Malone Leads 2019 AMA Nominees
• Post Malone leads the list of nominees for the 2019 American Music Awards with seven total nominations, including Artist of the Year, Collaboration of the Year and Favorite Male Artist — Pop/Rock. Previous three-time AMA winner, Ariana Grande and first-time AMA nominee, Billie Eilish, each received six nods, including Favorite Music Video, Favorite Social Artist, Favorite Female Artist — Pop/Rock and Favorite Album — Pop/Rock.Lil Nas X and Taylor Swiftare tied with five nominations each, followed by Billy Ray Cyrus, Khalid and Ella Mai with four each. Ella Mai did the honors of announcing the first four categories of nominees Thursday morning on ABC’s Good Morning America and later via Billboard‘s social media platforms.
Nominees in the coveted Artist of the Year category are Drake, Ariana Grande, Halsey, Post Malone and Taylor Swift. Fun Fact: Taylor is the current record holder for most wins in this category with four wins, and she could go on to surpass Michael Jackson‘s existing record for most AMA wins of all time — 24 — should she win in two of the five categories she’s nominated in. Taylor and Alabama are currently tied with 23 all-time AMA wins.
The 2019 American Music Awards, billed as “the world’s largest fan-voted awards show,” will broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 24 at 8pm ET on ABC.
Voting is now open for all AMA categories. Fans can access the official voting ballot for the AMAs directly by visiting goo.gle/AMAsVote. Fans can submit up to 30 votes per category per day per Google account while voting is open. Voting will close on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 11:59:59pm PT.
