{"id":562926,"date":"2026-07-22T17:57:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/562926\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:57:56","slug":"fan-army-face-off-2026-vote-now-in-round-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/562926\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan Army Face Off 2026: Vote Now In Round 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Billboard Fan Army Face-Off for 2026 has begun \u2013 and we\u2019re moving into round 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tEach year, fan armies for 64 different artists compete to answer the question: which artist has the strongest fan army? As of round 1 closing on Wednesday (July 22) at noon ET, 32 fan armies remain in play for the crown during round 2. The title of winner is anyone\u2019s to take. <\/p>\n

\n\tLast year<\/a>, after millions of votes, A\u2019TIN secured victory for SB19, capturing 60% of the vote in the finals round. But 2026 is a new year and a fresh slate.<\/p>\n

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\n\tWhen Fan Army Face-Off 2026 began on July 15, fan armies for 64 artists, from A-Z, were in play for the crown: Addison Rae, aespa, Anitta, Ariana Grande, ATEEZ, Bad Bunny, Bebe Rexha, Benson Boone, Beyonc\u00e9, Billie Eilish, BINI, BLACKPINK, Brandon Lake, Bruno Mars, BTS, Cardi B, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx, Chris Brown, CORTIS, Drake, Ella Langley, ENHYPEN, Gracie Abrams, Harry Styles, Hilary Duff, HUNTR\/X, Jelly Roll, Justin Bieber, Karol G, KATSEYE, Kehlani, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, LE SSERAFIM, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Megan Moroney, Megan Thee Stallion, Melanie Martinez, Miley Cyrus, Morgan Wallen, Mrs. GREEN APPLE, Noah Kahan, Olivia Dean, Olivia Rodrigo, P1HARMONY, Rihanna, Riley Green, Sabrina Carpenter, SB19, Selena Gomez, SEVENTEEN, Slayyyter, sombr, Stray Kids, SZA, Tate McRae, Taylor Swift, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Twenty One Pilots, TWICE and Zara Larsson.<\/p>\n

\n\tMany of these acts have graced the cover of Billboard magazine over the years. Even more of them have topped the Billboard Hot 100 with their smash singles, crowned the Billboard 200 with hit albums and received Billboard Music Awards for their culture-shifting music.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith their 2025 victory,<\/a> SB19\u2019s A\u2019TIN tied T-ara\u2019s Queens for the all-time Fan Army Face-Off victory record, winning three times (all consecutively); T-ara previously won Billboard\u2018s Fan Army Face-Off from 2015-2017.<\/p>\n

\n\tRound 2 runs through Wednesday, July 29, noon ET, at which point round 3 will kick off.<\/p>\n

\n\tVote in the 2026 Billboard Fan Army Face-Off below!<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd good luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Billboard Fan Army Face-Off for 2026 has begun \u2013 and we\u2019re moving into round 2. Each year,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,821,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-562926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-pop","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}