Billboard Music Awards 2023 Nominations: Taylor Swift, SZA, Drake, The Weeknd, & Morgan Wallen Lead [Full List]

It’s still award season and the Billboard Music Awards 2023 is up next.

Taking place on November 19, the event will honor some of the most commercially impactful releases over the last year.

And, for the first time ever, the BBMAs will unwrap performances and awards across BBMAs and Billboard social channels.

Today (October 26) has seen the much-anticipated nominations unveiled. And it brings with it good news for the likes of Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, SZA, The Weeknd, Drake, and Zach Bryan.

Pop titan Swift leads with 20 nods, while Wallen and SZA follow with 16 a piece.

Elsewhere, Drake is up for 14 awards and The Weeknd contending for 13.

In a first-of-its-kind ‘Fans First’ collaboration with Spotify, this year’s show brings audiences up close and personal with their favorite acts.

The BBMAs and Spotify have teamed up to identify fans who have consumed the most hours of music over the past year and ultimately helped lift their favorite artists to the top spots on the Billboard charts. These super fans will receive a “golden ticket” – which rewards them with access to attend a once-in-a-lifetime performance curated by their favorite artists for the BBMAs.

Speaking on the unique activation, Maddy Mesevage, SVP, Marketing at dick clark productions said:

“We’ve heard the fans loud and clear, and we’re excited to meet them where they are, and everywhere they want to consume music and content. This year’s show is an epic celebration of the fans who propelled their favorite artists to the top of the Billboard charts. To thank them, we are thrilled to work with Spotify and the artists themselves to offer their most loyal fans an experience they’ll never forget.”

See who else is up for what after the jump…

ARTIST AWARDS

Top Artist
Drake

Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen

SZA

Taylor Swift

Top New Artist

Bailey Zimmerman

Ice Spice

Jelly Roll

Peso Pluma

Zach Bryan

Top Male Artist

Drake

Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen

The Weeknd
Zach Bryan

Top Female Artist

Beyoncé

Miley Cyrus

Olivia Rodrigo

SZA
Taylor Swift

Top Duo/Group

Eslabon Armado

Fifty Fifty

Fuerza Regida
Grupo Frontera

Metallica

Top Billboard 200 Artist

Drake

Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen

SZA

Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Artist

Drake

Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen

SZA
Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Songwriter (NEW)

Ashley Gorley

Jack Antonoff

SZA

Taylor Swift

Zach Bryan

Top Hot 100 Producer (NEW)

Jack Antonoff

Joey Moi

Metro Boomin

Taylor Swift

Zach Bryan

Top Streaming Songs Artist

Drake

Morgan Wallen

SZA

Taylor Swift

Zach Bryan

Top Radio Songs Artist

Miley Cyrus

Morgan Wallen

SZA

Taylor Swift

The Weeknd

Top Song Sales Artist

Jason Aldean
Miley Cyrus

Morgan Wallen

Oliver Anthony Music

Taylor Swift

Top Billboard Global 200 Artist

Bad Bunny

Morgan Wallen

SZA

Taylor Swift

The Weeknd

Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Artist

Bad Bunny

Ed Sheeran

NewJeans

Taylor Swift

The Weeknd

Top R&B Artist

Beyoncé

Chris Brown

Rihanna

SZA

The Weeknd

Top R&B Male Artist

Chris Brown

Miguel

The Weeknd

Top R&B Female Artist

Beyoncé

Rihanna

SZA

Top R&B Touring Artist

Beyoncé
Bruno Mars

The Weeknd

Top Rap Artist
21 Savage

Drake

Lil Baby

Metro Boomin

Travis Scott

Top Rap Male Artist

21 Savage

Drake

Travis Scott

Top Rap Female Artist

Doja Cat

Ice Spice

Nicki Minaj

Top Rap Touring Artist

50 Cent

Drake

Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa

Top Country Artist

Bailey Zimmerman

Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen

Taylor Swift
Zach Bryan

Top Country Male Artist
Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen

Zach Bryan

Top Country Female Artist

Lainey Wilson
Megan Moroney

Taylor Swift

Top Country Duo/Group
Old Dominion

Parmalee

Zac Brown Band

Top Country Touring Artist

George Strait

Luke Combs

Morgan Wallen

Top Rock Artist
Jelly Roll

Noah Kahan

Stephen Sanchez

Steve Lacy

Zach Bryan

Top Rock Duo/Group (NEW)

