The nominees for the much-awaited 2019 American Music Awards were announced on Thursday, and guess which artist managed to score the most nominations this year? Well, it was Post Malone. The “Rock Star” rapper, who has won twice in previous years, earned seven nominations, including Artist of the Year, Collaboration of the Year and Favourite male artist in pop/pock category. Apart from Malone, Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish managed to bag most number of nominations. Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes Take Their PDA to the VMAs and Twitter Is Done with Them!

As for Taylor Swift, she could create history with this year's awards since she currently holds the most wins (four) in the category and might go on to surpass Michael Jackson's record for most AMAs of all time if she wins two of the five categories she's nominated in.

The 2019 American Music Awards air live on ABC on Sunday, Nov. 24 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Here are the nominations for this year. MTV VMA's 2019 Worst Dressed Celebs: Shawn Mendes, Adriana Lima, Jonathan Van Ness, Bebe Rexha Did Not Live Up To The Panache Meter Of the Red Carpet.A

Artist of the Year

Drake

Ariana Grande

Halsey

Post Malone

Taylor Swift

New Artist Of THE Year

Luke Combs

Billie Eilish

Lil Nas X

Lizzo

Ella Mai

Collaboration of the Year

Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, “Shallow”

Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”

Marshmello & Bastille, “Happier”

Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, “Señorita”

Post Malone & Swae Lee, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”

Tour of the Year

BTS

Ariana Grande

Elton John

P!nk

Ed Sheeran

Favourite Music Video

Billie Eilish, “bad guy”

Ariana Grande, “7 rings”

Halsey, “Without Me”

Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”

Taylor Swift, “You Need to Calm Down”

Favourite Social Artist

BTS

Billie Eilish

EXO

Ariana Grande

Shawn Mendes

Favourite Male Artist – POP/ROCK

Drake

Khalid

Post Malone

Favourite Female Artist – POP/ROCK

Billie Eilish

Ariana Grande

Taylor Swift

Favourite Duo or Group – POP/ROCK

BTS

Jonas Brothers

Panic! At The Disco

Favourite Album – POP/ROCK

Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Ariana Grande, thank u, next

Taylor Swift, Lover

Favourite Song – POP/ROCK

Halsey, “Without Me”

Jonas Brothers, “Sucker”

Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”

Panic! At The Disco, “High Hopes”

Post Malone & Swae Lee, “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)”

Favourite Male Artist – COUNTRY

Kane Brown

Luke Combs

Thomas Rhett

Favourite Female Artist – COUNTRY

Kelsea Ballerini

Maren Morris

Carrie Underwood

Favourite Duo or Group – COUNTRY

Dan + Shay

Florida Georgia Line

Old Dominion

Favourite Album – COUNTRY

Kane Brown, “Experiment”

Dan + Shay, “Dan + Shay”

Carrie Underwood, “Cry Pretty”

Favourite Song – COUNTRY

Luke Combs, “Beautiful Crazy”

Dan + Shay, “Speechless”

Blake Shelton, “God’s Country”

Favourite Artist – RAP/HIP-HOP

Cardi B

Drake

Post Malone

Favourite Album – RAP/HIP-HOP

Meek Mill, Championships

Post Malone, Hollywood’s Bleeding

Travis Scott, Astroworld

Favourite Song – RAP/HIP-HOP

Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”

Post Malone, “Wow.”

Travis Scott, “SICKO MODE”

Favourite Male Artist – SOUL/R&B

Chris Brown

Khalid

Bruno Mars

Favourite Female Artist – SOUL/R&B

Beyoncé

Lizzo

Ella Mai

Favourite Album – SOUL/R&B

Chris Brown, Indigo

Khalid, Free Spirit

Ella Mai, Ella Mai

Favourite Song – SOUL/R&B

Khalid, “Talk”

Lizzo, “Juice”

Ella Mai, “Trip”

Favourite Artist – ALTERNATIVE ROCK

Billie Eilish

Imagine Dragons

Panic! At The Disco

Favourite Artist– ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Maroon 5

P!nk

Taylor Swift

Favourite Artist – LATIN

Bad Bunny

J Balvin

Ozuna

Favourite Artist – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

Lauren Daigle

for KING & COUNTRY

MercyMe

Favourite Artist – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)

Avicii

Marshmello

The Chainsmokers

Favourite Soundtrack

A Star is Born by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

The American Music Awards nominations are based on interactions on Billboard.com, streaming, album and digital song sales. Drake, Ariana Grande, Halsey, Post Malone and Taylor Swift will battle for the evening's top award, artist of the year. Who are you rooting for?

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