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MAY 25
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How To Vote
Two ways to vote for the 2026 American Music Awards

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1Instagram Voting

Comment on the “VOTE HERE” pinned posts with a valid, promoted hashtag. The full list of promoted hashtags is below. Valid, promoted hashtags will include a category name or category abbreviation, plus the name of an artist, song, or album.

Make Your Vote Count

  • Please note that there is a unique hashtag for each nomination. Ex - If an artist is nominated for two awards, they will have two unique hashtags
  • You can only vote for one category and one nominee per Instagram comment. If you include multiple voting hashtags in one comment, that comment will be deemed invalid and not be counted.
  • Your Instagram profile must be public in order for your vote to be counted
2Web Voting

Click here to vote at VoteAMAs.com

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Vote Details
  • Voting is open worldwide
  • 30 votes per user, per category, per day, per method (60 on Turbo Days - see below)
  • Voting closes in all categories except Social Song of the Year and Tour of the Year:
    Friday, May 8 at 11:59AM PT
  • Voting closes for Social Song of the Year and Tour of the Year:
    Monday, May 25 at 5:30PM PT
  • Official rules
Turbo Voting

During Turbo Voting periods, your votes are DOUBLED ALL DAY LONG!

Turbo Voting Periods

  • Tuesday, April 21 at 12:00AM PT – 11:59:59PM PT
  • Tuesday, April 28 at 12:00AM  PT – 11:59:59PM  PT 
  • Tuesday, May 5 at 12:00AM  PT – 11:59:59PM PT

Extended Categories(Social Song of the Year and Tour of the Year)

  • Tuesday, May 12 at 12:00AM  PT – 11:59:59PM PT
  • Monday, May 25 at 12:00AM PT - 5:30PM PT
Instagram Voting: Valid Promoted Hashtags

Click on each nominee/hashtag to copy to clipboard

Artist of the Year

  • Bad Bunny COPIED#aotybadbunny
  • Bruno Mars COPIED#aotybrunomars
  • BTS COPIED#aotybts
  • Harry Styles COPIED#aotyharrystyles
  • Justin Bieber COPIED#aotyjustinbieber
  • Kendrick Lamar COPIED#aotykendricklamar
  • Lady Gaga COPIED#aotyladygaga
  • Morgan Wallen COPIED#aotymorganwallen
  • Sabrina Carpenter COPIED#aotysabrinacarpenter
  • Taylor Swift COPIED#aotytaylorswift

New Artist of the Year

  • Alex Warren COPIED#naotyalexwarren
  • Ella Langley COPIED#naotyellalangley
  • KATSEYE COPIED#naotykatseye
  • Leon Thomas COPIED#naotyleonthomas
  • Olivia Dean COPIED#naotyoliviadean
  • SOMBR COPIED#naotysombr

Album of the Year

  • Cardi B – AM I THE DRAMA? COPIED#albumamithedrama
  • Fuerza Regida – 111xpantia COPIED#album111xpantia
  • Justin Bieber – SWAG COPIED#albumswag
  • Lady Gaga – Mayhem COPIED#albummayhem
  • Morgan Wallen – I’m The Problem COPIED#albumimtheproblem
  • Olivia Dean – The Art of Loving COPIED#albumtheartofloving
  • Playboi Carti – MUSIC COPIED#albummusic
  • Sabrina Carpenter – Man’s Best Friend COPIED#albummansbestfriend
  • Tate McRae – So Close To What COPIED#albumsoclosetowhat
  • Taylor Swift – The Life of a Showgirl COPIED#albumthelifeofashowgirl

Song of the Year

  • Alex Warren – “Ordinary” COPIED#songordinary
  • Ella Langley – “Choosin’ Texas” COPIED#songchoosintexas
  • The Singing Voices of HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami – “Golden” COPIED#songgolden
  • Kehlani – “Folded” COPIED#songfolded
  • Leon Thomas – “MUTT” COPIED#songmutt
  • Morgan Wallen – “I’m The Problem” COPIED#songimtheproblem
  • Olivia Dean – “Man I Need” COPIED#songmanineed
  • Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild” COPIED#songmanchild
  • SOMBR – “back to friends” COPIED#songbacktofriends
  • Taylor Swift – “The Fate of Ophelia” COPIED#songthefateofophelia

