NBC and Dick Clark Productions announced the nominees for the 56 categories for the annual Billboard Music Awards. Cardi B, who recently won a Grammy for Best Rap Album, had more nominations than any other artist at 21. And just as astonishingly, Ms. B was nominated twice for Top 100 Song, Top Artist, and Top Collaboration. For those that were curious, the record for most nominations in a single year is held by The Chainsmokers and Drake, who were both nominated for 22 categories in last year’s awards.
Drake and Post Malone have the second most nominations, at 17 a piece and Travis Scott has third, with 12.
Given how much rap music dominated the charts this past year, it is no surprise that Top Album is filled with high selling rap albums. Cardi B’s ‘Invasion of Privacy’, Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ and Travis Scott’s ‘Astroworld’ are all in the running. The same trend runs true for Top 100 song which nominations of Cardi’s ‘I Like it’, Juice WRLD’s ‘Lucid Dreams’, Post Malone’s ‘Better Now’ and Scott’s ‘SICKO MODE’.
The most treasured category is Top Artist, and Cardi B will have some tough competition. Drake, Post Malone, Ariana Grande, and Travis Scott are all looking to take home the event’s biggest prize.
Personally, I’d like to see Cardi B sweep these categories. She had an unbelievable year in 2018 and winning these awards would be the icing on the already huge cake.
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