The Billboard Music Awards nominations have been released today, revealing which acts have seen their work recognised by the forces behind the ceremony.
This year will see Ludacris host the ceremony alongside the supermodel Chrissy Teigen on Sunday, May 17, from 8-11 pm ET on ABC.
So, why Drake & Iggy Azalea have good reason to rejoice today?
Peep the nominations below…
TOP ARTIST
Ariana Grande
One Direction
Katy Perry
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
TOP MALE ARTIST
Drake
Pharrell Williams
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Justin Timberlake
TOP FEMALE ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
Ariana Grande
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM
Maroon 5, V
Pentatonix, That’s Christmas to Me
Ed Sheeran, x
Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
Taylor Swift, 1989
TOP HOT 100 SONG
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
John Legend, “All of Me”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”
Keep it locked on TGJ for more of this year’s nominations!
Damn so many whote people ruling. Proof, we need balance y’all. Congrats to the black people nominated(Drake, Legend, and dont mention the other one)
Agreed! But thats none of my business…
And they’re mixed or light skin. Lol. But it’s BBA, no one really cares.
Rihanna not in the top female artist?? WOW guess that popularity wearing off lol she will have another media controversy soon
B**** she didn’t release music in 2014…but I know someone who did that’s rightfully missing!
The way your faves flop era is going she will paid dust next year as well.
@marley we’ll see..you dry c***!
Yay Iggy!!
Mzz Swift is sweeping these categories clean. Igor deserves a Billboard award though.
Music Award shows are such a bore now. Think back, when was the last time you sat down watched an award show and actually enjoyed it?
Yeah, because everythings contrived.
Iggy is not winning a single thing!!! quote me!! remember VMA EMA kca iheart?
She’s nominated tho…she’s being recognized …what u nominated for sis ?
BBMA is not fan voted, Stupid!
Anyway Keep Killing the Trolls Iggy!. Her & Britney will Steal the Show anyway… Rumor has it they will do “PRETTY Girls” @ BBMAs.
Iggy still got yall bothered?
Whack ! Lol
All award shows will be ASS this year lol
No matter how much you hate Iggy you can’t say she doesn’t deserve a billboard award. That girls name was ALL OVER billboard in 2014
Doesn’t the BBMAs eligibility period run from Feb/March of the previous yr to Feb/March of the current yr?! Anyway, these nominees seem right to me, the biggest selling albums and singles are who almost always win at the BBMAs, most of Bey’s album sales were in December 2013 and Jan/Feb of 2014 so why would she be nominated in any album category and Partition and 7/11 were not huge hits to garner any song nominations so save it
Stop trying to make excuses!
Where is the queen of all music? What happened? First, she lost AOTY to Beck, then she lost to Jermih at the iHeartradio music awards; and now, not even a nomination from billboard? I thought she had such a ground breaking year? Oh the horror; oh the travesty!
Now you know she doesn’t sell singles n her album sales r big first month only
But doesn’t Beyonce have Billboard artist of the millenium award?
Didnt they award her with an Artist of the Past Decade award too???
I was going to ask where’s Beyonce, but then I noticed this was the billboard music awards. The BEYsics better cling to tours. #888veiwers #AOTYless #NoNumberOneIn7Years
Remember 2011 when Bey had the most talked about performance in the history of billboard awards and won the Artist of the Millennium Award?
#PoorRihanna. She is only as big as her forgettable #1 hits that poor thing. Burning single after single *Beyonce Voice*.
This one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4ZBeUR0UhI
So which o e of rihanna’s r8 singles have hit number 1 so far again?
Oop! Clock that fraud and her stolen performances! And that tired ass song RTW!
While Rihanna was opening her legs and bandwagoning off Britney Spears and bowing down to the Queen.
Idk why you would ask that question in the first place when this isnt even the full list of nominees….
Taylor Swift…….
These are only five categories. Chrissy Tiegen and Jusse Smollett are revealing the rest of the 43 categories at the press conference later today….
Same generic people, over and over again, diversity my back foot
Who do you expect to see? Tamar Braxton? This is the BILLBOARD AWARDS, based on SALES.
Except for male artist, this lidt reads like a who’s who of mediocre mayonnaise
Except for male artist, this list reads like a who’s who of mediocre mayonnaise
yeah it looks like it’ll be boring. I can’t sit through 2-3 hours of hellmans. I’ll just look at the highlights.
we all know Taylor is gonna get them awards
Where bey tho?
Somewhere polishing her artist of the millenium award that none of these flops will ever have. Including Orville the duck in your avi.
They don’t understand what a real prestigious award is. They still think that happy meal icon award toy compares to beyonces several legend awards. That award came from… The vma.. Sorry.. Gram- …… The Ama’s?? Death.
Right? They need to call me when their fave can win a prestigious award already won by real legends not some random made up award for views.
@Beyonce_Stats: Beyoncé is nominated for Top R&B Album (BEYONCÉ) and Top R&B Artist at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards <<< Queen!!!!
The eagerness… The THIRST. Asking weres Beyonce when this isn’t even the full list.
FLOP
This show will be trash
TOP R&B ARTIST AND TOP R&B ALBUM yasss come thru Bey
Shouldn’t the Salvation Army be somewhere re purchasing BBHMM and not worrying about where Beyonce is when Rihannas relevance is fading into oblivion?
Rihanna no nominated in the streaming category blasphemy
ITUNES: BBHMM 0.1725 *_______*……
Why is the Navy even here?Shouldn’t y’all be spreading the word about American Oxygen cause the media ain’t talking about it anymore but you know what they’re still talking about>> Die With You
Sorry haters, but the Billboard Music Awards are bases off sales and charts alone. No fan voting, no politics. Iggy will most definitely being taking home a few awards. She’ll probably make history for a female rapper too. Prepare to seethe now.
Sales …. 11K
Is The Pinkprint platinum yet? 2014 Forest Hills Drive is platinum. What happened, hon?
I dont think Beyonce is to worried about this lil award seeing as how she is the most awarded artist alive and 3rd most awarded artist overall. #Carryon
Taylor Swift must win top artist, after the past amazing 6 months she’s had!
Iggy Azalea will lose ever award that she up against with Taylor swift and Sam smith
nominations for this show are pointless. the highest sellers almost always win