The announcement, made on April 14 by CBS and Dick Clark Productions, sees global pop icon Taylor Swift leading the pack with eight nominations—once again proving her dominance on the global stage.

Close behind is a strong group of contenders, including Morgan Wallen, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, and rising act sombr, all of whom earned seven nominations each, setting up a tight race across multiple categories.

Also making waves this year is Teyana Taylor, who continues her strong run with a nomination in the Best Female R&B Artist category, adding to her growing list of career milestones.

Fans won’t have to wait long for the big night. The ceremony is scheduled to air live on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2026, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The show will be broadcast on CBS and streamed via Paramount+, kicking off at 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT.

Hosting duties this year will be handled by entertainment icon Queen Latifah, promising a night filled with star power, standout performances, and unforgettable moments.

With a lineup this stacked, the 2026 AMAs is already building anticipation as fans gear up to see who takes home the biggest awards of the night.

Check out the nominees in each category below:

Artist of the Year

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

New Artist of the Year

• Alex Warren
• Ella Langley
• KATSEYE
• Leon Thomas
• Olivia Dean
• sombr

Album of the Year

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

Song of the Year

• “Ordinary” — Alex Warren
• “Choosin’ Texas” — Ella Langley
• “Golden” — HUNTR/X (EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami)
• “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

Collaboration of the Year

• “All The Way” — BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman
• “Gone Gone Gone” — David Guetta, Teddy Swims and Tones And I
• “What I Want” — Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae
• “Stateside” — PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson
• “Amen” — Jelly Roll and Shaboozey

Social Song of the Year

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

Best Music Video

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

Best Soundtrack

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

Tour of the Year

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

Breakout Tour

• American Heart World Tour — Benson Boone
• 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
• Best Throwback Song
• “What’s Up” — 4 Non Blondes
• “Rock That Body” — Black Eyed Peas
• “Iris” — Goo Goo Dolls

Best Vocal Performance

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

Song of the Summer

• “Fever Dream” — Alex Warren
• “iloveitiloveitiloveit” — Bella Kay
• “SWIM” — BTS
• “Choosin’ Texas” — Ella Langley
• “American Girls” — Harry Styles
• “The Great Divide” — Noah Kahan
• “Stateside” — PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson
• “Homewrecker” — sombr
• “Dracula” — Tame Impala and JENNIE
• “Elizabeth Taylor” — Taylor Swift

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

Breakthrough Pop Artist

• KATSEYE
• SIENNA SPIRO
• Zara Larsson

Best Pop Song

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

Best Pop Album

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

Best Male Country Artist

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

Best Female Country Artist

• Ella Langley
• 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

Breakthrough Country Artist

• Sam Barber
• Tucker Wetmore
• Zach Top
• Best Country Song
• “All The Way” — BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman
• “Choosin’ Texas” — Ella Langley
• “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
• I’m The Problem — Morgan Wallen
• Restless Mind — Sam Barber
• What Not To — Tucker Wetmore

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist

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

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist

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

Breakthrough Hip-Hop Artist

• EsDeeKid
• Monaleo
• PLUTO

Best Hip-Hop Song

• “ErrTime” — Cardi B
• “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
• OCTANE — Don Toliver
• The Last Wun — Gunna
• MUSIC — Playboi Carti
• MASA — YoungBoy Never Broke Again

Best R&B Artist

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

Best Female R&B Artist

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

Breakthrough R&B Artist

• Leon Thomas
• Mariah the Scientist
• Ravyn Lenae

Best R&B Song

•  “I Just Might” — Bruno Mars
• “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
• SWAG — Justin Bieber
• MUTT — Leon Thomas
• HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY — Mariah the Scientist
• Finally Over It — Summer Walker

Best Male Latin Artist

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

Best Female Latin Artist

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

Best Latin Duo or Group

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

Breakthrough Latin Artist

• Beéle
• Kapo
• Netón Vega

Best Latin Song

• “NUEVAYoL” — Bad Bunny
• “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
• 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

Breakthrough Rock/Alternative Artist

• Geese
• Gigi Perez
• sombr

Breakthrough Rock/Alternative Song

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

Breakthrough Rock/Alternative Album

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

Best Dance/Electronic Artist

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

Best Male K-Pop Artist

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

Best Female K-Pop Artist

• aespa
• BLACKPINK
• ILLIT
• LE SSERAFIM
• TWICE

Best Afrobeats Artist

• Burna Boy
• MOLIY
• Rema
• Tyla
• WizKid

Best Americana/Folk Artist

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

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The top 20 global recording artists of the year were announced by the IFPI in an official post on February 22, 2023.

