The American Music Award for Best 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. Michael Jackson is the most nominated male artist with 7 nominations and is the only singer to have won this award in three separate decades (80s, 90s and 00s). The award was previous known as Favorite Soundtrack until the 2026 ceremony, where the award was renamed to Best Soundtrack.
Winners and nominees 1990s Year Soundtrack Ref 1996 The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Dangerous Minds: Music from the Motion Picture Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack 1997 Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album The Nutty Professor Soundtrack The Crow: City of Angels 1998 Men in Black: The Album Evita The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album 1999 Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture Armageddon: The Album City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture
2000s Year Soundtrack Ref 2000 Wild Wild West Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me: Music from the Motion Picture Runaway Bride 2001 Music from and Inspired by Mission: Impossible 2 Coyote Ugly Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Soundtrack 2002 Save the Last Dance: Music from the Motion Picture American Pie 2 Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film 2003 Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man Lilo & Stitch: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack The Scorpion King 2003 – 06 colspan="2" 2007 High School Musical 2 Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture Hairspray: Soundtrack to the Motion Picture 2008 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music from the Motion Picture Juno Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack 2009 Twilight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Hannah Montana: The Movie Hannah Montana 3
2010s Year Soundtrack Ref 2010 Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers Iron Man 2 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2011 – 12 colspan="2" 2013 Pitch Perfect: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack 2014 Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Fault in Our Stars (Music from the Motion Picture) Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1 2015 Pitch Perfect 2 Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1 Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2016 Music from the Motion Picture Purple Rain Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Suicide Squad: The Album 2017 Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2018 Black Panther: The Album The Fate of the Furious: The Album The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2019 Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack A Star Is Born Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2020s Year Soundtrack Ref 2020 Birds of Prey: The Album Frozen 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Trolls World Tour: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2021 colspan="3" 2022 Elvis Encanto Sing 2 Stranger Things: Music from the Netflix Original Series, Season 4 Top Gun: Maverick 2023 – 24 colspan="3" 2025 Arcane League of Legends: Season 2 Hazbin Hotel Moana 2 Twisters: The Album Wicked: The Soundtrack 2026 KPop Demon Hunters F1 the Album Hazbin Hotel: Season Two Wicked: For Good Wuthering Heights
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