The 2026 American Music Awards have arrived, airing Memorial Day (May 25) from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Taylor Swift — the top winner in the history of the American Music Awards, with 40 trophies — leads the nominations for the 2026 AMAs with eight nods. Morgan Wallen, Olivia Dean, Sabrina Carpenter and sombr are runners-up with seven nods. Alex Warren and Lady Gaga each received six nods.
With eight nods, Swift is likely to pull even further ahead of the pack for most AMA wins. Michael Jackson is currently in second place with 24 wins, followed by Alabama with 23 and Whitney Houston with 21.
Justin Bieber, who has four nominations this year, is also in position to move up the all-time AMA leaderboard. He has won 18 awards. If he wins just one award this year, he’ll tie Kenny Rogers for the second-most wins among male artists. (MJ leads among men.)
Dean and sombr are competing in three categories — new artist of the year, song of the year, and breakthrough album of the year. The two fast-rising stars competed for best new artist at this year’s Grammys, with Dean winning. Other first-time AMA nominees include Warren, BigXthaPlug, KATSEYE, Leon Thomas, PinkPantheress, RAYE, Role Model, Sienna Spiro and Tate McRae.
Queen Latifah is returning to host the 52nd AMAs, having co-hosted the show in 1995 with Tom Jones and Lorrie Morgan.
But who will emerge the night’s biggest winner? Follow along with Billboard all night below.
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Demi Lovato and Jordan “Jutes” Lutes are celebrating one year of marriage.
On Monday (May 25), the 33-year-old pop star marked the first anniversary of her marriage to the 35-year-old Canadian musician with a heartfelt tribute on social media.
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“1 year married to the one i love the most, my best friend and my favorite human @jutesmusic 365 days ago i stood across from u reciting my vows, thinking it wasn’t possible to love u anymore than i already do, but here we r a year later, and somehow i love u even more than that. this has been the best year of my life,” Lovato captioned a series of romantic throwback photos on Instagram.
“It’s the snuggles in the mornings, random slow dances, leaving parties early to go get taco bell together, nights staying up way too late laughing our asses off til we cry, doing goofy shit trying to out-weird each other that made this year so special for me. these r memories i cherish and cannot wait to make more of. i love u so much.. happy anniversary baby!!”
Lutes shared his own affectionate response in the comments section, writing, “I will never ever know how I ended up with someone as special as u. My favorite human and my whole universe. I love u so much baby.”
Lovato and Lutes tied the knot in California in May 2025. An Ottawa native and independent musician, Lutes co-wrote several songs on Lovato’s 2022 album Holy Fvck, including “Substance,” “Happy Ending” and “City of Angels.” The set debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 chart following its release.
The couple first made their relationship Instagram official in August 2022, and got engaged the following hear.
Lutes also commemorated the milestone with a post of his own on Instagram.
“Happy one year anniversary to my wifey!” he captioned a series of snapshots. “It’s crazy to think a year has gone by already, and somehow I love you even more than I did a year ago. You’re SO clearly my soulmate and the best friend I’ve ever had. Can’t wait to see you and devour your face. I love you beyond words baby.”
Both artists are currently on tour. The Grammy-nominated singer is in the midst of her It’s Not That Deep tour, supporting her latest album of the same name, while Lutes is wrapping up his Far From Dilworth European trek.
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