The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards [Show Info + Nominees] janda Wednesday, October 10, 2012 The Studio The 2012 American Music Awards are just around the corner and the nominees are in. Leading the way in nominations for this year’s American Music Awards are Def Jam’s Rihanna and Young Money’s Nicki Minaj. The leading ladies of their respective labels both have four nominations each. Other multiple category nominees include Chris Brown, Katy Perry, Drake, Usher, Justin Bieber and Maroon 5. In addition to Nicki Minaj’s four nods, Young Money can already count on winning at least one award considering that the nominess for the ‘Favorite Artist – Rap/Hip-Hop’ category are all from that label. Nicki Minaj will face off with Drake and Tyga, but it’s a win-win for the label either way. This year the ‘New Electronic Dance Music’ category was added to the list of awards with David Guetta, Calvin Harris and Skirllex being its first nominees. Performers and presenters for the show will be announced over the next few weeks. Pop Star and ‘The Voice’ judge Chiristina Aguilera had the honors of announcing this year’s nominees. Check out the full list below… ARTIST OF THE YEAR Justin Bieber Drake Maroon 5 Katy Perry Rihanna NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR J. Cole fun. Gotye Carly Rae Jepsen One Direction FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK Justin Bieber Flo Rida Pitbull Usher FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK Kelly Clarkson Nicki Minaj Katy Perry Rihanna FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK fun. Maroon 5 One Direction The Wanted FAVORITE ALBUM – POP/ROCK Justin Bieber /Believe Maroon 5/Overexposed Nicki Minaj/Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded One Direction/Up All Night FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Eric Church FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY Miranda Lambert Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood FAVORITE BAND, DUO or GROUP – COUNTRY Zac Brown Band Lady Antebellum Rascal Flatts FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY Luke Bryan/Tailgates & Tanlines Lionel Richie/Tuskegee Carrie Underwood/Blown Away FAVORITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP Drake Nicki Minaj Tyga FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP J. Cole/Cole World: The Sideline Story Drake/Take Care Nicki Minaj/Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B Chris Brown Trey Songz Usher FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B Beyoncé Mary J. Blige Rihanna FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B Chris Brown/Fortune Rihanna/Talk That Talk Usher/Looking 4 Myself FAVORITE ARTIST – ALTERNATIVE ROCK The Black Keys Gotye Linkin Park FAVORITE ARTIST – ADULT CONTEMPORARY Adele Kelly Clarkson Train FAVORITE ARTIST – LATIN Don Omar Pitbull Shakira FAVORITE ARTIST – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL Jeremy Camp Newsboys tobyMac FAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM) David Guetta Calvin Harris Skrillex Winners are determined by online voting so be sure to head on over to amavote.com to cast your vote for your favorite artist. The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards airs LIVE Sunday, November 18th at 8pm [EST] on ABC.
