2022 Billboard Music Awards: The Weeknd dominates with 17 nods [watch]

The nominees for the 2022 Billboard Music Awards were announced on Friday 8 April and Canadian R&B star, The Weeknd, leads the pack with 17 nods. Doja Cat, who won her first Grammy Award for her single Kiss Me More, follows with 14 nominations. 

The awards are set to take place on Sunday 15 May at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the same venue that hosted the star-studded Grammy Awards earlier this month. 

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BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS NEW CATEGORIES 

The nominees for the 2022 Billboard Music Awards are based on the artists who featured on the Billboard charts between 26 March 2021 and 17 March 2022. 

This year, five new categories based on Billboard’s global charts were added to the Billboard Music Awards bringing the total number of categories to 62. 

The new categories are Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Billboard Global Artist (Excluding United States), Top Billboard Global 200 Song, Top Billboard Global Song (Excluding United States) and Top Viral Song.

THE WEEKND DOMINATES THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS 

Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd is nominated for 17 awards including Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist and Top R&B Album for Dawn FM.

Dawn FM, released on 7 January, is The Weeknd’s fifth studio album. The album featured the likes of Tyler, the Creator, Lil Wayne and actor Jim Carrey. 

The 16-track album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 charts. 

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TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE NOMINEES HERE 

TOP ARTIST 

• Doja Cat
• Drake
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Taylor Swift
• The Weeknd

TOP NEW ARTIST 

• Givēon
• Masked Wolf
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Pooh Shiesty
• The Kid LAROI 

TOP MALE ARTIST 

• Drake
• Ed Sheeran
• Justin Bieber
• Lil Nas X
• The Weeknd

TOP FEMALE ARTIST 

• Adele
• Doja Cat
• Dua Lipa
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Taylor Swift 

TOP DUO/GROUP 

• BTS
• Glass Animals
• Imagine Dragons
• Migos
• Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak)

TOP BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST 

• Adele
• Drake
• Juice WRLD
• Morgan Wallen
• Taylor Swift 

TOP HOT 100 ARTIST 

• Doja Cat
• Drake
• Justin Bieber
• Olivia Rodrigo
• The Weeknd 

TOP STREAMING SONGS ARTIST 

• Doja Cat
• Drake
• Lil Nas X
• Olivia Rodrigo
• The Weeknd

TOP SONG SALES ARTIST 

• Adele
• BTS
• Dua Lipa
• Ed Sheeran
• Walker Hayes

TOP RADIO SONGS ARTIST 

• Doja Cat
• Ed Sheeran
• Justin Bieber
• Olivia Rodrigo
• The Weeknd

TOP BILLBOARD GLOBAL 200 ARTIST 

• Doja Cat
• Ed Sheeran
• Justin Bieber
• Olivia Rodrigo
• The Weeknd 

TOP BILLBOARD GLOBAL ARTIST (EXCLUDING US)

• BTS
• Dua Lipa
• Ed Sheeran
• Olivia Rodrigo
• The Weeknd

TOP R&B ARTIST 

• Doja Cat 
• Givēon
• Silk Sonic 
• Summer Walker
• The Weeknd

TOP RAP ARTIST 

• Drake
• Juice WRLD
• Lil Baby
• Moneybagg Yo
• Polo G

TOP COUNTRY ARTIST 

• Chris Stapleton
• Luke Combs
• Morgan Wallen
• Taylor Swift
• Walker Hayes

TOP ROCK ARTIST 

• Glass Animals
• Imagine Dragons
• Machine Gun Kelly
• Måneskin
• Twenty One Pilots

TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST 

• Calvin Harris
• David Guetta
• Lady Gaga
• Marshmello
• Tiësto

TOP GOSPEL ARTIST 

• CeCe Winans
• Elevation Worship
• Kirk Franklin
• Maverick City Music
• Kanye West

Take a look at the full list of nominees here