Drake shatters American Music Awards nominations record

Oct 11, 2016, 01:42
Drake shatters American Music Awards nominations record

Selena Gomez, Enrique Iglesias and reggaeton stars Nicky Jam and J Balvin have all received nominations for this year's American Music Awards. The American Music Awards announced its 2016 nominations on Good Morning America on Monday, and voting is now open for fans to make their voice heard in the "world's biggest fan-voted award show".

Drake, Beyonce, Rihanna, Adele, Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Carrie Underwood and Twenty One Pilots will compete for the top prize of artist of the year.

The ladies of Fifth Harmony also added a nomination to their name for collaboration of the year for their song, "Work from Home", featuring Ty Dolla $ign. According to Billboard, Drake's 13 nominations is a recording-breaking feat that eclipses Michael Jackson's 11 nomination record. They are up against Rihanna. Drake "Like I'm Gonna Lose You", Meghan Trainor feat. Rihanna had the second most nominations with seven. Bryson Tiller, Twenty One Pilots, Carrie Underwood, Fetty Wap and the Weeknd were all nominated three times each. The "Hotline Bling" rapper leads all 2016 American Music Awards nominees with nods in categories including Artist of the Year, Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Album, Favorite Rap Artist, Favorite Rap Song and Favorite R&B song, among others.

Nominees for the title of new artist of the year are Alessia Cara, The Chainsmokers, DNCE, Shawn Mendes and Zayn.

Rihanna was just behind Drizzy with seven nominations for the show that will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on November 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

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