BTS to perform at 2026 American Music Awards

BTS will make what is billed “a special appearance” at the 52nd American Music Awards on Monday, May 25. It will be their first award show appearance in four years. The group is nominated in three categories – artist of the year (an award they won in 2021), song of the summer for “Swim” and best K-Pop artist (they won favorite K-Pop Artist in 2022).

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When BTS won artist of the year in 2021, they became the first group to win the top prize since One Direction in 2014-15. In winning that year, BTS broke Taylor Swift ’s three-year grip on the award (though she came back to win again the following year.) Both superstar acts are competing again in the category this year.

BTS has won 11 AMAs to date. They are second only to Alabama as the group with the most AMAs. The country titans won 23 AMAs.

BTS made their U.S. television performance debut on the 2017 AMAs, where they performed “DNA.” They were the first Korean group to perform on the show, which dates to 1974.

BTS this spring landed their seventh No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, “Swim,” and their seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, ARIRANG , which was their first album to hold the top spot for multiple weeks (three).

Queen Latifah is set to host this year’s AMAs, which is airing on Memorial Day for the second year in a row. The show is being held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It will air live coast-to-coast at 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT on CBS and Paramount+. Tickets are now available on AXS.

Fan voting has concluded for all awards other than social song of the year and tour of the year, which will remain open through the first 30 minutes of the broadcast. Fans can vote for these two awards via VoteAMAs.com and the @AMAs Instagram profile.

_Originally reported by [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/bts-2026-american-music-awards-1236252383/)._