Complete list of American Music Awards winners (live updates)

The American Music Awards are reveling in nostalgia.

The Memorial Day Awards featured performances by New Kids on the Block, the Pussycat Dolls and Busta Rhymes, with the Black Eyed Peas winning Best Nostalgic Song.

But there’s also a lot of young blood on stage. Sombre has already graced the stage three times and is off to a strong start. The 20-year-old artist won Best Rock/Alternative Album and Best Rock/Alternative Song for his performance of his song “Homewrecker.” And the voice of the hit movie “KPop Demon Hunters” won “Golden” song of the year.

Who won the American Music Award? And how is Taylor Swift doing? The biggest winners of the night were (in bold):

American Music Awards 2026 Winners

groundbreaking country artist

Winner: Sam Barber
tucker wetmore
rucksack top

summer song

Winner: BTS “SWIM”
Alex Warren “Fever Dream”
Bella Kay “iloveitiloveitiloveit”
Ella Langley “Choosin’ Texas”
Harry Styles “American Girls”
Noah Kahan “The Great Divide”
Pink Panther Res, Zara Larsson “Stateside”
Depressing “Homewrecker”
Tame Impala, Jenny, “Dracula”
Taylor Swift “Elizabeth Taylor”

Best Rock/Alternative Album

Winner: sombr, “I Barely Know Her”
Sleep Token “Even in Arcadia”
Tame Impala “Deadbeat”
Twenty One Pilots “Bleach”
Zach Bryan “With Heaven on Top”

Best Female R&B Artist

Winner: SZA
come down
summer walker
Teyana Taylor
silence

best throwback song

Winner: Black Eyed Peas “Rock That Body”
4 non-blonds “What’s Up”
Goo Goo Dolls “Iris”

best latin album

Winner: Karol G. “Tropicoceta”
Ruled Force “111x Pantier”
Neton Vega “My Life My Death”
Featherweight, Tito Double P, “DYNASTY”
Rosalia “Lux”

groundbreaking R&B artist

Winner: Leon Thomas
maria the scientist
Lovin Lena

Best Rock/Alternative Artist

Winner: Twenty One Pilot
deftones
linkin park
marias
sleep token

song of the year

Winner: HUNTR/X Voice: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Ami Rei, “Golden”
Alex Warren “Ordinary”
Ella Langley “Choosin’ Texas”
Kehlani “Fold”
Leon Thomas “MUTT”
Morgan Wallen “I’m the Problem”
Olivia Dean “Man I Need”
Sabrina Carpenter “Manchild”
Sad, “Go back to being friends”
Taylor Swift “Ophelia’s Destiny”

Best Rock/Alternative Song

Winner: The depressing “Return to Friends”
Noah Kahan “The Great Divide”
Linkin Park “Up from the Bottom”
Sublime “Ensenada”
Tame Impala, Jenny, “Dracula”

artist of the year

bad bunny
bruno mars
bangtan boys
harry styles
justin bieber
kendrick lamar
lady gaga
morgan wallen
sabrina carpenter
taylor swift

new artist of the year

alex warren
Ella Langley
cat eye
leon thomas
olivia dean
shadow

album of the year

Cardi B: “Am I Drama?”
Ruled Force “111x Pantier”
Justin Bieber “SWAG”
Lady Gaga “Mayhem”
Morgan Wallen “I’m the Problem”
Olivia Dean “The Art of Loving”
Playboy Books “MUSIC”
Sabrina Carpenter “Man’s Best Friend”
Tate McRae “So Close to What”
Taylor Swift “The Life of a Showgirl”

This year’s collaboration

BigXthaPlug, Bailey Zimmerman “All The Way”
David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones and I “Gone Gone Gone”
Morgan Wallen, Tate McRae “What I Want”
Pink Panther Res, Zara Larsson “Stateside”
Shabuzi, Jelly Roll, “Amen”

social song of the year

Disco Lines, Tinashe “No Broke Boys”
Pink Panther Res “Illegal”
Role Model: “Sally, when the wine runs out”
Tyra “Chanel”
Zara Larsson “Lush Life”

best music video

Cat’s Eye “Gnarly”
Rosalia, Björk, Yves Tumor, “Berghain”
Sabrina Carpenter “Manchild”
Taylor Swift “Ophelia’s Destiny”
Tyra “Chanel”

best soundtrack

F1 The Album
Hazbin Hotel: Season 2
KPop Demon Hunter
Wicked: For Good
charlie xcx “Wuthering Heights”

this year’s tour

Beyonce “Cowboy Carter Tour”
Kendrick Lamar, SZA “Grand National Tour”
Lady Gaga “The Mayhem Ball”
Oasis “Oasis Live ’25 Tour”
Shakira “Women No Long Cry World Tour”

breakout tour

Benson Boone “American Heart World Tour”
Kali Uchis “The Sincerely Tour”
Marias “Submarine Tour”
Megan Moloney “Are you okay? Tour”
Sleep Token “Even on Arcadia Tour”

