SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts) With help from pop R&B singer
Jason Derulo live this morning on "Good Morning America," dick clark productions and Billboard, the ultimate authority in music and home of the iconic Billboard charts defining success in music, today announced the finalists for the 2014 Billboard
Music Awards, honoring the year's most successful artists in 40 categories. The 2014 Billboard
Music Awards will broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden
Arena in Las
Vegas on Sunday, May 18, on ABC from 8:00 PM-11:00 PM ET, with performances from music's biggest stars. The "2014 Billboard
Music Awards" is produced by dick clark productions. Allen Shapiro and Mike Mahan are Executive Producers. Larry Klein and Barry Adelman are Producers.
Derulo appeared in the 8:00 AM ET hour of "Good Morning America" today, to announce his participation as a performer in this year's Billboard
Music Awards. Derulo also announced five of the 40 finalist categories, including: Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Female Artist, Top R&B Artist, and Top Country Artist.
Finalists
Imagine Dragons and
Lorde lead with twelve categories each.
Imagine Dragons is vying for its first Billboard
Music Award this year. The quartet burned up the charts in 2013 with its album "
Night Visions" (which is also a finalist for Top Rock Album) and its many hit singles. Among those is the smash hit "Radioactive," which broke the record for the most weeks ever on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Lorde broke through in 2013 as well with her inescapable No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 single "
Royals" and debut album "Pure Heroine." The two musical acts go head-to-head in nine categories, including Top Hot 100 Artist, Top
Digital Songs Artist, Top
Radio Songs Artist, Top Rock Artist, Top Rock Album, Top Hot 100 Song, Top
Digital Song, Top Streaming Song (Audio), and Top Rock Song.
Justin Timberlake,
Katy Perry and
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis follow with 11, 10 and 8 categories respectively.
Justin Timberlake could capture his first Billboard
Music Award this year as a solo artist. Included in his 11 categories, are Top Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album. With the group 'N Sync, Timberlake earned five Billboard
Music Awards, including the 2000 trophy for Album of the Year ("No
Strings Attached").
Katy Perry is already a three-time Billboard
Music Award winner, with the 2011 Top Hot 100 Artist and the Top
Digital Songs Artist, and the 2012 Spotlight Award, honoring her achievement as the first woman to earn five No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from one album ("
Teenage Dream").
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are also past winners, receiving Top Rap Song at the 2013 Billboard
Music Awards.
Some other fun finalist facts include:
* Both
Lorde and
Robin Thicke, T.I. and
Pharrell Williams with their respective Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s "
Royals" and "Blurred Lines," lead the songs race with 5 title categories each.
*
Imagine Dragons and
Katy Perry both come in second for song categories with 4 for "
Radioactive" and "Roar."
*
Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams' "Get Lucky,"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton's "Can't Hold Us," and the duo's hit with Wanz's "Thrift Shop," in addition to Miley Cyrus' "
Wrecking Ball" and Avicii's "
Wake Me Up!" all are tied with 2 title categories each.
* Some first-time Billboard
Music Award finalists include:
Lorde (12 categories),
Avicii (4 categories),
Capital Cities (3 categories), Zedd (3 categories), Sidewalk Prophets (1 category)
*
Rihanna has been a finalist at the Billboard
Music Awards 49 times, including 5 categories this year.
*
Justin Timberlake has the most entries as a finalist for albums with three, including two entries for Top R&B Album with "
The 20/20 Experience" and "The 20/20
Experience (2 of 2)"
*
Luke Bryan leads all country acts with seven entries in six categories, including an appearance as a finalist in the overall Top Male Artist grouping.
Billboard
Music Awards finalists are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital singles sales, radio airplay, touring, streaming and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, VEVO, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music. These measurements are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Entertainment and Next Big Sound. The awards are based on the reporting period of March 11, 2013 through March 9, 2014. Since 1940, the Billboard charts have been the go-to guide for ranking the popularity of songs and albums, and are the ultimate measure of a musician's success.
As previously announced, the 2014
Milestone Award presented by Chevrolet, will be given to an innovative artist who has achieved a notable chart milestone over the past year. The six finalists for this special editorial award were announced earlier last week on Billboard.com - they are: Imagine Dragons, John Legend, Luke Bryan, OneRepublic,
Ellie Goulding and Carrie Underwood. Fans can vote for their favorite
Milestone artist online at Billboard.com/milestone and can enter a contest for a chance to win an opportunity to present the award live at this year's event alongside global music superstar and Billboard
Music Award winner
Kelly Rowland.
