Rihanna And Nicki Minaj Lead American Music Award Nominations

Rihanna and Nicki Minaj have picked up the most nominations for this year’s American Music Awards.

The pair are up for four awards and go up against each other in the favourite female pop/rock artist category.

Justin Bieber and One Direction are in the running for three awards each, while Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry are among those up for two.

The AMAs take place on 18 November in Los Angeles.

Rihanna is also up for artist of the year, as well as favourite female soul/R&B and favourite soul/R&B album for Talk That Talk.

The star will be hoping to do better than at the recent US MTV Video Music Awards, where she only won in one out of five categories.

Nicki Minaj’s other nods at the AMAs are for favourite rap/hip hop artist and for favourite pop/rock album and favourite rap/hip-hop album, both for Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.

Two British bands are nominated in the favourite rock/pop band, duo or group category, with One Direction going up against The Wanted.

At the MTV VMAs One Direction came out on top for the new artist award, with the video for What Makes You Beautiful beating Glad You Came.

The full list of nominations is:

Artist of the Year

Justin Bieber

Drake

Maroon 5

Katy Perry

Rihanna

New Artist of the Year

J. Cole

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Gotye

Carly Rae Jepsen

One Direction

Favourite Male Artist – Pop/Rock

Justin Bieber

Flo Rida

Pitbull

Usher

Favourite Female Artist – Pop/Rock

Kelly Clarkson

Nicki Minaj

Katy Perry

Rihanna

Favourite Band, Duo or Group – Pop/Rock

fun.

Maroon 5

One Direction

The Wanted

Favourite Album – Pop/Rock

Justin Bieber – Believe

Maroon 5 – Overexposed

Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded

One Direction – Up All Night

Favourite Male Artist – Country

Jason Aldean

Luke Bryan

Eric Church

Favourite Female Artist – Country

Miranda Lambert

Taylor Swift

Carrie Underwood

Favourite Band, Duo or Group – Country

Zac Brown Band

Lady Antebellum

Rascal Flatts

Favourite Album – Country

Luke Bryan – Tailgates & Tanlines

Lionel Richie – Tuskegee

Carrie Underwood – Blown Away

Favourite Artist – Rap/Hip-Hop

Drake

Nicki Minaj

Tyga

Favourite Album – Rap/Hip-Hop

J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story

Drake – Take Care

Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded

Favourite Male Artist – Soul/R&B

Chris Brown

Trey Songz

Usher

Favourite Female Artist – Soul/R&B

Beyoncé

Mary J. Blige

Rihanna

Favourite Album Artist – Soul/R&B

Chris Brown – Fortune

Rihanna – Talk That Talk

Usher – Looking 4 Myself

Favourite Album Artist – Alternative Rock

The Black Keys

Gotye

Linkin Park

Favourite Album Artist – Adult Contemporary

Adele

Kelly Clarkson

Train

Favourite Album Artist – Latin

Don Omar

Pitbull

Shakira

Favourite Album Artist – Contemporary Inspirational

Jeremy Camp

Newsboys

tobyMac

Favourite Album Artist – Electronic Dance Music (EDM)

David Guetta

Calvin Harris

Skrillex

Source: BBC

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