The nominations for the Billboard Music Awards are out and leading the pack ... Adele, Rihanna and Lady Gaga!

Adele has been nominated in 18 categories including Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist and Top Artist. Her single "Rolling in the Deep" is up for awards in seven categories.

Rihanna has been nominated for 13 while Lady Gaga earned 10 noms. Also up for some awards: Lil' Wayne in 10 categories and Party Rock peeps LMFAO in 17 categories.

Other artists nominated include Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Nicki MInaj and Chris Brown ... just to name a few.

The Billboard Music Awards will take place in Vegas on May 20.

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Still riding high from the success of her critically-acclaimed album 21, Adele announced plans to release a new song this year.

"There will be a new song, probably coming out at the end of the year," Adele said while visiting the French radio station NRJ. "But then it depends how quickly I write some other new songs."

The Grammy award-winning singer also gave fans a bit of bad news, citing that her next album won't hit shelves for a couple more years.

"If I didn't write my own songs, I'd be out next week with a new album," the singer added. "I have to take time and live a little bit. There were a good two years between my first and second albums, so it'll be the same this time."

Adele's announcement adds to speculation that the single could be the theme song for the latest James Bond film, Skyfall, which hits theaters November 9.

Karl Lagerfeld may have said that Adele "is a little too fat," but clearly he hadn't seen her March cover of Vogue! Adele looks amazing on the fashion glossy, and she chats about everything from her throat surgery to her Grammy nominations -- looks like she had no idea she'd win big in five categories at last night's ceremony!

Despite her success, Adele reveals that she prefers a low key lifestyle, and she's not a fan of the spotlight. The 23-year-old singer tells the mag, “I hate the red carpet. I don’t feel insecure, I just feel like, Oh, I don’t want to do this. I literally get a stomach cramp. At the VMA’s last year I felt really out of my comfort zone because there were so many superstars there. But that’s been the case from day one. I never feel like, Oh, yeah, I should be here. And I was missing my best friend’s hen night. So I was a bit bitter that I wasn’t there, to be perfectly honest.”

So what about Lagerfeld's nasty remarks? "I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines," she recently told People. "I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that." Lagerfeld has since apologized, telling Metro that he shouldn't have been so critical. "I lost over 30 kilos over 10 years ago and have kept it off," he said. "I know how it feels when the press is mean you to you in regards to your appearance. Adele is a beautiful girl. She is the best. And I can't wait for her next CD."

Adele's music video for the emotional single "Someone Like You" has hit the web. Just as we expected, the video is as beautiful as the song.

Shot in Paris, we catch a glimpse of the powerful singer gazing across a river in the City of Lights.

The director had the following to say about the B&W shoot:

"The location evokes style and romance. And shooting early in the morning allows you to focus on Adele in this lonely and emotional space."

Mission accomplished.

Vogue

Adele is gracing the cover of the latest issue of British Vogue, and she tells the mag she likes her body just the way it is.

Says the soulful singer:

"My life is full of drama and I won't have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like. I don't like going to the gym. I like eating fine foods and drinking nice wine. ... I've seen people where it rules their lives, who want to be thinner or have bigger boobs, and how it wears them down. And I don't want that in my life."

Fair enough! The singer also revealed her pre-show ritual, telling the mag that she vomits from nerves before going out of stage! She says:

"I'm scared of audiences. One show in Amsterdam I was so nervous I escaped out the fire exit. ... Once in Brussels I projectile vomited on someone. I just gotta bear it. But I don't like touring. I have anxiety attacks a lot."

Well, we couldn't tell during the VMAs, Adele!

Video Music Award nominee Adele sported some big hair and a mod-inspired, geometric look at MTV's VMAs on Sunday!

We love how retro -- and talented -- Adele is! Britney Spears said she was "very excited" to see the singer.

British singer Adele, who is dominating the charts with "Rolling in the Deep" off of her new album 21, has won two Grammys and is taking the world by storm. But, it seems, that's nothing without love.

Each of Adele's albums is about a relationship. The subject of her first album, 19, has tried to sue her for royalties for the music. The singer doesn't seem to miss him, but she can't get over the lover that inspired 21, she tells Out Magazine.

"I don't think I'll ever forgive myself for not making my relationship with my ex on 21 work, because he's the love of my life."

Adele said she'd be willing to give up "everything" to get him back.

" ... my career, my friendships, my hobbies. I would have given up trying to be the best. He was my soul mate. ... We'd finish each other's sentences ... we loved the same things, and hated the same things, and we were brave when the other was brave and weak when the other one was weak ... and I think that's rare when you find the full circle in one person, and I think that's what I'll always be looking for in other men."

We say don't worry, Adele! She's still so young -- only 23, and we'd venture to say that a few years from now, she won't see him as her "soul mate." Here's hoping this talented singer enjoys her success!

Check out her photo shoot with the mag in our gallery below.