"I'm really looking forward to presenting the Chevrolet
Milestone Award at this year's Billboard
Music Awards. I love being able to recognize fellow artists for their accomplishments and having the opportunity to present with a fan will make the evening that much more exciting!" said
Kelly Rowland.
The six finalists will be narrowed down to three finalists, who will be announced on the website on April 21st. Voting will then continue through the first two hours of the live 2014 Billboard
Music Awards broadcast, culminating with the announcement of the award winner during the last hour of the show.
The "2014 Billboard
Music Awards" are set to return to ABC and will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden
Arena in Las
Vegas on Sunday, May 18 at 8:00pm ET/PT. The show will showcase this year's hottest and biggest music stars. Billboard
Music Awards finalists are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital singles sales, radio airplay, touring, streaming and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, VEVO, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music.
THE "2014 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS" FINALISTS:
ARTIST AWARDS
TOP ARTIST:
Miley Cyrus
Imagine Dragons
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Justin Timberlake
Top New Artist:
Bastille
Capital Cities
Ariana Grande
Lorde
Passenger
Top Male Artist:
Luke Bryan
Drake
Eminem
Bruno Mars
Justin Timberlake
Top Female Artist:
Beyoncé
Miley Cyrus
Lorde
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Duo/Group:
Florida Georgia Line
Imagine Dragons
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
One Direction
OneRepublic
Top Billboard 200 Artist:
Beyoncé
Luke Bryan
Eminem
One Direction
Justin Timberlake
Top Hot 100 Artist:
Miley Cyrus
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Katy Perry
Justin Timberlake
Top
Digital Songs Artist:
Miley Cyrus
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Katy Perry
Top
Radio Songs Artist:
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Justin Timberlake
Top Touring Artist
Beyoncé
Bon Jovi
P!nk
Rihanna
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Top Social Artist:
Justin Bieber
Miley Cyrus
One Direction
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Top Streaming Artist:
Miley Cyrus
Imagine Dragons
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Katy Perry
PSY
Top R&B Artist:
Beyoncé
Pharrell Williams
Rihanna
Robin Thicke
Justin Timberlake
Top Rap Artist:
Drake
Eminem
Jay Z
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Pitbull
Top Country Artist:
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line
Darius Rucker
Blake Shelton
Taylor Swift
Top Rock Artist:
Capital Cities
Fall Out Boy
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Passenger
Top Latin Artist
Marc Anthony
Gerardo Ortiz
Jenni Rivera
Prince Royce
Romeo Santos
Top Dance/Electronic Artist
Avicii
Daft Punk
Calvin Harris
Lady Gaga
Zedd
Top Christian Artist
Mandisa
Skillet
tobyMac
Chris Tomlin
Matthew West
Milestone Award presented by Chevrolet
Imagine Dragons
John Legend
Luke Bryan
Ellie Goulding
OneRepublic
Carrie Underwood
ALBUM AWARDS
Top Billboard 200 Album:
Beyoncé "Beyoncé"
Luke Bryan "
Crash My Party"
Drake "
Nothing Was The Same"
Eminem "The Marshall Mathers LP 2"
Justin Timberlake "
The 20/20 Experience"
Top R&B Album
Beyoncé "Beyoncé"
R.
Kelly "
Black Panties"
Robin Thicke "
Blurred Lines"
Justin Timberlake "
The 20/20 Experience"
Justin Timberlake "The 20/20
Experience (2 of 2)"
Top Rap Album:
J. Cole "
Born Sinner"
Drake "
Nothing Was The Same"
Eminem "The Marshall Mathers LP 2"
Jay Z "Magna Carta…Holy Grail"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis "
The Heist"
Top Country Album:
Garth Brooks "Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences"
Luke Bryan "
Crash My Party"
Florida Georgia Line "Here's To The Good Time"
The Robertsons "
Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas"
Blake Shelton "
Based On A True Story"
Top Rock Album:
Lana Del Rey "
Born To Die"
Fall Out Boy "
Save Rock And Roll"
Imagine Dragons "
Night Visions"
Lorde "
Pure Heroine"
Mumford & Sons "
Babel"
Top Latin Album:
Marc Anthony "3.0"
Alejandro Fernandez "
Confidencias"
Jenni Rivera "1969- Siempre: En Vivo Desde Monterrey: Parte 1
Prince Royce "
Soy El Mismo"
Romeo Santos "
Formula: Vol. 2"
Top Dance/Electronic Album
Avicii "True"
Daft Punk "Random
Access Memories"
Lady Gaga "ARTPOP"
Lindsey Stirling "
Lindsey Stirling"
Zedd "
Clarity"
Top Christian Album:
Alan Jackson "
Precious Memories: Volume II"
Skillet "Rise"
Third Day "
Miracle"
Chris Tomlin "
Burning Lights"
Various Artists "WOW Hits 2014"
SONG AWARDS
Top Hot 100 Song:
Miley Cyrus "
Wrecking Ball"
Imagine Dragons "
Radioactive"
Lorde "
Royals"
Katy Perry "Roar"
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. &
Pharrell Williams "
Blurred Lines"
Top
Digital Song:
Imagine Dragons "
Radioactive"
Lorde "
Royals"
OneRepublic "
Counting Stars"
Katy Perry "Roar"
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. &
Pharrell Williams "
Blurred Lines"
Top
Radio Song:
Avicii "
Wake Me Up!"
