The American Music Awards are back and this could prove to be a historic year. Post Malone is the artist to watch with the most nominations, a total of seven, including Artist of the Year. He is up against Drake, Ariana Grande, Halsey and Taylor Swift for that category. Swift has had the most nominations in AMA history for the ‘Artist of the Year’ category. This year, she could break a record currently held by Michael Jackson for the most wins. Jackson holds the record with 24 wins. New artist Lil Nas X is nominated 5 times along with Taylor Swift this year.
Voting is open until midnight of November 20th and fans can vote up to 30 times, per award, per day. The awards will air November 24th, broadcasting live from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theatre.
See all the nominees below:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Drake
Halsey
Post Malone
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Luke Combs
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Ella Mai
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, “Shallow”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Marshmello and Bastille, “Happier”
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, “Señorita”
Post Malone and Swae Lee, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”
TOUR OF THE YEAR
BTS
Pink
FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO
Billie Eilish, “bad guy”
Ariana Grande, “7 rings”
Halsey, “Without Me”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Taylor Swift, “You Need to Calm Down”
FAVORITE SOCIAL ARTIST
BTS
Billie Eilish
EXO
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST — POP/ROCK
Drake
Khalid
Post Malone
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST — POP/ROCK
Billie Eilish
Taylor Swift
FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP — POP/ROCK
BTS
Panic! At The Disco
FAVORITE ALBUM — POP/ROCK
Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Ariana Grande, thank u, next
Taylor Swift, Lover
FAVORITE SONG — POP/ROCK
Halsey, “Without Me”
Jonas Brothers, “Sucker”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Panic! At The Disco, “High Hopes”
Post Malone and Swae Lee, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST — COUNTRY
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST — COUNTRY
Carrie Underwood
FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP — COUNTRY
Dan + Shay
FAVORITE ALBUM — COUNTRY
Kane Brown, Experiment
Dan + Shay, Dan + Shay
Carrie Underwood, Cry Pretty
FAVORITE SONG — COUNTRY
Luke Combs, “Beautiful Crazy”
Dan + Shay, “Speechless”
Blake Shelton, “God’s Country”
FAVORITE ARTIST — RAP/HIP-HOP
Cardi B
Drake
Post Malone
FAVORITE ALBUM — RAP/HIP-HOP
Meek Mill, Championships
Post Malone, Hollywood’s Bleeding
Travis Scott, Astroworld
FAVORITE SONG — RAP/HIP-HOP
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Post Malone, “Wow.”
Travis Scott, “Sicko Mode”
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST — SOUL/R&B
Khalid
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST — SOUL/R&B
Ella Mai
FAVORITE ALBUM — SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown, Indigo
Khalid, Free Spirit
Ella Mai, Ella Mai
FAVORITE SONG — SOUL/R&B
Khalid, “Talk”
Lizzo, “Juice”
Ella Mai, “Trip”
FAVORITE ARTIST — ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Billie Eilish
Panic! At The Disco
FAVORITE ARTIST — ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Pink
FAVORITE ARTIST — LATIN
Bad Bunny
Ozuna
FAVORITE ARTIST — CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
Lauren Daigle
For King & Country
FAVORITE ARTIST — ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)
FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK
A Star is Born, by Lady Gagaand Bradley Cooper
Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse