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Cardi B Is Leading The 2019 Billboard Music Awards With 21 Nominations!



Cardi B is taking over the 2019 Billboard Music Awards! The “Money” femcee is leading the nominations by being nominated 21 times in 18 categories. She just missed breaking the record for most nominations set by Drake and The Chainsmokers, who each had 22 in 2017.


Cardi will be competing against herself in three categories consisting of the Top Hot 100 Song, Top Selling Song, and Top Collaboration. Following Cardi, Drake and Post Malone each have 17 nominations. Travis Scott is up next with 12 awards, and XXXTentacion is up for 10.


The 2019 Billboard Music Awards will be hosted by Kelly Clarkson at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 1st. The show will air live at 8PM ET on NBC. See the full list of nominees below.


ARTIST AWARDS


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 Hot 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


ALBUM AWARDS


Top Billboard 200 Album:

Cardi B “Invasion of Privacy”

Drake “Scorpion”

Post Malone “beerbongs & bentleys"

Travis Scott “ASTROWORLD”

XXXTentacion “?”


Top Soundtrack:

“13 Reasons Why: Season 2”

“A Star is Born” by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”

“The Greatest Showman”


Top R&B Album:

Ella Mai “Ella Mai”

H.E.R. “H.E.R.”

Khalid “American Teen”

The Weeknd “My Dear Melancholy,”

XXXTentacion “17”


Top Rap Album:

Cardi B “Invasion of Privacy”

Drake “Scorpion”

Post Malone “beerbongs & bentleys"

Travis Scott “ASTROWORLD”

XXXTentacion “?”


SONG AWARDS


Top Hot 100 Song:

Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It”

Juice Wrld “Lucid Dreams”

Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You”

Post Malone “Better Now”

Travis Scott “SICKO MODE”


Top Streaming Song (Audio):

Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It”

Juice Wrld “Lucid Dreams”

Post Malone “Better Now”

Travis Scott “SICKO MODE”

XXXTentacion “SAD!”


Top Streaming Song (Video):

Drake “In My Feelings”

Juice Wrld “Lucid Dreams”

Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You”

Travis Scott “SICKO MODE”

XXXTentacion “SAD!”


Top Selling Song:

Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It”

Drake “In My Feelings”

Halsey “Without Me”

Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper “Shallow”

Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You”


Top Radio Song:

Khalid & Normani “Love Lies”

Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You”

Post Malone “Better Now”

Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be”

Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey “The Middle”


Top Collaboration:

Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It”

Khalid & Normani “Love Lies”

Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Girls Like You”

Marshmello & Bastille “Happier”

Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign “Psycho”


Top R&B Song:

DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper & Quavo “No Brainer”

Ella Mai “Boo’d Up”

Ella Mai “Trip”

Khalid “Better”

Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown “Freaky Friday”


Top Rap Song:

Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “I Like It”

Drake “In My Feelings”

Juice Wrld “Lucid Dreams”

Post Malone “Better Now”

Travis Scott “SICKO MODE”

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