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American Music Awards nominees announced

October 12th, 2010

Hey, nominations for the 2010 American Music Awards have been announced. But no, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, arguably the biggest selling artists around are not leading the pack.

Instead, the leaders of the pack are actually Eminem and Lady Antebellum, followed up closely by Bieber with four, and Katy Perry, Usher, B.o.B. and Ke$ha with three each.

Gaga and Swift weren’t shut out, however – the former is up for two: Favorite Female Artist in Pop or Rock and overall Artist of the Year, while the latter was recognized for Favorite Female Country Artist.

Not to be outdone, Drake is also nominated for two awards: Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album.

The American Music Awards airs live on Sunday, November 21st at 8:00 p.m. EST.

Here is the entire list of nominations:

POP or ROCK MUSIC

    Favorite Male Artist

Justin Bieber
Eminem
Usher

    Favorite Female Artist

Ke$ha
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga

    Favorite Band, Duo or Group

The Black Eyed Peas
Lady Antebellum
Train

    Favorite Album

Justin Bieber/ My World 2.0
Eminem/ Recovery
Katy Perry/ Teenage Dream

COUNTRY MUSIC

    Favorite Male Artist

Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Brad Paisley

    Favorite Female Artist

Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

    Favorite Band, Duo or Group

Zac Brown Band
Lady Antebellum
Rascal Flatts

    Favorite Album

Jason Aldean/ Wide Open
Lady Antebellum/ Need You Now
Carrie Underwood/ Play On

RAP/HIP-HOP MUSIC

    Favorite Male Artist

B.o.B.
Drake
Eminem

    Favorite Album

B.o.B./ B.o.B. Presents
Drake/ Thank Me Later
Eminem/ Recovery

SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES MUSIC

    Favorite Male Artist

Chris Brown
Trey Songz
Usher

    Favorite Female Artist

Alicia Keys
Rihanna
Sade

    Favorite Album

Alicia Keys/ The Element of Freedom
Sade/ Soldier of Love
Usher/ Raymond v. Raymond

SOUNDTRACKS

    Favorite Album

AC/DC / Iron Man 2
Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

ALTERNATIVE ROCK MUSIC

    Favorite Artist

Muse
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend

ADULT CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

    Favorite Artist

Michael Buble
Lady Antebellum
Train

LATIN MUSIC

    Favorite Artist

Daddy Yankee
Enrique Iglesias
Shakira

    Favorite Artist

Casting Crowns
MercyMe
TobyMac

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Justin Bieber
Eminem
Ke$ha
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry

T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Nominations
B.o.B
Justin Bieber
Taio Cruz
Jason Derulo
Ke$ha
Lady Antebellum
Travie McCoy
Mike Posner

Posted on Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 at 4:06 pm by and is filed under Blog, News.

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