American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group

The American Music Award for Favorite Duo or Group – 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 in November of the same year). The most-awarded artist in this category is BTS. The group claimed the all-time record when they won the award for a fourth consecutive year at the 2022 ceremony.^[1] No other act has earned as many consecutive wins.^[2]

American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group
Country	United States
Presented by	American Music Awards
First award	1974
Final award	2022
Currently held by	BTS
Most wins	BTS (4)
Most nominations	Maroon 5 (7)
Website	www.theamas.com

BTS is the most-awarded artist in this category with four consecutive wins.

Winners and nominees

1970s

Year	Artist	Ref
1974 (1st)
	The Carpenters	[citation needed]
	Gladys Knight & the Pips
	Tony Orlando and Dawn
1975 (2nd)
	Gladys Knight & the Pips	[citation needed]
	Bachman–Turner Overdrive
	Wings
1976 (3rd)
	Tony Orlando and Dawn	[citation needed]
	Eagles
	Earth, Wind & Fire
1977 (4th)
	Chicago	[citation needed]
	Eagles
	Earth, Wind & Fire
1978 (5th)
	Fleetwood Mac	[citation needed]
	Eagles
	KC and the Sunshine Band
1979 (6th)
	Bee Gees	[citation needed]
	Fleetwood Mac
	Foreigner

1980s

Year	Artist	Ref
1980 (7th)
	Bee Gees	[citation needed]
	Cheap Trick
	Supertramp
1981 (8th)
	Eagles	[citation needed]
	Queen
	The Rolling Stones
1982 (9th)
	Air Supply	[citation needed]
	AC/DC
	The Pointer Sisters
	REO Speedwagon
1983 (10th)
	Hall & Oates	[citation needed]
	Fleetwood Mac
	The J. Geils Band
1984 (11th)
	Hall & Oates	[citation needed]
	Def Leppard
	Men at Work
	The Police
1985 (12th)
	Hall & Oates	[citation needed]
	Huey Lewis and the News
	Van Halen
1986 (13th)
	Chicago	[citation needed]
	Kool & the Gang
	Tears for Fears
1987 (14th)
	Huey Lewis and the News	[citation needed]
	Genesis
	Heart
	Van Halen
1988 (15th)
	Bon Jovi	[citation needed]
	Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
	U2
1989 (16th)
	Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine	[citation needed]
	Def Leppard
	Van Halen

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1990 (17th)
	New Kids on the Block	[3]
	Bon Jovi
	Milli Vanilli
1991 (18th)
	Aerosmith	[4]
	Bell Biv DeVoe
	New Kids on the Block
1992 (19th)
	C+C Music Factory	[citation needed]
	Color Me Badd
	Guns N' Roses
1993 (20th)
	Genesis	[5]
	Kris Kross
	U2
1994 (21st)
	Aerosmith	[citation needed]
	Pearl Jam
	U2
1995 (22nd)
	Ace of Base	[6]
	Pink Floyd
	Stone Temple Pilots
1996 (23rd)
	Eagles	[7]
	Boyz II Men
	Hootie & the Blowfish
1997 (24th)
	Hootie & the Blowfish	[8]
	Dave Matthews Band
	Fugees
1998 (25th)
	Spice Girls	[9]
	U2
	The Wallflowers
1999 (26th)
	Aerosmith	[citation needed]
	Backstreet Boys
	Matchbox Twenty

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000 (27th)
	Backstreet Boys	[10]
	NSYNC
	Santana
2001 (28th)
	Backstreet Boys	[citation needed]
	Creed
	NSYNC
2002 (29th)
	NSYNC	[citation needed]
	Dave Matthews Band
	U2
2003 (30th)
	Creed	[11]
	Linkin Park
	Nickelback
2003 (31st)
	Fleetwood Mac	[12]
	3 Doors Down
	Matchbox Twenty
2004 (32nd)
	Outkast	[13]
	Evanescence
	Nickelback
2005 (33rd)
	The Black Eyed Peas	[14]
	3 Doors Down
	Green Day
2006 (34th)
	Red Hot Chili Peppers	[15]
	Nickelback
	The Pussycat Dolls
2007 (35th)
	Nickelback	[16]
	Linkin Park
	Maroon 5
2008 (36th)
	Daughtry	[17]
	Coldplay
	Eagles
2009 (37th)
	The Black Eyed Peas	[18]
	Kings of Leon
	Nickelback

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010 (38th)
	The Black Eyed Peas	[19]
	Lady Antebellum
	Train
2011 (39th)
	Maroon 5	[20]
	LMFAO
	OneRepublic
2012 (40th)
	Maroon 5	[21]
	Fun
	One Direction
	The Wanted
2013 (41st)
	One Direction	[22]
	Imagine Dragons
	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2014 (42nd)
	One Direction	[23]
	Imagine Dragons
	OneRepublic
2015 (43rd)
	One Direction	[24]
	Maroon 5
	Walk the Moon
2016 (44th)
	Twenty One Pilots	[25]
	The Chainsmokers
	DNCE
2017 (45th)
	Imagine Dragons	[26]
	The Chainsmokers
	Coldplay
2018 (46th)
	Migos	[27]
	Imagine Dragons
	Maroon 5
2019 (47th)
	BTS	[28]
	Jonas Brothers
	Panic! at the Disco

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020 (48th)
	BTS	[29]
	Jonas Brothers
	Maroon 5
2021 (49th)
	BTS	[30]
	AJR
	Glass Animals
	Maroon 5
	Silk Sonic
2022 (50th)
	BTS	[31]
	Coldplay
	Imagine Dragons
	Måneskin
	OneRepublic

Category facts

Multiple wins

4 wins BTS 3 wins Aerosmith The Black Eyed Peas Hall & Oates One Direction

2 wins Backstreet Boys Bee Gees Chicago Eagles Fleetwood Mac Maroon 5

Multiple nominations

7 nominations Maroon 5 6 nominations Eagles 5 nominations Imagine Dragons Nickelback U2 4 nominations BTS Fleetwood Mac One Direction 3 nominations Aerosmith Backstreet Boys The Black Eyed Peas Coldplay Hall & Oates NSYNC OneRepublic Van Halen

2 nominations 3 Doors Down Bee Gees Bon Jovi The Chainsmokers Chicago Creed Dave Matthews Band Def Leppard Earth, Wind & Fire Genesis Gladys Knight & the Pips Hootie & the Blowfish Huey Lewis and the News Jonas Brothers Linkin Park Matchbox Twenty New Kids on the Block Tony Orlando and Dawn