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Drake, Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Drake, Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Drake Grabs 13 American Music Awards Nominations

by Music-News.com on October 11, 2016

in News

Drake looks set to win big at the American Music Awards after bagging a record 13 nominations on Monday.

Drake’s domination of so many categories, including Artist of the Year, Favourite Male Artist Pop/Rock, and Favourite Album Pop/Rock, meant he surpassed Michael Jackson’s previous nominations record of 11.

He will compete against rumoured girlfriend Rihanna, who surprisingly earned the second-highest number of nominations with seven, in the prestigious Artist of the Year category. Beyonce earned just four nominations overall for her critically acclaimed surprise album Lemonade.

Also on a shortlist for the top honour, which will be narrowed down to five artists before the ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on 20 November (16) are Adele, Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Twenty One Pilots, Carrie Underwood and The Weeknd.

Adele and Justin Bieber picked up five nominations each, with Beyonce on four alongside The Chainsmokers.

Despite going up against each other for the event’s main prize, Drake and Rihanna also received nods for their collaboration on the hit track Work.

The song is nominated in three categories, Video of the Year, Collaboration of the Year and Favourite Song Soul/R&B.

Drake’s album Views is also up for two awards, earning nominations for best album in the Pop/Rock and the Hip Hop/Rap category.

He will duke it out with Justin Bieber and The Weeknd in the Best Male Artist Pop/Rock category

The Canadian rapper, who is yet to win an American Music Award, was also nominated in the Favourite Song Pop/Rock category for his track One Dance, featuring Wizkid & Kyla. Adele’s Hello and Justin’s track Love Yourself are also nominated for that award.

The nominations were announced on U.S. TV show Good Morning America by singers Joe Jonas and Rachel Platten, as well as on a Facebook livestream.

The main nominations are as follows:

Artist of the Year
Adele
Beyoncé
Justin Bieber
Drake
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
Rihanna
Twenty One Pilots
Carrie Underwood
The Weeknd

New Artist of the Year
Alessia Cara
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Shawn Mendes
Zayn Malik

Tour of the Year
Beyoncé
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Video of the Year
Justin Bieber – Sorry
Desiigner – Panda
Rihanna Featuring Drake – Work

Favourite Male Artist – Pop/Rock
Justin Bieber
Drake
The Weeknd

Favourite Female Artist – Pop/Rock
Adele
Selena Gomez
Rihanna

Favourite Duo or Group – Pop/Rock
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Twenty One Pilots

Favourite Album – Pop/Rock
Adele – 25
Justin Bieber – Purpose
Drake – Views

Favourite Song- Pop/Rock
Adele – Hello
Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
Drake Featuring Wizkid and Kyla – One Dance

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