With the Billboard Music Awards approaching quickly, the nominees have finally been announced. Khalid and Bebe Rexha shared only some of the nominees this morning in some of the major categories, which just so happened to include their own names. "I'm a New York City girl, I didn't think I was going to be nominated for a country award!" said Rexha when she announced her own nod for top country song for the song “Meant To Be" with Florida Georgia Line.
Khalid, who is nominated for Top New Artist, goes up against 21 Savage, Camila Cabello, Cardi B and Kodak Black for the award. Kendrick Lamar is nominated for a whopping 15 awards, including Top Artist, Top Rap Album and Top Rap Tour. Drake is close behind with 9 nominations while Cardi has 7 including Top Female Rap Artist, a category she shares with Nicki Minaj and Bhad Bhabie.
The show, airing on NBC for the first time, will commemorate 60 years of Billboard charts. You can see the list of nominees below in some of the biggest categories below:
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 Hot 100 Song
- Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber, "Despacito"
- Kendrick Lamar, "Humble."
- Bruno Mars, "That’s What I Like"
- Post Malone ft. 21 Savage, "Rockstar"
- Ed Sheeran, "Shape Of You"
Top Selling Album
- Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
- P!nk, Beautiful Trauma
- Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide)
- Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 1
- Taylor Swift, Reputation
Top New Artist
- 21 Savage
- Camila Cabello
- Cardi B
- Khalid
- Kodak Black
Top Streaming Songs Artist
- Cardi B
- Drake
- Kendrick
- Post Malone
- Ed Sheeran
Top Rap Artist
- Drake
- Kendrick Lamar
- Lil Uzi Vert
- Migos
- Post Malone
Top R&B Artist
- Chris Brown
- Khalid
- Bruno Mars
- SZA
- The Weeknd
You can read the full list of nominees here. The 60th Annual Billboard Music Awards airs on May 20 on NBC.