This year’s breakthrough album

Olivia Dean “The Art of Loving”
Sombre: “I hardly know her.”
Zara Larsson “Midnight Sun”

best vocal performance

Alex Warren “Ordinary”
HUNTR/X singing voices: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Ami Rei “Golden”
Lady Gaga “Abracadabra”
Ray: “Where is my husband?”
Sienna Spiro: “Die on this hill”

Best male pop artist

alex warren
benson boone
ed sheeran
harry styles
justin bieber

Best female pop artist

lady gaga
olivia dean
sabrina carpenter
Tate McRae
taylor swift

groundbreaking pop artist

cat eye
sienna spiro
Zara Larsson

best pop song

Alex Warren “Ordinary”
HUNTR/X singing voices: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Ami Rei “Golden”
Olivia Dean “Man I Need”
Sabrina Carpenter “Manchild”
Taylor Swift “Ophelia’s Destiny”

best pop album

Lady Gaga “Mayhem”
Olivia Dean “The Art of Loving”
Sabrina Carpenter “Man’s Best Friend”
Tate McRae “So Close to What”
Taylor Swift “The Life of a Showgirl”

Best Male Country Artist

jelly roll
Luke Combs
morgan wallen
riley green
Shabouzi

Best Female Country Artist

Ella Langley
kelsea ballerini
Laney Wilson
megan moloney
miranda lambert

Best Country Duo or Group

brooks & dun
old dominion
Rascal Flatts
treaty oak revival
zac brown band

best country songs

BigXthaPlug, Bailey Zimmerman “All The Way”
Ella Langley “Choosin’ Texas”
Morgan Wallen “Just in Case”
Russell Dickerson “Happen to Me”
Shabji “Good News”

best country album

BigXthaPlug “I hope you are happy”
Megan Moloney “Cloud 9”
Morgan Wallen “I’m the Problem”
Sam Barber “Restless Mind”
Tucker Wetmore “What Not To”

best male hip hop artist

don tolliver
kendrick lamar
playboy books
tyler the creator
YoungBoy will never be broken again

best female hip hop artist

Cardi B
Doechii
Glorilla
sexy red
Iknice

groundbreaking hip hop artist

best hip hop song

Cardi B “Error Time”
drake “nokia”
gunna, burna boy, “wgft”
Playboi Carti, The Weeknd, “Rather Lie”
YKNIECE, Quavo, Metro Boomin, Breski, “Take Me Thru Dere”

best hip hop albums

Cardi B: “Am I Drama?”
Don Toliver “Octane”
Gunna “The Last One”
Playboy Books “MUSIC”
YoungBoy Never Broke Again “MASA”

Best Male R&B Artist

bruno mars
chris brown
daniel caesar
party next door
the weekend

Best R&B Song

Bruno Mars “I Just Might”
Chris Brown, Bryson Tiller “It Depends”
Kehlani “Fold”
Leon Thomas “MUTT”
Mariah the Scientist “Burning Blue”

Best R&B Album

Bruno Mars “The Romantic”
Justin Bieber “SWAG”
Leon Thomas “MUTT”
Mariah the Scientist “Heart sold separately”
Summer Walker “Final Over It”

Best Male Latin Artist

bad bunny
Junior H
featherweight
raw alejandro
Tito Double P

Best Female Latin Artist

Gloria Estefan
Karol G
Natti Natasha
Rosalia
shakira

Best Latin Duo or Group

special key
controlled power
corporate group
border group
Julión Alvarez and his norteño banda

groundbreaking latin artist

best latin song

Bad Bunny “NUEVAYoL”
Benny Blanco, Selena Gomez, The Marias, “Ojos Tristes”
Ruled Force “Marlboro Red”
Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera, “ME JALO”
Karol G. “Latina Foreba”

Groundbreaking Rock/Alternative Artist

Best Dance/Electronic Artist

calvin harris
David Guetta
Fred again. .
Illenium
john summit

Best Male K-Pop Artist

gate
bangtan boys
Hypn
Stray Kids
Tomorrow x Together

Best Female K-Pop Artist

Espa
black pink
you
seraphim
twice

best afrobeat artist

burna boy
Molly
Rema
silence
Wizkid

Best Americana/Folk Artist

lord huron
Lumineers
Mumford & Sons
Noah Kahan
tyler childers

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