Following a valiant effort to keep the show on despite the pandemic last year, the annual American Music Awards has returned for its 2021 edition.
Olivia Rodrigo leads the nominations with an impressive seven, followed by The Weeknd, who picked up six nods. Bad Bunny, Doja Cat, and Givēon all received five nominations each, with Drake and Ariana Grande not far behind with four. The fan-voted awards show, which takes place at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, airs live on ABC on Nov. 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Cardi B handles hosting duties, taking over from Taraji P. Henson last year.
Aside from the awards, there’s also a solid list of performers set to appear at the show. Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s group Silk Sonic are scheduled to perform, as is Tyler, the Creator, Coldplay with BTS, Chlöe, Olivia Rodrigo, Bad Bunny with Tainy and Julieta Venegas, and Kane Brown, among others. Megan Thee Stallion was set to perform with BTS but had to bow out for personal reasons.
Among the early winners were Drake for Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist and Megan Thee Stallion for Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist. Check out the list of winners below, which will be updated throughout the evening. Names of winners are bolded.
- Taylor Swift
- Ariana Grande
- BTS
- Drake
- Olivia Rodrigo
- The Weeknd
- 24kGoldn
- Givēon
- Masked Wolf
- Olivia Rodrigo
- The Kid Laroi
- 24kGoldn f/ Iann Dior “Mood”
- Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez “Dákiti”
- Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”
- Doja Cat f/ SZA “Kiss Me More” – WINNER
- Justin Bieber f/ Daniel Caesar & Givēon “Peaches”
- Cardi B
- Coi Leray
- Erica Banks
- Megan Thee Stallion – WINNER
- Saweetie
- Drake – WINNER
- Lil Baby
- Moneybagg Yo
- Polo G
- Pop Smoke
- Drake, Certified Lover Boy
- Juice WRLD, Legends Never Die
- Megan Thee Stallion, Good News – WINNER
- Pop Smoke, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon
- Rod Wave, SoulFly
- Cardi B “Up” – WINNER
- Internet Money f/ Gunna, Don Toliver, and Nav “Lemonade”
- Lil Tjay f/ 6lack “Calling My Phone”
- Polo G “Rapstar”
- Pop Smoke “What You Know Bout Love”
- Ariana Grande
- Doja Cat
- Dua Lipa
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Taylor Swift – WINNER
- Drake
- Ed Sheeran – WINNER
- Justin Bieber
- Lil Nas X
- The Weeknd
- AJR
- BTS – WINNER
- Glass Animals
- Maroon 5
- Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)
- Ariana Grande, Positions
- Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia
- Olivia Rodrigo, Sour
- Taylor Swift, Evermore – WINNER
- The Kid Laroi, F*ck Love
- BTS “Butter” – WINNER
- Doja Cat f/ SZA “Kiss Me More”
- Dua Lipa “Levitating”
- Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License”
- The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears (Remix)”
- Doja Cat – WINNER
- H.E.R.
- Jazmine Sullivan
- Jhené Aiko
- SZA
- Chris Brown
- Givēon
- Tank
- The Weeknd – WINNER
- Usher
- Doja Cat, Planet Her – WINNER
- Givēon, When It’s All Said And Done… Take Time
- H.E.R., Back of My Mind
- Jazmine Sullivan, Heaux Tales
- Queen Naija, Missunderstood
- Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Leave the Door Open” – WINNER
- Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”
- Givēon “Heartbreak Anniversary”
- H.E.R. “Damage”
- Jazmine Sullivan “Pick Up Your Feelings”
- Erica Banks “Buss It”
- Maneskin “Beggin”
- Megan Thee Stallion “Body” – WINNER
- Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License”
- Popp Hunna “Adderall (Corvette Corvette)”
- Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Leave the Door Open”
- Cardi B “Up”
- Lil Nas X “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” – WINNER
- Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License”
- The Weeknd “Save Your Tears”
- Bad Bunny – WINNER
- J Balvin
- Maluma
- Ozuna
- Rauw Alejandro
- Becky G
- Kali Uchis
- Karol G
- Natti Natasha
- Rosalía
- Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga – WINNER
- Calibre 50
- Eslabon Armado
- La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De Rene Camacho
- Los Dos Carnales
- Bad Bunny, El Último Tour Del Mundo – WINNER
- Kali Uchis, Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)
- Karol G, KG0516
- Maluma, Papi Juancho
- Rauw Alejandro, Afrodisíaco
- Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez “Dákiti”
- Bad Bunny & Rosalía “La Noche de Anoche”
- Farruko “Pepas”
- Kali Uchis “Telepatía”
- Maluma & The Weeknd “Hawái (Remix)”
- David Guetta
- Illenium
- Marshmello – WINNER
- Regard
- Tiësto
- Kanye West – WINNER
- Kirk Franklin
- Koryn Hawthorne
- Maverick City Music
- Tasha Cobbs Leonard
- AJR
- All Time Low
- Foo Fighters
- Glass Animals
- Machine Gun Kelly – WINNER
- Cain
- Carrie Underwood – WINNER
- Elevation Worship
- Lauren Daigle
- Zach Williams
- Carrie Underwood – WINNER
- Gabby Barrett
- Kacey Musgraves
- Maren Morris
- Miranda Lambert
- Chris Stapleton
- Jason Aldean
- Luke Bryan – WINNER
- Luke Combs
- Morgan Wallen
- Dan + Shay – WINNER
- Florida Georgia Line
- Lady A
- Old Dominion
- Zac Brown Band
- Chris Stapleton, Starting Over
- Gabby Barrett, Goldmine – WINNER
- Lee Brice, Hey World
- Luke Bryan, Born Here Live Here Die Here
- Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album
- Chris Stapleton “Starting Over”
- Chris Young & Kane Brown “Famous Friends”
- Gabby Barrett “The Good Ones” – WINNER
- Luke Combs “Forever After All”
- Walker Hayes “Fancy Like”
