Coachella 2025 has come and gone, so now it’s on to the next big thing in music: the American Music Awards. The ceremony is going down on May 26 and will air live at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+. Jennifer Lopez is hosting, but she of course won’t be the only star in attendance: Today (April 23), the full list of nominations was announced.
Kendrick Lamar leads the way with ten nominations: Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year (for GNX), Song Of The Year (“Not Like Us”), Collaboration Of The Year (“Luther” with SZA), Favorite Music Video (“Not Like Us”), Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist, Favorite Hip-Hop Album (GNX), and Favorite Hip-Hop Song (“Like That” with Future and Metro Boomin, “Not Like Us,” and “Luther” with SZA).
After him, Post Malone has eight nods, while Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, and Shaboozey have seven apiece.
Find the full list of nominations below.
Artist Of The Year
Ariana GrandeBillie EilishChappell RoanKendrick LamarMorgan WallenPost MaloneSabrina CarpenterSZATaylor SwiftZach Bryan
New Artist Of The Year
Benson BooneChappell RoanGracie AbramsShaboozeyTeddy SwimsTommy Richman
Album Of The Year
Beyoncé — Cowboy CarterBillie Eilish — Hit Me Hard And SoftChappell Roan — The Rise and Fall of a Midwest PrincessCharli XCX — BratGracie Abrams — The Secret of UsFuture & Metro Boomin — We Don’t Trust YouKendrick Lamar — GNXPost Malone — F-1 TrillionSabrina Carpenter — Short N’ SweetTaylor Swift — The Tortured Poets Department
Song Of The Year
Benson Boone — “Beautiful Things”Billie Eilish — “Birds of a Feather”Chappell Roan — “Good Luck, Babe!”Hozier — “Too Sweet”Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die With A Smile”Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen — “I Had Some Help”Sabrina Carpenter — “Espresso”Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”Teddy Swims — “Lose Control”
Collaboration Of The Year
Kendrick Lamar & SZA — “Luther”Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die With A Smile”Marshmello & Kane Brown — “Miles on It”Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen — “I Had Some Help”Rosé & Bruno Mars — “APT.”Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone — “Fortnight”
Social Song Of The Year
Chappell Roan — “Hot To Go!”Djo — “End of Beginning”Doechii — “Anxiety”Lola Young — “Messy”Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”Tommy Richman — “Million Dollar Baby”
Favorite Touring Artist
Billie EilishLuke CombsMorgan WallenTaylor SwiftZach Bryan
Favorite Music Video
Benson Boone — “Beautiful Things”Karol G — “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die With A Smile”Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Favorite Male Pop Artist
Benson BooneBruno MarsHozierTeddy SwimsThe Weeknd
Favorite Female Pop Artist
Billie EilishChappell RoanLady GagaSabrina CarpenterTaylor Swift
Favorite Pop Album
Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard And SoftChappell Roan — The Rise and Fall of a Midwest PrincessCharli XCX — BratSabrina Carpenter — Short N’ SweetTaylor Swift — The Tortured Poets Department
Favorite Pop Song
Benson Boone — “Beautiful Things”Billie Eilish — “Birds of a Feather”Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die With A Smile”Sabrina Carpenter — “Espresso”Teddy Swims — “Lose Control”
Favorite Male Country Artist
Jelly RollLuke CombsMorgan WallenPost MaloneShaboozey
Favorite Female Country Artist
BeyoncéElla LangleyKacey MusgravesLainey WilsonMegan Moroney
Favorite Country Duo Or Group
Dan + ShayOld DominionParmaleeThe Red Clay StraysZac Brown Band
Favorite Country Album
Beyoncé — Cowboy CarterJelly Roll — BEAUTIFULLY BROKENMegan Moroney — AM I OKAY?Post Malone — F-1 TrillionShaboozey — Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going
Favorite Country Song
Jelly Roll — “I Am Not Okay”Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph — “High Road”Luke Combs — “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma”Post Malone Featuring Morgan Wallen — “I Had Some Help”Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist
DrakeEminemFutureKendrick LamarTyler The Creator
Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist
DoechiiGloRillaLattoMegan Thee StallionSexyy Red
Favorite Hip-Hop Album
Eminem — The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)Future & Metro Boomin — We Don’t Trust YouGunna — one of wunKendrick Lamar — GNXTyler The Creator — Chromakopia
Favorite Hip-Hop Song
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar — “Like That”GloRilla — “TGIF”GloRilla & Sexyy Red — “WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME”Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”Kendrick Lamar & SZA — “Luther”
Favorite Male R&B Artist
Bryson TillerChris BrownPartyNextDoorThe WeekndUsher
Favorite Female R&B Artist
KehlaniMuni LongSummer WalkerSZATyla
Favorite R&B Album
Bryson Tiller — Bryson TillerPartyNextDoor — PartyNextDoor 4 (P4)PartyNextDoor & Drake — Some Sexy Songs 4 USZA — SOS Deluxe: LANAThe Weeknd — Hurry Up Tomorrow
Favorite R&B Song
Chris Brown — “Residuals”Muni Long — “Made For Me”SZA — “Saturn”The Weeknd & Playboi Carti — “Timeless”Tommy Richman — “Million Dollar Baby”
Favorite Male Latin Artist
Bad BunnyFeidPeso PlumaRauw AlejandroTito Double P
Favorite Female Latin Artist
Becky GKarol GNatti NatashaShakiraYoung Miko
Favorite Latin Duo Or Group
Calibre 50Fuerza RegidaGrupo FirmeGrupo FronteraJulión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda
Favorite Latin Album
Bad Bunny — DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToSFuerza Regida — Dolido Pero No ArrepentidoPeso Pluma — ÉXODORauw Alejandro — Cosa NuestraTito Double P — INCÓMODO
Favorite Latin Song
Bad Bunny — “DtMF”FloyyMenor X Cris Mj — “Gata Only”Karol G — “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”Oscar Maydon & Fuerza Regida — “Tu Boda”Shakira — “Soltera”
Favorite Rock Artist
HozierLinkin ParkPearl JamTwenty One PilotsZach Bryan
Favorite Rock Album
Hozier — Unreal Unearth: UnendingKoe Wetzel — 9 livesThe Marías — SubmarineTwenty One Pilots — ClancyZach Bryan — The Great American Bar Scene
Favorite Rock Song
Green Day — “Dilemma”Hozier — “Too Sweet”Linkin Park — “The Emptiness Machine”Myles Smith — “Stargazing”Zach Bryan — “Pink Skies”
Favorite Dance/Electronic Artist
Charli XCXDavid GuettaJohn SummitLady GagaMarshmello
Favorite Soundtrack
Arcane League of Legends: Season 2Hazbin Hotel (Original Soundtrack)Moana 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Twisters: The AlbumWicked: The Soundtrack
Favorite Afrobeats Artist
AsakeRemaTemsTylaWizkid
Favorite K-Pop Artist
ATEEZJiminRMRoséStray Kids