BTS Wins Artist of the Year at 2026 American Music Awards; Taylor Swift Goes 0-8
BTS won the Artist of the Year award at the 2026 American Music Awards, marking their second win in this category. The event saw seven acts tie for the most awards, each taking home three. Taylor Swift, despite leading in nominations, did not win any awards this year, but remains the artist with the most AMAs in history.
- ▪BTS won Artist of the Year for the second time, having previously won in 2021.
- ▪Taylor Swift led the nominations with eight but went home empty-handed.
- ▪BTS also won Song of the Summer for 'Swim' and Best Male K-Pop Artist.
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- ▪ BTS Wins 2026 American Music Award’s Artist Of The Year — Forbes — Business
- ▪ Teddy Swims Brings Down the House With ‘Mr. Know It All’ at American Music Awards — Rolling Stone
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| Publication time | Tue, 26 May 2026 05:34:46 +0000 |
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Jungkook, Jin, Jimin, RM, J-Hope, V and Suga of BTS accept the Artist of the Year award onstage at The 52nd American Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 25, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rich Polk/Dick Clark Productions Trending on Billboard if ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { pmcCnx.cmd.push(function() { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins: { pmcAtlasMG: { iabPlcmt: 2, } } }, playerId: '4057afa6-846b-4276-bc63-a9cf3a8aa1ed', playlistId: 'b7dab6e5-7a62-4df1-b1f4-3cfa99eea709', }).render("connatix_contextual_player_div"); }); } else { // This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it's event time.
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