Adele, Rihanna And Lady Gaga Lead Billboard Music Award Nominations
Posted on Fri Apr 20th, 2012 7:25am PDT By X17 Staff
The nominations for the Billboard Music Awards are out and leading the pack ... Adele, Rihanna and Lady Gaga!
Adele has been nominated in 18 categories including Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist and Top Artist. Her single "Rolling in the Deep" is up for awards in seven categories.
Rihanna has been nominated for 13 while Lady Gaga earned 10 noms. Also up for some awards: Lil' Wayne in 10 categories and Party Rock peeps LMFAO in 17 categories.
Other artists nominated include Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Nicki MInaj and Chris Brown ... just to name a few.
The Billboard Music Awards will take place in Vegas on May 20.
Click thru to see the complete list of nominations.
Top Artist:
Adele
Lady GaGa
Lil Wayne
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top New Artist:
Bad Meets Evil
Big Sean
Foster the People
Scotty McCreery
Wiz Khalifa
Top Male Artist:
Justin Bieber
Chris Brown
Drake
Lil Wayne
Bruno Mars
Top Female Artist:
Adele
Lady GaGa
Nicki Minaj
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Duo/Group:
Black Eyed Peas
Coldplay
Lady Antebellum
LMFAO
Maroon 5
Top Billboard 200 Album:
Adele - "21"
Michael Buble - "Christmas"
Drake - "Take Care"
Lady GaGa - "Born This Way"
Lil Wayne - "Tha Carter IV"
Top Pop Album:
Adele - "19"
Adele - "21"
Michael Buble - "Christmas"
Lady GaGa - "Born This Way"
Justin Bieber - "Under the Mistletoe"
Top R&B Album:
Beyonce Knowles - "4"
Mary J. Blige - "My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)"
Chris Brown - "F.A.M.E."
Jennifer Hudson - "I Remember Me"
Rihanna - "Talk That Talk"
Top Rap Album:
Bad Meets Evil - "Hell: The Sequel"
Drake - "Take Care"
Jay-Z & Kanye West - "Watch the Throne"
Lil Wayne - "Tha Carter IV"
LMFAO - "Sorry for Party Rocking"
Top Country Album:
Jason Aldean - "My Kinda Party"
The Band Perry - "The Band Perry"
Luke Bryan - "Tailgates & Tanlines"
Lady Antebellum - "Own the Night"
Scotty McCreery - "Clear as Day"
Top Hot 100 Song:
Adele - "Rolling in the Deep"
LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock - "Party Rock Anthem"
Maroon 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera - "Moves Like Jagger"
Katy Perry Feat. Kanye West - "E.T."
Pitbull Feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer - "Give Me Everything"
Top Digital Song:
Adele - "Rolling in the Deep"
LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock - "Party Rock Anthem"
LMFAO - "Sexy and I Know It"
Maroon 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera - "Moves Like Jagger"
Katy Perry Feat. Kanye West - "E.T."