Collaboration of the Year

  • BigXthaPlug, Bailey Zimmerman – “All The Way” COPIED#collaballtheway
  • David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones And I – “Gone Gone Gone” COPIED#collabgonegonegone
  • Morgan Wallen, Tate McRae – “What I Want” COPIED#collabwhatiwant
  • PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson – “Stateside” COPIED#collabstateside
  • Shaboozey, Jelly Roll – “Amen” COPIED#collabamen

Social Song Of The Year

  • Disco Lines, Tinashe – “No Broke Boys” COPIED#socialsongnobrokeboys
  • PinkPantheress – “Illegal” COPIED#socialsongillegal
  • Role Model – “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” COPIED#socialsongsallywhenthewinerunsout
  • Tyla – “CHANEL” COPIED#socialsongchanel
  • Zara Larsson – “Lush Life” COPIED#socialsonglushlife

Best Music Video

  • KATSEYE – “Gnarly” COPIED#musicvideognarly
  • ROSALÍA, Björk & Yves Tumor – “Berghain” COPIED#musicvideoberghain
  • Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild” COPIED#musicvideomanchild
  • Taylor Swift – “The Fate of Ophelia” COPIED#musicvideothefateofophelia
  • Tyla – “CHANEL” COPIED#musicvideochanel

Best Soundtrack

  • F1 The Album COPIED#soundtrackf1thealbum
  • Hazbin Hotel: Season Two COPIED#soundtrackhazbinhotelseason2
  • KPop Demon Hunters COPIED#soundtrackkpopdemonhunters
  • Wicked: For Good COPIED#soundtrackwickedforgood
  • Wuthering Heights COPIED#soundtrackwutheringheights

Tour of the Year

  • Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter Tour COPIED#tourcowboycartertour
  • Kendrick Lamar, SZA – Grand National Tour COPIED#tourgrandnationaltour
  • Lady Gaga – The Mayhem Ball COPIED#tourthemayhemball
  • Oasis – Oasis Live ‘25 Tour COPIED#touroasislive25tour
  • Shakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour COPIED#tourlasmujeresyanolloranworldtour

Breakout Tour

  • Benson Boone - American Heart World Tour COPIED#breakouttouramericanheartworldtour
  • Kali Uchis - The Sincerely, Tour COPIED#breakouttourthesincerelytour
  • The Marías - Submarine Tour COPIED#breakouttoursubmarinetour
  • Megan Moroney - Am I Okay? Tour COPIED#breakouttouramiokaytour
  • Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia Tour COPIED#breakouttoureveninarcadiatour

Breakthrough Album of the Year

  • Olivia Dean – The Art of Loving COPIED#breakthroughalbumtheartofloving
  • SOMBR – I Barely Know Her COPIED#breakthroughalbumibarelyknowher
  • Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun COPIED#breakthroughalbummidnightsun

Best Throwback Song

  • 4 Non Blondes – “What’s Up” COPIED#throwbackwhatsup
  • Black Eyed Peas – “Rock That Body” COPIED#throwbackrockthatbody
  • Goo Goo Dolls – “Iris” COPIED#throwbackiris

Best Vocal Performance

  • Alex Warren - “Ordinary” COPIED#vocalordinary
  • The Singing Voices of HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami – “Golden” COPIED#vocalgolden
  • Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra” COPIED#vocalabracadabra
  • RAYE – “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” COPIED#vocalwhereismyhusband
  • SIENNA SPIRO – “Die on this Hill” COPIED#vocaldieonthishill

Song of the Summer

  • Alex Warren – “FEVER DREAM” COPIED#summersongfeverdream
  • Bella Kay – “iloveitiloveitiloveit” COPIED#summersongiloveitiloveitiloveit
  • BTS – “SWIM” COPIED#summersongswim
  • Ella Langley – “Choosin’ Texas” COPIED#summersongchoosintexas
  • Harry Styles – “American Girls” COPIED#summersongamericangirls
  • Noah Kahan – “The Great Divide” COPIED#summersongthegreatdivide
  • PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson – “Stateside” COPIED#summersongstateside
  • SOMBR – “Homewrecker” COPIED#summersonghomewrecker
  • Tame Impala, JENNIE – “Dracula” COPIED#summersongdracula
  • Taylor Swift – “Elizabeth Taylor” COPIED#summersongelizabethtaylor

