{"id":470084,"date":"2026-05-05T20:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/470084\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:36:16","slug":"2026-american-music-awards-performers-announced-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/470084\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 American Music Awards: Performers Announced So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/teddy-swims\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/teddy-swims\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teddy Swims<\/a> has joined the lineup for the 2026 American Music Awards, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DX9hKugor-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">announced Tuesday<\/a> (May 5). Swims, best known for his 2023-24 breakthrough smash \u201cLose Control,\u201d is nominated for collaboration of the year for \u201cGone Gone Gone,\u201d a collab with David Guetta and Tones and I.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/queen-latifah\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/queen-latifah\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queen Latifah<\/a> will host the annual special, which airs live coast-to-coast on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas at 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT. Latifah has a long history with the AMAs, having cohosted the show in 1995 with Tom Jones and Lorrie Morgan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe 52nd American Music\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/awards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Awards<\/a>\u00a0will air on CBS and stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/paramountplus.qflm.net\/c\/256585\/175360\/3065?subId1=BB&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paramountplus.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Paramount+<\/a> on Memorial Day for the second year in a row. \u00a0This is the second American Music Awards telecast since it returned following a 2-1\/2 year hiatus. It\u2019s the second show to air on CBS and the second to be held in Las Vegas. All previous AMAs shows aired on ABC and were held in the L.A. area.\u00a0Tickets are now available on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AMAs\/status\/2046604875883012252\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AMAs\/status\/2046604875883012252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AXS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNominations for the 52nd American Music Awards were announced on April 14. Fan voting opened the same day and will remain open until Friday, May 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHere are all the artists who have been announced as performers on the 2026 American Music Awards. They are listed in reverse chronological order by the date of the announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe American Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776122234_110_2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\t<strong>Teddy Swims<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>One nomination:<\/strong> collaboration of the year for \u201cGone Gone Gone\u201d (collab with David Guetta and Tones and I)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Notes: <\/strong>\u201cGone Gone Gone\u201d reached No. 51 on the Hot 100 in February 2026.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\t<strong>Twenty One Pilots<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Two nominations<\/strong>: best rock\/alternative artist and best rock\/alternative album for Breach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Notes:<\/strong> The duo, consisting of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dunn, won in both categories last year (though last year the categories were labelled just rock, not rock\/alternative). Breach, their eighth studio album, topped the Billboard 200 in September 2025, becoming the duo\u2019s second album to reach No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s flagship albums chart.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\t<strong>KATSEYE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Three nominations:<\/strong> new artist of the year, best music video for \u201cGnarly\u201d and breakthrough pop artist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Notes:<\/strong> Among groups or duos, only Fuerza Regida has more AMA nods this year (five). With their three nods, KATSEYE is in a five-way tie for second place with BTS, HUNTR\/X, The Mar\u00edas and Sleep Token. \u201cGnarly\u201d reached No. 82 on the Hot 100 in January 2026.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t<a class=\"c-logo lrv-a-unstyle-link u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-width-100p  u-max-width-100 u-height-26 u-max-width-130px@mobile-max u-margin-t-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/\" title=\"Billboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-accent-l@desktop u-font-size-1205 a-font-accent-xs@mobile-max u-font-size-15@mobile-max u-line-height-22px@mobile-max lrv-u-text-align-center@mobile-max u-letter-spacing-0030@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-t-025 lrv-u-margin-a-00 u-padding-t-0125@mobile-max u-padding-b-0063@mobile-max\">Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-button lrv-u-cursor-pointer lrv-u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-background-color-black:hover lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover u-padding-lr-0.875 u-padding-tb-10 lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-align-items-center a-font-basic-fancy-xs u-margin-t-0.188 u-margin-b-0188 u-margin-b-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\tSign Up<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teddy Swims has joined the lineup for the 2026 American Music Awards, as announced Tuesday (May 5). 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