Olivia Rodrigo tops the 2021 American Music Awards nominations, with the “Drivers License” and “Good 4 U” singer up for seven awards.
Along with main this 12 months’s nominations, Rodrigo is a first-time nominee and if she wins in no less than 5 classes she could have damaged file for many wins by a first-time nominee.
The Weeknd scored six nods, with three artists every touchdown 5 nominations: Unhealthy Bunny, Doja Cat and Giveon.
Along with Rodrigo and Giveon, fellow first-time nominees embody Silk Sonic, 24kGoldn and Saweetie.
Taylor Swift is certainly one of a lot of a lot of artists nominated in three classes. Swift, who has essentially the most AMA wins of any artist ever, may break her personal file with a win this 12 months.
Fellow three-time nominee BTS is up for his or her third consecutive win within the favourite pop duo or group class. Late rapper Pop Smoke, up for 3 awards, may win his first AMA posthumously.
Morgan Wallen obtained two nominations. However just like what AMAs co-producer MRC Dwell & Various said when Wallen was nominated for its Billboard Music Awards this previous spring, simply months after a video surfaced of him utilizing the N-word, for which he later apologized, MRC Dwell & Various mentioned in a press release that Wallen’s AMA nominations are based mostly on charting. He won’t be included on this 12 months’s present “in any capability,” together with performing, presenting or accepting an award, in accordance with the assertion.
The MRC Dwell & Various assertion continued, “We plan to judge his progress in doing significant work as an ally to the Black group and can think about his participation in future exhibits.”
This 12 months’s AMA nominees had been revealed on Spotify’s The Get Up, ABC’s Good Morning America and the AMAs’ Twitter account. Nominees are based mostly on key fan interactions as mirrored on the Billboard charts — together with streaming, album gross sales, tune gross sales and radio airplay — from Sept. 25, 2020 by means of Sept. 23, 2021. Winners are voted completely by followers, with voting going down this 12 months on TikTok.
It was introduced in July that veteran live-events producer Jesse Collins would function showrunner and govt producer for the 2021 AMAs, that are produced by his eponymous Jesse Collins Leisure and MRC Dwell & Various. (MRC is a co-owner of The Hollywood Reporter by means of a three way partnership with Penske Media titled P-MRC.)
The 2021 AMAs will air dwell from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
An entire checklist of the 2021 American Music Awards nominees follows.
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Ariana Grande
BTS
Drake
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
24kGoldn
Giveon
Masked Wolf
Olivia Rodrigo
The Child LAROI
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
24kGoldn ft. iann dior “Temper”
Unhealthy Bunny & Jhay Cortez “DÁKITI”
Chris Brown & Younger Thug “Go Loopy”
Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me Extra”
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon “Peaches”
FAVORITE TRENDING SONG
Erica Banks “Buss It”
Måneskin “Beggin’”
Megan Thee Stallion “Physique”
Olivia Rodrigo “drivers license”
Popp Hunna “Adderall (Corvette Corvette)”
FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Depart The Door Open”
Cardi B “Up”
Lil Nas X “MONTERO (Name Me By Your Identify)”
Olivia Rodrigo “drivers license”
The Weeknd “Save Your Tears”
FAVORITE MALE POP ARTIST
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Lil Nas X
The Weeknd
FAVORITE FEMALE POP ARTIST
Ariana Grande
Doja Cat
Dua Lipa
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift
FAVORITE POP DUO OR GROUP
AJR
BTS
Glass Animals
Maroon 5
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)
FAVORITE POP ALBUM
Ariana Grande “Positions”
Dua Lipa “Future Nostalgia”
Olivia Rodrigo “SOUR”
Taylor Swift “evermore”
The Child LAROI “F*CK LOVE”
FAVORITE POP SONG
BTS “Butter”
Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me Extra”
Dua Lipa “Levitating”
Olivia Rodrigo “drivers license”
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears (Remix)”
FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST
Chris Stapleton
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST
Carrie Underwood
Gabby Barrett
Kacey Musgraves
Maren Morris
Miranda Lambert
FAVORITE COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Woman A
Outdated Dominion
Zac Brown Band
FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM
Chris Stapleton “Beginning Over”
Gabby Barrett “Goldmine”
Lee Brice “Hey World”
Luke Bryan “Born Right here Dwell Right here Die Right here”
Morgan Wallen “Harmful: The Double Album”
FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG
Chris Stapleton “Beginning Over”
Chris Younger & Kane Brown “Well-known Associates”
Gabby Barrett “The Good Ones”
Luke Combs “Perpetually After All”
Walker Hayes “Fancy Like”
FAVORITE MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Drake
Lil Child
Moneybagg Yo
Polo G
Pop Smoke
FAVORITE FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Cardi B
Coi Leray
Erica Banks
Megan Thee Stallion
Saweetie
FAVORITE HIP-HOP ALBUM
Drake “Licensed Lover Boy”
Juice WRLD “Legends By no means Die”
Megan Thee Stallion “Good Information”
Pop Smoke “Shoot For The Stars Goal For The Moon”
Rod Wave “SoulFly”
FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG
Cardi B “Up”
Web Cash ft. Gunna, Don Toliver & NAV “Lemonade”
Lil Tjay ft. 6LACK “Calling My Cellphone”
Polo G “RAPSTAR”
Pop Smoke “What You Know Bout Love”
FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST
Chris Brown
Giveon
Tank
The Weeknd
Usher
FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST
Doja Cat
H.E.R.
Jazmine Sullivan
Jhené Aiko
SZA
FAVORITE R&B ALBUM
Doja Cat “Planet Her”
Giveon “When It’s All Stated And Carried out… Take Time”
H.E.R. “Again of My Thoughts”
Jazmine Sullivan “Heaux Tales”
Queen Naija “missunderstood”
FAVORITE R&B SONG
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Depart The Door Open”
Chris Brown & Younger Thug “Go Loopy”
Giveon “Heartbreak Anniversary”
H.E.R. “Harm”
Jazmine Sullivan “Decide Up Your Emotions”
FAVORITE MALE LATIN ARTIST
Unhealthy Bunny
J Balvin
Maluma
Ozuna
Rauw Alejandro
FAVORITE FEMALE LATIN ARTIST
Becky G
Kali Uchis
KAROL G
Natti Natasha
ROSALÍA
FAVORITE LATIN DUO OR GROUP
Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga
Calibre 50
Eslabon Armado
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De Rene Camacho
Los Dos Carnales
FAVORITE LATIN ALBUM
Unhealthy Bunny “EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO”
Kali Uchis “Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)”
KAROL G “KG0516”
Maluma “PAPI JUANCHO”
Rauw Alejandro “Afrodisíaco”
FAVORITE LATIN SONG
Unhealthy Bunny & Jhay Cortez “DÁKITI”
Unhealthy Bunny x ROSALÍA “LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE”
Farruko “Pepas”
Kali Uchis “telepatía”
Maluma & The Weeknd “Hawái (Remix)”
FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST
AJR
All Time Low
Foo Fighters
Glass Animals
Machine Gun Kelly
FAVORITE INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST
CAIN
Carrie Underwood
Elevation Worship
Lauren Daigle
Zach Williams
FAVORITE GOSPEL ARTIST
Kanye West
Kirk Franklin
Koryn Hawthorne
Maverick Metropolis Music
Tasha Cobbs Leonard
FAVORITE DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST
David Guetta
ILLENIUM
Marshmello
Regard
Tiësto
