Adele Leads Billboard Music Award Nominations
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 20 April 2012
Adele is up for 18 Billboard Music awards.
The 'Someone Like You' hitmaker leads the nominations with her huge haul which includes Top Artist, Top Female Artist and Top Billboard 200 Artist while her single 'Rolling In The Deep' is a contender in seven song categories.
LMFAO received 17 nominations, while Rihanna - who was nominated in 18 categories last year - made the shortlist for 13 awards.
Lady GaGa and Lil Wayne both received nods in 10 different categories and each will compete against Adele, Rihanna and Katy Perry for the prestigious Top Artist prize
Nominees for the Top New Artist gong include Bad Meets Evil, Big Sean, Foster The People,Scotty Mccreery and Wiz Khalifa.
The awards - which features many additional categories - celebrate artists who have appeared in the Billboard charts between the end of February 2011 and March this year, with winners determined by album, single and digital sales, touring, streaming and data from social websites such as Facebook and Myspace.
The Billboard Music Awards will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 20.
2012 Billboard Music Awards nominees:
Top Artist:
Adele
Lady Gaga
Lil Wayne
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top New Artist:
Bad Meets Evil
Big Sean
Foster The People
Scotty McCreery
Wiz Khalifa
Top Male Artist:
Lil Wayne
Top Female Artist:
Adele
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Duo/Group:
The Black Eyed Peas
LMFAO
Top Billboard 200 Artist:
Adele
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
Lil Wayne
Top Hot 100 Artist:
Adele
LMFAO
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Digital Songs Artist:
Adele
LMFAO
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Radio Songs Artist:
Adele
Katy Perry
Bruno Mars
Nicki Minaj
Rihanna
Top Touring Artist:
Top Social Artist:
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Top Streaming Artist:
Lil Wayne
LMFAO
Nicki Minaj
Bruno Mars
Rihanna
Top Digital Media Artist:
Adele
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
Lil Wayne
Rihanna
Top Pop Artist:
Adele
Lady Gaga
LMFAO
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top R&B Artist:
Chris Brown
Rihanna
Top Rap Artist:
Drake
Lil Wayne
LMFAO
Nicki Minaj
Wiz Khalifa
Top Country Artist:
Lady Antebellum
Taylor Swift
Top Rock Artist:
The Black Keys
Coldplay
Foster The People
Mumford & Sons
Top Alternative Artist:
The Black Keys
Coldplay
Foster The People
Foo Fighters
Mumford & Sons
Top Latin Artist:
Romeo Santos
Shakira
Top Dance Artist:
Lady Gaga
LMFAO
Rihanna
Top Christian Artist:
Laura Story
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