American Music Award for Favorite Soundtrack

American Music Award for Favorite Soundtrack
Awarded for	Soundtracks from films and television shows
Country	United States
Presented by	American Music Awards
First award	1996
Currently held by	Arcane League of Legends: Season 2
Website	theamas.com

The American Music Award for Favorite Soundtrack has been awarded since 1996. 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 Pitch Perfect film franchise is the only franchise to have multiple awards in this category with two wins in 2013 and 2015.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Soundtrack	Ref
1996 (23rd)
	The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	[1]
	Dangerous Minds: Music from the Motion Picture
	Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack
1997 (24th)
	Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album	[2]
	The Nutty Professor Soundtrack
	The Crow: City of Angels
1998 (25th)
	Men in Black: The Album	[3]
	Evita
	The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
1999 (26th)
	Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture	[ citation needed ]
	Armageddon: The Album
	City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture

2000s

Year	Soundtrack	Ref
2000 (27th)
	Wild Wild West	[4]
	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me: Music from the Motion Picture
	Runaway Bride
2001 (28th)
	Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2	[ citation needed ]
	Coyote Ugly
	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Soundtrack
2002 (29th)
	Save the Last Dance: Music from the Motion Picture	[ citation needed ]
	American Pie 2
	Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film
2003 (30th)
	Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man	[5]
	Lilo & Stitch: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
	The Scorpion King
2003 – 06	—
2007 (35th)
	High School Musical 2	[6]
	Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture
	Hairspray: Soundtrack to the Motion Picture
2008 (36th)
	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	[7]
	Music from the Motion Picture Juno
	Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
2009 (37th)
	Twilight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	[8]
	Hannah Montana: The Movie
	Hannah Montana 3

2010s

Year	Soundtrack	Ref
2010 (38th)
	Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers	[9]
	Iron Man 2
	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2011 – 12	—
2013 (41st)
	Pitch Perfect: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	[10]
	The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film
	Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
2014 (42nd)
	Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	[11]
	The Fault in Our Stars (Music from the Motion Picture)
	Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1
2015 (43rd)
	Pitch Perfect 2	[12]
	Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1
	Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2016 (44th)
	Music from the Motion Picture Purple Rain	[13]
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
	Suicide Squad: The Album
2017 (45th)
	Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	[14]
	Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2
	Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2018 (46th)
	Black Panther: The Album	[15]
	The Fate of the Furious: The Album
	The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2019 (47th)
	Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack	[16]
	A Star Is Born
	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2020s

Year	Soundtrack	Ref
2020 (48th)
	Birds of Prey: The Album	[17]
	Frozen II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
	Trolls World Tour: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2022 (50th)
	Elvis	[18]
	Encanto
	Sing 2
	Stranger Things: Music from the Netflix Original Series, Season 4
	Top Gun: Maverick
2025 (51st)
	Arcane League of Legends: Season 2	[19]
	Hazbin Hotel
	Moana 2
	Twisters: The Album
	Wicked: The Soundtrack

References

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7. "2008 American Music Awards Winners". New York Daily News . Associated Press. November 24, 2008. Archived from the original on 2013-05-20. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
8. "2009 American Music Awards winners". The Baltimore Sun . Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
9. "AMA 2010 Winners: The Full List". CBS News . June 5, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
10. "American Music Awards 2013: List of AMA winners in full" . The Independent . November 25, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
11. "American Music Awards 2014: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter . November 23, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
12. "American Music Awards 2015: Full Winners List". Variety . November 22, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
13. McIntyre, Hugh (November 20, 2016). "American Music Awards 2016: Full List of Winners". Forbes . Retrieved November 21, 2017.
14. "Here Are All the Winners From the 2017 AMAs". Billboard . November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
15. "Here Are All the Winners From the 2018 AMAs". Billboard . October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
16. "Post Malone, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish Lead 2019 AMAs Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
17. "2020 American Music Awards: The Complete Winners List!". Entertainment Tonight . November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
18. Atkinson, Katie (November 20, 2022). "Here Are All the 2022 AMAs Winners". Billboard . Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
19. AMAs (2025-04-23). "2025 American Music Awards Nominees Announced". American Music Awards. Retrieved 2025-04-24.