Billboard Awards 2017 Nominees : Drake And Wizkid Nominated Six Times, Chainsmokers Twenty Two


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The Billboard 2017 Awards which is scheduled to hold on the 21st of May at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas has made known it's Nominations which were announced on the 10th of April. The Chainsmokers came out top with 22 Nomination

The rest of the Nominees are


Top Artist

Adele
Beyoncé
Justin Bieber
The Chainsmokers
Drake
Ariana Grande
Shawn Mendes
Rihanna
Twenty One Pilots
The Weeknd


TOP NEW ARTIST

Alessia Cara
Desiigner
Lil Uzi Vert
Lukas Graham
Zayn


Top Female Artist

Adele
Beyoncé
Ariana Grande
Rihanna
Sia


Top Male Artist

Justin Bieber
Drake
Future
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd


Top Duo/Group

The Chainsmokers
Coldplay
Florida Georgia Line
Guns N' Roses
Twenty One Pilots


Billboard Chart Achievement Award (Fan-voted)

Luke Bryan
Nicki Minaj
The Chainsmokers
The Weeknd
Twenty One Pilots



Click Here To Read Full 2017 Billboard Awards Nominees


Billboard Music Awards History

The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by
Billboard, a publication and music popularity chart covering the music business. The Billboard Music Awards show had been held annually since 1990 in December until it went dormant in 2006. The awards returned in 2011 and is held annually in May. The 2017 Billboard Music Awards will be aired live on May 21 on ABC.

Unlike other awards, such as the Grammy Award , which determine nominations as a result of the highest votes received by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences , the
Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on album and digital songs sales, streaming, radio airplay, touring and social engagement. These measurements are tracked year-round by
Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound. The 2017 awards were based on the reporting period of March 18, 2016 through March 16, 2017. Awards are given for the top album/artist/single in different genres.

From 1989 to 2006, the show had the same categories and category names every year. In 2011, for the first time, all of the awards were renamed to "Top [award title]". The "of the year" portion of each category title no longer exists, and many of the awards have been further renamed. Other awards, including both "crossover" awards (No. 1 Classical Crossover Artist and No. 1 Classical Crossover Album) were discontinued. Since 2011, the nominees have had five nominees.