Adele - Adele Leads American Music Awards Nominations
12 October 2011Adele has been nominated for four American Music Awards including Artist of the Year, Favourite Female Artist, Favourite Adult Contemporary Artist and Favourite Album for '21'.
Adele Leads American Music Awards Nominations
Adele leads the nominations for the 2011 American Music Awards with four nods.
The 'Someone Like You' hitmaker - who recently was forced to cancel her American tour due to illness - will compete in the categories Artist of the Year, Favourite Female Artist, Favourite Adult Contemporary Artist and Favourite Album for '21'.
Lady GaGa, Taylor Swift, Lil Wayne, Katy Perry and Rihanna received three nominations and Lil Wayne, Taylor, Katy and Gaga will all compete with Adele in the Artist of the Year category.
Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown, Jason Aldean, Kanye West and LMFAO have all been nominated in two categories as have Nicki Minaj and Pitbull, who announced the nominees today (11.10.11).
The 39th annual American Music Awards will be held November 20 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
Full list of American Music Awards nominations:
Pop or Rock Music: Favourite Female Artist
Adele
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Pop or Rock Music: Favourite Male Artist
Bruno Mars
Pitbull
Pop or Rock Music: Favourite Band, Duo or Group
LMFAO
Pop or Rock Album
Adele - '21'
Rihanna - 'Loud'
Lady Gaga - 'Born This Way'
Rap/Hip-Hop Music: Favourite Artist
Lil Wayne
Nicki Minaj
Kanye West
Rap/Hip-Hop Album
Lil Wayne - 'Tha Carter IV'
The Throne - 'Watch the Throne'
Nicki Minaj - 'Pink Friday'
Soul/R&B Music: Favourite Male Artist
Chris Brown
Soul/R&B Music: Favourite Female Artist
Rihanna
Beyoncé
Soul/R&B Album
Chris Brown - 'F.A.M.E.'
Rihanna - 'Loud '
Beyoncé - '4'
Alternative Rock Music: Favourite Artist
Mumford & Sons
Adult Contemporary Music: Favourite Artist
Adele
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Latin Music: Favourite Artist
Pitbull
Country Music: Favourite Female Artist
Taylor Swift
Country Music: Favourite Male Artist
Jason Aldean
Country Music: Favourite Band, Duo or Group
Country Music: Favourite Album
Jason Aldean - 'My Kinda Party'
Taylor Swift - 'Speak Now'
The Band Perry - 'The Band Perry'
Artist of the Year
Adele
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry
Lil Wayne
Taylor Swift
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