Cardi B Leads 2019 Billboard Music Awards Nominations With 21
Cardi B leads all nominees at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards. The “I Like It” rapper is nominated 21 times in 18 categories — just missing the record for most nominations set by Drake and The Chainsmokers, who each had 22 in 2017. Cardi will compete against herself in three categories — top Hot 100 song, top selling song, and top collaboration. Following Cardi B, Drake and Post Malone each have 17 nominations. Travis Scott is up for 12 awards, and XXXTentacion is up for 10.
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Among the other nominees are Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper — who are up for the chart achievement award, top soundtrack for A Star Is Born, and top selling song for “Shallow.” Gaga is up separately for top song sales artist. For this year’s ceremony, there are two fan-voted categories — top social artist, and chart achievement. Kelly Clarkson hosts the 2019 Billboard Music Awards from the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 1. The show will air live at 8PM ET on NBC. See the full list of nominees below. ARTIST AWARDSTop Artist: Cardi B Drake Ariana Grande Post Malone Travis Scott Top New Artist: Bazzi Juice Wrld Lil Baby Dua Lipa Ella Mai Billboard Chart Achievement Award: Dan + Shay Drake Ariana Grande Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper Dua Lipa Top Male Artist: Drake Post Malone Travis Scott Ed Sheeran XXXTentacion Top Female Artist: Cardi B Ariana Grande Halsey Ella Mai Taylor Swift Top Duo/Group: BTS Dan + Shay Imagine Dragons Maroon 5 Panic! At The Disco Top Billboard 200 Artist: Drake Ariana Grande Post Malone Travis Scott XXXTentacion Top Hot 100 Artist: Cardi B Drake Ariana Grande Juice Wrld Post Malone Top Streaming Songs Artist: Cardi B Drake Ariana Grande Post Malone XXXTentacion Top Song Sales Artist: Drake Ariana Grande Imagine Dragons Lady Gaga Post Malone Top Radio Songs Artist: Cardi B Drake Ariana Grande Maroon 5 Post Malone Top Social Artist: BTS EXO GOT7 Ariana Grande Louis Tomlinson Top Touring Artist: Beyoncé & JAY-Z Bruno Mars Ed Sheeran Taylor Swift Justin Timberlake Top R&B Artist: H.E.R. Khalid Ella Mai The Weeknd XXXTentacion Top R&B Male Artist: Khalid The Weeknd XXXTentacion Top R&B Female Artist: H.E.R. Ella Mai Queen Naija Top R&B Tour: Beyoncé & JAY-Z Childish Gambino Bruno Mars Top Rap Artist: Cardi B Drake Juice Wrld Post Malone Travis Scott Top Rap Male Artist: Drake Post Malone Travis Scott Top Rap Female Artist: Cardi B City Girls Nicki Minaj Top Rap Tour: Beyoncé & JAY-Z Drake Travis Scott Top Country Artist: Jason Aldean Kane Brown Luke Combs Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Top Country Male Artist: Jason Aldean Kane Brown Luke Combs Top Country Female Artist: Maren Morris Kacey Musgraves Carrie Underwood Top Country Duo/Group: Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Old Dominion Top Country Tour: Luke Bryan Kenny Chesney Shania Twain Top Rock Artist: Imagine Dragons Lovelytheband Panic! At The Disco Queen Twenty One Pilots Top Rock Tour: Elton John The Rolling Stones U2 Top Latin Artist: Anuel AA Bad Bunny J Balvin Ozuna Romeo Santos Top Dance/Electronic Artist: Calvin Harris Kygo Marshmello Odesza The Chainsmokers Top Christian Artist: Cory Asbury Lauren Daigle For King & Country Hillsong Worship MercyMe Top Gospel Artist: Kirk Franklin Koryn Hawthorne Tori Kelly Tasha Cobbs Leonard Marvin Sapp ALBUM AWARDS Top Billboard 200 Album: Cardi B “Invasion of Privacy” Drake “Scorpion” Post Malone “beerbongs & bentleys” Travis Scott “ASTROWORLD” XXXTentacion “?” Top Soundtrack: “13 Reasons Why: Season 2” “A Star is Born” by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” “The Greatest Showman” Top R&B Album: Ella Mai “Ella Mai” H.E.R. “H.E.R.” Khalid “American Teen” The Weeknd “My Dear Melancholy,” XXXTentacion “17” Top Rap Album: Cardi B “Invasion of Privacy” Drake “Scorpion” Post Malone “beerbongs & bentleys” Travis Scott “ASTROWORLD” XXXTentacion “?” Top Country Album: Jason Aldean “Rearview Town” Kane Brown “Kane Brown” Luke Combs “This One’s For You” Dan + Shay “Dan + Shay” Carrie Underwood “Cry