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American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album
Annual music award for pop and rock albums
Summary
Annual music award for pop and rock albums
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album |
| image | BillieEilishO2160622 (11 of 45) (52152972296) (cropped 2).jpg |
| caption | Hit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish is the most recent recipient |
| presenter | American Music Awards |
| year | 1974 |
| holder | Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft |
| most_wins | |
| most_nominations | Taylor Swift (7) |
| country | United States |
| website | theamas.com |
The American Music Award for Favorite Album – Pop/Rock has been awarded since 1974. 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 Taylor Swift with 5 wins. Swift has also received the most number of nominations in this category than any other artist. Justin Bieber and Michael Jackson are tied for the most wins among male artists, with 3 wins each.
Winners and nominees
1970s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref | 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1st) | 1975 | ||||||||
| (2nd) | 1976 | ||||||||
| (3rd) | 1977 | ||||||||
| (4th) | 1978 | ||||||||
| (5th) | 1979 | ||||||||
| (6th) | |||||||||
| Diana Ross | *Lady Sings the Blues* | ||||||||
| Seals and Crofts | Summer Breeze | ||||||||
| War | The World Is a Ghetto | ||||||||
| Charlie Rich | *Behind Closed Doors* | ||||||||
| John Denver | John Denver's Greatest Hits | ||||||||
| Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | ||||||||
| Olivia Newton-John | *Have You Never Been Mellow* | ||||||||
| Eagles | One of These Nights | ||||||||
| Elton John | Greatest Hits | ||||||||
| Eagles | *Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)* | ||||||||
| Peter Frampton | Frampton Comes Alive! | ||||||||
| Stevie Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | ||||||||
| Fleetwood Mac | *Rumours* | ||||||||
| Eagles | Hotel California | ||||||||
| John Williams | Star Wars | ||||||||
| John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John | *Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture* | ||||||||
| Bee Gees | Saturday Night Fever | ||||||||
| Fleetwood Mac | Rumours |
1980s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref | 1980 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (7th) | 1981 | ||||||||||||
| (8th) | 1982 | ||||||||||||
| (9th) | 1983 | ||||||||||||
| (10th) | 1984 | ||||||||||||
| (11th) | 1985 | ||||||||||||
| (12th) | 1986 | ||||||||||||
| (13th) | 1987 | ||||||||||||
| (14th) | 1988 | ||||||||||||
| (15th) | 1989 | ||||||||||||
| (16th) | |||||||||||||
| Bee Gees | *Spirits Having Flown* | ||||||||||||
| Led Zeppelin | In Through the Out Door | ||||||||||||
| Donna Summer | Bad Girls | ||||||||||||
| Billy Joel | *Glass Houses* | ||||||||||||
| Michael Jackson | Off the Wall | ||||||||||||
| Bob Seger | Against the Wind | ||||||||||||
| Kenny Rogers | *Greatest Hits* | ||||||||||||
| Foreigner | 4 | ||||||||||||
| John Lennon | Double Fantasy | ||||||||||||
| REO Speedwagon | Hi Infidelity | ||||||||||||
| Willie Nelson | *Always on My Mind* | ||||||||||||
| Fleetwood Mac | Mirage | ||||||||||||
| Journey | Escape | ||||||||||||
| Michael Jackson | *Thriller* | ||||||||||||
| Def Leppard | Pyromania | ||||||||||||
| The Police | Synchronicity | ||||||||||||
| Various Artists | Flashdance | ||||||||||||
| Prince | *Purple Rain* | ||||||||||||
| Michael Jackson | Thriller | ||||||||||||
| Lionel Richie | Can't Slow Down | ||||||||||||
| Bruce Springsteen | *Born in the U.S.A.* | ||||||||||||
| Phil Collins | No Jacket Required | ||||||||||||
| Madonna | Like a Virgin | ||||||||||||
| Whitney Houston | *Whitney Houston* | ||||||||||||
| Janet Jackson | Control | ||||||||||||
| Van Halen | 5150 | ||||||||||||
| Various Artists | Top Gun | ||||||||||||
| Paul Simon | *Graceland* | ||||||||||||
| Bon Jovi | Slippery When Wet | ||||||||||||
| U2 | The Joshua Tree | ||||||||||||
| Whitesnake | Whitesnake | ||||||||||||
| Various Artists | *Dirty Dancing* | ||||||||||||
| Def Leppard | Hysteria | ||||||||||||
| George Michael | Faith |
1990s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref | 1990 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (17th) | 1991 | ||||||||||||
| (18th) | 1992 | ||||||||||||
| (19th) | 1993 | ||||||||||||
| (20th) | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| (21st) | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| (22nd) | 1996 | ||||||||||||
| (23rd) | 1997 | ||||||||||||
| (24th) | 1998 | ||||||||||||
| (25th) | 1999 | ||||||||||||
| (26th) | |||||||||||||
| New Kids on the Block | *Hangin' Tough* | ||||||||||||
| Paula Abdul | Forever Your Girl | ||||||||||||
| Bobby Brown | Don't Be Cruel | ||||||||||||
| Phil Collins | *...But Seriously* | ||||||||||||
| Janet Jackson | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | ||||||||||||
