”
- Maria: Submarine
- Winner: Twenty One Pilots “Clancy”
- Zach Bryan: “The Great American Bar Scene”
Favorite rock song
- Green Day “Dilemma”
- hozier: “Too sweet”
- Winner: Linkin Park “The Emphiness Machine”
- Miles Smith “Stargazing”
- Zack Brian “Pink Sky”
Favorite dance/electronic artist
- Charli XCX
- David Guetta
- John Summit
- Winner: Lady Gaga
- Marshmello
Favorite soundtrack
- Winner: Arcane League of Legends: Season 2
- Hazbin Hotel (original soundtrack)
- Moana 2 (original movie soundtrack) – Aurikravaliho, Dwayne Johnson, cast
- Twister: Album
- The Evil: Soundtrack – Cynthia Eribo, Ariana Grande, Cast
Favorite Afrobeats artist
- just
- Rema
- Tem
- Winner: Tyra
- viskid
Favorite K-pop artist
- door
- Jimin
- Winner: RM
- rose
- The lost children
Contributions: Lisa Richwein, Reuters; Edward Segara, US TOD

