Nominees Revealed For 2020 Billboard Music Awards; Artists Include DaBaby, Post Malone, Lizzo, Drake, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Khalid, Roddy Ricch, and More

This year’s Billboard Music Awards was initially supposed to take place on April 29 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it got pushed back. Now, it’ll go down on October 14 on NBC. The list of nominees were revealed today and the stars are very familiar as they feature some of the most dominant artists in the industry. Post Malone leads the way with the most nominations at 16 and Lil Nas X comes in second with 13.

The nominees for Top Artist are Billie Eilish Jonas Brothers, Khalid, Post Malone, and Taylor Swift. In the Top Billboard 200 album list, it includes When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go by Billie Eilish
Lover by Taylor Swift, Free Spirit by Khalid, Hollywood’s Bleeding by Post Malone, and Thank U, Next by Ariana Grande.

DaBaby scored seven nominations in the categories for Top Male Artist and Top New Artist. This comes during a time where he’s released three albums since March 2019, all of which have gone platinum. We also see him in categories such as Top 100 Artist and Top Streaming Songs Artist. His breakout hit single, “Suge,” also reached 1 billion on-demand streams today.

Baby is also in the Top Rap Album category and this list is pretty stacked. The nominees are Kirk by DaBaby, Death Race For Love by Juice WRLD, Hollywood’s Bleeding by Post Malone, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial by Roddy Ricch, and So Much Fun by Young Thug.

For R&B, though there are some very solid nominations. For Top R&B artist, the choices are Chris Brown, Khalid, Lizzo, Summer Walker, and The Weeknd. Top Male R&B nominees feature Brown, Khalid, and The Weeknd. For Top R&B Female Artist, it comes down to Beyoncé, Lizzo and Walker. In the Top R&B Album column, we see Homecoming: The Live Album by Beyoncé, Changes by Justin Bieber, Indigo by Chris Brown, Free Spirit by Khalid, and Over It by Summer Walker.

Check out the full list of nominees for the 2020 Billboard Music Awards below. 

Top Artist

Billie Eilish
Jonas Brothers
Khalid
Post Malone
Taylor Swift

Top Billboard 200 Album

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go, Billie Eilish
Lover, Taylor Swift
Free Spirit, Khalid
Hollywood’s Bleeding, Post Malone
Thank U, Next, Ariana Grande

Top Hot 100 Song

“Someone You Loved,” Lewis Capaldi
“bad guy,” Billie Eilish
“Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus
“Truth Hurts,” Lizzo
“Señorita,” Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

Top Male Artist

DaBaby
Khalid
Lil Nas X
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran

Top Female Artist

Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Halsey
Lizzo
Taylor Swift

Top Duo/Group

BTS
Dan + Shay
Jonas Brothers
Maroon 5
Panic! At The Disco

Top New Artist

DaBaby
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Roddy Ricch

Billboard Chart Achievement Award

Mariah Carey
Luke Combs
Lil Nas X
Harry Styles
Taylor Swift

Top Billboard 200 Artist

Drake
Billie Eilish
Khalid
Post Malone
Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Artist

DaBaby
Billie Eilish
Khalid
Lil Nas X
Post Malone

Top Streaming Songs Artist

DaBaby
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Post Malone
Travis Scott

Top Song Sales Artist

Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Post Malone
Taylor Swift

Top Radio Songs Artist

Jonas Brothers
Khalid
Lizzo
Shawn Mendes
Post Malone

Top Social Artist

BTS
Billie Eilish
EXO
GOT7
Ariana Grande

Top Touring Artist

Elton John
Metallica
Pink
Rolling Stones
Ed Sheeran

Top R&B Artist

Chris Brown
Khalid
Lizzo
Summer Walker
The Weeknd

Top R&B Male Artist

Chris Brown
Khalid
The Weeknd

Top R&B Female Artist

Beyonce
Lizzo
Summer Walker

Top R&B Tour

B2K
Janet Jackson
Khalid

Top Rap Artist

DaBaby
Juice Wrld
Lil Nas X
Post Malone
Roddy Ricch

Top Rap Male Artist

DaBaby
Lil Nas X
Post Malone

Top Rap Female Artist

Cardi B
City Girls
Megan Thee Stallion

Top Rap Tour

Drake
Post Malone
Travis Scott

Top Country Artist

Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Dan + Shay
Maren Morris
Thomas Rhett

Top Country Male Artist

Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett

Top Country Female Artist

Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood

Top Country Duo/Group

Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion

Top Country Tour

Eric Church
Florida Georgia Line
George Strait

Top Rock Artist

Imagine Dragons
Panic! At The Disco
Tame Impala
Tool
Twenty One Pilots

Top Rock Tour

Elton John
Metallica
Rolling Stones

Top Latin Artist

Anuel AA
Bad Bunny
J Balvin
Ozuna
Romeo Santos

Top Dance/Electronic Artist

Avicii
The Chainsmokers
DJ Snake
Illenium
Marshmello

Top Christian Artist

Lauren Daigle
Elevation Worship
for KING & COUNTRY
Hillsong UNITED
Kanye West

Top Gospel Artist

Kirk Franklin
Koryn Hawthorne
Tasha Cobbs
Sunday Service Choir
Kanye West

Top Soundtrack

Aladdin
Descendants 3
Frozen II
K-12, Melanie Martinez
The Dirt, Motley Crue

Top R&B Album

Homecoming: The Live Album, Beyonce
Changes, Justin Bieber
Indigo, Chris Brown
Free Spirit, Khalid
Over It, Summer Walker

Top Rap Album

Kirk, DaBaby
Death Race For Love, Juice Wrld
Hollywood’s Bleeding, Post Malone
Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial, Roddy Ricch
So Much Fun, Young Thug

Top Country Album

Experiment, Kane Brown
What You See Is What You Get, Luke Combs
GIRL, Maren Morris
Center Point Road, Thomas Rhett
If I Know Me, Morgan Wallen

Top Rock Album

III, The Lumineers
We Are Not Your Kind, Slipknot
The Slow Rush, Tame Impala
Fear Inoculum, Tool
Father of the Bride, Vampire Weekend

Top Latin Album

Oasis, J Balvin and Bad Bunny
Gangalee, Farruko
11:11, Maluma
Utopia, Romeo Santos
Suenos, Sech

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