Kendrick Lamar & Drake To Compete For Top Artist At 2018 Billboard Music Awards
With the 2018 Billboard Music Awards approaching quickly, the nominees have finally been announced. Singers; Khalid and Bebe Rexha shared some of the nominees yesterday, which just so happened to include their own names.
Khalid, who is nominated for Top New Artist, goes up against 21 Savage, Camila Cabello, Cardi B and Kodak Black for the award. Kendrick Lamar is nominated for a whopping 15 awards, including Top Artist, Top Rap Album and Top Rap Tour. Drake is close behind with 9 nominations while Cardi has 7 including Top Female Rap Artist, a category she shares with Nicki Minaj and Bhad Bhabie.
The show, airing (May 20) on NBC for the first time, will commemorate 60 years of Billboard charts. You can see the list of nominees in some of the biggest categories below:
Top Artist
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift
Top Female Artist
Camila Cabello
Cardi B
Halsey
Demi Lovato
Taylor Swift
Top Male Artist
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran
Top Hot 100 Song
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber, “Despacito”
Kendrick Lamar, “Humble.”
Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”
Post Malone ft. 21 Savage, “Rockstar”
Ed Sheeran, “Shape Of You”
Top Selling Album
Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
P!nk, Beautiful Trauma
Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide)
Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 1
Taylor Swift, Reputation
Top New Artist
21 Savage
Camila Cabello
Cardi B
Khalid
Kodak Black
Top Streaming Songs Artist
Cardi B
Drake
Kendrick
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran
Top Rap Artist
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
Lil Uzi Vert
Migos
Post Malone
Top R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Khalid
Bruno Mars
SZA
The Weeknd