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Drake broke a 32-year record for the most American Music Awards nominations with 13 nods, beating Michael Jackson's previous high mark of 11 from 1984. The "Hotline Bling" rapper leads all 2016 American Music Awards nominees with nods in categories including Artist of the Year, Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Album, Favorite Rap Artist, Favorite Rap Song and Favorite R&B song, among others. If he wins in any of the categories it will make his first AMA win.

Rihanna was just behind Drizzy with seven nominations for the show that will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Adele and Justin Bieber picked up five nominations each, followed by four nods each for Beyonc? and The Chainsmokers and three for Bryson Tiller, Twenty One Pilots, Carrie Underwood, Fetty Wap and the Weeknd. 

Drake will go up against Adele, Beyonc?, Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Twenty One Pilots, Underwood and The Weeknd for Artist of the Year; the 10 nominees will be narrowed to five based on the votes received through Monday, November 14 at 8:59 a.m. PT. Voting for Artist of the Year will close on Thursday, November 17 at 8:59 p.m. PT. The winner will be determined by the total votes received throughout the entire voting period. If Bieber wins the award he will tie current record hold Taylor Swift for the most wins (3). With eight past wins and this year's five nominations, Bieber needs just one win to become one of the top 10 AMA winners of all time.

The Chainsmokers will face a formidable group of acts for the coveted New Artist of the Year crown, including DNCE, Alessia Cara, Shawn Mendes and Zayn Malik. American Music Awards nominees are based on key fan interactions as reflected in Billboard Magazine and on Billboard.com, including album and digital song sales, radio airplay, streaming, social activity and touring. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound. Winners are voted entirely by fans, with voting opening today (Oct. 10) in all categories except New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile, which will open on November 2nd.

Fans can vote for all category once per day, per platform in one or both of the below ways. For New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile, fans can vote 100 times per day, per platform at AMAvote.com or by posting a tweet that includes the nominee's Twitter handle, the category name and #AMAs within the post(s). The 2016 American Music Awards is produced by dick clark productions. Allen Shapiro and Mike Mahan are executive producers. Larry Klein, Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco are producers.

See the full list of nominees below:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Adele
Beyonc?
Justin Bieber
Drake
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
Rihanna
Twenty One Pilots
Carrie Underwood
The Weeknd


NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR UN-LEASHED BY T-MOBILE

Alessia Cara
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Shawn Mendes
ZAYN


COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya ?Don?t Let Me Down?
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla ?One Dance?
Fifth Harmony Featuring Ty Dolla $ign ?Work From Home?
Rihanna Featuring Drake ?Work?
Meghan Trainor Featuring John Legend ?Like I?m Gonna Lose You?


TOUR OF THE YEAR

Beyonc?
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band


VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Justin Bieber ?Sorry?
Desiigner ?Panda?
Rihanna Featuring Drake ?Work?


FAVORITE MALE ARTIST ? POP/ROCK

Justin Bieber
Drake
The Weeknd


FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST ? POP/ROCK

Adele
Selena Gomez
Rihanna


FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP ? POP/ROCK

The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Twenty One Pilots


FAVORITE ALBUM ? POP/ROCK

Adele 25
Justin Bieber Purpose
Drake Views


FAVORITE SONG- POP/ROCK

Adele ?Hello?
Justin Bieber ?Love Yourself?
Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla ?One Dance?


FAVORITE MALE ARTIST ? COUNTRY

Luke Bryan
Thomas Rhett
Blake Shelton


FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST ? COUNTRY

Kelsea Ballerini
Cam
Carrie Underwood


FAVORITE DUO or GROUP ? COUNTRY

Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band


FAVORITE ALBUM - COUNTRY

Luke Bryan Kill the Lights
Chris Stapleton Traveller
Carrie Underwood Storyteller


FAVORITE SONG - COUNTRY

Florida Georgia Line ?H.O.L.Y.?
Tim McGraw ?Humble And Kind?
Thomas Rhett ?Die A Happy Man?


FAVORITE ARTIST ? RAP/HIP-HOP

Drake
Fetty Wap
Future


FAVORITE ALBUM ? RAP/HIP-HOP

Drake Views
Drake & Future What A Time To Be Alive
Fetty Wap Fetty Wap


FAVORITE SONG ? RAP/HIP-HOP

Desiigner ?Panda?
Drake ?Hotline Bling?
Fetty Wap ?679?


FAVORITE MALE ARTIST ? SOUL/R&B

Chris Brown
Bryson Tiller
The Weeknd


FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST ? SOUL/R&B

Beyonc?
Janet Jackson
Rihanna


FAVORITE ALBUM ? SOUL/R&B

Beyonc? Lemonade
Rihanna Anti
Bryson Tiller T R A P S O U L


FAVORITE SONG ? SOUL/R&B

Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla ?One Dance?
Rihanna Featuring Drake ?Work?
Bryson Tiller ?Don?t?


FAVORITE ARTIST - ALTERNATIVE ROCK

Coldplay
Twenty One Pilots
X Ambassadors


FAVORITE ARTIST - ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Adele
Rachel Platten
Meghan Trainor


FAVORITE ARTIST - LATIN

J Balvin
Enrique Iglesias
Nicky Jam


FAVORITE ARTIST - CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

Lauren Daigle
Hillsong UNITED
Chris Tomlin


FAVORITE ARTIST - ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)

The Chainsmokers
Calvin Harris
Major Lazer


TOP SOUNDTRACK

Purple Rain
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Suicide Squad: The Album

[Vonc2002]

Wow, Rih

[GLOCK]

The way Rihanna fucking stormed
She really is queen, huh?

[BAPHOMET.]

I feel like this award show will be the next to get chopped.

[Vonc2002]

What award shows have gotten "chopped"

[KING BENTLEY.]

Rihanna's winning at least two, especially the best RnB/Soul Alberm

It's just a better album than Lemonopiss

Drake SHOULDA walk away with the majority
But I feel like they are going to award Adele and Beiber automatically. They aren't leaving without one win

Come damn ON tho Drake!!!!!!!

[Nine]

Yuck

[BAPHOMET.]

What award shows have gotten "chopped"

well... The Billboard awards went off air for YEARS because it just didnt generate enough interest. 

I cant remember the last time I watched the AMA's.

[RAY7]

The AMAs are based mainly on sales so Adele, Drake and Bey will win in their categories but yea this show is done

[Lazarus]

Book! Jan

[BAPHOMET.]

also... The way the World Music Awards continues to dip in and out. 
That is over too. They cut the shit completely last year with no ceremony.

[KING BENTLEY.]

The AMAs are based mainly on sales so Adele, Drake and Bey will win in their categories but yea this show is done

it it was based solely on sales Bey wouldn't be up there with them

I'm sure they look at certs and stuff. Just so you know

[FlowerBomb]

The AMAs are based mainly on sales so Adele, Drake and Bey will win in their categories but yea this show is done

it it was based solely on sales Bey wouldn't be up there with them

I'm sure they look at certs and stuff. Just so you know

or Jans
no shade

[Vonc2002]

What award shows have gotten "chopped"

well... The Billboard awards went off air for YEARS because it just didnt generate enough interest. 

I cant remember the last time I watched the AMA's.

f
Why all the attitude? I asked a simple question 
And the answer is NO SHOW has been chopped, okay cool

[Vonc2002]

The AMAs are based mainly on sales so Adele, Drake and Bey will win in their categories but yea this show is done

it it was based solely on sales Bey wouldn't be up there with them

I'm sure they look at certs and stuff. Just so you know

And there's also streaming too so.........