Billboard Award Nominees Named

If your favorite artist got snubbed by the Grammy Awards this year then he or she might get a chance at redemption with the upcoming 2014 Billboard Music Awards on May 18.

Many of the same individuals who were nominated for Grammys are once again on the dossier as Robin Thicke, Lorde, TI, Rihanna and Pharrell Williams lead all with five nominations apiece. Imagine Dragons and Katy Perry are next in line with four nominations each. The nods are based on album and digital singles sales, radio airplay, touring, streaming and social media like Twitter and Spotify. The show airs live May 18 on ABC at 8 p.m. ET.

Below is an abbreviated list of those receiving nods.

Top artist:

Miley Cyrus

Imagine Dragons

Bruno Mars

Katy Perry

Justin Timberlake

Top new artist:

Bastille

Capital Cities

Ariana Grande

Lorde

Passenger

Top male artist:

Luke Bryan

Drake

Eminem

Bruno Mars

Justin Timberlake

Top female artist:

Beyoncé

Miley Cyrus

Lorde

Katy Perry

Rihanna

Top duo/group:

Florida Georgia Line

Imagine Dragons

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

One Direction

OneRepublic

Top Billboard 200 artist:

Beyoncé

Luke Bryan

Eminem

One Direction

Justin Timberlake

Top hot 100 artist:

Miley Cyrus

Imagine Dragons

Lorde

Katy Perry

Justin Timberlake

Top digital songs artist:

Miley Cyrus

Imagine Dragons

Lorde

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Katy Perry

Top radio songs artist:

Imagine Dragons

Lorde

Bruno Mars

Katy Perry

Justin Timberlake

 

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