I’ve been enjoying sharing the nominees and eventual winners of the assorted awards shows over the last couple of years which brings me now to the raising of awareness of the recently announced nominees for the Billboard Music Awards. These awards are based on the reporting from the industry staple Billboard Magazine. Now, I must apologize for being a little later than planned for this because yesterday was my PiercingMetal.com website Anniversary and I was busy celebrating. In reality I was sitting in front of the laptop building more content but you can read about my thoughts on the new year completed by clicking HERE. Now onto the nominees for this years awards.
Top Artist:
Drake
Ariana Grande
Cardi B
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Top New Artist:
Juice Wrld
Bazzi
Dua Lipa
Ella Mai
Lil Baby
Billboard Chart Achievement (fan-voted):
Ariana Grande
Dan + Shay
Drake
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Dua Lipa
Top Male Artist:
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Post Malone
Travis Scott
XXXTentacion
Top Female Artist:
Ariana Grande
Cardi B
Ella Mai
Halsey
Taylor Swift
Top Streaming Artist:
Drake
Ariana Grande
Cardi B
Post Malone
XXXTentacion
Top Duo/Group:
BTS
Dan + Shay
Imagine Dragons
Maroon 5
Panic! at the Disco
Top Billboard 200 Artist:
Drake
Ariana Grande
Post Malone
Travis Scott
XXXTentacion
Top Radio Songs Artist:
Drake
Ariana Grande
Cardi B
Post Malone
Maroon 5
Top Billboard 200 Album:
Scorpion – Drake
? – XXXTentacion
Astroworld – Travis Scott
Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone
Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
Top Hot 100 Artist:
Drake
Ariana Grande
Cardi B
Juice Wrld
Post Malone
Top Social Artist (fan-voted):
BTS
EXO
GOT7
Ariana Grande
Louis Tomlinson
Top Hot 100 Song:
“Girls Like You” – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
“Better Now” – Post Malone
“I Like It” – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
“Lucid Dreams” – Juice Wrld
“Sicko Mode” – Travis Scott
Top Song Sales Artist:
Drake
Ariana Grande
Imagine Dragons
Lady Gaga
Post Malone
Top Touring Artist:
Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift
Beyoncé and Jay Z
Bruno Mars
Justin Timberlake
Top R&B Artist:
Ella Mai
H.E.R.
Khalid
The Weeknd
XXXTentacion
Top R&B Male Artist:
The Weeknd
Khalid
XXXTentacion
Top R&B Female Artist:
Ella Mai
H.E.R.
Queen Naija
Top Rap Artist:
Drake
Cardi B
Juice Wrld
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Top Rap Male Artist:
Drake
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Top Rap Female Artist:
Cardi B
City Girls
Nicki Minaj
Top R&B Tour:
Beyoncé and Jay Z
Bruno Mars
Childish Gambino
Top Rap Tour:
Beyoncé and Jay Z
Travis Scott
Drake
Top Rock Tour:
Elton John
U2
The Rolling Stones
Top Country Artist:
Luke Combs
Kane Brown
Jason Aldean
Florida Georgia Line
Dan + Shay
Top Country Male Artist:
Luke Combs
Kane Brown
Jason Aldean
Top Country Female Artist:
Carrie Underwood
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Top Country Tour:
Kenny Chesney
Shania Twain
Luke Bryan
Top Country Duo/Group:
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
Top Rock Artist:
Imagine Dragons
Panic! At the Disco
Queen
lovelytheband
twenty one pilots
Top Dance/Electronic Artist:
The Chainsmokers
Calvin Harris
Kygo
Marshmello
ODESZA
Top Latin Artist:
Ozuna
J Balvin
Romeo Santos
Anuel AA
Bad Bunny
Top Gospel Artist:
Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Tori Kelly
Marvin Sapp
Koryn Hawthorne
Kirk Franklin
Top Christian Artist:
Lauren Daigle
for KING & COUNTRY
Hillsong Worship
MercyMe
Cory Asbury
Top Soundtrack:
The Greatest Showman
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Bohemian Rhapsody
A Star Is Born
13 Reasons Why: Season 2
Top R&B Album:
17 – XXXTentacion
Ella Mai – Ella Mai
My Dear Melancholy – The Weeknd
H.E.R. – H.E.R.