Best Male Pop Artist

  • Alex Warren COPIED#malepopalexwarren
  • Benson Boone COPIED#malepopbensonboone
  • Ed Sheeran COPIED#malepopedsheeran
  • Harry Styles COPIED#malepopharrystyles
  • Justin Bieber COPIED#malepopjustinbieber

Best Female Pop Artist

  • Lady Gaga COPIED#femalepopladygaga
  • Olivia Dean COPIED#femalepopoliviadean
  • Sabrina Carpenter COPIED#femalepopsabrinacarpenter
  • Tate McRae COPIED#femalepoptatemcrae
  • Taylor Swift COPIED#femalepoptaylorswift

Breakthrough Pop Artist

  • KATSEYE COPIED#breakthroughpopkatseye
  • SIENNA SPIRO COPIED#breakthroughpopsiennaspiro
  • Zara Larsson COPIED#breakthroughpopzaralarsson

Best Pop Song

  • Alex Warren – “Ordinary” COPIED#popsongordinary
  • The Singing Voices of HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami – “Golden” COPIED#popsonggolden
  • Olivia Dean – “Man I Need” COPIED#popsongmanineed
  • Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild” COPIED#popsongmanchild
  • Taylor Swift – “The Fate of Ophelia” COPIED#popsongthefateofophelia

Best Pop Album

  • Lady Gaga – “Mayhem” COPIED#popalbummayhem
  • Olivia Dean – “The Art of Loving” COPIED#popalbumtheartofloving
  • Sabrina Carpenter – “Man’s Best Friend” COPIED#popalbummansbestfriend
  • Tate McRae – “So Close To What” COPIED#popalbumsoclosetowhat
  • Taylor Swift – “The Life of a Showgirl” COPIED#popalbumthelifeofashowgirl

Best Male Country Artist

  • Jelly Roll COPIED#malecountryjellyroll
  • Luke Combs COPIED#malecountrylukecombs
  • Morgan Wallen COPIED#malecountrymorganwallen
  • Riley Green COPIED#malecountryrileygreen
  • Shaboozey COPIED#malecountryshaboozey

Best Female Country Artist

  • Ella Langley COPIED#femalecountryellalangley
  • Kelsea Ballerini COPIED#femalecountrykelseaballerini
  • Lainey Wilson COPIED#femalecountrylaineywilson
  • Megan Moroney COPIED#femalecountrymeganmoroney
  • Miranda Lambert COPIED#femalecountrymirandalambert

Best Country Duo or Group

  • Brooks & Dunn COPIED#countryduogroupbrooksanddunn
  • Old Dominion COPIED#countryduogroupolddominion
  • Rascal Flatts COPIED#countryduogrouprascalflatts
  • Treaty Oak Revival COPIED#countryduogrouptreatyoakrevival
  • Zac Brown Band COPIED#countryduogroupzacbrownband

Breakthrough Country Artist

  • Sam Barber COPIED#breakthroughcountrysambarber
  • Tucker Wetmore COPIED#breakthroughcountrytuckerwetmore
  • Zach Top COPIED#breakthroughcountryzachtop

Best Country Song

  • BigXthaPlug, Bailey Zimmerman – “All The Way” COPIED#countrysongalltheway
  • Ella Langley – “Choosin’ Texas” COPIED#countrysongchoosintexas
  • Morgan Wallen – “Just In Case” COPIED#countrysongjustincase
  • Russell Dickerson – “Happen To Me” COPIED#countrysonghappentome
  • Shaboozey – “Good News” COPIED#countrysonggoodnews

Best Country Album

  • BigXthaPlug – I Hope You’re Happy COPIED#countryalbumihopeyourehappy
  • Megan Moroney – Cloud 9 COPIED#countryalbumcloud9
  • Morgan Wallen – I’m The Problem COPIED#countryalbumimtheproblem
  • Sam Barber – Restless Mind COPIED#countryalbumrestlessmind
  • Tucker Wetmore – What Not To COPIED#countryalbumwhatnotto

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist

  • Don Toliver COPIED#malehiphopdontoliver
  • Kendrick Lamar COPIED#malehiphopkendricklamar
  • Playboi Carti COPIED#malehiphopplayboicarti
  • Tyler, The Creator COPIED#malehiphoptylerthecreator
  • YoungBoy Never Broke Again COPIED#malehiphopyoungboyneverbrokeagain

