The 2015 Billboard Music Awards will Air Live on Sunday, May 17th at 8 p.m. with hosts Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen.
It was a huge year for artists like Taylor Swift who racked up 14 nominations, Sam Smith (13), Iggy Azalea (12), and Meghan Trainor (9). There will be a ton of performances like one from Mariah Carey who just opened her Las Vegas show, Iggy Azalea & Britney Spears will be performing their new single Pretty Girls, Van Halen will take the stage, and plenty more. Taylor Swift is even premiering her new music video for Bad Blood at the star-studded event.
Below you will find a majority of the categories up for awards (country, latin, and Christian were not included).
The names highlighted in red are the people/bands I think will win.
Anything with a purple star (*) indicates who I personally want to win, (Yes, I’m picking favorites).
Tune in next Sunday to watch for the real results! You can even make the award show a game with your family and friends. Just print off the categories and have everyone guess who they think the winners are. Offer a fun prize too, like an iTunes gift card or something musical.
TOP ARTIST
Ariana Grande
One Direction
Katy Perry
*Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
TOP NEW ARTIST
5 Seconds of Summer
Iggy Azalea
*Hozier
Sam Smith
Meghan Trainor
TOP MALE ARTIST
Drake
Pharrell Williams
*Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Justin Timberlake
TOP FEMALE ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
Ariana Grande
Katy Perry
*Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
TOP DUO/GROUP
5 Seconds of Summer
Florida Georgia Line
MAGIC!
*Maroon 5
One Direction
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST
One Direction
Pentatonix
*Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
TOP HOT 100 ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
Ariana Grande
*Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
TOP DIGITAL SONGS ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
*Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
TOP RADIO SONGS ARTIST
John Legend
Maroon 5
*Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
TOP TOURING ARTIST
Lady Gaga
One Direction
Katy Perry
The Rolling Stones
*Justin Timberlake
TOP SOCIAL ARTIST
Justin Bieber
Miley Cyrus
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
*Taylor Swift
TOP STREAMING ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
Ariana Grande
Nicki Minaj
Taylor Swift
*Meghan Trainor
TOP R&B ARTIST
*Beyoncé
Chris Brown
John Legend
Trey Songz
Pharrell Williams
TOP RAP ARTIST
Iggy Azalea
J. Cole
Drake
*Nicki Minaj
Rae Sremmurd
TOP ROCK ARTIST
Bastille
*Coldplay
Fall Out Boy
Hozier
Lorde
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST
Avicii
Clean Bandit
Disclosure
*Calvin Harris
Lindsey Stirling
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM
Maroon 5, V
Pentatonix, That’s Christmas to Me
*Ed Sheeran, x
Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
Taylor Swift, 1989
TOP SOUNDTRACK
The Fault in Our Stars
Fifty Shades of Grey
Frozen
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix: Vol. 1
*Into the Woods
TOP R&B ALBUM
*Beyoncé, Beyoncé
Chris Brown, X
Michael Jackson, Xscape
John Legend, Love in the Future
Pharrell Williams, G I R L
TOP RAP ALBUM
J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
*Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint
Iggy Azalea, The New Classic
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2
TOP ROCK ALBUM
AC/DC, Rock or Bust
The Black Keys, Turn Blue
*Coldplay, Ghost Stories
Hozier, Hozier
Lorde, Pure Heroine
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Avicii, True
Disclosure, Settle
*Calvin Harris, Motion
Skrillex, Recess
Lindsey Stirling, Shatter Me
TOP HOT 100 SONG
*Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
John Legend, “All of Me”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”
TOP DIGITAL SONG
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk!”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
*Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
TOP RADIO SONG
John Legend, “All of Me”
MAGIC!, “Rude”
Nico & Vinz, “Am I Wrong”
*Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
TOP STREAMING SONG (AUDIO)
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
Hozier, “Take Me to Church”
John Legend, “All of Me”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
*Tove Lo, “Habits (Stay High)”
TOP STREAMING SONG (VIDEO)
Idina Menzel, “Let It Go”
Bobby Shmurda, “Hot Boy”
Taylor Swift, “Blank Space”
Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
*Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”
TOP R&B SONG
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne, French Montana, Too $hort & Tyga, “Loyal”
Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz, “Talk Dirty”
*Jeremih feat. YG, “Don’t Tell ‘Em”
John Legend, “All of Me”
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
TOP RAP SONG
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora, “Black Widow”
*Big Sean feat. E-40, “I Don’t F— With You”
Nicki Minaj, “Anaconda”
Bobby Shmurda, “Hot Boy”
TOP ROCK SONG
Bastille, “Pompeii”
Coldplay, “A Sky Full of Stars”
Fall Out Boy, “Centuries”
Hozier, “Take Me to Church”
*Paramore, “Ain’t It Fun”
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC SONG
Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne, “Rather Be”
Disclosure feat. Sam Smith, “Latch”
DJ Snake & Lil Jon, “Turn Down For What”
*Ariana Grande feat. Zedd, “Break Free”
Calvin Harris, “Summer”
BILLBOARD CHART ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG GALAXY (FAN-VOTED)
Iggy Azalea
*Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
Agree/disagree with who will win? Let me know in the comments.
For the full list of nominees, click here.
