The ever-important and highly anticipated Billboard Music Awards are right around the corner, and today, the establishment released the nominations for its award show, which airs May 21 at 8 p.m. on ABC.
Leading the way with TWENTY-TWO nominations each are Drake and The Chainsmokers, two acts who dominated the radio in 2016.
Following those two, Rihanna (14), The Weeknd (13) and Beyoncé (eight) followed up with a bunch of nominations, which landed in categories like Top Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist and others dealing with albums and tours.
Check out a couple of the categories below and look at all the nominations on Billboard’s website. (Hey, would you look at that, a nom for A Tribe Called Quest is in there somewhere.)
Top Artist:
Adele
Beyonce
Justin Bieber
The Chainsmokers
Drake
Ariana Grande
Shawn Mendes
Rihanna
Twenty One Pilots
The Weeknd
Top Male Artist:
Justin Bieber
Drake
Future
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd
Top Female Artist:
Adele
Beyonce
Ariana Grande
Rihanna
Sia
Top Billboard 200 Album:
Beyonce, Lemonade
Drake, Views
Rihanna, Anti
Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface
The Weeknd, Starboy
Top R&B Album:
Beyonce, Lemonade
Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
Frank Ocean, Blonde
Rihanna, Anti
The Weeknd, Starboy
Top Rap Album:
J. Cole, 4 Your Eyez Only
Drake, Views
Kevin Gates, Isla
DJ Khaled, Major Key
A Tribe Called Quest, We Got It From Here…Thank You For Your Service