The Top 20 Global Recording Artists for 2022 have been revealed by the organization that represents the recorded music business globally, the IFPI. For the third time in the award’s ten-year history, Taylor Swift was named the 2022 Global Recording Artist of the Year by the IFPI.

The award is determined by how well an artist or group performed globally over the year across all of their music releases, both digital and physical. Taylor Swift has received more IFPI World Recording Artist Awards than any other artist during the course of the award’s ten-year history. She presently holds the distinction from 2014, 2019, and 2022.

After back-to-back victories in 2020 and 2021, BTS places second, marking their third consecutive year in the Top 3, while Drake places third, marking his sixth Top 3 appearance since the Chart’s inception.

“It is a great pleasure to award the IFPI Global Recording Artist Award to Taylor Swift for an unprecedented third time in the chart’s ten-year history,” says Frances Moore, Chief Executive at IFPI. “Taylor is a truly magnificent international star who continues to grow and evolve as an artist whilst maintaining an incredibly strong connection with her fans around the world.”

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“It is exciting to see this year’s Global Recording Artist Chart reflect the increasingly diverse spectrum of music available to music fans today, with superstars from Latin America, Taiwan, and South Korea, as well as the US, UK, and Canada represented. Record companies continue to work diligently in every corner of the globe to find and develop global stars and build their successful careers for the long-term.”

The IFPI Global Recording Artist Chart continues to reflect the diverse artists finding global success in today’s music industry.

The first Latin American artist to reach the Top 5 and the highest place for a Spanish-language performer, Bad Bunny of Puerto Rico, came in at position four.

Jay Chou, whose fame has endured throughout China and Southeast Asia, became the first Taiwanese musician to feature on the List at number nine.

Moreover, South Korean performers had a strong year, with more musicians from their country breaking into the Top 10 than any other nation.

BTS was joined by SEVENTEEN and Stray Kids, charting at six and seven, respectively. The UK was represented on the Chart by Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran (at positions 8 and 10 respectively), while Canadian artist The Weeknd peaked at position 5.

See The Full List Of The Top 20 Global Recording Artists Chart 2022.

• Taylor Swift
• BTS
• Drake
• Bad Bunny
• The Weeknd
• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Kids
• Harry Styles
• Jay Chou
• Ed Sheeran
• Eminem
• Kanye West
• YoungBoy Never Broke Again
• Kendrick Lamar
• Lil Baby
• Billie Eilish
• Post Malone
• Juice WRLD
• The Beatles
• Imagine Dragons

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The battle of hits which took place on the 1st of March as usual had two OAPs representing them and playing their songs.

In the first round, Roddy Rich won with his song, “Down Below” against Youngboy’s “Lil Top“. He also won round two with “Ballin” against “Need It“.

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Round 1: #NS10v10

— No Signal (@theresnosignall) March 1, 2021

In Round Three and Four, Youngboy had tables turn around for him with “Solar Eclipse” and “Outside Today” against Roddy Rich‘s “Every Season” and “Fucc It Up”.

Round 3 #NS10v10

— No Signal (@theresnosignall) March 1, 2021

In Round Five, however, Roddy Rich won with “Die Young” against Youngboy’s “Kacey Talk“.

Round 5 #NS10v10

— No Signal (@theresnosignall) March 1, 2021

In Round Six which was features, Youngboy’s verse on Juice WRLD‘s “Bandit” beat Roddy’s verse on Pop Smoke’s “The Woo”

For Round Seven, Youngboy won with “Genie” against Roddy’s “Bacc Seat“.

Round 7 #NS10v10

— No Signal (@theresnosignall) March 1, 2021

He also won in Round eight, nine and Ten with “Make no Sense“, “Valuable Pain“, “House Arrest Tings” against Roddy’s “High Fashion”, “The Box” and “How It is“.

Round 9 #NS10v10

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Round 10 #NS10v10

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