Bad Bunny, Beyonce, Drake and Taylor Swift.Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty; Kevin Winter/Getty; Rich Fury/Getty; Terry Wyatt/Getty
The 2022American Music Awardsare almost here, music lovers!
On Thursday morning, Dick Clark productions and ABC announced the nominees for the 2022 AMAs, featuring some of fans' favorite artists across all genres.
Leading this year’s list isBad Bunnywith eight nominations total, including artist of the year. If he were to win in all eight categories, he could tie Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston for the most awards in a single year. His latest albumUn Verano Sin Tiis up for favorite pop album and Latin album.
Trailing closely behind him areTaylor Swift,BeyoncéandDrakewith six. All three are up for artist of the year, while Swift and Beyoncé will also go head to head for female pop artist and pop album.
Adele, Harry Styles and The Weeknd.Gareth Cattermole/Getty; Kevin Mazur/WireImage; Rich Fury/Getty
Meanwhile,Adele,Harry StylesandThe Weekndeach have five nominations and are all included in the artist of the year category. All three also earned nods for favorite pop album, with30,Harry’s HouseandDawn FM.
First-time nominees at the award show are Jack Harlow, Tems, Latto, BLACKPINK, Anitta and Swedish House Mafia.
Swift currently holds the title for most wins in the artist of the year category with six total. She also holds the record for most AMA wins of all time with 34 total.
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New categories this year are favorite K-pop artist, favorite afrobeats artist, favorite rock song and favorite rock album.
The award show will air live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Fan voting for all awards is now open onVoteAMAs.com.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
FAVORITE TOURING ARTIST
FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO
FAVORITE MALE POP ARTIST
FAVORITE FEMALE POP ARTIST
FAVORITE POP DUO OR GROUP
FAVORITE POP ALBUM
FAVORITE POP SONG
FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST
FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST
FAVORITE COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP
FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM
FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG
FAVORITE MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
FAVORITE FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST
FAVORITE HIP-HOP ALBUM
FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG
FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST
FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST
FAVORITE R&B ALBUM
FAVORITE R&B SONG
FAVORITE MALE LATIN ARTIST
FAVORITE FEMALE LATIN ARTIST
FAVORITE LATIN DUO OR GROUP
FAVORITE LATIN ALBUM
FAVORITE LATIN SONG
FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST
FAVORITE ROCK SONGNew
FAVORITE ROCK ALBUMNew
FAVORITE INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST
FAVORITE GOSPEL ARTIST
FAVORITE DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST
FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK
FAVORITE AFROBEATS ARTISTNew
FAVORITE K-POP ARTISTNew
source: people.com
