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“2026 American Music Awards” Returns Memorial Day Weekend, Live from Las Vegas

• Today, CBS and Dick Clark Productions (DCP), the world’s largest owner and producer of televised live event entertainment programming, announced a new five-year deal to broadcast the American Music Awards (AMAs) on CBS and stream the show live on Paramount+. The new agreement kicks off with the May 2026 broadcast.

• Following this year’s top-rated broadcast, the 52^nd American Music Awards will return with a must-see live show Memorial Day weekend, May 2026 from Las Vegas. More details to be announced soon.

• The 2025 AMAs reached over 10 million unique viewers across its CBS premiere (Memorial Day, Monday, May 26) and encores on MTV (May 27), CMT (May 28) and BET (May 29). The CBS broadcast marked the show’s largest audience since 2019 with a +38% increase over its last live airing in 2022 on ABC.

• Airing for the first time on Memorial Day, the 2025 AMAs kicked off summer and paid special tribute to U.S. troops and veterans from the all-new luxury resort Fontainebleau Las Vegas with host Jennifer Lopez. She returned as host for the first time in 10 years and opened the show in spectacular fashion, delivering a breathtaking non-stop medley of 23 of the year’s biggest hits with her signature dance moves.

• Performances included ICON Award recipient Janet Jackson, Alex Warren, Becky G and Manuel Turizo, Benson Boone, Blake Shelton, Gloria Estefan, Gwen Stefani, Lainey Wilson, Reneé Rapp, and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Rod Stewart.

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Media Contacts:

CBS | Kate Fisher, KHFisher@cbs.com

CBS | Sienna Sanders, Sienna.Sanders@cbs.com

Dick Clark Productions | Gina Sorial, gsorial@dickclark.com