The 2015 American Music Awards Nominations Are In: Taylor Swift, The Weeknd Lead The Way
Relative industry unknown Taylor Swift leads the pack in nominations for this year's American Music Awards.
The country-pop-turned-regular-pop singer-songwriter, who apparently released an album called 1989 last year (first we're hearing about it!) and whose current boyfriend Calvin Harris is nominated for Favorite EDM artist and is definitely ready to sue everyone right now (and it won't be a 'happy ending', y'all!!!), is up for six potential wins at the ceremony, which will be hosted live from LA on November 22 by future Vegas showgirl, Jennifer Lopez. And if she doesn't win all of them, don't feel too bad — she already has a casual 16 AMAs sitting on her shelf for Meredith & Olivia, her cats, to play with.
Moody chart-topper The Weeknd and x singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran — both proud member of the #SwiftSquad — follows closely thereafter with five nominations, including Artist Of The Year alongside acts like Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande and Meghan Trainor.
Check out all of the nominees, and weigh in on who you think will take home the trophies in the comments 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
2014 American Music Awards Red Carpet Photos