The 52nd American Music Awards locked in a diverse performance lineup spanning pop, country, rock, and Latin music. Katseye, the HYBE-backed girl group, will share the stage with established acts including Twenty One Pilots, Hootie & the Blowfish, Keith Urban, Maluma, Riley Green, Teddy Swims, and Sombr at the May 25, 2026 ceremony.
The broadcast originates from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, streaming live on CBS and Paramount+ at 8 p.m. ET. The AMAs, which celebrate fan-voted winners across 55 music categories, routinely pull massive viewership by mixing superstar performances with rising talent. This year's roster reflects the awards' strategy of balancing nostalgia acts like Hootie & the Blowfish with contemporary hitmakers.
Katseye's inclusion marks another major platform for the K-pop influenced group since their 2023 debut. Twenty One Pilots, riding the wave of their recent album "The Clancy," brings stadium-rock credentials. Riley Green and Teddy Swims represent country and pop-soul segments of streaming audiences, while Keith Urban's appearance underscores country music's crossover pull at mainstream awards shows. Maluma continues Latin music's growing footprint at the AMAs, a category that's dominated viewership metrics in recent years.
The lineup signals the AMAs' commitment to reflecting playlist culture rather than traditional radio formats. By mixing K-pop acts, alternative rock, country, and Latin artists, the awards demonstrate how fragmented music consumption has become. Viewers expect genre fluidity at major music awards now, not the rigid separations of past decades.
Additional performers will likely be announced closer to May 2026. The AMAs have become a launching pad for