American Music Awards for Favorite Rock Artist
CountryUnited States
Presented byAmerican Music Awards
First awarded1995
Last awarded2022
Currently held byMachine Gun Kelly
Most awardsLinkin Park (6)
Most nominationsLinkin Park (8)
Websitetheamas.com

The American Music Award for Favorite Rock Artist has been awarded since 1995. Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward when awards were handed out on November of the same year). The all-time winner in this category is Linkin Park with 6 wins, they are also the most nominated act with 8 nominations.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year Artist Ref
1995
(22nd)
Counting Crows [1]
Green Day
Nine Inch Nails
1996
(23rd)
Pearl Jam [2]
Green Day
Nine Inch Nails
1997
(24th)
The Smashing Pumpkins [3]
Bush
Stone Temple Pilots
1998
(25th)
Bush [4]
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Sublime
1999
(26th)
Pearl Jam [citation needed]
Green Day
Third Eye Blind

2000s

Year Artist Ref
2000
(27th)
Red Hot Chili Peppers [5]
Kid Rock
Limp Bizkit
2001
(28th)
Creed [citation needed]
Limp Bizkit
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2002
(29th)
Limp Bizkit [citation needed]
Linkin Park
Staind
2003
(30th)
Creed [6]
Linkin Park
System of a Down
2003
(31st)
Linkin Park [7]
Coldplay
Metallica
2004
(32nd)
Linkin Park [8]
Incubus
Jet
2005
(33rd)
Green Day [9]
Coldplay
System of a Down
2006
(34th)
Red Hot Chili Peppers [10]
Nickelback
Pearl Jam
2007
(35th)
Linkin Park [11]
My Chemical Romance
The White Stripes
2008
(36th)
Linkin Park [12]
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
2009
(37th)
Green Day [13]
Kings of Leon
Shinedown

2010s

Year Artist Ref
2010
(38th)
Muse [14]
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend
2011
(39th)
Foo Fighters [15]
The Black Keys
Mumford & Sons
2012
(40th)
Linkin Park [16]
The Black Keys
Gotye
2013
(41st)
Imagine Dragons [17]
The Lumineers
Mumford & Sons
2014
(42nd)
Imagine Dragons [18]
Bastille
Lorde
2015
(43rd)
Fall Out Boy [19]
Hozier
Walk the Moon
2016
(44th)
Twenty One Pilots [20]
Coldplay
X Ambassadors
2017
(45th)
Linkin Park [21]
Imagine Dragons
Twenty One Pilots
2018
(46th)
Panic! at the Disco [22]
Imagine Dragons
Portugal. The Man
2019
(47th)
Billie Eilish [23]
Panic! at the Disco
Imagine Dragons

2020s

Year Artist Ref
2020
(48th)
Twenty One Pilots [24]
Billie Eilish
Tame Impala
2021
(49th)
Machine Gun Kelly
AJR
All Time Low
Foo Fighters
Glass Animals
2022
(50th)
Machine Gun Kelly
Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Måneskin
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Category facts

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

References

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  17. ^ "American Music Awards 2013: List of AMA winners in full". The Independent. November 25, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
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  21. ^ "Here Are All the Winners From the 2017 AMAs". Billboard. November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  22. ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (October 9, 2018). "American Music Awards: Taylor Swift Wins Artist of the Year, Sets New Record". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  23. ^ Aniftos, Rania (October 24, 2019). "Post Malone, Ariana Grande & Billie Eilish Lead 2019 American Music Awards Nominations: See Full List". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  24. ^ Shafer, Ellise (November 22, 2020). "American Music Awards 2020: The Full Winners List". Variety. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
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