AMAs fan‑voting surge

Fan voting for the 2026 American Music Awards opened Tuesday, April 14, with K-pop categories quickly becoming some of the busiest corners of the ballot. (theamas.com) The official nominees page lists ATEEZ, BTS, ENHYPEN, Stray Kids and TOMORROW X TOGETHER in Best Male K-Pop Artist. The female K-pop field includes aespa, BLACKPINK, ILLIT, LE SSERAFIM and TWICE. (theamas.com; billboard.com.br) The American Music Awards says voting is open worldwide through VoteAMAs.com and Instagram, with up to 30 votes per user, per category, per day, per method. On three scheduled “Turbo Voting” days — April 21, April 28 and May 5 — those totals double. (theamas.com) That setup gives organized fan bases a direct way to turn online activity into awards. The show says winners are determined entirely by fan voting, while nominees are chosen from streaming, sales, radio airplay and tour grosses tracked by Billboard and Luminate. (theamas.com; theamas.com) The K-pop brackets sit inside a broader 2026 ballot that also puts BTS in the all-genre Artist of the Year race. That gives one act a presence in both a global top category and a genre-specific fan contest. (theamas.com; billboard.com.br) The 52nd American Music Awards are scheduled for Monday, May 25, 2026, from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, airing live on CBS and Paramount+. Queen Latifah is set to host. (theamas.com; theamas.com) The show heads into this cycle after a stronger television return in 2025. The AMAs said last year’s broadcast reached more than 10 million unique viewers across CBS and encore airings, and the CBS telecast averaged 5.2 million viewers in Nielsen Live+7. (theamas.com) Voting in most categories closes Friday, May 8, at 11:59 a.m. Pacific, while Social Song of the Year and Tour of the Year stay open until the live show on May 25. That leaves the next three weeks for fandoms to keep turning posts, hashtags and daily ballots into a final tally. (theamas.com)