2026 American Music Awards – Red Carpet + Show

What happens in @Vegas… airs on @CBS 😎

You don’t want to miss the #AMAs TONIGHT at 8pm ET | 5pm PT on CBS and @paramountplus pic.twitter.com/JMNkKVC6gO

— American Music Awards (@AMAs) May 25, 2026

The American Music Awards are airing tonight on CBS and Paramount+. The show will feature performances by Billy Idol, Hootie and the Blowfish, Karol G, Katseye, Keith Urban, Maluma, New Kids on the Block, The Pussycat Dolls (with a guest appearance by Busta Rhymes), Riley Green, Sombr, Teddy Swims, Teyana Taylor, and Twenty One Pilots.

[Photos]

https://instagram.com/p/DYx9Y6PmU31

Alysa Liu

https://instagram.com/p/DYx7EYVD35_

KATSEYE

https://instagram.com/p/DYx4M9kj96C

EJAE and Rei Ami

https://instagram.com/p/DYxy22zgTE9

Twenty One Pilots’ Josh Dun and Tyler Joseph

https://instagram.com/p/DYx4zfSGZfE

Paula Abdul

https://instagram.com/p/DYyAFnNGfw8

Maluma

https://instagram.com/p/DYx-MsBmXuG

Hilary Duff

https://instagram.com/p/DYx2yyIGfm9

sombr

https://instagram.com/p/DYx-CpkGctv

Karol G

https://instagram.com/p/DYx-4QcGYIM

Tinashe

[More Red Carpet]

https://instagram.com/p/DYx9edXmdWy

GloRilla

https://instagram.com/p/DYx8YwBmTbF

Nikki Glaser

https://instagram.com/p/DYx6K6gjyR-

Queen Latifah and her son

https://instagram.com/p/DYyB7GqmTDD

Meg Statler and Paul W. Downs

https://instagram.com/p/DYyEG1vmR9c

Mia Calabrese

Song Of The Year

Alex Warren, “Ordinary”
Ella Langley, “Choosin’ Texas”
Winner: The Singing Voices of HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, “Golden”
Kehlani, “Folded”
Leon Thomas, “MUTT”
Morgan Wallen, “I’m The Problem”
Olivia Dean, “Man I Need”
Sabrina Carpenter, “Manchild”
sombr, “back to friends”
Taylor Swift, “The Fate of Ophelia”

Best Rock/Alternative Song

Noah Kahan, “The Great Divide”
Linkin Park, “Up From The Bottom”
WINNER – Sombr, “Back to Friends”
Sublime, “Ensenada”
Tame Impala, “Dracula”

Best Rock/Alternative Artist

Deftones
Linkin Park
The Marías
Sleep Token
WINNER – Twenty One Pilots

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