Kendrick Lamar Leads 2025 American Music Awards Nominations


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Kendrick Lamar is a ten, a minimum of in response to an American Music Awards tally.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper leads this 12 months’s AMA nominations with a complete of 10: Artist of the Yr, Album of the Yr (GNX), Tune of the Yr (“Not Like Us”), Collaboration of the Yr (“Luther” with SZA), Favourite Music Video (“Not Like Us”), Favourite Male Hip-Hop Artist, Favourite Hip-Hop Album (GNX), Favourite Hip-Hop Tune (x3 – “Like That” with Future and Metro Boomin, “Not Like Us,” and “Luther” with SZA). Ought to Lamar win in all eight classes, he would tie Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston for essentially the most awards in a single 12 months.

Following Lamar, Put up Malone acquired eight nominations; whereas Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Shaboozey acquired seven nominations every. The present will probably be hosted by and embrace a efficiency from Jennifer Lopez.

See beneath for the total nominees listing.

Fan voting is now open by way of VoteAMAs.com and the @AMAs Instagram profile. Voting closes on Thursday, Could 15, apart from Collaboration of the Yr and Social Tune of the Yr, which is able to stay open by the primary half-hour of the AMAs broadcast.

Nominees are based mostly on key fan interactions – as mirrored on the Billboard charts – together with streaming, album and music gross sales, radio airplay and tour grosses. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and Luminate.

Created by producer Dick Clark and first awarded in 1974, the AMAs is billed because the world’s largest fan-voted awards present. This 12 months marks the return of the AMAs following two years off and the October 2024 American Music Awards fiftieth Anniversary Particular on CBS.

The present will air stay from Las Vegas on Memorial Day, Could 26 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on CBS and Paramount+ within the U.S.

Full AMAs Nominees Record

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Ariana Grande

Billie Eilish

Chappell Roan

Kendrick Lamar

Morgan Wallen
Put up Malone

Sabrina Carpenter
SZA

Taylor Swift

Zach Bryan

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Benson Boone

Chappell Roan

Gracie Abrams

Shaboozey
Teddy Swims

Tommy Richman

ALBUM OF THE YEAR (new class)

Beyoncé “COWBOY CARTER”

Billie Eilish “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT”

Chappell Roan “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”

Charli xcx “BRAT”

Gracie Abrams “The Secret of Us”

Future & Metro Boomin “WE DON’T TRUST YOU”

Kendrick Lamar “GNX”

Put up Malone “F-1 Trillion”
Sabrina Carpenter “Quick n’ Candy”

Taylor Swift “The Tortured Poets Division”

SONG OF THE YEAR (new class)
Benson Boone “Lovely Issues”

Billie Eilish “Birds of a Feather”
Chappell Roan “Good Luck, Babe!”

Hozier “Too Candy”

Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us”

Girl Gaga & Bruno Mars “Die With A Smile”

Put up Malone That includes Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Assist”

Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso”

Shaboozey “A Bar Tune (Tipsy)”
Teddy Swims “Lose Management”

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

Kendrick Lamar & SZA “Luther”

Girl Gaga & Bruno Mars “Die With A Smile”

Marshmello & Kane Brown “Miles on It”
Put up Malone That includes Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Assist”
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars “APT.”
Taylor Swift That includes Put up Malone “Fortnight”

SOCIAL SONG OF THE YEAR (new class)

Chappell Roan “HOT TO GO!”

Djo “Finish of Starting”

Doechii “Anxiousness”
Lola Younger “Messy”
Shaboozey “A Bar Tune (Tipsy)”
Tommy Richman “Million Greenback Child”

FAVORITE TOURING ARTIST

Billie Eilish

Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen

Taylor Swift
Zach Bryan

FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO

Benson Boone “Lovely Issues”

KAROL G “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”

Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us”

Girl Gaga & Bruno Mars “Die With A Smile”
Shaboozey “A Bar Tune (Tipsy)”

FAVORITE MALE POP ARTIST

Benson Boone
Bruno Mars

Hozier

Teddy Swims
The Weeknd

FAVORITE FEMALE POP ARTIST

Billie Eilish

Chappell Roan

Girl Gaga

Sabrina Carpenter

Taylor Swift

FAVORITE POP ALBUM

Billie Eilish “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT”

Chappell Roan “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”
Charli xcx “BRAT”

Sabrina Carpenter “Quick n’ Candy”

Taylor Swift “The Tortured Poets Division”

FAVORITE POP SONG

Benson Boone “Lovely Issues”

Billie Eilish “Birds of a Feather”

Girl Gaga & Bruno Mars “Die With A Smile”
Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso”

Teddy Swims “Lose Management”

FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST

Jelly Roll
Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen

Put up Malone
Shaboozey

FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST

Beyoncé

Ella Langley

Kacey Musgraves

Lainey Wilson

Megan Moroney

FAVORITE COUNTRY DUO or GROUP

Dan + Shay
Previous Dominion

Parmalee

The Purple Clay Strays

Zac Brown Band

FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM

Beyoncé “COWBOY CARTER”

Jelly Roll “BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN”

Megan Moroney “AM I OKAY?”

