Records that can be broken at the 2022 American Music Awards


The 2022 American Music Awards will be held on Nov. 20 at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles.

Ahead of the ceremony, VegasInsider.com listed all the records that can be broken by artists including Taylor Swift, BTS and Harry Styles. 

(Clockwise from top left) Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Beyonce and BTS (Twitter, AMAs, Big Hit Music)

BTS 

  • BTS could extend their record as the most awarded group in the Favorite Pop/Duo/Group category. They won the award in the past three consecutive years and they are nominated again this year. 

TAYLOR SWIFT 

  • Taylor Swift could extend her record as the most awarded artist in the show’s history (She has won 34 AMAs, and she is nominated this year for six more awards). 
  • Taylor Swift could extend her record for the most awards in the prestigious Artist of the Year category–she is the most awarded artist in the category with six wins and she is nominated this year.
  • Taylor Swift could extend her record as the most awarded artist in the Favorite Music Video category. She is the most awarded artist in the category with two wins, and she is nominated this year for her self-directed short film “All Too Well.” 
  • Taylor Swift could extend her record as the most awarded artist in the Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist category–she has won six awards in total in the category, and she is nominated again this year
  • Taylor Swift could extend her record as the most awarded artist in the Favorite Pop Album category–she has won four awards in total in this category, and she is nominated this year for “Red (Taylor’s Version)”, which is also nominated in the Country Album category. 

JUSTIN BIEBER

  • Justin Bieber could extend his record as the most awarded artist in the “Collaboration of the year” category - he is the most awarded artist in the category with three wins and he is nominated this year for “Stay” with Kid Laroi.
  • Justin Bieber could climb higher on the list of the most awarded artists in the show’s history - he is currently tied with Alabama in fifth place for the most overall awards with 18 wins, but he could climb to the fourth place if he wins either of his nominations, tying Kenny Rogers as the second most awarded male artist after Michael Jackson (Jackson won 26 AMAs, and the most awarded male artist and the second most awarded artist overall after Taylor Swift). 
  • Justin Bieber could extend his record as the most awarded artist in the Favorite Pop Song” category. He is the most awarded artist in the category with two wins and he is nominated this year for “Stay” with Kid Laroi

HARRY STYLES

  • Harry Styles could win his first solo trophy in the Artist of the Year category. He previously won two trophies as a member of One Direction and this year marks his first solo nomination.  

LIL NAS X 

  • Lil Nas X could join Taylor Swift as the only artist that has won the award for Favorite Music Video multiple times if he wins this year for his collaboration with Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby.” He won last year for “Montero (Call Me by Your Name),” so this would also be his second consecutive win in the category.

CARRIE UNDERWOOD

  • Carrie Underwood could extend her record as the most awarded artist in the Favorite Country Album category. She has won six AMAs in this category, and she is nominated this year for “Denim & Rhinestones.”

NICKI MINAJ

  • Nicki Minaj could extend her record as the most awarded artist in the Favorite Rap Artist category. She has won four awards, which ties her with Eminem for first place, and she is nominated again in 2022 for Favorite Female Rap / Hip Hop Artist (The category split in 2020 into male rap artist an dfemale rap artist). 

DRAKE

  • Drake could tie Nicki Minaj & Eminem as the artist with the most wins in the Favorite Rap Artist category. He has won three awards, and he is nominated again in 2022 for Favorite Male Rap / Hip Hop Artist (The category split in 2020 into male rap artist and female rap artist).

BEYONCÉ

  • Beyoncé could tie Rihanna as the most awarded artist in the Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist if she wins in the upcoming ceremony. She has won six AMAs in this category, and Rihanna has won seven. 

BRUNO MARS 

  • Bruno Mars could tie Michael Jackson as the most awarded artist in the Favorite Soul/R&B Album” if he wins this year. He has won three AMAs in this category, and he is nominated in 2022 for his collaboration with Anderson .Paak “Smokin Out The Window.” 

MARSHMELLO

  • Marshmello could extend his record as the most awarded artist in the Favorite Dance/Electronic Artist.” He has won three AMAs in this category and he is nominated again in 2022.

THE CHAINSMOKERS

  • The Chainsmokers could tie Marshemello as the most awarded artist in the Favorite Dance/Electronic Artist–they have won two AMAs in this category, and they are nominated again in 2022

ED SHEERAN

  • Ed Sheeran could climb higher on the list of the most awarded artists in the Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist if he wins in 2022, which would put him in a tie for the second most awarded in the category with Michael Jackson, Michael Bolton and Barry Manilow, who won three awards each (Justin Bieber is the most awarded artist in the category with three wins). Sheeran won two times in the past.