Arctic Monkeys

Foo Fighters

Metallica

Top Rock Touring Artist

Coldplay

Depeche Mode

Elton John

Top Latin Artist

Bad Bunny

Eslabon Armado

Fuerza Regida

KAROL G

Peso Pluma

Top Latin Male Artist

Bad Bunny

Peso Pluma

Rauw Alejandro

Top Latin Female Artist

KAROL G

ROSALÍA

Shakira

Top Latin Duo/Group

Eslabon Armado

Fuerza Regida

Grupo Frontera

Top Latin Touring Artist

Daddy Yankee

Karol G

RBD

Top Global K-Pop Artist (NEW)

Jimin
NewJeans

Stray Kids
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
TWICE

Top K-Pop Touring Artist (NEW)

BLACKPINK

SUGA

TWICE

Top Afrobeats Artist (NEW)
Burna Boy

Libianca

Rema

Tems

Wizkid

Top Dance/Electronic Artist

Beyoncé

Calvin Harris

David Guetta

Drake

Tiësto

Top Christian Artist
Brandon Lake

Elevation Worship

for KING & COUNTRY

Lauren Daigle

Phil Wickham

Top Gospel Artist

CeCe Winans

Elevation Worship

Kanye West

Kirk Franklin

Maverick City Music

ALBUM AWARDS

Top Billboard 200 Album

Drake & 21 Savage “Her Loss”

Metro Boomin “HEROES & VILLAINS”

Morgan Wallen “One Thing At A Time”

SZA “SOS”

Taylor Swift “Midnights”

Top Soundtrack

“Barbie The Album”

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By”

“ELVIS”

“Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From and Inspired by the Motion Picture)”
“Top Gun: Maverick”

Top R&B Album
Beyoncé “RENAISSANCE”
Brent Faiyaz “WASTELAND”

Drake “Honestly, Nevermind”
Steve Lacy “Gemini Rights”

SZA “SOS”

Top Rap Album
Drake & 21 Savage “Her Loss”

Future “I Never Liked You”

Lil Baby “It’s Only Me”

Metro Boomin “HEROES & VILLAINS”

Travis Scott “UTOPIA”

Top Country Album

Luke Combs “Gettin’ Old”

Luke Combs “Growin’ Up”

Morgan Wallen “One Thing At A Time”
Taylor Swift “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”

Zach Bryan “American Heartbreak”

Top Rock Album

HARDY “the mockingbird & THE CROW”

Jelly Roll “Whitsitt Chapel”

Noah Kahan “Stick Season”

Steve Lacy “Gemini Rights”
Zach Bryan “American Heartbreak”

Top Latin Album

Bad Bunny “Un Verano Sin Ti”

Eslabon Armado “DESVELADO”

Ivan Cornejo “Dañado”

KAROL G “MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO”
Peso Pluma “GÉNESIS”

Top K-Pop Album (NEW)

Jimin “FACE”

NewJeans “2nd EP ‘Get Up’”

Stray Kids “5-STAR”

TOMORROW X TOGETHER “The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION”

TWICE “READY TO BE: 12th Mini Album”

Top Dance/Electronic Album

Beyoncé “RENAISSANCE”

Drake “Honestly, Nevermind”

ILLENIUM “ILLENIUM”

Kim Petras “Feed The Beast”

Tiësto “DRIVE”

Top Christian Album

Anne Wilson “My Jesus”

Brandon Lake “House of Miracles”

CAIN “Rise Up”

Elevation Worship “LION”

Lauren Daigle “Lauren Daigle”

Top Gospel Album

Jonathan McReynolds “My Truth”

Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin “Kingdom Book One”

