American Music Awards could coronate pop star Olivia Rodrigo

NEW YORK – Olivia Rodrigo could crook her medium “Sour” into thing precise saccharine astatine the American Music Awards connected Sunday, entering the nighttime arsenic the starring nominee with nods for creator of the twelvemonth and caller creator of the year.

The Disney histrion and singer-songwriter has 7 nominations, besting five-time victor The Weeknd with six. He's besides going up against Rodrigo successful the creator of the twelvemonth class on with BTS, Ariana Grande, Drake and Taylor Swift.

The fan-voted awards amusement volition aerial unrecorded from Los Angeles connected ABC. Nominees were based connected streaming, medium and integer sales, vigor airplay and societal activity, and bespeak the clip play of Sept. 25, 2020, done Sept. 23, 2021. Cardi B makes her big debut.

Earlier Sunday, successful awards announced earlier the show, Taylor Swift was named favourite pistillate popular artist, Ed Sheeran got the favourite antheral grant and Doja Cat featuring SZA connected “Kiss Me More” was named collaboration of the year.

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Carrie Underwood won for favourite inspirational creator and favourite pistillate state artist, Megan Thee Stallion was named favourite pistillate hip-hop creator and her “Good News” won for favourite hip-hop album. Doja Cat besides won 2 different awards: favourite pistillate R&B creator and her “Planet Her” was named favourite R&B album.

Luke Bryan was named favourite state creator Bad Bunny was favourite antheral Latin artist, The Weeknd was favourite antheral R&B creator and Drake won the favourite antheral hip-hop artist. Gabby Barrett took location the favourite state medium for “Goldmine” and favourite state opus for “The Good Ones.”

Highlights connected the telecast volition see Underwood and Jason Aldean singing their duet “If I Didn’t Love You,” Kane Brown performing “One Mississippi” from Tennessee State University and New Edition and New Kids connected the Block volition execute unneurotic for the archetypal time.

An earlier scheduled show of “Butter” by the joined forces of BTS and Megan Thee Stallion has been scrapped aft the rapper cited idiosyncratic reasons for dropping retired Saturday; Coldplay and BTS volition alternatively sing their deed “My Universe.”

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Other performers see Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak. joining forces arsenic Silk Sonic, Bad Bunny, Diplo, Mickey Guyton and Tyler, The Creator. The Italian stone radical and Eurovision winners Måneskin volition marque their U.S. awards amusement debut.

Reggaeton prima Bad Bunny, R&B newcomer Giveon and Doja Cat each person 5 nominations each. In the caller creator of the twelvemonth category, Rodrigo joins Giveon, 24KGoldn, Masked Wolf and The Kid LAROI.

Swift, who presently holds the grounds for the astir awarded creator successful AMA past with 32, could further widen her streak. She is nominated for 3 awards total, including favourite popular medium for “evermore.”

The AMAs added caller categories this year, including favourite trending song, favourite gospel creator and favourite Latin duo oregon group.

Rapper Pop Smoke, who was killed successful 2020, is nominated successful 3 categories, including favourite hip-hop medium and favourite hip-hop artist, and could triumph his archetypal grant posthumously.

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Country prima Morgan Wallen earned 2 nominations successful state categories, but helium won't beryllium included successful the awards amusement aft being caught connected video using a radical slur.

If Rodrigo wins a bulk of the awards she is nominated for, that would enactment her successful bully company. Olivia Newton-John and Justin Bieber are tied for 4 awards won successful their archetypal twelvemonth nominated.

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