2015 American Music Awards: Taylor Swift Leads Nominations
Taylor Swift receives six nominations for the 2015 American Music Awards. (photo: Getty)
Taylor Swift is the most nominated artist at the 2015 American Music Awards. The singer is up for six categories, including artist of the year. The Weeknd and Ed Sheeran are one nom behind with five each, while others like Sam Smith, Nicki Minaj and Meghan Trainor scored four chances at a trophy.
The nominees were partially revealed by Joe Jonas and Charlie Puth this morning (Oct. 13) on Good Morning America followed by a Snapchat announcement. ABC will air the AMAs, which Jennifer Lopez hosts for the first time, live from Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater on Nov. 22.
Swift, who has 16 career AMAs to her name (three of which are artist of the year honors), is a sweep away from eclipsing Whitney Houston as the AMAs’ most decorated artist. That’s if she win all six of her categories, which include favorite album for 2014’s multi-platinum smash 1989 and song of the year for “Blank Space.”
Indeed, it’s the song category that looks to be especially competitive this year as radio favorites like Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's “See You Again,“ "Uptown Funk!” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud" and The Weeknd's “Can’t Feel My Face” face off.
Other nominated artists include newcomers Sam Hunt, Walk the Moon and Fetty Wap.
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AMAs nominees are based on key fan interactions as reflected in Billboard Magazine and on Billboard.com, including album and digital singles sales, radio airplay, streaming, social activity and touring. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Entertainment and Next Big Sound.
The American Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, a sister company of The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard. Allen Shapiro and Mike Mahan are executive producers. Larry Klein, Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco are producers.
The winners are voted entirely by fans. Voting opened today at AMAvote.com.
See the full list of nominees below:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Luke Bryan
Ariana Grande
Maroon 5
Nicki Minaj
One Direction
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
The Weeknd
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY KOHL’S
Fetty Wap
Sam Hunt
Tove Lo
Walk The Moon
The Weeknd
SONG OF THE YEAR
Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth “See You Again”
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!”
Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor Swift “Blank Space”
The Weeknd “Can’t Feel My Face”
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR UN-LEASHED BY T-MOBILE
Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth “See You Again”
Rihanna & Kanye West Featuring Paul McCartney “FourFiveSeconds”
Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!”
Skrillex & Diplo Featuring Justin Bieber “Where Are Ü Now”
Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar “Bad Blood”
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
Nick Jonas Ed Sheeran Sam Smith
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
Ariana Grande
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK
Maroon 5
One Direction
Walk The Moon
FAVORITE ALBUM – POP/ROCK
Ed Sheeran x
Sam Smith In The Lonely Hour
Taylor Swift 1989
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Sam Hunt
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Carrie Underwood
FAVORITE DUO or GROUP - COUNTRY
Zac Brown Band
Florida Georgia Line
Little Big Town
FAVORITE ALBUM - COUNTRY
Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt
Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes
Sam Hunt Montevallo
FAVORITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP
Drake
Fetty Wap
Nicki Minaj
FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP
J. Cole 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Drake If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
Nicki Minaj The Pinkprint
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown
Trey Songz
The Weeknd
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Rihanna
FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown X
D’Angelo and The Vanguard Black Messiah
The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness
FAVORITE ARTIST - ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Fall Out Boy
Hozier
Walk The Moon
FAVORITE ARTIST - ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
FAVORITE ARTIST - LATIN
Enrique Iglesias
Ricky Martin
Romeo Santos
FAVORITE ARTIST - CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
Casting Crowns
Hillsong United
MercyMe
FAVORITE ARTIST - ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Zedd
TOP SOUNDTRACK
Fifty Shades of Grey
Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1
Pitch Perfect 2