The 52nd American Music Awards will return in 2025 after a nearly three-year hiatus, returning to Las Vegas and broadcasting live from a new venue, the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
As last year, Dick Clark Productions and CBS will bring back the AMAs on Memorial Day, May 25th, and will air the event live on CBS at 8pm ET and 5pm PT. The ceremony will be streamed by Paramount+ and will also be available on demand.
This year’s AMA nominations will be announced on April 14th. On the same day, fans can begin voting for their favorite artists and music until May 8, when the voting period closes. Additional details, including performers, presenters and ticket sales, will be announced in the coming weeks.
In 2025, the AMA held its first live ceremony since 2022, broadcast from Los Angeles on ABC in the fall. The 2022 show had a 0.6 rating among the key adult 18-49 demographic and total viewers of 3.53 million, the lowest ever for an AMA. However, it made a spectacular comeback last year, averaging 5.2 million viewers, its best performance since 2019.
The event, hosted by Jennifer Lopez at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, saw Billie Eilish sweep all seven categories for which she was nominated, making her the big winner of the night, with Beyoncé, Bad Bunny and Eminem taking home two awards each.
Last August, CBS announced it would extend its partnership with Dick Clark Productions through a new five-year deal to keep AMA on the network and Paramount+ starting in 2026.
The AMA was created by Dick Clark in 1974 for ABC after ABC lost its contract to broadcast the Grammy Awards with CBS. The AMAs originally aired in January or February from 2003 until switching to the Thanksgiving season in 2022.
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