American Music Award for Favorite Soundtrack

The American Music Award for Top 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). Originally entitled Favorite Soundtrack, the Pitch Perfect series is the only film series to have all of their films win in this category.

American Music Awards for Top Soundtrack
Country	United States
Presented by	American Music Awards
First award	1996
Final award	2022
Currently held by	Elvis
Website	theamas.com

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