New York, NY (Top40 Charts) After weeks of fans voting for their favorites, the final five nominees in the Artist of the Year category for the 2016 American
Music Awards have been revealed.
Justin Bieber,
Selena Gomez,
Ariana Grande, Rihanna, and
Carrie Underwood will be competing against each other for the biggest award of the night at the show on Sunday (November 20).
The show will air live at 8/7c on ABC with Gigi Hadid and Jay Pharoah as the co-hosts.
Drake is leading the list of nominations with 13 nods. Make sure to check out the full list of nominations!
Niall Horan has hit the AMAs stage but it is the first time he'll be doing it as a solo act. Earlier today, we learned that Niall will be performing his new single, "This Town," this year, marking a huge moment as a bona fide solo artist. "Absolutely delighted to be performing 'This Town,'" Niall tweeted this morning before tagging the official AMAs account and posting a photo of the single cover.
As we already know, he'll be joined by some of our absolute faves, as Gigi Hadid is set to host the evening, that there will be performances by everyone from
Fifth Harmony to
Ariana Grande.
The full list of nominations for the 2016 American
Music Awards:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Adele
Beyonce
Justin Bieber
Drake
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
Rihanna
Twenty One Pilots
Carrie Underwood
The Weeknd
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Alessia Cara
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Shawn Mendes
Zayn Malik
COLLABORATION
Chainsmokers ft. Daya - "Don't Let Me Down"
Drake ft. Wizkid/Kyla - "One Dance"
Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign - "Work From Home"
Rihanna ft. Drake - "Work"
Meghan Trainor ft. J. Legend - "Like I'm Gonna Lose You"
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - POP/ROCK
Justin Bieber
Drake
The Weeknd
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - POP/ROCK
Adele
Selena Gomez
Rihanna
FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP - POP/ROCK
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Twenty One Pilots
FAVORITE ALBUM - POP/ROCK
Adele - "25"
Justin Bieber - "Purpose"
Drake - "Views
FAVORITE SONG - POP/ROCK
Adele "Hello"
Justin Bieber "Love Yourself"
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla "One Dance"
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - SOUL/R&B
Chris Brown
Bryson Tiller
The Weeknd
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - SOUL/R&B
Beyonce
Janet Jackson
Rihanna
FAVORITE SONG - SOUL/R&B
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla - "One Dance"
Rihanna and Drake - "Work"
Bryson Tiller - "Don't"
FAVORITE ALBUM - SOUL/R&B
Beyonce - "LEMONADE"
Rihanna - "Anti"
Bryson Tiller - "T R A P S O U L"
FAVORITE ARTIST - RAP/HIP-HOP
Drake
Fetty Wap
Future
FAVORITE SONG - RAP/HIP-HOP
Desiigner - "Panda"
Drake - "Hotline Bling"
Fetty Wap - "679″
FAVORITE ALBUM - RAP/HIP-HOP
Drake - "Views"
Drake and Future - "What a Time to Be Alive"
Fetty Wap - "Fetty Wap"
FAVORITE ARTIST - EDM
The Chainsmokers
Calvin Harris
Major Lazer
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - COUNTRY
Luke Bryan
Thomas Rhett
Blake Shelton
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - COUNTRY
Kelsea Ballerini
Cam
Carrie Underwood
FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP - COUNTRY
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band
FAVORITE ALBUM - COUNTRY
Luke Bryan - "Kill the Lights"
Chris Stapleton - "Traveller"
Carrie Underwood - "Storyteller"
FAVORITE SONG - COUNTRY
Florida Georgia Line - "H.O.L.Y."
Tim McGraw - "Humble and Kind"
Thomas Rhett - "Die a Happy Man"
FAVORITE ARTIST - ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Adele
Rachel Platten
Meghan Trainor
FAVORITE ARTIST - LATIN
J Balvin
Enrique Iglesias
Nicky Jam
FAVORITE ARTIST - CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
Lauren Daigle
Hillsong UNITED
Chris Tomlin
TOP SOUNDTRACK
Purple Rain
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Suicide Squad: The Album
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Justin Bieber, "Sorry"
Desiigner, "Panda"
Rihanna featuring Drake, "Work"
TOUR OF THE YEAR
Beyonce
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