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist

  • Cardi B COPIED#femalehiphopcardib
  • Doechii COPIED#femalehiphopdoechii
  • GloRilla COPIED#femalehiphopglorilla
  • Sexyy Red COPIED#femalehiphopsexyyred
  • YKNIECE COPIED#femalehiphopykniece

Breakthrough Hip-Hop Artist

  • EsDeeKid COPIED#breakthroughhiphopesdeekid
  • Monaleo COPIED#breakthroughhiphopmonaleo
  • PLUTO COPIED#breakthroughhiphoppluto

Best Hip-Hop Song

  • Cardi B – “ErrTime” COPIED#hiphopsongerrtime
  • Drake – “NOKIA” COPIED#hiphopsongnokia
  • Gunna, Burna Boy – “wgft” COPIED#hiphopsongwgft
  • Playboi Carti, The Weeknd – “Rather Lie” COPIED#hiphopsongratherlie
  • YKNIECE, Quavo, Metro Boomin, Breskii – “Take Me Thru Dere” COPIED#hiphopsongtakemethrudere

Best Hip-Hop Album

  • Cardi B – AM I THE DRAMA? COPIED#hiphopalbumamithedrama
  • Don Toliver – OCTANE COPIED#hiphopalbumoctane
  • Gunna – The Last Wun COPIED#hiphopalbumthelastwun
  • Playboi Carti – MUSIC COPIED#hiphopalbummusic
  • YoungBoy Never Broke Again – MASA COPIED#hiphopalbummasa

Best Male R&B Artist

  • Bruno Mars COPIED#malerbbrunomars
  • Chris Brown COPIED#malerbchrisbrown
  • Daniel Caesar COPIED#malerbdanielcaesar
  • PARTYNEXTDOOR COPIED#malerbpartynextdoor
  • The Weeknd COPIED#malerbtheweeknd

Best Female R&B Artist

  • Kehlani COPIED#femalerbkehlani
  • Summer Walker COPIED#femalerbsummerwalker
  • SZA COPIED#femalerbsza
  • Teyana Taylor COPIED#femalerbteyanataylor
  • Tyla COPIED#femalerbtyla

Breakthrough R&B Artist

  • Leon Thomas COPIED#breakthroughrbleonthomas
  • Mariah the Scientist COPIED#breakthroughrbmariahthescientist
  • Ravyn Lenae COPIED#breakthroughrbravynlenae

Best R&B Song

  • Bruno Mars – “I Just Might” COPIED#rbsongijustmight
  • Chris Brown, Bryson Tiller – “It Depends” COPIED#rbsongitdepends
  • Kehlani – “Folded” COPIED#rbsongfolded
  • Leon Thomas – “MUTT” COPIED#rbsongmutt
  • Mariah the Scientist – “BURNING BLUE” COPIED#rbsongburningblue

Best R&B Album

  • Bruno Mars – The Romantic COPIED#rbalbumtheromantic
  • Justin Bieber – SWAG COPIED#rbalbumswag
  • Leon Thomas – MUTT COPIED#rbalbummutt
  • Mariah the Scientist – HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY COPIED#rbalbumheartssoldseparately
  • Summer Walker – Finally Over It COPIED#rbalbumfinallyoverit

Best Male Latin Artist

  • Bad Bunny COPIED#malelatinbadbunny
  • Junior H COPIED#malelatinjuniorh
  • Peso Pluma COPIED#malelatinpesopluma
  • Rauw Alejandro COPIED#malelatinrauwalejandro
  • Tito Double P COPIED#malelatintitodoublep

Best Female Latin Artist

  • Gloria Estefan COPIED#femalelatingloriaestefan
  • KAROL G COPIED#femalelatinkarolg
  • Natti Natasha COPIED#femalelatinnattinatasha
  • ROSALÍA COPIED#femalelatinrosalia
  • Shakira COPIED#femalelatinshakira

Best Latin Duo or Group

  • Clave Especial COPIED#latinduogroupclaveespecial
  • Fuerza Regida COPIED#latinduogroupfuerzaregida
  • Grupo Firme COPIED#latinduogroupgrupofirme
  • Grupo Frontera COPIED#latinduogroupgrupofrontera
  • Julión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda COPIED#latinduogroupjulionalvarezysunortenobanda

