American Music Award for Favorite Electronic Dance Music Artist

The American Music Award for Favorite Artist – Electronic Dance Music has been awarded since 2012. Years reflect the year during 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 Marshmello, Calvin Harris with 3 wins. Harris is the most nominated artist with 6 nominations. In 2020, Lady Gaga became the first woman to be nominated and to win this category.

American Music Awards for Favorite Electronic Dance Music Artist
Lady Gaga is the most recent recipient
Country	United States
Presented by	American Music Awards
First award	2012
Currently held by	Lady Gaga
Most wins	Marshmello (4)
Most nominations	Calvin Harris (6)
Website	theamas.com

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2012 (40th)
	David Guetta	[1]
	Calvin Harris
	Skrillex
2013 (41st)
	Avicii	[2]
	Daft Punk
	Calvin Harris
	Zedd
2014 (42nd)
	Calvin Harris	[3]
	Avicii
	Zedd
2015 (43rd)
	Calvin Harris	[4]
	David Guetta
	Zedd
2016 (44th)
	The Chainsmokers	[5]
	Calvin Harris
	Major Lazer
2017 (45th)
	The Chainsmokers	[6]
	DJ Snake
	Calvin Harris
2018 (46th)
	Marshmello	[7]
	The Chainsmokers
	Zedd
2019 (47th)
	Marshmello	[8]
	Avicii
	The Chainsmokers

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020 (48th)
	Lady Gaga	[9]
	Kygo
	Marshmello
2021 (49th)
	Marshmello	[10]
	David Guetta
	Illenium
	Regard
	Tiësto
2022 (50th)
	Marshmello	[11]
	The Chainsmokers
	Diplo
	Swedish House Mafia
	Tiësto
2025 (51st)
	Lady Gaga	[12]
	Charli XCX
	David Guetta
	Marshmello
	John Summit

Category facts

Multiple wins

4 wins

• Marshmello

2 wins

• The Chainsmokers
• Calvin Harris
• Lady Gaga

Multiple nominations

6 nominations Calvin Harris 5 nominations Marshmello 4 nominations The Chainsmokers David Guetta Zedd 3 nominations Avicii 2 nominations Lady Gaga

See also

• American Music Award for Favorite Disco Male Artist (1979)
• American Music Award for Favorite Disco Female Artist (1979)
• American Music Award for Favorite Disco Band/Duo/Group (1979)
• American Music Award for Favorite Disco Album (1979)
• American Music Award for Favorite Disco Song (1979)
• American Music Award for Favorite Dance Artist (1990-1992)
• American Music Award for Favorite Dance Album (1990-1992)
• American Music Award for Favorite Dance New Artist (1990-1992)