American Music Awards of 2025
The 51st Annual American Music Awards were held on May 26, 2025, at the BleuLive Theater at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. This was the first award ceremony to broadcast on CBS, and stream on Paramount+. Jennifer Lopez hosted for the second time following the 2015 ceremony.
Nominations were announced on April 2025; Kendrick Lamar led with ten. Billie Eilish was the most awarded artist, winning all seven of her nominations. Janet Jackson was honored with the Icon Award, Rod Stewart with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Zac Brown with the inaugural Veterans Voice Award.
Background
The American Music Awards were last broadcast on ABC back in 2022. In March 2023, it was announced that the Billboard Music Awards, which are also produced by Dick Clark Productions via co-owned Billboard, had been moved from May to the November scheduling that was typically occupied by the American Music Awards, leading to speculation that the AMAs would be discontinued in order to focus on the Billboard Music Awards, or at the very least cancelled in 2023, so it could move to May in its place. It was reported that the broadcast rights for both events would also be shopped; the Billboard Music Awards moved to an online only event in November 2023.In March 2024, it was announced that CBS had acquired the rights to broadcast the AMAs under a multi-year deal of unspecified length. In August 2024, DCP announced that the 51st American Music Awards would be held in May 2025 in Las Vegas, while CBS would air an AMAs 50th anniversary special on October 6, 2024. In February 2025, it was announced that the 51st American Music Awards would be held on May 26, 2025. In April 2025, Jennifer Lopez was announced as host of the ceremony, marking her second AMAs since 2015. On May 8, 2025, it was announced that the ceremony would be held at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
Performances
Janet Jackson was announced as a performer on May 13, 2025. Additional performers were announced two days later.Presenters
Presenters were announced on May 21, 2025.- Tiffany Haddish – presented Favorite R&B Song
- Wayne Brady and Jordan Chiles – presented Favorite Female Latin Artist
- Nikki Glaser – presented New Artist of the Year
- Dan + Shay – introduced Lainey Wilson
- Alix Earle and Kai Cenat – presented Favorite Female R&B Artist
- Blake Shelton – introduced Gwen Stefani
- Zac Brown – introduced Easy Day Foundation
- Tasha Smith – presented the Icon Award to Janet Jackson
- Jake Shane – introduced Reneé Rapp
- Heidi Klum – presented Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist
- Shaboozey and Megan Moroney – presented Favorite Country Duo or Group
- Ciara – introduced Alex Warren
- Jon Batiste – presented Artist of the Year
- Children of Rod Stewart – introduced and presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to their father
Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on April 23, 2025. Kendrick Lamar received the most nominations with ten, followed by Post Malone with eight nominations. Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, and Shaboozey received seven nominations each, and Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Morgan Wallen, Sabrina Carpenter, SZA, and Taylor Swift with six nominations each. Eilish won the most awards, securing all seven of her nominations. She is followed by Gaga and Mars with three awards each, while Malone, SZA, the Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Eminem, and Twenty One Pilots won two each.Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.