Diehard tween fans of One Direction likely have the dedicated ground forces to prevail in the Best New Artist contest.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
GOT AMA NOMS IF YOU WANT ’EM
Nicki and Rihanna Lead the Field in This Year’s Fan-Voted Pre-Thanksgiving Spectacle
The list of nominees for the annual musical popularity contest known as the American Music Awards is in the books, and it’s dominated, of course, by the usual suspects. Nicki Minaj and Rihanna, pick up four noms apiece; stroking treys are Drake, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, One Direction and Usher; hitting doubles are Carrie Underwood, Chris Brown, fun., Gotye, J.Cole, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Bryan and Pitbull. The New Artist category looks be a fan-voted dogfight on paper, although the diehard tween fans of One Direction likely have the dedicated ground forces to prevail.
As for what’s new this year, EDM gets a category, not surprisingly. But then, the AMAs are not about surprises; the show is about celebrating the inevitable. A surprise would be alternative noms The Black Keys actually showing up.
As for performers, the only one we know for sure is Christina Aguilera, who announced the nominations. The identities of performers and presenters will be revealed
Fan voting is underway at amavote.com and AMA.abc.com. ABC will air the AMAs live (on the East Coast and Midwest, that is) from the Nokia Theatre on Nov. 18. And now for the nominees…
ARTIST OF THE YEAR Justin Bieber Drake Maroon 5 Katy Perry Rihanna
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR J. Cole fun. Gotye Carly Rae Jepsen One Direction
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST POP/ROCK Justin Bieber Flo Rida Pitbull Usher
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST POP/ROCK Kelly Clarkson Nicki Minaj Katy Perry Rihanna
FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP POP/ROCK fun. Maroon 5 One Direction The Wanted
FAVORITE ALBUM POP/ROCK Justin Bieber, Believe Maroon 5, Overexposed Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded One Direction, Up All Night
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST COUNTRY Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Eric Church
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST COUNTRY Miranda Lambert Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood
FAVORITE BAND, DUO OR GROUP COUNTRY Zac Brown Band Lady Antebellum Rascal Flatts
FAVORITE ALBUM COUNTRY Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines Lionel Richie, Tuskegee Carrie Underwood, Blown Away
FAVORITE ARTIST RAP/HIP-HOP Drake Nicki Minaj Tyga
FAVORITE ALBUM RAP/HIP-HOP J. Cole, Cole World: The Sideline Story Drake, Take Care Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST SOUL/R&B Chris Brown Trey Songz Usher
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST SOUL/R&B Beyoncé Mary J. Blige Rihanna
FAVORITE ALBUM SOUL/R&B Chris Brown, Fortune Rihanna, Talk That Talk Usher, Looking 4 Myself
FAVORITE ARTIST ALTERNATIVE ROCK The Black Keys Gotye Linkin Park
FAVORITE ARTIST ADULT CONTEMPORARY Adele Kelly Clarkson Train
FAVORITE ARTIST LATIN Don Omar Pitbull Shakira
FAVORITE ARTIST CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL Jeremy Camp Newsboys tobyMac
FAVORITE ARTIST ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM) David Guetta Calvin Harris Skrillex