American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Song

American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Song
American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Song
	"Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish is the most recent recipient
Country	United States
Presented by	American Music Awards
First award	1974
Currently held by	Billie Eilish – "Birds of a Feather"
Most wins	Boyz II Men; Justin Bieber; Lionel Richie; Whitney Houston (2 each);
Website	theamas.com

The American Music Award for Favorite Song – Pop/Rock (formerly known as Favorite Pop/Rock Single 1974–1995) has been awarded since 1974. The category was retired for over a decade in 1995, before returning in the 2016 ceremony. 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 all-time winner for this category is tied between the following four artists: Justin Bieber, Boyz II Men, Whitney Houston and Lionel Richie, with 2 wins each.

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Year	Artist	Song	Ref
1974 (1st)
	Tony Orlando & Dawn	"Tie a Yellow Ribbon"	^{[citation needed]}
	Jim Croce	"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
	Roberta Flack	"Killing Me Softly"
1975 (2nd)
	Olivia Newton-John	"I Honestly Love You"	^{[citation needed]}
	Terry Jacks	"Seasons in the Sun"
	Barbra Streisand	"The Way We Were"
1976 (3rd)
	Glen Campbell	"Rhinestone Cowboy"	^{[citation needed]}
	Captain & Tennille	"Love Will Keep Us Together"
	Elton John	"Philadelphia Freedom"
1977 (4th)
	Elton John and Kiki Dee	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"	^{[citation needed]}
	The Manhattans	"Kiss and Say Goodbye"
	Wild Cherry	"Play That Funky Music"
1978 (5th)
	Debby Boone	"You Light Up My Life"	^{[citation needed]}
	Andy Gibb	"I Just Want to Be Your Everything"
	Meco	"Star Wars Medley"
1979 (6th)
	Commodores	"Three Times a Lady"	^{[citation needed]}
	Bee Gees	"Stayin' Alive"
	Debby Boone	"You Light Up My Life (song)"

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
1980 (7th)
	Donna Summer	"Bad Girls"	^{[citation needed]}
	The Knack	"My Sharona"
	Rod Stewart	"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
1981 (8th)
	Queen	"Another One Bites the Dust"	^{[citation needed]}
	Pink Floyd	"Another Brick in the Wall"
	Diana Ross	"Upside Down"
1982 (9th)
	Lionel Richie and Diana Ross	"Endless Love"	^{[citation needed]}
	Kim Carnes	"Bette Davis Eyes"
	REO Speedwagon	"Keep On Loving You"
	Rick Springfield	"Jessie's Girl"
1983 (10th)
	Lionel Richie	"Truly"	^{[citation needed]}
	Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder	"Ebony and Ivory"
	Survivor	"Eye of the Tiger"
1984 (11th)
	Michael Jackson	"Billie Jean"	^{[citation needed]}
	Irene Cara	"Flashdance... What a Feeling"
	The Police	"Every Breath You Take"
	Bonnie Tyler	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
1985 (12th)
	Bruce Springsteen	"Dancing in the Dark"	^{[citation needed]}
	Prince	"When Doves Cry"
	Tina Turner	"What's Love Got to Do with It"
1986 (13th)
	Huey Lewis and the News	"The Power of Love"	^{[citation needed]}
	Dire Straits	"Money for Nothing"
	Wham!	"Careless Whisper"
1987 (14th)
	Billy Ocean	"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"	^{[citation needed]}
	Madonna	"Live to Tell"
	Pet Shop Boys	"West End Girls"
	Steve Winwood	"Higher Love"
1988 (15th)
	Whitney Houston	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"	^{[citation needed]}
	Bon Jovi	"Livin' on a Prayer"
	Bob Seger	"Shakedown"
1989 (16th)
	Guns N' Roses	"Sweet Child O' Mine"	^{[citation needed]}
	Rick Astley	"Never Gonna Give You Up"
	Steve Winwood	"Roll With It"

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
1990 (17th)
	Milli Vanilli	"Girl You Know It's True"	^[1]
	Bon Jovi	"I'll Be There for You"
	Gloria Estefan	"Don't Wanna Lose You"
1991 (18th)
	Jon Bon Jovi	"Blaze of Glory"	^[2]
	Madonna	"Vogue"
	Wilson Phillips	"Hold On"
1992 (19th)
	Bryan Adams	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	^{[citation needed]}
	Color Me Badd	"I Wanna Sex You Up"
	Extreme	"More Than Words"
1993 (20th)
	Boyz II Men	"End of the Road"	^[3]
	Mariah Carey	"I'll Be There"
	Red Hot Chili Peppers	"Under the Bridge"
1994 (21st)
	Whitney Houston	"I Will Always Love You"	^{[citation needed]}
	Tag Team	"Whoomp! (There It Is)"
	UB40	"Can't Help Falling in Love"
1995 (22nd)
	Boyz II Men	"I'll Make Love to You"	^[4]
	Ace of Base	"The Sign"
	Celine Dion	"The Power of Love"

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2016 (44th)
	Justin Bieber	"Love Yourself"	^[5]
	Adele	"Hello"
	Drake (featuring Wizkid and Kyla)	"One Dance"
2017 (45th)
	Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee (featuring Justin Bieber)	"Despacito"	^[6]
	The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey)	"Closer"
	Ed Sheeran	"Shape of You"
2018 (46th)
	Camila Cabello (featuring Young Thug)	"Havana"	^[7]
	Drake	"God's Plan"
	Ed Sheeran	"Perfect"
2019 (47th)
	Halsey	"Without Me"	^[8]
	Jonas Brothers	"Sucker"
	Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus)	"Old Town Road"
	Panic! at the Disco	"High Hopes"
	Post Malone and Swae Lee	"Sunflower"

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2020
	Dua Lipa	"Don't Start Now"	^[9]
	Lewis Capaldi	"Someone You Loved"
	Post Malone	"Circles"
	Roddy Ricch	"The Box"
	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"
2021

	BTS	"Butter"	^[10]
	Doja Cat (featuring SZA)	"Kiss Me More"
	Dua Lipa	"Levitating"
	Olivia Rodrigo	"Drivers License"
The Weeknd and Ariana Grande	"Save Your Tears (Remix)"
2022
	Harry Styles	"As It Was"	^[11]
	Adele	"Easy on Me"
	Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the Encanto Cast	"We Don't Talk About Bruno"
	The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber	"Stay"
	Lizzo	"About Damn Time"
2025
	Billie Eilish	"Birds of a Feather"	^[12]
	Sabrina Carpenter	"Espresso"
	Benson Boone	"Beautiful Things"
	Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars	"Die with a Smile"
	Teddy Swims	"Lose Control"

American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Song

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