American Music Awards: Drake Sets Record With 13 Nominations
The show will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
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Drake broke a 32-year record for the most American Music Awards nominations with 13 nods, beating Michael Jackson's previous high mark of 11 from 1984. The "Hotline Bling" rapper leads all 2016 American Music Awards nominees with nods in categories including Artist of the Year, Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Album, Favorite Rap Artist, Favorite Rap Song and Favorite R&B song, among others. If he wins in any of the categories it will make his first AMA win.
Rihanna was just behind Drizzy with seven nominations for the show that will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Adele and Justin Bieber picked up five nominations each, followed by four nods each for Beyoncé and The Chainsmokers and three for Bryson Tiller, Twenty One Pilots, Carrie Underwood, Fetty Wap and The Weeknd.
Drake will go up against Adele, Beyoncé, Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Twenty One Pilots, Underwood and The Weeknd for Artist of the Year; the 10 nominees will be narrowed to five based on the votes received through Monday, November 14 at 8:59 a.m. PT. Voting for Artist of the Year will close on Thursday, November 17 at 8:59 p.m. PT. The winner will be determined by the total votes received throughout the entire voting period. If Bieber wins the award he will tie current record hold Taylor Swift for the most wins (three). With eight past wins and this year's five nominations, Bieber needs just one win to become one of the top 10 AMA winners of all time.
The Chainsmokers will face a formidable group of acts for the coveted New Artist of the Year crown, including DNCE, Alessia Cara, Shawn Mendes and Zayn Malik. American Music Awards nominees are based on key fan interactions as reflected in Billboard Magazine and on Billboard.com, including album and digital song sales, radio airplay, streaming, social activity and touring. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound. Winners are voted entirely by fans, with voting opening today (Oct. 10) in all categories except New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile, which will open on November 2nd.
Fans can vote for all category once per day, per platform in one or both of the below ways. For New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile, fans can vote 100 times per day, per platform at AMAvote.com or by posting a tweet that includes the nominee's Twitter handle, the category name and #AMAs within the post(s). The 2016 American Music Awards is produced by dick clark productions. Allen Shapiro and Mike Mahan are executive producers. Larry Klein, Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco are producers.
See the full list of nominees below:
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Artist of the Year
Ariana Grande (WINNER)
Adele
Beyoncé
Justin Bieber
Drake
Selena Gomez
Rihanna
Twenty One Pilots
Carrie Underwood
The Weeknd
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New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile
Zayn (WINNER)
Alessia Cara
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Shawn Mendes
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Collaboration of the Year
Fifth Harmony Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, “Work From Home” (WINNER)
The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down”
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla, “One Dance”
Rihanna Featuring Drake, “Work”
Meghan Trainor Featuring John Legend, “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”
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Tour of the Year
Beyoncé (WINNER)
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
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Video of the Year
Justin Bieber, “Sorry” (WINNER)
Desiigner, “Panda”
Rihanna Featuring Drake, “Work”
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Favorite Male Artist — Pop/Rock
Justin Bieber (WINNER)
Drake
The Weeknd
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Favorite Female Artist — Pop/Rock
Selena Gomez (WINNER)
Adele
Rihanna
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Favorite Duo or Group — Pop/Rock
Twenty One Pilots (WINNER)
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
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Favorite Album — Pop/Rock
Justin Bieber, Purpose (WINNER)
Adele, 25
Drake, Views
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Favorite Song — Pop/Rock
Justin Bieber, “Love Yourself” (WINNER)
Adele, “Hello”
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla, “One Dance”
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Favorite Male Artist — Country
Blake Shelton (WINNER)
Luke Bryan
Thomas Rhett
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Favorite Female Artist — Country
Carrie Underwood (WINNER)
Kelsea Ballerini
Cam
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Favorite Duo or Group — Country
Florida Georgia Line (WINNER)
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band
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Favorite Album — Country
Carrie Underwood, Storyteller (WINNER)
Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights
Chris Stapleton, Traveller
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Favorite Song — Country
Tim McGraw, “Humble and Kind” (WINNER)
Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Y.”
Thomas Rhett, “Die a Happy Man”
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Favorite Artist — Rap/Hip-Hop
Drake (WINNER)
Fetty Wap
Future
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Favorite Album — Rap/Hip-Hop
Drake, Views (WINNER)
Drake & Future, What A Time To Be Alive
Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap
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Favorite Song — Rap/Hip-Hop
Drake, “Hotline Bling” (WINNER)
Desiigner, “Panda”
Fetty Wap, “679”
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Favorite Male Artist — Soul/R&B
Chris Brown (WINNER)
Bryson Tiller
The Weeknd
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Favorite Female Artist — Soul/R&B
Rihanna (WINNER)
Beyoncé
Janet Jackson
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Favorite Album — Soul/R&B
Rihanna, Anti (WINNER)
Beyoncé, Lemonade
Bryson Tiller, T R A P S O U L
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Favorite Song — Soul/R&B
Rihanna Featuring Drake, “Work” (WINNER)
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla, “One Dance”
Bryson Tiller, “Don’t”
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Favorite Artist — Alternative Rock
Twenty One Pilots (WINNER)
Coldplay
X Ambassadors
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Favorite Artist — Adult Contemporary
Adele (WINNER)
Rachel Platten
Meghan Trainor
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Favorite Artist — Latin
Enrique Iglesias (WINNER)
J Balvin
Nicky Jam
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Favorite Artist — Contemporary Inspirational
Hillsong UNITED (WINNER)
Lauren Daigle
Chris Tomlin
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Favorite Artist — Electronic Dance Music
The Chainsmokers (WINNER)
Calvin Harris
Major Lazer
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