Drake bags record 13 nominations as he goes up against Adele, Bieber and Rihanna for top gong at American Music Awards
There were no Monday blues for Drake as the nominations for the American Music Awards were announced.
The singer Drake earned a record-breaking 13 nominations thanks to his latest album, Views, shattering Michael's Jackson's mark of 11 nominations in a single year from 1984 when the King of Pop had Thriller.
He will go up against Adele, Beyonce, Bieber, Selena Gomez, Adriana Grande, Rihanna, Twenty One Pilots, Carrie Underwood and The Weeknd for Artist Of The Year.
No Monday blues! Drake earned a record-breaking 13 American Music Awards nominations on Monday thanks to his latest album Views (he is seen at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival)
The 10 nominees will be cut in half by November 14 based on fan votes. Voting on artist of the year will close November 17.
Rihanna got seven nominations and Adele and Bieber tied with five each.
Beyonce and The Chainsmokers each received four nominations. Bryson Tiller, Twenty One Pilots, Carrie Underwood, Fetty Wap and The Weeknd earned three nominations each.
Competiton: Among those up for Artist Of The Year are Justin Bieber, Adele and Rihanna
Nominees for the title of new artist of the year are Alessia Cara, The Chainsmokers, DNCE, Shawn Mendes and Zayn. There is no overall song of the year category this year; instead honors will be handed out for best song in the categories of pop/rock, country, rap/hip-hop and soul/R&B.
Nominations are based on a metric that includes sales, airplay and social activity tracked by Billboard magazine and its partners. Winners are determined by fan votes on the show's website or through Facebook and Twitter.
Last year, One Direction won artist of the year honors, Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" was crowned song of the year and Sam Hunt was named best new artist.
The awards show will air live Nov. 20 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on ABC.
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