The King of Pop previously held the mark with 11 nods in 1984 for
Thrillerand his popular classics “Beat It” and “Billie Jean” and he won all 11 of the awards.
The 6 God leads all 2016 American Music Awards nominees with 13 nods. He received selections in the categories for Artist of the Year, Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Rap Artist, Favorite Rap Song, Favorite R&B song, Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album, Favorite Pop Album and Favorite Album for his
multi-Platinum work VIEWS and joint Future album
What A Time To Be Alive, among others.
Rihanna and the OVO boss’s collaborative single “Work” gets a few nods as well. RiRi comes in right behind Drizzy with 7 AMA nominations.
Drake is also slated to go up against his “Too Good” partner for Artist of the Year along with Adele, Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Twenty One Pilots, Carrie Underwood and
former OVO affiliate The Weeknd.
The Artist of the Year nominees will be narrowed down to only five based on fan votes received from Monday, November 14 to Thursday, November 17. Ambitious fans can vote for all categories once per day.
For New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile, fans can vote 100 times per day, per platform at
AMAvote.com or by posting a tweet that includes the nominee’s Twitter handle, the category name and #AMAs within the post.
The award ceremony is scheduled to take place November 20 at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles and will air on ABC 8 p.m. EST.
See the full list of nominees below:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Adele
Beyoncé
Justin Bieber
Drake
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
Rihanna
Twenty One Pilots
Carrie Underwood
The Weeknd
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 “Panda”
Drake “Hotline Bling”
Fetty Wap “679”
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 Dance”
Rihanna Featuring Drake “Work”
Bryson Tiller “Don’t”
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 Down”
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance”
Fifth Harmony Featuring Ty Dolla $ign “Work From Home”
Rihanna Featuring Drake “Work”
Meghan Trainor Featuring John Legend “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”
TOUR OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Justin Bieber “Sorry”
Desiigner “Panda”
Rihanna Featuring Drake “Work”
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 “Hello”
Justin Bieber “Love Yourself”
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance”
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Luke Bryan
Thomas Rhett
Blake Shelton
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Kelsea Ballerini
Cam
Carrie Underwood
FAVORITE DUO or GROUP – COUNTRY
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band
FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY
Luke Bryan Kill the Lights
Chris Stapleton Traveller
Carrie Underwood Storyteller
FAVORITE SONG – COUNTRY
Florida Georgia Line “H.O.L.Y.”
Tim McGraw “Humble And Kind”
Thomas Rhett “Die A Happy Man”
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 (EDM)
The Chainsmokers
Calvin Harris
Major Lazer
TOP SOUNDTRACK
Purple Rain
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