The 52nd American Music Awards begin tonight in Las Vegas with Taylor Swift entering on eight nominations and facing strong competition across major categories. The broadcast, hosted by Queen Latifah on CBS and Paramount+, sets the stage for Swift’s bid to ext
When the 52nd American Music Awards get underway tonight at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the spotlight won’t just be on performances. It will be on a running measure of dominance — and Taylor Swift’s attempt to extend it.
Swift arrives at the Memorial Day awards with eight nominations. the most of the night. entering marquee races including artist of the year and album of the year. She faces competition from Sabrina Carpenter. Lady Gaga. Bad Bunny. and Olivia Dean in those top-tier categories. with the outcome set to shape the story of who truly leaves this year’s show with momentum.
The show airs live on CBS and Paramount+, and Queen Latifah hosts.
The biggest winners of the night — listed in bold — span categories across pop, country, hip-hop, R&B, Latin music, rock/alternative, dance/electronic, K-pop, Afrobeats, and Americana/folk.
**Artist of the year:** Alex Warren, **Ella Langley**, KATSEYE, Leon Thomas, Olivia Deansombr
**New artist of the year:** KATSEYE
**Album of the year:** Cardi B. “AM I THE DRAMA?”; Fuerza Regida. “111xpantia”; Justin Bieber. “SWAG”; Lady Gaga. “Mayhem”; Morgan Wallen. “I’m The Problem”; **Olivia Dean. “The Art of Loving”**; Playboi Carti. “MUSIC”; Sabrina Carpenter. “Man’s Best Friend”; Tate McRae. “So Close To What”; **Taylor Swift. “The Life of a Showgirl”**.
**Song of the year:** Alex Warren. “Ordinary”; Ella Langley. “Choosin’ Texas”; The Singing Voices of HUNTR/X: EJAE. Audrey Nuna. Rei Ami. “Golden”; Kehlani. “Folded”; Leon Thomas. “MUTT”; Morgan Wallen. “I’m The Problem”; Olivia Dean. “Man I Need”; **Sabrina Carpenter. “Manchild”**; sombr. “back to friends”; **Taylor Swift. “The Fate of Ophelia”**.
**Collaboration of the year:** BigXthaPlug. Bailey Zimmerman. “All The Way”; David Guetta. Teddy Swims. Tones And I. “Gone Gone Gone”; Morgan Wallen. Tate McRae. “What I Want”; PinkPantheress. Zara Larsson. “Stateside”; Shaboozey. Jelly Roll. “Amen”; **sombr** (entry shown); **Jelly Roll** (entry shown).
**Social song of the year:** Disco Lines, Tinashe, “No Broke Boys”; PinkPantheress, “Illegal”; Role Model, “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out”; Tyla, “CHANEL”; Zara Larsson, “Lush Life”; **Tate McRae** (entry shown)
**Best music video:** KATSEYE, “Gnarly”; ROSALÍA, Björk, Yves Tumor, “Berghain”; Sabrina Carpenter, “Manchild”; **Taylor Swift, “The Fate of Ophelia”**; Tyla, “CHANEL”
**Best soundtrack:** F1 The Album; Hazbin Hotel: Season Two; KPop Demon Hunters; Wicked: For Good; Charli xcx. “Wuthering Heights”; **Tour of the year:** Beyoncé. “Cowboy Carter Tour”; Kendrick Lamar. SZA. “Grand National Tour”; Lady Gaga. “The Mayhem Ball”; Oasis. “Oasis Live ‘25 Tour”; Shakira. “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour”; **Breakout tour:** Benson Boone. “American Heart World Tour”; Kali Uchis. “The Sincerely. Tour”; The Marías. “Submarine Tour”; Megan Moroney. “Am I Okay?. Tour”; Sleep Token, “Even in Arcadia Tour”.
