Billboard Music Awards 2019: Rapper Cardi B leads with 21 nominations, followed by Drake, Post Malone

The nominees of Billboard Music Awards 2019 were announced on 4 April. Cardi B is in the lead with 21 nominations across 18 categories. Following her are Drake and Post Malone with 17 nominations apiece, Travis Scott with 12 and the late rapper XXXTentacion with ten. Cardi, Drake, Malone and Scott will be competing for the Best Rap Artist award this year.

The 2019 @BBMAs nominations are here! See the full list: https://t.co/zdUt5QJq24 #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/KlgjdoM7jJ

— billboard (@billboard) April 4, 2019

Cardi made history as she became the first female artiste to have bagged the Best Rap Album Grammy for her debut Invasion of Privacy. She beat out albums by the late Mac Miller, late Nipsey Hussle, Pusha T and Scott. Cardi is just the fifth woman ever nominated in the category that was created in 1995. Kelly Clarkson will be returning as host of the ceremony. She had previously emceed the 2018 edition of Billboard Music Awards. The three hour event will once again air on NBC in the US on 1 May. The 2019 edition will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Here’s the full list of nominees: Top Artist Cardi B Drake Ariana Grande Post Malone Travis Scott Top New Artist Bazzi Juice Wrld Lil Baby Dua Lipa Ella Mai Top Male Artist Drake Post Malone Travis Scott Ed Sheeran XXXTentacion Top Female Artist Cardi B Ariana Grande Halsey Ella Mai Taylor Swift Top Duo/Group BTS Dan + Shay Imagine Dragons Maroon 5 Panic! At The Disco Top Billboard 200 Artist Drake Ariana Grande Post Malone Travis Scott XXXTentacion Top Hot 100 Artist Cardi B Drake Ariana Grande Juice Wrld Post Malone Top Streaming Songs Artist Cardi B Drake Ariana Grande Post Malone XXXTentacion Top Song Sales Artist Drake Ariana Grande Imagine Dragons Lady Gaga Post Malone Top Radio Songs Artist Cardi B Drake Ariana Grande Maroon 5 Post Malone Top Social Artist BTS EXO GOT7 Ariana Grande Louis Tomlinson Top Touring Artist Beyoncé & JAY-Z Bruno Mars Ed Sheeran Taylor Swift Justin Timberlake Top R&B Artist H.E.R. Khalid Ella Mai The Weeknd XXXTentacion Top R&B Male Artist Khalid The Weeknd XXXTentacion Top R&B Female Artist H.E.R. Ella Mai Queen Naija Top R&B Tour Beyoncé & JAY-Z Childish Gambino Bruno Mars Top Rap Artist Cardi B Drake Juice Wrld Post Malone Travis Scott Top Rap Male Artist Drake Post Malone Travis Scott Top Rap Female Artist Cardi B City Girls Nicki Minaj Top Rap Tour Beyoncé & JAY-Z Drake Travis Scott Top Country Artist Jason Aldean Kane Brown Luke Combs Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Top Country Male Artist Jason Aldean Kane Brown Luke Combs Top Country Female Artist Maren Morris Kacey Musgraves Carrie Underwood Top Country Duo/Group Artist Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Old Dominion Top Country Tour Luke Bryan Kenny Chesney Shania Twain Top Rock Artist Imagine Dragons Lovelytheband Panic! At The Disco Queen Twenty One Pilots Top Rock Tour Elton John The Rolling Stones U2 Top Latin Artist Anuel AA Bad Bunny J Balvin Ozuna Romeo Santos Top Dance/Electronic Artist Calvin Harris Kygo Marshmello Odesza The Chainsmokers Billboard Chart Achievement Award Dan + Shay Drake Ariana Grande Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper Dua Lipa Top Christian Artist Cory Asbury Lauren Daigle For King & Country Hillsong Worship MercyMe Top Gospel Artist Kirk Franklin Koryn Hawthorne Tori Kelly Tasha Cobbs Leonard Marvin Sapp Top Billboard 200 Album Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy Drake - Scorpion Post Malone - beerbongs & bentleys Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD XXXTentacion - ? Top Soundtrack 13 Reasons Why: Season 2 A Star is Born by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse The Greatest Showman Top R&B Album Ella Mai - Ella Mai H.E.R. - H.E.R. Khalid - American Teen The Weeknd - My Dear Melancholy XXXTentacion - 17 Top Rap Album Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy Drake - Scorpion Post Malone - beerbongs & bentleys Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD XXXTentacion - ? Top Country Album Jason Aldean - Rearview Town Kane Brown - Kane Brown Luke Combs - This One’s For You Dan + Shay - Dan + Shay Carrie Underwood - Cry Pretty Top Rock Album Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow Imagine Dragons - Origins Mumford & Sons - Delta Panic! At This Disco - Pray For The Wicked Twenty One Pilots - Trench Top Latin Album Anuel AA - Real Hasta la Muerte Bad Bunny - X 100PRE J Balvin - Vibras Maluma - F.A.M.E. Ozuna - Aura Top Dance/Electronic Album Clean Bandit - What Is Love? David Guetta - 7 Kygo - Kids in Love Major Lazer - Major Lazer Essentials The Chainsmokers - Sick Boy Top Christian Album Cory Asbury - Reckless Love Lauren Daigle - Look Up Child For King & Country - Burn The Ships Hillsong Worship - There Is More Zach Williams - Chain Breaker Top Gospel Album Snoop Dogg & Various Artists - Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love Aretha Franklin - Gospel Greats Koryn Hawthorne - Unstoppable Tori Kelly - Hiding Place Jonathan McReynolds - Make Room Top Hot 100 Song Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin - ‘I Like It’ Juice Wrld - ‘Lucid Dreams’ Maroon 5 ft Cardi B - ‘Girls Like You’ Post Malone - ‘Better Now’ Travis Scott - ‘SICKO MODE’ Top Streaming Song (Audio) Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin - ‘I Like It’ Juice Wrld - ‘Lucid Dreams’ Post Malone - ‘Better Now’ Travis Scott - ‘SICKO MODE’ XXXTentacion - ‘SAD!’ Top Streaming Song (Video) Drake - ‘In My Feelings’ Juice Wrld - ‘Lucid Dreams’ Maroon 5 ft Cardi B - ‘Girls Like You’ Travis Scott - ‘SICKO MODE’ XXXTentacion - ‘SAD!’ Top Selling Song Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin - ‘I Like It’ Drake - ‘In My Feelings’ Halsey - ‘Without Me’ Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - ‘Shallow’ Maroon 5 ft Cardi B - ‘Girls Like You’ Top Radio Song Khalid and Normani - ‘Love Lies’ Maroon 5 ft Cardi B - ‘Girls Like You’ Post Malone - ‘Better Now’ Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line - ‘Meant to Be’ Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey - ‘The Middle’ Top Collaboration Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin - ‘I Like It’ Khalid and Normani - ‘Love Lies’ Maroon 5 ft Cardi B - ‘Girls Like You’ Marshmello and Bastille - ‘Happier’ Post Malone ft Ty Dolla $ign - ‘Psycho’ Top R&B Song DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper and Quavo - ‘No Brainer’ Ella Mai - ‘Boo’d Up’ Ella Mai - ‘Trip’ Khalid - ‘Better’ Lil Dicky ft Chris Brown - ‘Freaky Friday’ Top Rap Song Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin - ‘I Like It’ Drake - ‘In My Feelings’ Juice Wrld - ‘Lucid Dreams’ Post Malone - ‘Better Now’ Travis Scott - ‘SICKO MODE’ Top Country Song Kane Brown - ‘Heaven’ Luke Combs - ‘She Got the Best of Me’ Dan + Shay - ‘Speechless’ Dan + Shay - ‘Tequila’ Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line - ‘Meant to Be’ Top Rock Song Foster The People - ‘Sit Next to Me’ Imagine Dragons - ‘Natural’ Imagine Dragons - ‘Whatever It Takes’ Lovelytheband - ‘broken’ Panic! At The Disco - ‘High Hopes’ Top Latin Song Bad Bunny ft Drake - ‘Mia’ Daddy Yankee - ‘Dura’ DJ Snake ft Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B - ‘Taki Taki’ Nicky Jam & J Balvin - ‘X’ Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny and Ozuna - ‘Te Bote’ Top Dance/Electronic Song DJ Snake ft Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B - ‘Taki Taki’ Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa-  ‘One Kiss’ Marshmello and Bastille - ‘Happier’ Tiësto and Dzeko ft Preme and Post Malone - ‘Jackie Chan’ Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey - ‘The Middle’ Top Christian Song Cory Asbury - ‘Reckless Love’ Lauren Daigle - ‘You Say’ For King and Country - ‘joy.’ Hillsong Worship - ‘Who You Say I Am’ Tauren Wells - ‘Known’ Top Gospel Song Todd Dulaney - ‘Your Great Name’ Koryn Hawthorne - ‘Won’t He Do It’ Tori Kelly ft. Kirk Franklin - ‘Never Alone’ Jason Nelson - ‘Forever’ Brian Courtney Wilson - ‘A Great Work’