{"id":242014,"date":"2026-05-23T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/how-to-watch-the-2026-american-music-awards-live-date-time-celeb-attendees-and-more\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T17:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:36:02","slug":"how-to-watch-the-2026-american-music-awards-live-date-time-celeb-attendees-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/how-to-watch-the-2026-american-music-awards-live-date-time-celeb-attendees-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch the 2026 American Music Awards Live: Date, Time, Celeb Attendees and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/tag\/american-music-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"> 2026 American Music Awards<\/span><\/a> are nearly here \u2014 and <em>Us Weekly<\/em> has all the information music lovers need to make sure they don\u2019t miss a single second of celebratory evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think the energy of hosting the AMAs is the same energy of hosting the AMAs,\u201d host <b>Queen Latifah <\/b>told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FXVCNSOTcb8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">Associated Press <\/span><\/a>in May 2026. \u201cThis is one of the biggest nights in music. It always has been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She added at the time, \u201cDick Clark Productions created this thing and you just feel such a joy to be in the building because people that have worked so hard have made it to this moment and it feels light. It feels energetic, not so buttoned-up and so I\u2019m hoping everybody\u2019s just going to have a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Keep scrolling to learn how to tune into<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/everything-to-know-about-the-2026-american-music-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the 2026 AMAs<\/a>:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>When Is the 2026 American Music Awards?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The AMAs will be held on Monday, May 25, 2026 \u2014 Memorial Day \u2014 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>What Time Does the<\/b> <b>2026 American Music Awards Start?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The AMAs ceremony kicks off at 8 p.m. ET\/ 5 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Where Will the 2026 American Music Awards Air?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The awards show will air live on both CBS and Paramount+.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>2026 American Music Awards Guest List Revealed<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The complete guest list of AMAs attendees have not yet been revealed, though host Queen Latifah will be joined by performers such as <b>Billy Idol, Busta Rhymes, Karol G,<\/b> Katseye, <b>Keith Urban<\/b>, <b>Riley Green, Sombr, Teddy Swims, Teyana Taylor<\/b> and The Pussycat Dolls. BTS is also set to make a special appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThere\u2019s several of my favorite artists that will be on this show from Sombr to<b> Olivia Dean<\/b>,\u201d Latifah teased to the AP. \u201cAnd then there\u2019s some secret performances. I can\u2019t give them all up, but we got New Kids on the Block, that\u2019s taking it back to my childhood era, and they\u2019re still rocking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In addition, AMA presenters include <b>Alysa Liu, Anthony Ramos, Hilary Duff, John Legend, Lisa Rinna, Ludacris, Nikki Glaser, Paul Abdul<\/b> and <b>Matt Rife<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>What Queen Latifah Teased About the 2026 American Music Awards<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think everybody\u2019s going to bring it,\u201d Latifah told the AP in May 2026. \u201cThat\u2019s my most exciting part of it because it\u2019s live. You don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen and you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re going to see. I love live music, live performances and how the artists feel when they\u2019re in front of an audience, which is what takes it to another level.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Taylor Swift Makes History at the 2026 American Music Awards<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swift, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/amas-2019-taylor-swifts-speech-for-artist-of-the-decade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already won the most AMAs in ceremony history<\/a> with 40 accolades, scored eight nods at the 2026 occasion. She is up for Artist of the Year, Best Female Pop Artist, Album of the Year, Best Pop Album, Song of the Year, Best Music Video, Best Pop Song and Song of the Summer<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swift is up for the coveted Artist of the Year prize against <b>Bad Bunny, Bruno Mars, <\/b>BTS, <b>Harry Styles, Justin Bieber, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Morgan Wallen <\/b>and <b>Sabrina Carpenter<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is not known whether Swift will attend the AMAs in person. She was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-seen-in-new-york-city-before-mdw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"> recently spotted<\/span><\/a> in New York City with her fianc\u00e9, <b>Travis Kelce<\/b>, on May 22, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/how-to-watch-2026-american-music-awards-live-date-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 American Music Awards are nearly here \u2014 and Us Weekly has all the information music lovers need to make sure they don\u2019t miss a single second of celebratory evening. \u201cI think the energy of hosting the AMAs is the same energy of hosting the AMAs,\u201d host Queen Latifah told the Associated Press in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-242014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}