AMA Nominations Dominated By Olivia Rodrigo

The nominations for the 2021 American Music Awards were announced Thursday morning. Breakout superstar Olivia Rodrigo came out on top with the most nominations of any artist. She had a total of seven nominations including Artist of the Year and Favorite Trending Song for her smash hit, drama-field yet totally addicting “Driver’s License“.  The massive list of nominations are below with a few additional new categories added to this year’s AMA nominations including favorite trending song, favorite gospel artist, and favorite Latin duo or group.

AMA 2021 Artist of the Year Nominations

Taylor Swift
Drake
Olivia Rodrigo
The Weeknd
Ariana Grande
BTS

We will start with the announcement of the Artist of the Year nomination for the 2021 American Music Awards. This is the most coveted award of the night and winners of past Artist of the Year include Taylor Swift who has won this award a total of six times and the last three years in a row and is currently nominated for her 8th Artist of the Year award. She holds a record total of 32 AMA nominations.

The Weeknd was also nominated for the 2021 AMA Artist of the Year award. The Weeknd is a five time AMA winner and he has been nominated for six awards this year. The 2021 American Music Awards are scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 21st at 8 p.m. Eastern Time and the major music event will be broadcast on ABC.

Favorite Trending Song

Megan Thee Stallion, “Body”
Olivia Rodrigo, “Drivers License”
Popp Hunna, “Adderall (Corvette Corvette)”
Erica Banks, “Buss It”
Måneskin, “Beggin”

New Artist of the Year

24kGoldn
Giveon
Masked Wolf
Olivia Rodrigo
The Kid LAROI

Country superstar Morgan Wallen has been nominated for two AMAs this year. Unfortunately for fans of the country music artist, he was not invited to perform or attend at this year’s AMAs due to Morgan’s incident that went viral last February.

“Morgan Wallen is a nominee this year based on charting,” the statement reads. “As his conduct does not align with our core values, we will not be including him on the show in any capacity (performing, presenting, accepting),” it continued. “We plan to evaluate his progress in doing meaningful work as an ally to the Black community and will consider his participation in future shows.”

Collaboration of the Year

Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”
Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me More”
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon “Peaches”
24kGoldn ft. iann dior “Mood”
Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez “DÁKITI”

Favorite Music Video

Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Leave The Door Open”
Cardi B “Up”
Lil Nas X “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)”
Olivia Rodrigo “drivers license”
The Weeknd “Save Your Tears”

Favorite Female Pop Artist

Ariana Grande
Doja Cat
Dua Lipa
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift

Favorite Male Pop Artist

Drake
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Lil Nas X
The Weeknd

Favorite Pop Duo or Group

AJR
BTS
Glass Animals
Maroon 5
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)

Favorite Pop Album

Ariana Grande “Positions”
Dua Lipa “Future Nostalgia”
Olivia Rodrigo “SOUR”
Taylor Swift “evermore”
The Kid LAROI “F*CK LOVE”

Favorite Pop Song

BTS “Butter”
Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me More”
Dua Lipa “Levitating”
Olivia Rodrigo “drivers license”
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears (Remix)”

Favorite Male Country Artist

Chris Stapleton
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen

Favorite Female Country Artist

Carrie Underwood
Gabby Barrett
Kacey Musgraves
Maren Morris
Miranda Lambert

Favorite Country Duo or Group

Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Lady A
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band

Favorite Country Album

Chris Stapleton “Starting Over”
Gabby Barrett “Goldmine”
Lee Brice “Hey World”
Luke Bryan “Born Here Live Here Die Here”
Morgan Wallen “Dangerous: The Double Album”

Favorite Country Song

Chris Stapleton “Starting Over”
Chris Young & Kane Brown “Famous Friends”
Gabby Barrett “The Good Ones”
Luke Combs “Forever After All”
Walker Hayes “Fancy Like”

Hip Hop Nominations for the 2021 AMAs

Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist

Cardi B
Coi Leray
Erica Banks
Megan Thee Stallion
Saweetie

Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist

Drake
Lil Baby
Moneybagg Yo
Polo G
Pop Smoke

Favorite Hip-Hop Album

Drake “Certified Lover Boy”
Juice WRLD “Legends Never Die”
Megan Thee Stallion “Good News”
Pop Smoke “Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon”
Rod Wave “SoulFly”

Favorite Hip-Hop Song

Cardi B “Up”
Internet Money ft. Gunna, Don Toliver & NAV “Lemonade”
Lil Tjay ft. 6LACK “Calling My Phone”
Polo G “RAPSTAR”
Pop Smoke “What You Know Bout Love”
Favorite Male R&B Artist

Chris Brown
Giveon
Tank
The Weeknd
Usher
Favorite Female R&B Artist

Doja Cat
H.E.R.
Jazmine Sullivan
Jhené Aiko
SZA
Favorite R&B Album

Doja Cat “Planet Her”
Giveon “When It’s All Said And Done… Take Time”
H.E.R. “Back of My Mind”
Jazmine Sullivan “Heaux Tales”
Queen Naija “missunderstood”
Favorite R&B Song

Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Leave The Door Open”
Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”
Giveon “Heartbreak Anniversary”
H.E.R. “Damage”
Jazmine Sullivan “Pick Up Your Feelings”
Favorite Male Latin Artist

Bad Bunny
J Balvin
Maluma
Ozuna
Rauw Alejandro
Favorite Female Latin Artist

Becky G
Kali Uchis
KAROL G
Natti Natasha
ROSALÍA
Favorite Latin Duo or Group

Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga
Calibre 50
Eslabon Armado
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De Rene Camacho
Los Dos Carnales
Favorite Latin Album

Bad Bunny “EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO”
Kali Uchis “Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)”
KAROL G “KG0516”
Maluma “PAPI JUANCHO”
Rauw Alejandro “Afrodisíaco”
Favorite Latin Song

Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez “DÁKITI”
Bad Bunny x ROSALÍA “LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE”
Farruko “Pepas”
Kali Uchis “telepatía”
Maluma & The Weeknd “Hawái (Remix)”
Favorite Rock Artist

AJR
All Time Low
Foo Fighters
Glass Animals
Machine Gun Kelly
Favorite Inspirational Artist

CAIN
Carrie Underwood
Elevation Worship
Lauren Daigle
Zach Williams
Favorite Gospel Artist

Kanye West
Kirk Franklin
Koryn Hawthorne
Maverick City Music
Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Favorite Dance/Electronic Artist

David Guetta
ILLENIUM
Marshmello
Regard
Tiësto