| MC Hammer | Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em | ||||||||||||
| Michael Bolton | *Time, Love & Tenderness* | ||||||||||||
| C+C Music Factory | Gonna Make You Sweat | ||||||||||||
| Natalie Cole | Unforgettable... with Love | ||||||||||||
| R.E.M. | Out of Time | ||||||||||||
| Michael Jackson | *Dangerous* | ||||||||||||
| Kris Kross | Totally Krossed Out | ||||||||||||
| U2 | Achtung Baby | ||||||||||||
| Whitney Houston | *The Bodyguard* | ||||||||||||
| Janet Jackson | Janet | ||||||||||||
| Spin Doctors | Pocket Full of Kryptonite | ||||||||||||
| Elton John and Tim Rice | *The Lion King* | ||||||||||||
| Mariah Carey | Music Box | ||||||||||||
| Counting Crows | August and Everything After | ||||||||||||
| Eagles | *Hell Freezes Over* | ||||||||||||
| Boyz II Men | II | ||||||||||||
| Hootie & the Blowfish | Cracked Rear View | ||||||||||||
| Alanis Morissette | *Jagged Little Pill* | ||||||||||||
| The Beatles | The Beatles Anthology | ||||||||||||
| Mariah Carey | Daydream | ||||||||||||
| Spice Girls | *Spice* | ||||||||||||
| Jewel | Pieces of You | ||||||||||||
| Matchbox Twenty | Yourself or Someone Like You | ||||||||||||
| The Wallflowers | Bringing Down the Horse | ||||||||||||
| Will Smith | *Big Willie Style* | ||||||||||||
| Celine Dion | Let's Talk About Love | ||||||||||||
| Shania Twain | Come On Over |
2000s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref | 2000 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (27th) | 2001 | |||||||||||||
| (28th) | 2002 | |||||||||||||
| (29th) | 2003 | |||||||||||||
| (30th) | 2003 | |||||||||||||
| (31st) | 2004 | |||||||||||||
| (32nd) | 2005 | |||||||||||||
| (33rd) | 2006 | |||||||||||||
| (34th) | 2007 | |||||||||||||
| (35th) | 2008 | |||||||||||||
| (36th) | 2009 | |||||||||||||
| (37th) | ||||||||||||||
| Santana | *Supernatural* | |||||||||||||
| Backstreet Boys | Millennium | |||||||||||||
| Britney Spears | ...Baby One More Time | |||||||||||||
| Creed | *Human Clay* | |||||||||||||
| NSYNC | No Strings Attached | |||||||||||||
| Britney Spears | Oops!... I Did It Again | |||||||||||||
| Destiny's Child | *Survivor* | |||||||||||||
| Dave Matthews Band | Everyday | |||||||||||||
| NSYNC | Celebrity | |||||||||||||
| Eminem | *The Eminem Show* | |||||||||||||
| Ashanti | Ashanti | |||||||||||||
| Nelly | Nellyville | |||||||||||||
| P!nk | Missundaztood | |||||||||||||
| Justin Timberlake | *Justified* | |||||||||||||
| Evanescence | Fallen | |||||||||||||
| Norah Jones | Come Away with Me | |||||||||||||
| Kid Rock | Cocky | |||||||||||||
| Usher | *Confessions* | |||||||||||||
| Norah Jones | Feels Like Home | |||||||||||||
| Jessica Simpson | In This Skin | |||||||||||||
| Green Day | *American Idiot* | |||||||||||||
| Mariah Carey | The Emancipation of Mimi | |||||||||||||
| Kelly Clarkson | Breakaway | |||||||||||||
| Nickelback | *All the Right Reasons* | |||||||||||||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Stadium Arcadium | |||||||||||||
| Various Artists | High School Musical | |||||||||||||
| Daughtry | *Daughtry* | |||||||||||||
| Linkin Park | Minutes to Midnight | |||||||||||||
| Justin Timberlake | FutureSex/LoveSounds | |||||||||||||
| Alicia Keys | *As I Am* | |||||||||||||
| Coldplay | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | |||||||||||||
| Eagles | Long Road Out of Eden | |||||||||||||
| Michael Jackson | *Number Ones* | |||||||||||||
| Lady Gaga | The Fame | |||||||||||||
| Taylor Swift | Fearless |
2010s
References
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- "31st American Music Awards Winners".
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- "2009 American Music Awards winners".
- (June 5, 2012). "AMA 2010 Winners: The Full List".
- (November 18, 2011). "American Music Awards 2011: Full List of Winners".
- (November 18, 2012). "American Music Awards 2012: The Complete Winners List". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
- (November 25, 2013). "American Music Awards 2013: List of AMA winners in full".
- (November 23, 2014). "American Music Awards 2014: The Complete Winners List". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
- (November 22, 2015). "American Music Awards 2015: Full Winners List".
- McIntyre, Hugh. (November 20, 2016). "American Music Awards 2016: Full List of Winners".
- (November 19, 2017). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2017 AMAs".
- (October 10, 2018). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2018 AMAs".
- (2019-10-24). "The American Music Awards Announces 2019 Nominees".
- (2019-10-24). "The American Music Awards Announces 2019 Nominees".
- (October 28, 2021). "American Music Awards 2021: Complete list of nominations".
- Atkinson, Katie. (November 20, 2022). "Here Are All the 2022 AMAs Winners".
- Grein, Paul. (April 23, 2025). "Kendrick Lamar Leads 2025 American Music Awards Nominations: Full List".
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