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American Music Awards of 2019
The American Music Awards of 2019 were held on November 24 in Los Angeles, hosted by Ciara, with Taylor Swift winning Artist of the Decade.
American Music Awards of 2025
The 2025 American Music Awards (2025 AMAs), 51st edition held May 26, 2025 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on CBS, hosted by Jennifer Lopez; Billie Eilish won all seven nominations, Kendrick Lamar led with 10 nods.
American Music Awards of 2026
The American Music Awards of 2026, the 52nd fan-voted ceremony, took place May 25 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. BTS won Artist of the Year.
American Music Awards records and achievements
The American Music Awards records and achievements cover Taylor Swift's record 40 wins, Michael Jackson's and Whitney Houston's eight wins in one night, and Alabama's 23 group wins.
American Music Awards soul/R&B categories
The American Music Awards soul/R&B categories are AMA honors for soul and R&B music, including Favorite Soul/R&B Album, won by artists from Gladys Knight to The Weeknd.
American Music Awards special honors
Non-competitive American Music Awards honors given outside fan-voted categories: the Award of Merit (since 1974), Lifetime Achievement Award, International Artist Award of Excellence, and Veterans Voice Award, presented by Dick Clark Productions at the AMAs.
Angel Blue
Angel Blue (Angel Joy Blue, born 1984, Los Angeles) is an American operatic soprano, two-time Grammy winner for Best Opera Recording (Porgy and Bess 2021; Fire Shut Up in My Bones 2023), Met Aida star, and 2022 Richard Tucker Award recipient.
Apple Music 100 Best Albums
Apple Music 100 Best Albums is Apple Music's 2024 ranked list of the greatest albums ever made, topped by Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, followed by Thriller and Abbey Road, chosen by weighted voting among Apple editors and outside artists and experts.
APRA Awards (Australia)
APRA Music Awards, annual Australian songwriting awards by APRA AMCOS, also called APRA Awards; 18 awards via Most Performed statistics, peer-voted Song of the Year, and Board selection; 2026 marked APRA's centenary.
ARIA Fine Arts Awards
The ARIA Fine Arts Awards are the specialised ARIA Awards categories for Australian classical, jazz, world music, and soundtrack recordings, judged by genre expert panels with distinct eligibility criteria.
ARIA Music Awards
ARIA Music Awards, the ARIAs, Australia's annual music awards run since 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association; 30 categories, Voting Academy and public voting, held at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion, with Amyl and The Sniffers topping 2025.
BET Awards
The BET Awards, branded Culture's Biggest Night, are BET's annual ceremony honoring Black achievement in music, film, television, and sports, first held June 19, 2001 in Las Vegas, with the 25th edition on June 28, 2026 hosted by Druski.
Bhutan in the Eurovision Song Contest Asia
Bhutan at Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026: broadcaster BBS, national final Rhythm of Bhutan on 11 August 2026, won by Nyendra with "Lhayi Semo", the contest's first confirmed entry; smallest participating country (about 770,000 people), Grand Final 14 November 2026 in Bangkok.
Billboard Latin Music Awards: top and crossover awards
The top and crossover awards of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, first presented in 1994, include Artist of the Year and Crossover Artist of the Year, decided purely by chart data.
Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award
The Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award (Premio Billboard Trayectoria Artística), also called El Premio Billboard, is a special career honor presented at the annual Billboard Latin Music Awards.
Billboard Music Award for Top Artist
Billboard Music Award for Top Artist: the overall artist prize at the BBMAs, decided by Billboard chart data (sales, streaming, airplay) over a 12-month period, not voting. Taylor Swift leads with four wins; awarded since 1990, absent 2007–2010.
Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album
Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album: annual BBMA honor, given since 1990, first won by Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814; determined by chart data, not voting; Chris Brown's 11:11 won in 2024.
Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Song
Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Song: annual BBMA honor for the year's best-charting rap song, won by chart metrics (sales, streaming, airplay), not voting; recent winners include DaBaby's "ROCKSTAR", 21 Savage, and Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us".
Billboard Music Award for Top Social Artist
Billboard Music Award for Top Social Artist: fan-voted BBMA category (2011) based on the Social 50 chart; Justin Bieber won 2011-2016, then BTS won 2017-2020, the first K-pop BBMA winner.
Billboard Music Awards
The Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) is an annual American music awards show where winners are chosen by chart performance on sales, streaming, and airplay, first telecast in 1990.
Billboard Music Awards ceremonies 1990–1996
The Billboard Music Awards ceremonies 1990–1996 were the founding editions of the Billboard Music Awards, an annual Fox show whose winners came from Billboard's year-end charts.
Billboard Music Awards ceremonies 1997–2006
The Billboard Music Awards ceremonies of 1997–2006 were annual December Fox broadcasts whose winners mirrored Billboard's year-end charts of sales and airplay, ending before a 2011 revival.
Billboard Music Awards special honors
The Billboard Music Awards special honors include the Century Award (1992–2006), first given to George Harrison, the Artist Achievement Award, and the Icon Award, established in 2011.
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2024
The Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2024 lists the 100 best-performing US songs of Billboard's 2024 tracking year, topped by Teddy Swims' "Lose Control".
Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars
Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars is Billboard magazine's annual editorial staff ranking of the year's most impactful music artists, begun with yearly picks back to 1981, expanded to a top 10 in 2021, plus a 2024 list of the 25 greatest pop stars of the 21st century topped by Beyoncé.
BMI Country Awards
The BMI Country Awards are an annual Nashville ceremony held by Broadcast Music, Inc. since 1953, honoring the songwriters and publishers of the year's 50 most-performed country songs.
Brit Awards
The BRIT Awards, the UK's annual recorded music awards since 1977, run by BRIT Awards Limited under the BPI; winners chosen by a ~1,200-member Voting Academy plus WhatsApp public votes for two song categories; 2026 held in Manchester.
Brit Awards 2024
The BRIT Awards 2024 with Mastercard, held 2 March 2024 at The O2 in London, was the 44th annual UK music awards. RAYE won a record six awards from seven nominations; Kylie Minogue took the Global Icon award.
Brit Awards 2025
Brit Awards 2025: UK music awards ceremony held 1 March 2025 at London's O2 Arena, hosted by Jack Whitehall, broadcast on ITV1/ITVX. Charli xcx won five awards including Album of the Year for Brat; Sabrina Carpenter took Global Success.
Brit Awards 2026
BRIT Awards 2026 with Mastercard: 28 February 2026 at Co-op Live, Manchester, first BRITs outside London since 1977. Olivia Dean won four awards including Artist of the Year; ROSÉ & Bruno Mars's 'APT.' earned K-pop's first BRIT win.