Lorde "
Royals"
Katy Perry "Roar"
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. &
Pharrell Williams "
Blurred Lines"
Justin Timberlake "
Mirrors"
Top Streaming Song (Audio)
Daft Punk Featuring
Pharrell Williams "
Get Lucky"
Imagine Dragons "
Radioactive"
Lorde "
Royals"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring
Ray Dalton "
Can't Hold Us"
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. &
Pharrell Williams "
Blurred Lines"
Top Streaming Song (Video)
Baauer "
Harlem Shake"
Miley Cyrus "
We Can't Stop"
Miley Cyrus "
Wrecking Ball"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz "
Thrift Shop"
Katy Perry "Roar"
Top R&B Song:
Beyoncé Feat. Jay Z "
Drunk In Love"
Drake Featuring
Majid Jordan "Hold On, We're Going Home"
Pharrell Williams "
Happy"
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. &
Pharrell Williams "
Blurred Lines"
Justin Timberlake Feat. Jay Z "
Suit & Tie"
Top Rap Song:
Eminem Featuring
Rihanna "
The Monster"
Jay Z Featuring
Justin Timberlake "
Holy Grail"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring
Ray Dalton "
Can't Hold Us"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz "
Thrift Shop"
Pitbull Featuring
Ke$ha "
Timber"
Top Country Song:
Luke Bryan "
Crash My Party"
Luke Bryan "
That's My Kind Of Night"
Florida Georgia Line Featuring
Nelly "
Cruise"
Darius Rucker "
Wagon Wheel"
Blake Shelton Featuring
Pistol Annies &
Friends "
Boys 'Round Here"
Top Rock Song:
Capital Cities "
Safe And Sound"
Imagine Dragons "
Demons"
Imagine Dragons "
Radioactive"
Lorde "
Royals"
Passenger "
Let Her Go"
Top Latin Song:
Marc Anthony "
Vivir Mi Vida"
Daddy Yankee "
Limbo"
Enrique Iglesias Featuring
Romeo Santos "Loco"
Prince Royce "
Darte Un Beso"
Romeo Santos "
Propuesta Indecente"
Top Dance/Electronic Song:
Avicii "
Wake Me Up!"
Daft Punk Featuring
Pharrell Williams "
Get Lucky"
Icona Pop Featuring Charlie XCX "
I Love It"
Lady Gaga "
Applause"
Zedd Featuring
Foxes "
Clarity"
Top Christian Song
Building 429 "We Won't Be Shaken"
Mandisa "
Overcomer"
Sidewalk Prophets "Help Me Find It"
Chris Tomlin "Whom Shall I Fear (God Of
Angel Armies)"
Matthew West "Hello, My Name Is"
CATEGORIES BY ARTIST:
Imagine Dragons: Top Artist, Top Duo/Group, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top
Digital Songs Artist, Top
Radio Songs Artist, Top Streaming Artist, Top Rock Artist, Top Rock Album, Top Hot 100 Song, Top
Digital Song, Top Streaming Song (Audio), Top Rock Song (X2)
Lorde: Top New Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top
Digital Songs Artist, Top
Radio Songs Artist, Top Rock Artist, Top Rock Album, Top Hot 100 Song, Top
Digital Song, Top
Radio Song, Top Streaming Song (Audio), Top Rock Song
Justin Timberlake: Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top
Radio Songs Artist, Top R&B Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album, Top R&B Album (X2), Top
Radio Song, Top R&B Song, Top Rap Song
Katy Perry: Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top
Digital Songs Artist, Top
Radio Songs Artist, Top Streaming Artist, Top Hot 100 Song, Top
Digital Song, Top
Radio Song, Top Streaming Song (Video)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: Top Duo/Group, Top
Digital Songs Artist, Top Streaming Artist, Top Rap Artist, Top Rap Album, Top Streaming Song (Audio), Top Streaming Song (Video), Top Rap Song (X2)
Miley Cyrus: Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top
Digital Songs Artist, Top Social Artist, Top Streaming Artist, Top Hot 100 Song, Top Streaming Song (Video) (X2)
Pharrell Williams: Top R&B Artist, Top Hot 100 Song, Top
Digital Song, Top
Radio Song, Top Streaming Song (Audio) (X2), Top R&B Song (X2), Top Dance/Electronic Song
