The 2025 American Music Awards are set to kick off later as we speak stay from Las Vegas with Jennifer Lopez as host.
Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar leads this yr’s AMA nominations with a complete of 10: Artist of the 12 months, Album of the 12 months (GNX), Music of the 12 months (“Not Like Us”), Collaboration of the 12 months (“Luther” with SZA), Favourite Music Video (“Not Like Us”), Favourite Male Hip-Hop Artist, Favourite Hip-Hop Album (GNX), Favourite Hip-Hop Music (x3 – “Like That” with Future and Metro Boomin, “Not Like Us,” and “Luther” with SZA).
He’s adopted by Submit Malone with 8 nominations; Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Shaboozey every with 7 noms, Taylor Swift with 6 and Beyoncé with 3.
How To Watch The 2025 American Music Awards
The 2025 present will air stay coast-to-coast from the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas on Monday, Might 26 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT on the CBS Tv Community and streaming on Paramount + within the U.S.
The present can even livestream on Concord, Deadline’s dad or mum firm Penske Media’s proprietary stay streaming platform, on web sites together with Selection, Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, WWD, Deadline, VIBE, IndieWire, and Gold Derby, amongst others.
For a second viewing, the 2025 AMAs will re-air on MTV (Tuesday, Might 27 at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT), CMT (Wednesday, Might 28 at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT), and BET (Thursday, Might 29 at 10 PM ET/ 7 PM PT).
Who Will Seem On The 2025 AMAs
Lopez will host and carry out, together with Icon Award recipient & performer Janet Jackson; Lifetime Achievement Award recipient & performer Rod Stewart and performers Alex Warren, Becky G, Benson Boone, Blake Shelton, Gloria Estefan, Gwen Stefani, Lainey Wilson, Manuel Turizo and Reneé Rapp. Further individuals and presenters embody Alix Earle, Ciara, Dan + Shay, Dylan Efron, Jake Shane, Jon Batiste, Jordan Chiles, Kai Cenat, Megan Moroney, Nikki Glaser, Shaboozey, Tiffany Haddish, Wayne Brady, Zac Brown, amongst others.
Created by producer Dick Clark and first awarded in 1974, the AMAs is billed because the world’s largest fan-voted awards present. This yr marks the return of the AMAs following two years off and the October 2024 American Music Awards fiftieth Anniversary Particular on CBS.
Nominees are primarily based on key fan interactions – as mirrored on the Billboard charts – together with streaming, album and track gross sales, radio airplay and tour grosses. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and Luminate. You’ll be able to see the whole checklist of nominees right here.