Cardi B, Ariana Grande, Drake Among Top-Nominated Artists for Billboard Music Awards
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 26: Rapper Cardi B performs during the 2019 Adult Video News Awards at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on January 26, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Cardi B has a reason to celebrate today — the rapper is the most-nominated artist for the Billboard Music Awards, scoring a whopping 21 nods.
The nominations were announced Thursday and Cardi is up for awards like Top 100 Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Streaming Artist and many more.
Following close behind her for nominations are Post Malone and Drake, who both have 17 nominations, as well as Ariana Grande and Travis Scott.
The show will broadcast live from Las Vegas on May 1 and will air on NBC.
Check out the full list of nominees below:
TOP 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 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 ARTISTC
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
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