TWICE AMA Win: Group Takes Best Female K-Pop Artist at 2026 American Music Awards

TWICE has secured its first American Music Awards trophy, winning Best Female K-Pop Artist at the 2026 ceremony. The TWICE AMA Win came at the American Music Awards held on May 25, 2026, local time, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.¹

The award marks a new milestone for the group after its second AMA nomination, with SBS News and SBS Star both reporting that this was TWICE’s first win at the awards.²³ SBS Star also reported that TWICE became the first K-pop girl group to win at the American Music Awards.³

TWICE AMA Win Confirmed in Best Female K-Pop Artist Category

TWICE was named the winner in the Best Female K-Pop Artist category at the 2026 American Music Awards. The category result was reported across Korean and international outlets, including Star News, SBS News, SBS Star, The New Indian Express, and the English edition of Sports Kyunghyang.¹⁴⁵

The American Music Awards are decided through fan voting, a detail highlighted in reports covering the result.¹⁵ TWICE acknowledged that fan support in its response after the award. In a message quoted from the group’s official social account, TWICE said, “Thank you so much to all the ONCEs who voted for us and made this possible.”⁴

The timing of the ceremony was reported in two ways because of the time difference. Star News and SBS Star placed the event on May 25, 2026, local time in Las Vegas, while SBS News described the awards as taking place on May 26, 2026, in Korean time.¹²³ Both references point to the same American Music Awards event.

For TWICE, the result also followed a previous AMA nomination. SBS News, SBS Star, The New Indian Express, and Sports Kyunghyang each described the trophy as the group’s first American Music Awards win after a second nomination.²³⁴⁵

First AMA Trophy Adds to Ongoing Global Schedule

The AMA result arrived while TWICE was continuing the group’s world tour. Star News reported that TWICE has been carrying out the ‘THIS IS FOR’ world tour since July 2025, and SBS News also noted that the tour began in July 2025 and remained ongoing at the time of the award coverage.¹²

Reports gave additional scale to the tour. Star News said the North American leg included 35 performances in 20 cities and drew about 550,000 people.¹ Sports Kyunghyang described the broader ‘THIS IS FOR’ world tour as spanning 78 performances in 43 cities.⁵

Those tour figures provide context for the group’s activity around the award period, but the central result remains the American Music Awards win in the Best Female K-Pop Artist category. The sources do not provide a full nominee list for the category, a detailed vote count, or the group’s complete acceptance remarks beyond the quoted message of thanks.

K-Pop Wins at the 52nd American Music Awards

TWICE’s award was also reported within a wider set of K-pop results at the 52nd American Music Awards. ZDNet Korea reported that Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young sent congratulatory messages to K-pop artists who won at the ceremony.⁶

The same report said four teams, including BTS, KATSEYE, HUNTR/X, and TWICE, won in a total of 11 categories, including major categories, at the 2026 AMAs.⁶ In the congratulatory message quoted by ZDNet Korea, Choi said K-pop had moved beyond a temporary trend and become a mainstream culture leading the global music industry’s paradigm, as well as a symbol of hope and solidarity.⁶

TWICE’s Best Female K-Pop Artist award therefore stands as both a group-specific milestone and part of a broader K-pop showing at the 2026 American Music Awards. Based on the reported record, it is TWICE’s first AMA trophy, achieved after a second nomination and confirmed at the Las Vegas ceremony on May 25, 2026, local time.

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