The 2018 Billboard Music Award nominees were revealed on Tuesday by Khalid and Bebe Rexha on NBC’s Today.
.@BebeRexha and @thegreatkhalid announce the exclusive first batch of @BBMAs nominations on TODAY! pic.twitter.com/vF4w3bcL9S
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) April 17, 2018
Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars are in the lead with 15 BBMA nominations apiece. All three artists are up for the Top Artist, along with Drake (9 nominations total) and Taylor Swift (5 nominations total). Post Malone received 12 BBMA nods and Imagine Dragons got 10 nods, making this a great year for these artists.
Nominees for the BBMAs are selected through a number of ways, including key interactions with music fans, album and digital song sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social engagement, as tracked by Billboard and its data partners over a 12 month period.
Here is the list of nominees:
Top Artist
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift
Top Female Artist
Camila Cabello
Cardi B
Halsey
Demi Lovato
Taylor Swift
Top Male Artist
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran
Top Selling Album
Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
Pink, Beautiful Trauma
Ed Sheeran, Divide
Ed Stapleton, From a Room: Volume 1
Taylor Swift, Reputation
Top Hot 100 Song
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, “Despacito (feat. Justin Bieber)”
Kendrick Lamar, “HUMBLE.”
Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”
Post Malone, “Rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)”
Ed Sheeran, “Shape of You”
Top New Artist
21 Savage
Camila Cabello
Cardi B
Khalid
Kodak Black
Top Country Song
Kane Brown, ” What Ifs (feat. Lauren Alaina)”
Sam Hunt, ” Body Like a Back Road”
Dustin Lynch, “Small Town Boy”
Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line, “Meant to Be”
Brett Young, “In Case You Didn’t Know”
Top Duo/Group
The Chainsmokers
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
Migos
U2
.@thechainsmokers have been nominated for 6 awards at the 2018 @BBMAs! #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/q6f5Q1z7T4
— Disruptor Records (@disruptorrecs) April 17, 2018
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Ed Sheeran
Chris Stapleton
Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist
Imagine Dragons
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran
Top Streaming Songs Artist
Cardi B
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran
Top Song Sales Artist
Imagine Dragons
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran
Top Radio Songs Artist
Halsey
Imagine Dragons
Bruno Mars
Charlie Puth
Ed Sheeran
Top Social Artist
Justin Bieber
Ariana Grande
Demi Lovato
Shawn Mendes
Billboard Chart Achievement Award
Camila Cabello
Cardi B
Drake
Sam Hunt
Ed Sheeran
<Billboard Chart Achievement Award Nominees>
_ @Camila_Cabello
_ @iamcardib
_ @Drake
_ @SamHuntMusic
_ @edsheeran</#BBMAs> pic.twitter.com/5uHqituuy4
— Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) April 17, 2018
The Billboard Music Awards will air live on NBC for the first time this year, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 20 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. This three-hour event will celebrate 60 years of Billboard charts.
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