Tye Tribbett “All Things New”

Whitney Houston “I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston”

Zacardi Cortez “Imprint (Live in Memphis)”

SONG AWARDS

Top Hot 100 Song

Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage “Creepin’”

Miley Cyrus “Flowers”

Morgan Wallen “Last Night”

SZA “Kill Bill”

Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero”

Top Streaming Song

Miley Cyrus “Flowers”

Morgan Wallen “Last Night”
SZA “Kill Bill”

Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero”
Zach Bryan “Something in the Orange”

Top Radio Song

Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage “Creepin’”

Miley Cyrus “Flowers”
Rema & Selena Gomez “Calm Down”

Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero”

The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Die For You”

Top Selling Song

Jason Aldean “Try That in a Small Town”

Jimin ‘Like Crazy”

Miley Cyrus “Flowers”

Oliver Anthony Music “Rich Men North of Richmond”

Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero”

Top Collaboration

David Guetta & Bebe Rexha “I’m Good (Blue)”

Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage “Creepin’”

Rema & Selena Gomez “Calm Down”

Sam Smith & Kim Petras “Unholy”

The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Die For You”

Top Billboard Global 200 Song

Miley Cyrus “Flowers”

Rema & Selena Gomez “Calm Down”

SZA “Kill Bill”

Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero”

The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Die For You”

Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Song

David Guetta & Bebe Rexha “I’m Good (Blue)”

Harry Styles “As It Was”

Miley Cyrus “Flowers”

Rema & Selena Gomez “Calm Down”

The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Die For You”

Top R&B Song

Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage “Creepin’”

Miguel “Sure Thing”

The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Die For You”

SZA “Kill Bill”

SZA “Snooze”

Top Rap Song

Coi Leray “Players”

Drake & 21 Savage “Rich Flex”

Gunna “fukumean”

Lil Durk ft. J. Cole “All My Life”

Toosii “Favorite Song”

Top Country Song

Bailey Zimmerman “Rock and a Hard Place”
Luke Combs “Fast Car”

Morgan Wallen “Last Night”
Morgan Wallen “You Proof”
Zach Bryan “Something in the Orange”

Top Rock Song

Jelly Roll “Need A Favor”

Stephen Sanchez “Until I Found You”

Steve Lacy “Bad Habit”

Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”

Zach Bryan “Something in the Orange”

Top Latin Song

Eslabon Armado x Peso Pluma “Ella Baila Sola”

Fuerza Regida x Grupo Frontera “Bebe Dame”

Grupo Frontera x Bad Bunny “un x100to”

KAROL G & Shakira “TQG”

Yng Lvcas x Peso Pluma “La Bebe”

Top Global K-Pop Song (NEW)
Fifty Fifty “Cupid”
Jimin “Like Crazy”

Jungkook ft. Latto “Seven”
NewJeans “Ditto”
NewJeans “OMG”

Top Afrobeats Song (NEW)

Ayra Starr “Rush”

Libianca “People”
Oxlade “KU LO SA”

Rema & Selena Gomez “Calm Down”

Victony, Rema, & Tempoe ft. Don Toliver “Soweto”

Top Dance/Electronic Song

Bizarrap & Shakira “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”
David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray “Baby Don’t Hurt Me”

David Guetta & Bebe Rexha “I’m Good (Blue)”

Elton John & Britney Spears “Hold Me Closer”

Tiësto ft. Tate McRae “10:35”

Top Christian Song

Brandon Lake “Gratitude”

Chris Tomlin “Holy Forever”

for KING & COUNTRY with Jordin Sparks “Love Me Like I Am”
Lauren Daigle “Thank God I Do”
Phil Wickham “This Is Our God”

Top Gospel Song
CeCe Winans “Goodness of God”
Crowder & Dante Bowe ft. Maverick City Music “God Really Loves Us”
Elevation Worship ft. Chandler Moore & Tiffany Hudson “More Than Able”

Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin ft. Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore
“Fear is Not My Future”

Zacardi Cortez “Lord Do It For Me (Live in Memphis)”