Beyoncé: Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Touring Artist, Top R&B Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album, Top R&B Album, Top R&B Song
Robin Thicke: Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Album, Top Hot 100 Song, Top
Digital Song, Top
Radio Song, Top Streaming Song (Audio), Top R&B Song
Luke Bryan: Top Male Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Country Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album, Top Country Album, Top Country Song (X2)
Eminem: Top Male Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Rap Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album, Top Rap Album, Top Rap Song
Drake: Top Male Artist, Top Rap Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album, Top Rap Album, Top R&B Song
Rihanna: Top Female Artist, Top Touring Artist, Top Social Artist, Top R&B Artist, Top Rap Song
T.I.: Top Hot 100 Song, Top
Digital Song, Top
Radio Song, Top Streaming Song (Audio), Top R&B Song
Jay Z: Top Rap Artist, Top Rap Album, Top R&B Song (X2), Top Rap Song
Avicii: Top Dance/Electronic Artist, Top Dance/Electronic Album, Top
Radio Song, Top Dance/Electronic Song
Daft Punk: Top Dance/Electronic Artist, Top Dance/Electronic Album, Top Streaming Song (Audio), Top Dance/Electronic Song
Florida Georgia Line: Top Duo/Group, Top Country Artist, Top Country Album, Top Country Song
Romeo Santos: Top Latin Artist, Top Latin Album, Top Latin Song (X2)
Blake Shelton: Top Country Artist, Top Country Album, Top Country Song
Bruno Mars: Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top
Radio Songs Artist
Capital Cities: Top New Artist, Top Rock Artist, Top Rock Song
Chris Tomlin: Top Christian Artist, Top Christian Album, Top Christian Song
Lady Gaga: Top Dance/Electronic Artist, Top Dance/Electronic Album, Top Dance/Electronic Song
Marc Anthony: Top Latin Artist, Top Latin Album, Top Latin Song
One Direction: Top Duo/Group, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Social Artist
Passenger: Top New Artist, Top Rock Artist, Top Rock Song
Prince Royce: Top Latin Artist, Top Latin Album, Top Latin Song
Zedd: Top Dance/Electronic Artist, Top Dance/Electronic Album, Top Dance/Electronic Song
Darius Rucker: Top Country Artist, Top Country Song
Fall Out Boy: Top Rock Artist, Top Rock Album
Jenni Rivera: Top Latin Artist, Top Latin Album
Mandisa: Top Christian Artist, Top Christian Song
Matthew West: Top Christian Artist, Top Christian Song
OneRepublic: Top Duo/Group, Top
Digital Song
Pitbull: Top Rap Artist, Top Rap Song
Ray Dalton: Top Streaming Songs (Audio), Top Rap Song
Skillet: Top Christian Artist, Top Christian Album
Taylor Swift: Top Social Artist, Top Country Artist
Wanz: Top Streaming Song (Video), Top Rap Song
Alan Jackson: Top Christian Album
Alejandro Fernandez: Top Latin Album
Ariana Grande: Top New Artist
Baauer: Top Streaming Song (Video)
Bastille: Top New Artist
Bon Jovi: Top Touring Artist
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Top Touring Artist
Building 429: Top Christian Song
Calvin Harris: Top Dance/Electronic Artist
Charlie XCX: Top Dance/Electronic Song
Daddy Yankee: Top Latin Song
Enrique Iglesias: Top Latin Song
Foxes: Top Dance/Electronic Song
Garth Brooks: Top Country Album
Gerardo Ortiz: Top Latin Artist
Icona Pop: Top Dance/Electronic Song
J. Cole: Top Rap Album
Justin Bieber: Top Social Artist
Ke$ha: Top Rap Song
Lana Del Rey: Top Rock Album
Lindsey Stirling: Top Dance/Electronic Album
Majid Jordan: Top R&B Song
Mumford & Sons: Top Rock Album
Nelly: Top Country Song
P!nk: Top Touring Artist
Pistol Annies: Top Country Song
PSY: Top Streaming Artist
R. Kelly: Top R&B Album
Sidewalk Prophets: Top Christian Song
The Robertsons: Top Country Album
Third Day: Top Christian Album
TobyMac: Top Christian Artist
