The nominations for this year’s Billboard Music Awards have just been revealed and with no surprises UK singer Adele sweeps the board with 20 nominations in 18 categories. Rihanna, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and LMFAO also score multiple nominations. The 2012 Billboard Music Awards airs live from MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas on May 20th.
Check out a few of the nominations below.
Top Artist
Adele
Lady Gaga
Lil Wayne
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Hot 100 Song
Adele – ‘Rolling in the Deep’
LMFAO – ‘Party Rock Anthem (ft. Lauren Bennett & Goonrock)’
Maroon 5 – ‘Moves Like Jagger (ft. Christina Aguilera)’
Katy Perry – ‘E.T. (ft. Kanye West)’
Pitbull – ‘Give Me Everything (ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer)’
Top Billboard 200 Album
Adele – ’21’
Michael Bublé – ‘Christmas’
Drake – ‘Take Care’
Lady Gaga – ‘Born This Way’
Lil Wayne – ‘Tha Carter IV’
Top Duo/Group
Coldplay
Lady Antebellum
LMFAO
Maroon 5
The Black Eyed Peas
Top New Artist
Bad Meets Evil
Big Sean
Foster the People
Scotty McCreery
Wiz Khalifa
Top Male Artist
Justin Bieber
Chris Brown
Drake
Lil Wayne
Bruno Mars
For a full list of 2012 Billboard Music Award nominees, click here.
