Tems tops Nigerian nominations with 4 nominations – Afrobeats Artist of the Year, Collaboration of the Year for Future‘s ‘Wait for you’, rap song of the year for ‘Wait for you’, and R&B Song of the Year for ‘Essence’.
The 2022 American Music Awards will take place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 20. Fan voting for all awards is open except for Favorite K-pop Artist, which will open on Tuesday, November 1.
See the full list of nominees below.
- Adele
- bad bunny
- Beyonce
- Duck
- Harry styles
- Taylor Swift
- Weekend
- dove cameron
- GAYLE
- latto
- Måneskin
- steve lace
- Adele – “Easy with me”
- Bad Bunny with Chencho Corleone – “I Behave Nice”
- Harry styles – “How was it”
- Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY”
- Taylor Swift – “All Too Good (Taylor Version)”
collaboration of the year
- Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz, Y Cast of ‘Enchanted’ – “We are not talking about Bruno”
- Elton John Y dualipa – “Cold Heart – PNAU Remix”
- Future with Drake and Tems – “WAIT FOR YOU”
- Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY”
- The Laroi Kid and Justin Bieber – “STAY”
- bad bunny
- Coldplay
- Ed Sheeran
- Elton John
- The Rolling Stones
Favorite Afrobeats Artist
- Burna Boy
- ckay
- fire boy DML
- Time
- Wizard
- BLACKPINK
- bts
- SEVENTEEN
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER
- TWICE
- “ELVIS”
- “Charm”
- “Sing 2”
- “Stranger Things”: soundtrack of the Netflix series, season 4
- “Top Gun: Maverick”
- CeCe Winans
- SPECTRUM
- E. Dewey Smith
- hipster city music
- Tamela Mann
Favorite Dance/Electronic Artist
- diplo
- marshmallow
- swedish house mafia
- The smokers
- Pot
Favorite Inspirational Artist
- anna wilson
- for KING AND COUNTRY
- katy nichole
- matthew west
- phil wickham
- Coldplay, “Music of the Spheres”
- Ghost, “Impera”
- Imagine Dragons, “Mercury – Act 1”
- Machine Gun Kelly, “mainstream sale”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Unlimited Love”
- Foo Fighters, “Love Dies Young”
- Imagine Dragons x JID, “Enemy”
- Kate Bush, “Running Down That Hill (A Deal With God)”
- Måneskin, “Beginning”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Black Summer”
- imagine dragons
- kelly machine gun
- Måneskin
- Hot Red Chilies
- the lumineers
- bad bunny – “A Summer Without You”
- Farruko – “The 167”
- J Balvin – “JOSEPH”
- Alexander – “Vice versa”
- ROSALIA – “MOTOMAMI”
- Bad Bunny with Chencho Corleone – “I Behave Nice”
- Becky G x KAROL G – “MOM III”
- karol g – “PROVENCE”
- Alexander – “Everything about you”
- Sebastian Yatra – “Two Caterpillars”
Favorite Latin Female Artist
- Anita
- Becky G
- kali uchis
- karol g
- ROSALIA
Favorite Latin Duo or Group
- MS band by Sergio Lizárraga
- 50 caliber
- Armed Link
- Firm Group
- Yahritza And Its Essence
Favorite Latin Male Artist
- bad bunny
- Farruko
- J Balvin
- Jhayco
- Alexander
Favorite Female R&B Artist
- Beyonce
- doja cat
- Mun Long
- summer walker
- SZA
- Beyonce – “Renaissance”
- Duck – “Honestly, it doesn’t matter”
- Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) – “One Night with Silk Sonic”
- summer walker – “I’m still not over it”
- The Weeknd – “Sunrise FM”
- Beyonce – “BREAK MY SOUL”
- Mun Long – “Hours and hours”
- Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak) – “Smoking out the window”
- SZA – “Hate you”
- Wizkid with Tems – “Essence”
- Brent Faiyaz
- Chris Brown
- HIT
- lucky day
- Weekend
- Future with Drake and Tems – “WAIT FOR YOU”
- jack harlow – “First class”
- kodak black – “Super Gremlin”
- latto – “Great Energy”
- Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY”
Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist
- cardi b
- GloRilla
- latto
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Nicki Minaj
- Future – “I NEVER LIKED YOU”
- gunna – “DS4EVER”
- Kendrick Lamar – “Mr. Morale and the Great Climbers”
- lil durk – “7220”
- pole g – “Hall of Fame 2.0”
Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist
- Duck
- Future
- Kendrick Lamar
- little baby
- lil durk
- Chris Stapleton – “You should probably go”
- cody johnson – “Until you can’t”
- Dustin Lynch with MacKenzie Porter – “Thinking of you”
- jordan davis foot luke bryan – “Buy Dirt”
- Morgan Wallen – “Lost in You”
- Carrie Underwood – “Denim and rhinestones”
- luke combs – “Growing”
- cody johnson -“Human: The Double Album”
- Taylor Swift – “Red (Taylor Version)”
- walker hayes – “Country Things: The Album”
Favorite Country Duo or Group
- dan + shay
- lady to
- old domain
- Parmalee
- Zac Brown Band
Favorite Male Country Artist
- Chris Stapleton
- cody johnson
- luke combs
- Morgan Wallen
- walker hayes
Favorite Female Country Artist
- Carrie Underwood
- laine wilson
- maren morris
- miranda lamberto
- Taylor Swift
- Adele – “Easy with me”
- Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz Y Cast of ‘Enchanted’ – “We are not talking about Bruno”
- Harry styles – “How was it”
- Lizzo – “It was time”
- the laroi boy & Justin Bieber – “STAY”
- Adele – “30”
- bad bunny – “A Summer Without You”
- Beyonce – “Renaissance”
- Harry styles – “Harry’s House”
- Taylor Swift -“Red (Taylor Version)”
- Weekend – “Sunrise FM”
Favorite Pop Duo or Group
- bts
- Coldplay
- imagine dragons
- Måneskin
- A republic
Favorite Female Pop Artist
- Adele
- Beyonce
- doja cat
- Lizzo
- Taylor Swift
- bad bunny
- Duck
- Ed Sheeran
- Harry styles
- Weekend
