The nominations for this year’s Billboard Music Awards have been released! Thanks to Pete Wentz and Julia Michaels, we now know who is up for the biggest awards at this year’s event. The award show will be shown on ABC on May 21 and is surely going to be well worth a watch!
Drake and The Chainsmokers dominated the field with 22 nominations at this year’s show while Twenty One Pilots (17 nominations), The Weeknd (13), Beyonce (8) and Rihanna (14) also have great representation as well.
While it’s nice to win Top Rock Tour or Top Rap Artist, these artist want to win the big awards. We’re talking about Top Artist, the Billboard Chart Achievement Award, Top Female Artist, etc. Let’s take a look at who is nominated for those big awards…
Top Artist
Drake
Ariana Grande
Adele
Beyonce
Justin Bieber
The Chainsmokers
Shawn Mendes
Rihanna
Twenty One Pilots
The Weeknd
Billboard Chart Achievement Award Presented by Xfinity
Luke Bryan
The Weeknd
Nicki Minaj
The Chainsmokers
Twenty One Pilots
Top Male Artist
Drake
Future
Justin Bieber
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Top Female Artist
Rihanna
Sia
Adele
Beyonce
Ariana Grande
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Beyonce
Twenty One Pilots
The Weeknd
Drake
Prince
Top Hot 100 Artist
Drake
Rihanna
Twenty One Pilots
The Chainsmokers
The Weeknd
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