Tyla has again snagged the highly coveted Favorite Afrobeats Artist at the 2025 American Music Awards held on Monday night at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas in Las Vegas, continuing her dominance over fellow African artistes on international awards stages, per theamas.com.
The South African singer and ‘Water’ hitmaker fought off competition from Nigerian giants, Wizkid, Rema, Tems and Asake.
Wizkid won the maiden Favorite Afrobeats Artist award at the AMAS in 2022 for “Essence.”
Billie Eilish, who was the second most nominated artist of the night, won in all seven categories that she was nominated in, including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Favorite Touring Artist, Favorite Female Pop Artist, Favorite Pop Album, and Favorite Pop Song;
Beyoncé took home two awards for Favorite Female Country Artist and Favorite Country Album, marking the first time the 11-time AMA winner has been recognized in the country music category;
Post Malone also received his first trophy in the country category, winning for Favorite Male Country Artist;
First time nominee Gracie Abrams took home New Artist of the Year;
Eminem won his first AMAs in 15 years for Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite Hip-Hop Album;
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars shared the awards for Favorite Music Video and Collaboration of the Year, and each took home one of their own – Bruno for Favorite Male Pop Artist and Gaga for Favorite Dance/Electronic Artist;
Doechii won her first American Music Award for Social Song of the Year for her viral hit “Anxiety.”
Presenters throughout the night included Alix Earle, Ciara, Dan + Shay, Jake Shane, Jon Batiste, Jordan Chiles, Kai Cenat, Megan Moroney, Nikki Glaser, Shaboozey, Tasha Smith, Tiffany Haddish, Wayne Brady, Zac Brown and more!
2025 American Music Awards winners:
Artist of the Year: Billie Eilish
New Artist of the Year: Gracie Abrams
Album of the Year: Billie Eilish “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT”
Song of the Year: Billie Eilish “Birds of a Feather”
Favorite Touring Artist: Billie Eilish
Favorite Music Video: Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars “Die With a Smile”
Favorite Male Pop Artist: Bruno Mars
Favorite Female Pop Artist: Billie Eilish
Favorite Pop Album: Billie Eilish “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT”
Favorite Pop Song: Billie Eilish “Birds of a Feather”
Favorite Male Country Artist: Post Malone
Favorite Female Country Artist: Beyoncé
Favorite Country Duo or Group: Dan + Shay
Favorite Country Album: Beyoncé “COWBOY CARTER”
Favorite Country Song: Post Malone Feat. Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”
Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist: Eminem
Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist: Megan Thee Stallion
Favorite Hip-Hop Album: Eminem “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)”
Favorite Hip-Hop Song: Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us”
Favorite Male R&B Artist: The Weeknd
Favorite Female R&B Artist: SZA
Favorite R&B Album: The Weeknd “Hurry Up Tomorrow”
Favorite R&B Song: SZA “Saturn”
Favorite Male Latin Artist: Bad Bunny
Favorite Female Latin Artist: Becky G
Favorite Latin Duo or Group: Julión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda
Favorite Latin Album: Bad Bunny “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS”
Favorite Latin Song: Shakira “Soltera”
Favorite Rock Artist: Twenty One Pilots
Favorite Rock Album: Twenty One Pilots “Clancy”
Favorite Rock Song: Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine”
Favorite Dance/Electronic Artist: Lady Gaga
Favorite Soundtrack: Arcane League of Legends: Season 2
Favorite Afrobeats Artist: Tyla
Favorite K-Pop Artist: RM
Collaboration of the Year: Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars “Die With A Smile”
Social Song of the Year: Doechii “Anxiety”
