April 2026
CBS presents the 52ND AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS (AMAs), airing LIVE coast-to-coast from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25 (8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT) on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.* The show will be hosted by GRAMMY® Award-winning musician, critically acclaimed Emmy and Golden Globe®-winning and Academy Award®-nominated actress and producer Queen Latifah.
Nominations for the 52ND AMAs will be announced on Tuesday, April 14, with fan voting opening the same day, which will remain open until Friday, May 8. Additional details, including performers, presenters and special honorees for the 52ND AMAs, will be announced in the coming weeks.
Celebrating the year’s most iconic music, the American Music Awards is the world’s largest fan-voted awards show, honoring today’s most influential artists and their passionate fanbases. Created by legendary producer and visionary Dick Clark and first awarded in 1974, the American Music Awards is known for delivering half a century worth of iconic performances and enduring moments that have defined and shaped pop culture, as well as a history of introducing audiences to breakthrough artists.
The American Music Awards is produced by Dick Clark Productions.
ON AIR: Monday, May 25, (8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+.
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