American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist

The American Music Award for Favorite Artist – Alternative 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.

American Music Awards for Favorite Alternative Artist
CountryUnited States
Presented byAmerican Music Awards
First awarded1995
Last awarded2020
Currently held byTwenty One Pilots
Most awardsLinkin Park (6)
Most nominationsLinkin Park (8)
Websitetheamas.com

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 [5]
Green Day
Third Eye Blind

2000s
Year Artist Ref
2000
(27th)
Red Hot Chili Peppers [6]
Kid Rock
Limp Bizkit
2001
(28th)
Creed [7]
Limp Bizkit
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2002
(29th)
Limp Bizkit [8]
Linkin Park
Staind
2003
(30th)
Creed [9]
Linkin Park
System of a Down
2003
(31st)
Linkin Park [10]
Coldplay
Metallica
2004
(32nd)
Linkin Park [11]
Incubus
Jet
2005
(33rd)
Green Day [12]
Coldplay
System of a Down
2006
(34th)
Red Hot Chili Peppers [13]
Nickelback
Pearl Jam
2007
(35th)
Linkin Park [14]
My Chemical Romance
The White Stripes
2008
(36th)
Linkin Park [15]
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
2009
(37th)
Green Day [16]
Kings of Leon
Shinedown

2010s
Year Artist Ref
2010
(38th)
Muse [17]
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend
2011
(39th)
Foo Fighters [18]
The Black Keys
Mumford & Sons
2012
(40th)
Linkin Park [19]
The Black Keys
Gotye
2013
(41st)
Imagine Dragons [20]
The Lumineers
Mumford & Sons
2014
(42nd)
Imagine Dragons [21]
Bastille
Lorde
2015
(43rd)
Fall Out Boy [22]
Hozier
Walk the Moon
2016
(44th)
Twenty One Pilots [23]
Coldplay
X Ambassadors
2017
(45th)
Linkin Park [24]
Imagine Dragons
Twenty One Pilots
2018
(46th)
Panic! at the Disco [25]
Imagine Dragons
Portugal. The Man
2019
(47th)
Billie Eilish [26]
Panic! at the Disco
Imagine Dragons

2020s
Year Artist Ref
2020
(48th)
Twenty One Pilots
Billie Eilish
Tame Impala

Category facts

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

References
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