Bad Bunny tops the nominations with eight nods, while Beyoncé and Swift are the most-nominated female artists at this year’s show with six nominations each.
Bad Bunny tops the 2022 American Music Awards nominations, with the Latin artist recognized as this year’s most-nominated artist with eight nods, including his first nod for artist of the year.
In addition to artist of the year, Bad Bunny is also nominated for favorite touring artist, favorite music video, favorite male pop artist, favorite pop album, favorite male Latin artist, favorite Latin album and favorite Latin song. Should Bad Bunny win in all eight categories, he would tie with Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston for the most awards in a single year.
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are the most-nominated female artists at this year’s show with six nominations each. The artists will face off in three categories including artist of the year, favorite female pop artist and favorite pop album.
Drake also earned six nods and is up for artist of the year. Meanwhile, Adele, Harry Styles and The Weeknd earned five nominations each. Should Adele or The Weeknd take home the artist of the year prize, it would be their first win in that category. Should Styles win in the category, it would mark his first win as a solo artist and third overall — the singer won twice while part of One Direction.
Among this year’s first-time nominees are Jack Harlow and Tems with four nominations, Latto with three, and BLACKPINK, Anitta and Swedish House Mafia with one nomination each.
Elton John is nominated for collaboration of the year and favorite touring artist, making history as the longest-recognized artist in AMA history to-date.
This year’s new categories include favorite K-Pop artist — the first-ever AMA category dedicated to the K-Pop genre — favorite Afrobeats artist, favorite rock song and favorite rock album.
Fan voting is open via VoteAMAs.com and Twitter in all award categories, with voting for favorite K-Pop artist opening on Tuesday, Nov. 1.
The AMA winners are voted entirely by fans. Nominees are based on key fan interactions — as reflected on the Billboard charts — including streaming, album and song sales, radio airplay and tour grosses. Measurements are tracked by Billboard and its data partner Luminate, in the eligibility period of Sept. 24, 2021, through Sept. 22, 2022.
The show is produced by Dick Clark Productions and Jesse Collins Entertainment. Jesse Collins is showrunner and executive producer. Dionne Harmon, Jeannae Rouzan-Clay and Larry Klein are also executive producers.
The 2022 AMAs will air live from Microsoft Theater at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m. EST/PST on ABC.
