Billboard Music Awards 2016 : Nominations

The nominations are out!

Published 12th Apr 2016

The Billboard Music Awards take place in Las Vegas tonight, check out who is nominated for an award.

The Weeknd continues his epic start to the year racking up a massive 16 nominations for the event. Of course Justin Bieber isnā€™t too far behind him with 11 nominations and Drake with 10.

The awards have also been kind to Taylor Swift and Adele, both receiving eight each.

The One Direction boys have picked up a nomination for 'Top Touring Act' whilst Charlie Puth has received his first for 'Top New Artist'.

Check out the full list of nominations below:

Top Male Artist

Justin Bieber Drake Fetty Wap Ed Sheeran The Weeknd Top Female Artist

Adele Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Rihanna Taylor Swift Top Group

Maroon 5 One Direction Twenty One Pilots The Rolling Stones U2

Top Artist

Adele Justin Bieber Drake Taylor Swift The Weeknd Top New Artist

Fetty Wap OMI Charlie Puth Silento Bryson Tiller

Top Billboard 200 Album

Adele - ā€™25ā€™ Justin Bieber - ā€˜Purposeā€™ Ed Sheeran - ā€˜Xā€™ Taylor Swift - ā€˜1989ā€™ The Weeknd - ā€˜Beauty Behind The Madnessā€™ Brian Courtney Wilson - ā€˜Worth Fighting Forā€™

Top Touring Artist

Madonna One Direction The Rolling Stones Taylor Swift U2

Top Social Media Artist

Justin Bieber Selena Gomez Ariana Grande Demi Lovato Taylor Swift Top Streaming Songs Artist

Justin Bieber Drake Fetty Wap Silento The Weeknd

Top Radio Songs Artist

Justin Bieber Ellie Goulding Ed Sheeran Taylor Swift The Weeknd

Top Billboard 200 Artist

Adele Justin Bieber Drake Taylor Swift The Weeknd

Top Hot 100 Artist

Justin Bieber Drake Fetty Wap Taylor Swift The Weeknd

Top Song Sales Artist

Adele Justin Bieber Drake Fetty Wap The Weeknd

Top Rap Artist

Drake Fetty Wap Future Wiz Khalifa Silento

Top R&B Artist

Chris Brown Jeremih Rihanna Bryson Tiller The Weeknd

Top Rock Artist

Fall Out Boy Elle King Twenty One Pilots Walk The Moon X Ambassadors

Will anybody scoop the lot?