American Music Awards 2022: the list of nominees revealed

After the MTV European Music Awards, it’s the turn of the American Music Awards to unveil the list of its nominees. They apply each year to reward the commercial successes of the music industry. Voting is done on Twitter and on the American Music Awards website. Limited to 22 votes per user, per category, per day and per method, they will be open until November 14, 8:59 am.

This year, Puerto Rican Bad Bunny gets the most nominations competing in eight categories, including Artist of the Year. Beyoncé, Drake and Taylor Swift stand out with six nominations while Adele, Harry Styles and The Weeknd close the podium with five nominations each.

Last year, it was the BTS who marked the edition by leaving with their arms full of three trophies, including that of best artist of the year, a first for Asian artists. They are this year nominated in the category best group / pop duo and K-Pop artist. The latter, along with Rock Song of the Year, Rock Album and Afrobeat Artist, is included for the first time. The ceremony will be held on November 21 in Los Angeles.

Artist of the Year:

• Adele
• Bad Bunny
• Beyonce
• drake
• Harry Styles
• Taylor Swift
• The Weeknd

New Artist of the Year:

• Dove Cameron
• GAYLE
• Latto
• Maneskin
• Steve Lacy

Contribution of the year:

• Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
• Elton John & Dua Lipa “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix”
• Future ft. Drake & Tems “WAIT FOR U”
• Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow “INDUSTRY BABY”
• The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”

Touring artist:

• Bad Bunny
• Coldplay
• Ed Sheeran
• Elton John
• The Rolling Stones

Clip:

• Adele “Easy On Me”
• Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone “Me Porto Bonito”
• Harry Styles “As It Was”
• Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow “INDUSTRY BABY”
• Taylor Swift “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)”

Male Artist:

• Bad Bunny
• drake
• Ed Sheeran
• Harry Styles
• The Weeknd

Female artist:

• Adele
• Beyonce
• Doja Cat
• Lizzo
• Taylor Swift

Favorite duo or group:

• BTS
• Coldplay
• imagine Dragons
• Maneskin
• OneRepublic

pop-album:

• Adele “30”
• Bad Bunny “Un Verano Sin Ti”
• Beyonce “Rebirth”
• Harry Styles “Harry’s House”
• Taylor Swift “Red (Taylor’s Version)”
• The Weeknd “Dawn FM”

pop song:

• Adele “Easy On Me”
• Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
• Harry Styles “As It Was”
• Lizzo “About That Time”
• The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber “STAY”

K-Pop artist:

• BLACKPINK
• BTS
• SEVENTEEN
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER
• TWICE

Dance/electronic artist:

• Diploma
• marshmello
• Swedish House Mafia
• The Chainsmokers
• Tiesto

rock artist:

• imagine Dragons
• Machine Gun Kelly
• Maneskin
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The Lumineers

Male Latin artist:

• Bad Bunny
• farruko
• J Balvin
• jhayco
• Rauw Alejandro

Female Latin Artist:

• Anitta
• Becky G
• Kali Uchis
• KAROL G
• ROSALIA

Hip hop song:

• Future ft. Drake & Tems “WAIT FOR U”
• Jack Harlow “First Class”
• Kodak Black “Super Gremlin”
• “Big Energy” Latto
• Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow “INDUSTRY BABY”

R&B song:

• Beyoncé “BREAK MY SOUL”
• Muni Long «Hrs And Hrs»
• Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) “Smokin Out The Window”
• SZA “I Hate U”
• Wizkid ft. Gasoline Time

Original movie soundtrack:

• “ELVIS”
• “Encanta”
• “Sing 2”
• “Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 4”
• “Top Gun: Maverick”

The full list of nominees can be found on the American Music Awards website.