The 25th Annual American Music Awards were held on January 26, 1998, at the Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles, California. The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums from the year 1997.
| 25th Annual American Music Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 26, 1998 |
| Location | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | Drew Carey |
| Most awards | Spice Girls (3) |
| Most nominations | Puff Daddy (5) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | ABC |
| Runtime | 180 min. |
| Produced by | Dick Clark Productions |
American Music Awards | |
The Spice Girls were the biggest winners of the night, winning all of the three awards they were nominated for, while Puff Daddy didn't win any of the five awards he had been nominated for.
Performances
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
|---|---|
| Janet Jackson | "Together Again" (DJ Premier Remix) |
| Matchbox Twenty | "Push" |
| Trisha Yearwood | "How Do I Live" |
| Spice Girls | "Too Much"[a] |
| Boyz II Men | "A Song for Mama" |
| Drew Carey "Weird Al" Yankovic Those Darn Accordions | American Music Awards Medley |
| Enrique Iglesias | "Lluvia cae" |
| Garth Brooks | "Rollin'" |
| Mariah Carey | "My All" |
| Mary J. Blige George Benson | "Seven Days" |
| Michael Bolton | "Nessun dorma" |
| Puff Daddy Mase | "It's All About the Benjamins" "Mo Money Mo Problems" |
| Reba McEntire | "What If" |
Notes
- ^[a] Pretaped in Dublin, Ireland, on January 21st.
Winners and nominees
| Subcategory | Winner | Nominees | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop/Rock Category | |||||||
| Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist | Babyface | Beck Puff Daddy | |||||
| Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist | Celine Dion | Toni Braxton Jewel | |||||
| Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group | Spice Girls | U2 The Wallflowers | |||||
| Favorite Pop/Rock Album | Spice - Spice Girls | Pieces of You - Jewel Yourself or Someone Like You - Matchbox 20 Bringing Down the Horse - The Wallflowers | |||||
| Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist | Spice Girls | Matchbox 20 The Wallflowers | |||||
| Soul/R&B Category | |||||||
| Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist | Babyface | Puff Daddy Keith Sweat | |||||
| Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Mariah Carey | Mary J. Blige Toni Braxton | |||||
| Favorite Soul/R&B Band/Duo/Group | Boyz II Men | Dru Hill En Vogue | |||||
| Favorite Soul/R&B Album | Share My World - Mary J. Blige | Baduizm - Erykah Badu Another Level - Blackstreet No Way Out - Puff Daddy | |||||
| Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist | Erykah Badu | Dru Hill Puff Daddy | |||||
| Country Category | |||||||
| Favorite Country Male Artist | George Strait | Clint Black Alan Jackson | |||||
| Favorite Country Female Artist | Reba McEntire | LeAnn Rimes Shania Twain | |||||
| Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group | Alabama | Brooks & Dunn Sawyer Brown | |||||
| Favorite Country Album | Carrying Your Love with Me - George Strait | Everywhere - Tim McGraw Unchained Melody: The Early Years - LeAnn Rimes (Songbook) A Collection of Hits - Trisha Yearwood | |||||
| Favorite Country New Artist | Lee Ann Womack | Bob Carlisle Kevin Sharp | |||||
| Adult Contemporary Category | |||||||
| Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist | Elton John | Michael Bolton Celine Dion | |||||
| Alternative Category | |||||||
| Favorite Alternative Artist | Bush | Mighty Mighty Bosstones Sublime | |||||
| Rap/Hip-Hop Category | |||||||
| Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | Puff Daddy Wu-Tang Clan | |||||
| Latin Category | |||||||
| Favorite Latin Artist | Julio Iglesias | Enrique Iglesias Luis Miguel | |||||
| Soundtrack Category | |||||||
| Favorite Soundtrack | Men in Black | Evita The Preacher's Wife | |||||
| Merit | |||||||
| Frank Sinatra | |||||||
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