{"id":14222,"date":"2020-10-26T14:04:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T19:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=14222"},"modified":"2020-10-26T14:04:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T19:04:03","slug":"roddy-ricch-and-the-weeknd-lead-the-2020-american-music-awards-nominations-with-eight-each","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/26\/roddy-ricch-and-the-weeknd-lead-the-2020-american-music-awards-nominations-with-eight-each\/","title":{"rendered":"Roddy Ricch and The Weeknd Lead the &#8220;2020 American Music Awards&#8221; Nominations with Eight Each"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14224\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/american-music-awards2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/american-music-awards2.jpg 528w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/american-music-awards2-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/american-music-awards2-260x147.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/american-music-awards2-160x91.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pop singer and American Music Award nominee Dua Lipa today announced the &#8220;<strong><em>2020 American Music Awards<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; (AMAs) nominees in three categories LIVE on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;<em>Good Morning America<\/em>,&#8221; followed by additional nominees announced via the AMAs Twitter account. Lipa also revealed that she will perform on next month&#8217;s show. The &#8220;<em>2020 American Music Awards<\/em>,&#8221; music&#8217;s hottest night of the year, will feature marquee performances and signature breathtaking moments, live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 22 at 8:00PM EST\/PST, on ABC.<\/p>\n<p>Two-time AMA winner The Weeknd and rapper Roddy Ricch snagged eight American Music Award nominations each, the most of any nominee, both earning a nomination for the night&#8217;s most coveted award, Artist of the Year. First-time nominee Megan Thee Stallion earned five nominations, becoming the most nominated female artist this year, including nods in the New Artist of the Year and Collaboration of the Year categories. And in a six-way tie, Bad Bunny, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and first-time nominees DaBaby and Doja Cat all earned four nominations each.<\/p><div id=\"morty-28648738\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nominees for the coveted Artist of the Year category are Justin Bieber, Post Malone, Roddy Ricch, Taylor Swift, and The Weeknd. Swift is the current record-holder for most wins in this category with five wins, and could also break her own record for most AMA wins of all time, 29, should she win in any of the four categories she&#8217;s nominated in.<\/p>\n<p>This year, as Latin and R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop genres achieved undeniable crossover success, the AMAs will expand their categories to match their overarching popularity. The new categories include Favorite Male Artist and Favorite Female Artist (Rap\/Hip-Hop); and Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Female, Favorite Album, and Favorite Song (Latin). Additionally, Cheetos is partnering with the AMAs to present the expanded Latin categories. Voting is now open for all AMA categories. For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/TheAMAs.com\/Vote\">TheAMAs.com\/Vote<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The American Music Awards, the world&#8217;s largest fan-voted award show, is seen in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. Nominees are based on key fan interactions &#8211; as reflected on the Billboard charts &#8211; including streaming, album and digital song sales, radio airplay, and social activity. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and its data partners MRC Data and Next Big Sound, and reflect the time period of September 27, 2019, through September 24, 2020. The American Music Awards winners are voted entirely by fans.<\/p>\n<p>2020 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS TOP NOMINATED ARTISTS CHART FACTS:<\/p><div id=\"morty-733709306\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00b7 The Weeknd (Eight Nominations)<\/p>\n<p>The Weeknd blasted onto the Billboard 200 albums chart with his fourth straight No. 1 album, &#8220;After Hours,&#8221; and spent four weeks at No. 1 The set launched with over 220 million on-demand streams earned in its first week in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music\/MRC Data. The same week After Hours opened at No. 1, the album&#8217;s song &#8220;Blinding Lights&#8221; shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, securing The Weeknd his fifth chart-topping single. The track proved to be so popular, it spent more than eight months in the chart&#8217;s weekly top 10. The album also contains the Hot 100 No. 1 &#8220;Heartless,&#8221; as well as the top 20 charting title track and &#8220;In Your Eyes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Roddy Ricch (Eight Nominations)<\/p>\n<p>Roddy Ricch closed out 2019 in a big way, with his debut studio album &#8220;Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial&#8221; bowing at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart &#8212; his first No. 1. He then took it to the next level at the top of 2020, when the album&#8217;s breakaway hit &#8220;The Box&#8221; raced to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in just five weeks, becoming his first leader, and spending 11 weeks in a row at No. 1. He then claimed another Hot 100 No. 1 via his featured role on DaBaby&#8217;s &#8220;Rockstar,&#8221; which spent seven weeks in charge. All the while, his &#8220;Please Excuse Me&#8221; album has generated more than 3.3 billion U.S. on-demand streams and earned more than 2.1 million equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music\/MRC Data.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Megan Thee Stallion (Five Nominations)<\/p>\n<p>Megan Thee Stallion claimed her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with her smash single &#8220;Savage,&#8221; featuring Beyonc\u00e9, and then followed it up with her second No. 1 via her featured role on Cardi B&#8217;s &#8220;WAP.&#8221; Meanwhile, Megan notched her second Top 10 album on the Billboard 200 with &#8220;Suga,&#8221; which followed her Top 10 set &#8220;Fever&#8221; in 2019. Combined, &#8220;Savage&#8221; and &#8220;WAP&#8221; have been streamed more than 1 billion times in the U.S. in 2020, according to Nielsen Music\/MRC Data.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;2020 American Music Awards&#8221; is produced by dick clark productions. Amy Thurlow, Barry Adelman, Mark Bracco and Linda Gierahn are Executive Producers. Larry Klein is Producer. For the latest American Music Awards news, exclusive content and more, be sure to follow the AMAs on social (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube), online at theamas.com and ABC.com, and join the conversation by using the official hashtag for the show, #AMAs.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;<em>2020 American Music Awards<\/em>&#8221; is sponsored by Cheetos, T-Mobile, and Xfinity.<\/p>\n<p>About the American Music Awards<\/p>\n<p>The American Music Awards, the world&#8217;s largest fan-voted award show, features performances from today&#8217;s hottest artists and presents fan-voted awards in the music genres of Pop\/Rock, Alternative Rock, Country, Rap\/Hip-Hop, Soul\/R&amp;B, Adult Contemporary, Contemporary Inspirational, Latin, EDM and Soundtrack, and the categories of Artist of the Year, New Artist of the Year, Collaboration of the Year, Tour of The Year, Favorite Social Artist and Favorite Music Video. 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