**Breakthrough album of the year:** Olivia Dean, “The Art of Loving”; sombr, “I Barely Know Her”; Zara Larsson, “Midnight Sun”
**Best throwback song:** 4 Non Blondes, “What’s Up”; Black Eyed Peas, “Rock That Body”; Goo Goo Dolls, “Iris”
**Best vocal performance:** Alex Warren, “Ordinary”; The Singing Voices of HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, “Golden”; Lady Gaga, “Abracadabra”; RAYE, “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!”; SIENNA SPIRO, “Die on this Hill”
**Song of the summer:** Alex Warren. “FEVER DREAM”; Bella Kay. “iloveitiloveitiloveitiloveit”; BTS. “SWIM”; Ella Langley. “Choosin’ Texas”; Harry Styles. “American Girls”; Noah Kahan. “The Great Divide”; PinkPantheress. Zara Larsson. “Stateside”; sombr. “Homewrecker”; Tame Impala. JENNIE. “Dracula”; **Taylor Swift. “Elizabeth Taylor”**.
**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:** Alex Warren, “Ordinary”; The Singing Voices of HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, “Golden”; Olivia Dean, “Man I Need”; Sabrina Carpenter, “Manchild”; **Taylor Swift, “The Fate of Ophelia”**
**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; 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:** BigXthaPlug, Bailey Zimmerman, “All The Way”; Ella Langley, “Choosin’ Texas”; Morgan Wallen, “Just In Case”; Russell Dickerson, “Happen To Me”; Shaboozey, “Good News”
**Best country album:** BigXthaPlug, “I Hope You’re Happy”; Megan Moroney, “Cloud 9”; Morgan Wallen, “I’m The Problem”; Sam Barber, “Restless Mind”; Tucker Wetmore, “What Not To”
**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; Sexyy Red; YKNIECE
**Breakthrough hip-hop artist:** Best hip-hop song entries include Cardi B, “ErrTime”; Drake, “NOKIA”; Gunna, Burna Boy, “wgft”; Playboi Carti, The Weeknd, “Rather Lie”; YKNIECE, Quavo, Metro Boomin, Breskii, “Take Me Thru Dere”
**Best hip-hop album:** Cardi B, “AM I THE DRAMA?”; Don Toliver, “OCTANE”; Gunna, “The Last Wun”; Playboi Carti, “MUSIC”; YoungBoy Never Broke Again, “MASA”
**Best male 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:** Bruno Mars, “I Just Might”; Chris Brown, Bryson Tiller, “It Depends”; Kehlani, “Folded”; 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, “HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY”; Summer Walker, “Finally Over It”
**Best male Latin artist:** Bad Bunny; Junior H; Peso Pluma; 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:** **Best Latin song:** Bad Bunny, “NUEVA”; benny blanco, Selena Gomez, The Marías, “Ojos Tristes”; Fuerza Regida, “Marlboro Rojo”; Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera, “ME JALO”; **KAROL G, “LATINA FOREVA”**
**Best Latin album:** Fuerza Regida, “111xpantia”; KAROL G, “Tropicoqueta”; Netón Vega, “Mi Vida Mi Muerte”; Peso Pluma, Tito Double P, “DINASTÍA”; ROSALÍA, “Lux”
**Best rock/alternative artist:** Deftones; Linkin Park; The Marías; Sleep Token; Twenty One Pilots
**Breakthrough rock/alternative artist:** entries include **Best rock/alternative song:** Noah Kahan, “The Great Divide”; Linkin Park, “Up From The Bottom”; sombr, “back to friends”; Sublime, “Ensenada”; Tame Impala, JENNIE, “Dracula”
**Best rock/alternative album:** Sleep Token, “Even In Arcadia”; sombr, “I Barely Know Her”; Tame Impala, “Deadbeat”; Twenty One Pilots, “Breach”; Zach Bryan, “With Heaven On Top”
**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; ITZY; LE SSERAFIM; TWICE
**Best Afrobeats artist:** Burna Boy; MOLIYRemaTyla; Wizkid
**Best Americana/folk artist:** Lord Huron; The Lumineers; Mumford & Sons; Noah Kahan; Tyler Childers
The winners list spans a wide range of artists and genres, but the night’s narrative hinges on a simple question: when the awards clock starts ticking, does Swift add another chapter to her AMAs record — or do the night’s heavyweight challengers rewrite the outcome?
For now, the broadcast is already set to answer that, live from Las Vegas, with the show hosted by Queen Latifah and carried by CBS and Paramount+.
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