Pretty” Top Rock Album: Dave Matthews Band “Come Tomorrow” Imagine Dragons “Origins” Mumford & Sons “Delta” Panic! At This Disco “Pray For The Wicked” Twenty One Pilots “Trench” Top Latin Album: Anuel AA “Real Hasta la Muerte” Bad Bunny “X 100PRE” J Balvin “Vibras” Maluma “F.A.M.E.” Ozuna “Aura” Top Dance/Electronic Album: Clean Bandit “What Is Love?” David Guetta “7” Kygo “Kids in Love” Major Lazer “Major Lazer Essentials” The Chainsmokers “Sick Boy” Top Christian Album: Cory Asbury “Reckless Love” Lauren Daigle “Look Up Child” For King & Country “Burn The Ships” Hillsong Worship “There Is More” Zach Williams “Chain Breaker” Top Gospel Album: Snoop Dogg & Various Artists “Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love” Aretha Franklin “Gospel Greats” Koryn Hawthorne “Unstoppable” Tori Kelly “Hiding Place” Jonathan McReynolds “Make Room” SONG AWARDS Top Hot 100 Song: Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It” Juice Wrld “Lucid Dreams” Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You” Post Malone “Better Now” Travis Scott “SICKO MODE” Top Streaming Song (Audio): Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It” Juice Wrld “Lucid Dreams” Post Malone “Better Now” Travis Scott “SICKO MODE” XXXTentacion “SAD!” Top Streaming Song (Video): Drake “In My Feelings” Juice Wrld “Lucid Dreams” Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You” Travis Scott “SICKO MODE” XXXTentacion “SAD!” Top Selling Song: Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It” Drake “In My Feelings” Halsey “Without Me” Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper “Shallow” Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You” Top Radio Song: Khalid & Normani “Love Lies” Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You” Post Malone “Better Now” Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be” Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey “The Middle” Top Collaboration: Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It” Khalid & Normani “Love Lies” Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You” Marshmello & Bastille “Happier” Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign “Psycho” Top R&B Song: DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper & Quavo “No Brainer” Ella Mai “Boo’d Up” Ella Mai “Trip” Khalid “Better” Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown “Freaky Friday” Top Rap Song: Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It” Drake “In My Feelings” Juice Wrld “Lucid Dreams” Post Malone “Better Now” Travis Scott “SICKO MODE” Top Country Song: Kane Brown “Heaven” Luke Combs “She Got the Best of Me” Dan + Shay “Speechless” Dan + Shay “Tequila” Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be” Top Rock Song: Foster The People “Sit Next to Me” Imagine Dragons “Natural” Imagine Dragons “Whatever It Takes” Lovelytheband “broken” Panic! At The Disco “High Hopes” Top Latin Song: Bad Bunny ft. Drake “Mia” Daddy Yankee “Dura” DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B “Taki Taki” Nicky Jam & J Balvin “X” Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny & Ozuna “Te Bote” Top Dance/Electronic Song: DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B “Taki Taki” Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa “One Kiss” Marshmello & Bastille “Happier” Tiësto & Dzeko ft. Preme & Post Malone “Jackie Chan” Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey “The Middle” Top Christian Song: Cory Asbury “Reckless Love” Lauren Daigle “You Say” For King & Country “joy.” Hillsong Worship “Who You Say I Am” Tauren Wells “Known” Top Gospel Song: Todd Dulaney “Your Great Name” Koryn Hawthorne “Won’t He Do It” Tori Kelly ft. Kirk Franklin “Never Alone” Jason Nelson “Forever” Brian Courtney Wilson “A Great Work” The Billboard Music Awards, a subsidiary division of the iconic Billboard brand, honors some of the hottest names in music today.Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital singles sales, radio airplay, touring, streaming and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, VEVO, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music. 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