Billie Eilish swept the 2025 American Music Awards, winning in all seven categories in which she was nominated – artist of the year and favorite female pop artist; album of the year and favorite pop album for Hit Me Hard and Soft; song of the year and favorite pop song for “Birds of a Feather” and favorite touring artist.
This unexpectedly strong showing makes up for a couple of disappointments Eilish has experienced in the past year. Hit Me Hard and Soft peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, becoming her first studio album not to reach No. 1. And she was shut out at the 2025 Grammys, despite seven nominations.
The AMAs were presented on Monday (May 26) at Fontainebleau Las Vegas in a ceremony hosted by Jennifer Lopez.
Runners-up with three wins each were Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, who won two awards (collaboration of the year and favorite music video) for their smash “Die With a Smile” and each won one additional award. Gaga took favorite dance/electronic artist for the second time. Mars took favorite male pop artist for the third time.
Next on the leaderboard, with two wins each, were Post Malone, SZA, The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Eminem and Twenty One Pilots.
Taylor Swift, who leads all American Music Award winners with 40 awards, did not add to her collection this year, despite six nominations. Other artists who were shut out despite large numbers of nominations were Chappell Roan and Shaboozey, with seven nods; and Sabrina Carpenter, with six nods.
Gracie Abrams won new artist of the year, beating a strong field of rivals – Benson Boone, Chappell Roan, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims and Tommy Richman. Abrams was nominated for the Grammy for best new artist in 2024, but lost to Victoria Monét.
Post Malone won two awards – favorite male country artist and favorite country song for “I Had Some Help” (featuring Morgan Wallen). This ups Posty’s collection of AMAs to five – spread across three distinct genres. He previously won two awards for rap/hip-hop and one for pop/rock.
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter won best favorite country album. It’s the third time a Black or biracial artist has won in this category. Charley Pride was the inaugural winner in 1974 for A Sunshiny Day With Charley Pride. Kane Brown won in 2018 for Kane Brown. Cowboy Carter won the Grammy for best country album (as well as album of the year) in February, but the project was shut out in the nominations for both the Country Music Association Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Beyoncé also won favorite female country artist. These two awards up her career total of AMA wins to 13, which puts her in a tie for fifth place among women with Rihanna. Only four women have won more – Swift (40), Whitney Houston (21), Carrie Underwood (17) and Reba McEntire (15).
Dan + Shay won favorite country group for the fifth time, which puts them in a tie for second place in this category. Alabama leads with 17 wins in the category, followed by Brooks & Dunn, also with five wins.
Bad Bunny won favorite male Latin male artist and favorite Latin album for the fourth time each. Enrique Iglesias won eight times in a gender-neutral predecessor category, favorite Latin artist.
The Weeknd won favorite male R&B artist for the fourth time and won favorite R&B album for the third time.
Eminem won favorite male hip-hop artist for the record-extending fourth time.
Becky G won favorite female Latin artist for the third time. She previously won in 2020 and 2021.
Tyla won favorite Afrobeats artist. She was also nominated for favorite female R&B artist, but lost to SZA.
Arcane League of Legends: Season 2 won favorite soundtrack, in a major upset over Wicked: The Soundtrack. Arcane League of Legends is the soundtrack to the second season of the 2021 animated television series Arcane, set in Riot Games’ League of Legends fictional universe. It’s the second time a TV soundtrack has won in this category. Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers won in 2010.
The AMAs this year presented five awards each in country and Latin categories, more than any other genres. They presented four awards each in pop, R&B and hip-hop; three in rock; and one each in dance/electronic, Afrobeats and K-pop.
Nominees are based on key fan interactions – as reflected on the Billboard charts – including streaming, album and song sales, radio airplay and tour grosses. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and Luminate, and cover the data tracking eligibility period of March 22, 2024 through March 20, 2025.
The American Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.
