Billboard Music Awards 2016 : Nominations revealed
The nominations are out!
The nominations for this year’s Billboard Music Awards are out and the results are certainly surprising!
The Weeknd continues his epic start to the year racking up a massive 16 nominations for the event. Of course Justin Bieber isn’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 - ’25’ Justin Bieber - ‘Purpose’ Ed Sheeran - ‘X’ Taylor Swift - ‘1989’ The Weeknd - ‘Beauty Behind The Madness’ Brian Courtney Wilson - ‘Worth Fighting For’
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
Find out who will be victorious when the awards take place in Las Vegas on May 22nd.
Will anybody scoop the lot?