Breakthrough Latin Artist

  • Beéle COPIED#breakthroughlatinbeele
  • Kapo COPIED#breakthroughlatinkapo
  • Netón Vega COPIED#breakthroughlatinnetonvega

Best Latin Song

  • Bad Bunny – “NUEVAYoL” COPIED#latinsongnuevayol
  • benny blanco, Selena Gomez, The Marías – “Ojos Tristes” COPIED#latinsongojostristes
  • Fuerza Regida – “Marlboro Rojo” COPIED#latinsongmarlbororojo
  • Fuerza Regida, Grupo Frontera – “ME JALO” COPIED#latinsongmejalo
  • KAROL G – “LATINA FOREVA” COPIED#latinsonglatinaforeva

Best Latin Album

  • Fuerza Regida – 111xpantia COPIED#latinalbum111xpantia
  • KAROL G – Tropicoqueta COPIED#latinalbumtropicoqueta
  • Netón Vega – Mi Vida Mi Muerte COPIED#latinalbummividamimuerte
  • Peso Pluma, Tito Double P – DINASTÍA COPIED#latinalbumdinastia
  • ROSALÍA – Lux COPIED#latinalbumlux

Best Rock/Alternative Artist

  • Deftones COPIED#rockaltdeftones
  • Linkin Park COPIED#rockaltlinkinpark
  • The Marías COPIED#rockaltthemarias
  • Sleep Token COPIED#rockaltsleeptoken
  • Twenty One Pilots COPIED#rockalttwentyonepilots

Breakthrough Rock/Alternative Artist

  • Geese COPIED#breakthroughrockaltgeese
  • Gigi Perez COPIED#breakthroughrockaltgigiperez
  • SOMBR COPIED#breakthroughrockaltsombr

Best Rock/Alternative Song

  • Noah Kahan – “The Great Divide” COPIED#rockaltsongthegreatdivide
  • Linkin Park – “Up From The Bottom” COPIED#rockaltsongupfromthebottom
  • SOMBR – “back to friends” COPIED#rockaltsongbacktofriends
  • Sublime – “Ensenada” COPIED#rockaltsongensenada
  • Tame Impala – “Dracula” COPIED#rockaltsongdracula

Best Rock/Alternative Album

  • Sleep Token – Even In Arcadia COPIED#rockaltalbumeveninarcadia
  • SOMBR – I Barely Know Her COPIED#rockaltalbumibarelyknowher
  • Tame Impala – Deadbeat COPIED#rockaltalbumdeadbeat
  • Twenty One Pilots – Breach COPIED#rockaltalbumbreach
  • Zach Bryan – With Heaven On Top COPIED#rockaltalbumwithheavenontop

Best Dance/Electronic Artist

  • Calvin Harris COPIED#danceelectroniccalvinharris
  • David Guetta COPIED#danceelectronicdavidguetta
  • Fred again.. COPIED#dancelectronicfredagain
  • ILLENIUM COPIED#danceelectronicillenium
  • John Summit COPIED#danceelectronicjohnsummit

Best Male K-Pop Artist

  • ATEEZ COPIED#malekpopateez
  • BTS COPIED#malekpopbts
  • ENHYPEN COPIED#malekpopenhypen
  • Stray Kids COPIED#malekpopstraykids
  • TOMORROW X TOGETHER COPIED#malekpoptomorrowxtogether

Best Female K-Pop Artist

  • aespa COPIED#femalekpopaespa
  • BLACKPINK COPIED#femalekpopblackpink
  • ILLIT COPIED#femalekpopillit
  • LE SSERAFIM COPIED#femalekpoplesserafim
  • TWICE COPIED#femalekpoptwice

Best Afrobeats Artist

  • Burna Boy COPIED#afrobeatsburnaboy
  • MOLIY COPIED#afrobeatsmoliy
  • Rema COPIED#afrobeatsrema
  • Tyla COPIED#afrobeatstyla
  • Wizkid COPIED#afrobeatswizkid

Best Americana/Folk Artist

  • Lord Huron COPIED#americanafolklordhuron
  • The Lumineers COPIED#americanafolkthelumineers
  • Mumford & Sons COPIED#americanafolkmumfordandsons
  • Noah Kahan COPIED#americanafolknoahkahan
  • Tyler Childers COPIED#americanafolktylerchilders