Drake Snags A Record-Breaking 13 American Music Award Nominations
Posted on Tue Oct 11th, 2016 6:00am PDT By X17 Staff
The nominees for the 2016 American Music Awards were announced on Monday, and Drake led the pack with a total of 13 nominations. That's more than any other artist in the last 32 years (the previous record holder was Michael Jackson), so congrats to Drizzy!
The rapper is nominated for big categories like Artist of the Year, Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Album, Favorite Rap Artist, Favorite Rap Song and Favorite R&B song, and get this -- he's never one an AMA before! His lady love Rihanna earned an impressive 7 nods, and with Adele and Justin Bieber following close behind with five each. Beyoncé and the Chainsmokers nabbed four nominations, and there's some heavy competition between Bey and Ri in some of the categories.
The American Music Awards will take place at the Microsoft Theater in LA on Sunday, November 20, at 8pm EST.
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Adele
Beyoncé
Justin Bieber
Drake
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
Rihanna
Twenty One Pilots
Carrie Underwood
The Weeknd
New Artist of the Year Un-Leashed By T-Mobile
Alessia Cara
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Shawn Mendes
Zayn
Collaboration of the Year
The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya, “Don’t Let Me Downâ€
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla, “One Danceâ€
Fifth Harmony Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, “Work From Homeâ€
Rihanna Featuring Drake, “Workâ€
Meghan Trainor Featuring John Legend, “Like I’m Gonna Lose Youâ€
Tour of the Year
Beyoncé
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Video of the Year
Justin Bieber, “Sorryâ€
Desiigner, “Pandaâ€
Rihanna Featuring Drake, “Workâ€
Favorite Male Artist — Pop/Rock
Justin Bieber
Drake
The Weeknd
Favorite Female Artist — Pop/Rock
Adele
Selena Gomez
Rihanna
Favorite Duo or Group — Pop/Rock
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Twenty One Pilots
Favorite Album — Pop/Rock
Adele, 25
Justin Bieber, Purpose
Drake, Views
Favorite Song — Pop/Rock
Adele, “Helloâ€
Justin Bieber, “Love Yourselfâ€
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla, “One Danceâ€
Favorite Male Artist — Country
Luke Bryan
Thomas Rhett
Blake Shelton
Favorite Female Artist — Country
Kelsea Ballerini
Cam
Carrie Underwood
Favorite Duo or Group — Country
Zac Brown Band
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
Favorite Album — Country
Luke Bryan, Kill The Lights
Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Carrie Underwood, Storyteller
Favorite Song — Country
Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Yâ€
Tim McGraw, “Humble And Kindâ€
Thomas Rhett, “Die A Happy Manâ€
Favorite Artist — Rap/Hip-Hop
Drake
Fetty Wap
Future
Favorite Album — Rap/Hip-Hop
Drake, Views
Drake & Future, What A Time To Be Alive
Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap
Favorite Song — Rap/Hip-Hop
Desiigner, “Pandaâ€
Drake, “Hotline Blingâ€
Fetty Wap, “679â€
Favorite Male Artist — Soul/R&B
Chris Brown
Bryson Tiller
The Weeknd
Favorite Female Artist — Soul/R&B
Beyoncé
Janet Jackson
Rihanna
Favorite Album — Soul/R&B
Beyoncé, Lemonade
Rihanna, Anti
Bryson Tiller, T R A P S O U L
Favorite Song — Soul/R&B
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla, “One Danceâ€
Rihanna Featuring Drake, “Workâ€
Bryson Tiller, “Don’tâ€
Favorite Artist — Alternative Rock
Coldplay
Twenty One Pilots
X Ambassadors
Favorite Artist — Adult Contemporary
Adele
Rachel Platten
Meghan Trainor
Favorite Artist — Latin
J Balvin
Enrique Iglesias
Nicky Jam
Favorite Artist — Contemporary Inspirational
Lauren Daigle
Hillsong United
Chris Tomlin
Favorite Artist — Electronic Dance Music
The Chainsmokers
Calvin Harris
Major Lazer
Top Soundtrack
Purple Rain
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Suicide Squad: The Album