American Teen – Khalid
Top Gospel Album:
Hiding Place – Tori Kelly
Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love – Snoop Dogg & Various Artists
Gospel Greats – Aretha Franklin
Unstoppable – Koryn Hawthorne
Make Room – Jonathan McReynolds
Top Country Album:
This One’s For You – Luke Combs
Rearview Town – Jason Aldean
Kane Brown – Kane Brown
Dan + Shay – Dan + Shay
Cry Pretty – Carrie Underwood
Top Christian Album:
Look Up Child – Lauren Daigle
Reckless Love – Cory Asbury
Burn the Ships – for KING & COUNTRY
There Is More – Hillsong Worship
Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
Top Rap Album:
Scorpion – Drake
? – XXXTentacion
Astroworld – Travis Scott
Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone
Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
Top Rock Album:
Pray For The Wicked – Panic! at the Disco
Come Tomorrow – Dave Matthews Band
Origins – Imagine Dragons
Delta – Mumford & Sons
Trench – twenty one pilots
Top Latin Album:
Aura – Ozuna
Real Hasta la Muerte – Anuel AA
X 100pre – Bad Bunny
Vibras – J Balvin
F.A.M.E. – Maluma
Top Dance/Electronic Album:
Sick Boy – The Chainsmokers
What Is Love? – Clean Bandit
7 – David Guetta
Kids in Love – Kygo
Major Lazer Essentials – Major Lazer
Top Streaming Song (Audio):
“Sicko Mode” – Travis Scott
“I Like It” – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
“Lucid Dreams” – Juice Wrld
“Better Now” – Post Malone
“SAD!” – XXXTentacion
Top Streaming Song (Video)
“In My Feelings” – Drake
“Lucid Dreams” – Juice Wrld
“Girls Like You” – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
“Sicko Mode” – Travis Scott
“SAD!” – XXXTentacion
Top Collaboration:
“Girls Like You” – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
“I Like It” – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
“Love Lies” – Khalid and Normani
“Psycho” – Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign
“Happier” – Marshmello and B?STILLE
Top Radio Song:
“Girls Like You” – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
“Love Lies” – Khalid and Normani
“Better Now” – Post Malone
“Meant to Be” – Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line
“The Middle” – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey
Top Selling Song:
“Girls Like You” – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
“I Like It” – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
“In My Feelings” – Drake
“Without Me” – Halsey
“Shallow” – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Top Rap Song:
“I Like It” – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin
“In My Feelings” – Drake
“Lucid Dreams” – Juice Wrld
“Better Now” – Post Malone
“Sicko Mode” – Travis Scott
Top Christian Song:
“You Say” – Lauren Daigle
“Reckless Love” – Cory Asbury
“joy.” – for KING & COUNTRY
“Who You Say I Am” – Hillsong Worship
“Known” – Tauren Wells
Top Gospel Song:
“Won’t He Do It” – Koryn Hawthorne
“Your Great Name” – Todd Dulaney
“Never Alone” – Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin
“Forever” – Jason Nelson
“A Great Work” – Brian Courtney Wilson
Top R&B Song:
“Boo’d Up” – Ella Mai
“No Brainer” – DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper & Quavo
“Trip” – Ella Mai
“Better” – Khalid
“Freaky Friday” – Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown
Top Country Song:
“Meant to Be” – Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line
“Heaven” – Kane Brown
“She Got the Best of Me” – Luke Combs
“Speechless” – Dan + Shay
“Tequila” – Dan + Shay
Top Rock Song:
“High Hopes” – Panic! at the Disco
“Sit Next to Me” – Foster the People
“Natural” – Imagine Dragons
“Whatever It Takes” – Imagine Dragons
“broken” – lovelytheband
Top Latin Song:
“Te Boté” –Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny & Ozuna
“Mia” – Bad Bunny featuring Drake
“Dura” – Daddy Yankee
“Taki Taki” – DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B
“X” – Nicky Jam and J Balvin
Top Dance/Electronic Song:
“The Middle” – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey
“Taki Taki” – DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B
“One Kiss” – Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa
“Happier” – Marshmello and B?STILLE
“Jackie Chan” – Tiësto and Dzeko feat. Preme and Post Malone
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Piercing Ken Thoughts: Truth be told I don’t know a whole lot about most of the artists on this rundown but for those who do, I hope your favorite wins out. I knew the Top Rock Tour artists of course since they are legendary, but the Rock Artists are mostly known to me in name alone and I’ve never listened to them. What do you folks think about this list of nominees? Are you hoping for anyone in particular over the other? Chime in down below in the comments and know that all topical submissions will get an immediate approval.
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