Billboard Announce Nominees For This Year’s Billboard Music Awards

By bigreid on April 4, 2019

WOAH! The nominees for this years Billboard Music Awards were released and Cardi B has not one, not two, but 21 nominations! She is nominated in 18 categories. Cardi is even competing against herself in the following categories, Top Hot 100 song, Top collaboration, and Top selling Song.

Post Malone and Drake are right after Cardi with 17 nominations each. Travis Scott has 12 nominations, and XXXTantacion has 10.

The event will be held on May 1st in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kelly Clarkson will be hosting for the second year in a row! PLUS! This year there are two new categories, Top Social Artist and Top Chart Achievement, both of these categories are both fan voted categories.

Here are a few of the categories and nominees!

Top Artist:
Cardi B
Drake
Ariana Grande
Post Malone
Travis Scott

Top New Artist:
Bazzi
Juice Wrld
Lil Baby
Dua Lipa
Ella Mai

Top Male Artist:
Drake
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Ed Sheeran
XXXTentacion

Top Female Artist:
Cardi B
Ariana Grande
Halsey
Ella Mai
Taylor Swift

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:
Cardi B
Drake
Ariana Grande
Maroon 5
Post Malone

Top Social Artist:
BTS
EXO
GOT7
Ariana Grande
Louis Tomlinson

For the full list click HERE!