Current Winner and Recent Results
The American Music Award for Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock is one of the fan-voted categories at the AMAs, with Taylor Swift holding the most wins in the category as of the latest ceremony data. The award is based on album and track consumption metrics compiled by Luminate and reported to the American Music Awards, with the winner determined by public votes across the official AMAs platform and partner apps. The most recent ceremony results show Taylor Swift winning the Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock award, extending her lead over other leading pop and rock acts in the category. You can view the official AMA winner list and methodology at https://www.amawards.com/winners.
Runner-up positions in the Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock category have included artists such as Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, and Billie Eilish in recent editions, reflecting the dominance of pop and pop-rock releases on streaming and sales charts. The shortlist is derived from the top-performing female-led albums and singles in pop and rock genres, as measured by Luminate data, before fans cast votes through the AMA website and affiliated platforms. Details on voting windows, eligible periods, and category rules are published by the American Music Awards at https://www.amawards.com.
History and Category Evolution
The Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock category was introduced as part of the American Music Awards' expansion of genre-specific fan-voted awards, replacing earlier broad pop categories that did not distinguish by gender. Over time, the award has tracked shifts in pop and rock consumption, from physical sales and radio airplay to streaming equivalent albums and on-demand audio streams tracked by Luminate. The category has been dominated by artists associated with major labels and distributors, including Republic Records, Interscope Records, and Atlantic Records, which regularly place female pop and rock artists on weekly charts monitored by Billboard and Luminate. Billboard's chart methodology and chart data used by the AMAs are explained at https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat.
Winners and nominees in the Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock category have historically overlapped with other AMA categories such as Favorite Pop Album and Favorite Pop Song, highlighting the role of album and single performance in driving nominations. The American Music Awards have also adjusted eligibility windows and metric weightings over the years, incorporating on-demand audio and video streams, digital song sales, and radio audience impressions as reported by Luminate and partner data providers. The AMAs' approach to combining streaming, sales, and radio data in its ranking methodology is outlined by the American Music Awards at https://www.amawards.com.
Voting Process and Data Sources
Votes for the American Music Award for Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock are collected through the official AMAs voting platform, with each eligible vote counted toward the final fan-voted results for the category. The AMAs use consumption data from Luminate, which tracks album equivalent units, track equivalent units, and on-demand audio and video streams across major digital service providers in the United States. The American Music Awards partner with platforms and distributors that feed consumption data into Luminate, which then supplies the metrics used to determine the initial nominee slate for the Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock category. Luminate's role in music industry data and chart calculation is described at https://luminatedata.com.
The final winner in the Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock category is determined solely by fan votes, which are typically gathered over a defined voting window announced by the American Music Awards ahead of the ceremony. Voting eligibility rules, including limits per device or account, are set by the AMAs and enforced through the official voting platform and partner apps to ensure a single vote per eligible fan. The American Music Awards' official rules for fan-voted categories, including Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock, are published at https://www.amawards.com.