Put up Malone “F-1 Trillion”

Shaboozey “The place I’ve Been, Isn’t The place I’m Going”

FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG
Jelly Roll “I Am Not Okay”
Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph “Excessive Highway”

Luke Combs “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma”

Put up Malone That includes Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Assist”

Shaboozey “A Bar Tune (Tipsy)”

FAVORITE MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST

Drake

Eminem

Future

Kendrick Lamar

Tyler, The Creator

FAVORITE FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST

Doechii

GloRilla
Latto

Megan Thee Stallion

Sexyy Purple

FAVORITE HIP-HOP ALBUM

Eminem “The Dying Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)”

Future & Metro Boomin “WE DON’T TRUST YOU”

Gunna “one in every of wun”

Kendrick Lamar “GNX”

Tyler, The Creator “CHROMAKOPIA”

FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG

Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar “Like That”
GloRilla “TGIF”

GloRilla & Sexyy Purple “WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME”
Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar & SZA “Luther”

FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST

Bryson Tiller

Chris Brown

PARTYNEXTDOOR

The Weeknd

Usher

FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST

Kehlani

Muni Lengthy

Summer time Walker

SZA

Tyla

FAVORITE R&B ALBUM

Bryson Tiller “Bryson Tiller”

PARTYNEXTDOOR “PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4)”

PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake “$ome $exy $ongs 4 U”
SZA “SOS Deluxe: LANA”
The Weeknd “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

FAVORITE R&B SONG

Chris Brown “Residuals”

Muni Lengthy “Made For Me”
SZA “Saturn”

The Weeknd & Playboi Carti “Timeless”

Tommy Richman “Million Greenback Child”

FAVORITE MALE LATIN ARTIST

Dangerous Bunny

Feid

Peso Pluma

Rauw Alejandro
Tito Double P

FAVORITE FEMALE LATIN ARTIST

Becky G

KAROL G

Natti Natasha

Shakira

Younger Miko

FAVORITE LATIN DUO or GROUP

Calibre 50

Fuerza Regida

Grupo Firme

Grupo Frontera

Julión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda

FAVORITE LATIN ALBUM

Dangerous Bunny “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS”

Fuerza Regida “Dolido Pero No Arrepentido”

Peso Pluma “ÉXODO”

Rauw Alejandro “Cosa Nuestra”

Tito Double P “INCÓMODO”

FAVORITE LATIN SONG

Dangerous Bunny “DtMF”

FloyyMenor X Cris Mj “Gata Solely”

KAROL G “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”

Oscar Maydon & Fuerza Regida “Tu Boda”
Shakira “Soltera”

FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST
Hozier

Linkin Park
Pearl Jam

Twenty One Pilots

Zach Bryan

FAVORITE ROCK ALBUM

Hozier “Unreal Unearth: Endless”

Koe Wetzel “9 lives”

The Marías “Submarine”

Twenty One Pilots “Clancy”

Zach Bryan “The Nice American Bar Scene”

FAVORITE ROCK SONG

Inexperienced Day “Dilemma”

Hozier “Too Candy”
Linkin Park “The Vacancy Machine”

Myles Smith “Stargazing”
Zach Bryan “Pink Skies”

FAVORITE DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST
Charli xcx

David Guetta

John Summit

Girl Gaga

Marshmello

FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK

Arcane League of Legends: Season 2

Hazbin Lodge (Authentic Soundtrack)

Moana 2 (Authentic Movement Image Soundtrack) • Auliʻi Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson and Forged

Twisters: The Album

Depraved: The Soundtrack • Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Forged

FAVORITE AFROBEATS ARTIST

Asake

Rema

Tems

Tyla

Wizkid

FAVORITE Ok-POP ARTIST
ATEEZ

Jimin

RM

ROSÉ

Stray Youngsters