Celeb News: 2011 American Music Award Nominations - Adele leads with 4!

Bad Wolf

2011 American Music Award Nominations
AIRING: Sunday, November 20th, 2011

VOTE HERE!

Presented by: Hip-hop superstars Pitbull and Nicki Minaj

SOURCE: @OfficialAMAs

ARTIST OF THE YEAR:

Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist:
Justin Bieber
Bruno Mars
Pitbull

Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist:
Adele
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry

Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group:
LMFAO
Maroon 5
OneRepublic

Favorite Pop/Rock Album:
Adele, 21
Lady Gaga, Born This Way
Rihanna, Loud

Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist:
Adele
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry

Favorite Country Male Artist:
Jason Aldean
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton

Favorite Country Female Artist:
Sara Evans
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift

Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group:
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Lady Antebellum

Favorite Country Album:
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party
The Band Perry, The Band Perry
Taylor Swift, Speak Now

Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist:
Lil' Wayne
Nicki Minaj
Kanye West

Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album:
Jay-Z and Kanye West, Watch the Throne
Lil' Wayne, Tha Carter IV
Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday

Favorite Male Soul/R&B Artist:
Chris Brown
Trey Songz
Usher

Favorite Female Soul/R&B Artist:
Beyonce
Rihanna
Kelly Rowland

Favorite Soul/R&B Album:
Beyonce, 4
Chris Brown, F.A.M.E.
Rihanna, Loud

Favorite Alternative Rock Artist:
The Black Keys
Foo Fighters
Mumford & Sons

Favorite Latin Artist:
Enrique Iglesias
Jennifer Lopez
Pitbull

Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist:
Casting Crowns
Toby Mac
Third Day

Sprint New Artist:
Foster the People
Hot Chelle Rae
The Band Perry
Thompson Square
Marsha Ambrosious
Miguel
LMFAO
Wiz Khalifa

PERFORMANCES BY:
David Guetta featuring Usher
Jennifer Lopez
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
Kelly Clarkson
LMFAO
Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera
Nicki Minaj
Pitbull

Rico Shameless v2

Well there's "The One That Got Away" #1.

Я×R

Katy performing?

marky cat

KATY,Gaga and Riri

And Katy performing!!!

YES!!

Cap10Planet

Congrats to everyone nominated.

Fan-voted, right?

nky0411

YES !!

CaptainMusic

Pretty good nominees overall.

annashaus

Gaga and Adele

KB.

Book it. I bet Rihanna performs.

Bad Wolf

Quote:

Originally posted by Cap10Planet

Congrats to everyone nominated.

Fan-voted, right?

Yup, Justin Bieber won Artist of the Year last year.

I see they chose not to include him this time around.

KingSasha

GO KING B

Katy,adele and gaga

LOUD is soul/rnb or 21 is pop/rock ?

kelly but

Congrats everybody but this award is so garbage every year

Shy Boy

I don't think Taylor deserves an Artist of the Year nomination but other than that I have no complaints

notmyselftonight

Katy Perry performing!

Shy Boy

Would it be too early for an epic SFTTR performance?

JRtheMonster

Quote:

Originally posted by Rainbow

ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Adele
Lady Gaga
Lil' Wayne
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift

Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist:
Adele
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry

Favorite Pop/Rock Album:
Adele, 21
Lady Gaga, Born This Way
Rihanna, Loud
:

But I hope she wins more this time

Starkboy

Rihanna, Bruno , Katy and Beyoncé

Oshiish

Grats to all the ladies nominated.

Gaga better get a performance spot, she needs to go pick up her awards after-all.

Beyoncé on Top

Favorite Female Soul/R&B Artist:
Beyonce
Rihanna
Kelly Rowland

Favorite Soul/R&B Album:
Beyonce, 4
Chris Brown, F.A.M.E.
Rihanna, Loud

Bey snatched 2 noms. Hope she can win some of them.

Cap10Planet

ADD:

Adult Contemporary Artist
Adele
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry

Rico Shameless v2

Quote:

Originally posted by Rainbow

Yup, Justin Bieber won Artist of the Year last year.

I see they chose not to include him this time around.

He hasn't released any studio material since last year. Would've been foolish to award him for releasing several, though successful, extensions. 2012 he's back.