The Billboard Music Awards organization has released the nominations for the 2023 edition. And Taylor Swift crowned her great year of commercial success in the lead, with 20 nominations, followed by SZA, Morgan Wallen and The Weekend, who have 17 nominations each.
Taylor Swift, holder of the title of the woman with the most wins in the history of the Billboard Music Awards, with 29 trophies, has a chance to surpass Drake’s overall record, just needing five new wins. However, with Drake in contention with 14 nominations, the awards race promises to be fierce.
Winners are determined based on Billboard chart performance metrics from November 19, 2022 to October 21, 2023.
Produced by Dick Clark Productions, the 2023 BBMAs introduced nine new categories in the current edition, including Best Global K-Pop Artist, K-Pop Tour and Afrobeats Artist, reflecting the increasing globalization and diversification of the music scene.
After a reshuffle for later this year, following the last edition held on May 15, 2022 and hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs, the BBMAs return to celebrate musical highlights in a revamped format. The awards ceremony, scheduled for November 19, will abandon the traditional television format, opting to reveal the winners via the social networks of Billboard magazine and the BBMAs. The performances, yet to be announced, will follow the same digital format.
Discover the full list of candidates:
Awards for artists
Best Artist
Drake
Luca Combs
Morgan Wallen
SZA
Taylor Swift
Best New Artist
Bailey Zimmermann
Ice spices
Jelly roll
Feather-weight
Zach Bryan
Best Male Artist
Drake
Luca Combs
Morgan Wallen
The weekend
Zach Bryan
Best Female Artist
Beyoncé
Miley Cyrus
Olivia Rodrigo
SZA
Taylor Swift
Best duo/group
Eslabon Armado
Half and half
The governed power
Frontera Group
Metallica
Top artist on the Billboard 200 chart
Drake
Luca Combs
Morgan Wallen
SZA
Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist
Drake
Luca Combs
Morgan Wallen
SZA
Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Songwriter (NEW)
Ashley Gorley
Jack Antonoff
SZA
Taylor Swift
Zach Bryan
Top Hot 100 Producer (NEW)
Jack Antonoff
Joey Moi
Metro Boomin
Taylor Swift
Zach Bryan
Best artist in streaming songs
Drake
Morgan Wallen
SZA
Taylor Swift
Zach Bryan
Best Artist in Radio Songs
Miley Cyrus
Morgan Wallen
SZA
Taylor Swift
The weekend
Best Artist in Song Sales
Jason Aldean
Miley Cyrus
Morgan Wallen
Oliver Anthony Music
Taylor Swift
Top Billboard 200 World Artist
Bad bunny
Morgan Wallen
SZA
Taylor Swift
The weekend
Top Billboard Artist Worldwide (Except USA)
Bad bunny
Ed Sheeran
New Jeans
Taylor Swift
The weekend
Best R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Chris Brown
Rihanna
SZA
The weekend
Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Miguel
The weekend
Best Female R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Rihanna
SZA
Best R&B Tour Artist
Beyoncé
Bruno Mars
The weekend
Best Rap Artist
21 Wild
Drake
Lil Baby
Metro Boomin
Travis Scott
Best Male Rap Artist
21 Wild
Drake
Travis Scott
Best Female Rap Artist
Doja Gatto
Ice spices
Nicki Minaj
Best Rap Tour Artist
50 cents
Drake
Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa
Best Country Artist
Bailey Zimmermann
Luca Combs
Morgan Wallen
Taylor Swift
Zach Bryan
Best Male Country Artist
Luca Combs
Morgan Wallen
Zach Bryan
Best Female Country Artist
Lainey Wilson
Megan Moroney
Taylor Swift
Best Country Duo/Group
Old Dominion
Parmalee
Zac Brown Band
Best Country Touring Artist
George Strait
Luca Combs
Morgan Wallen
Best Rock Artist
Jelly roll
Noah Kahan
Stefano Sanchez
Steve Lacy
Zach Bryan
Best Rock Duo/Group (NEW)
Arctic monkeys
Foo Fighters
Metallica
Best Rock Tour Artist
Coldplay
Depeche mode
Elton John
Best Latin Artist
Bad bunny
Eslabon Armado
The governed power
KAROL G
Feather-weight
Best Latin Male Artist
Bad bunny
Feather-weight
Rauw Alexander
Best Latin Female Artist
KAROL G
ROSALÍA
Shakira
Best Latin Duo/Group
Eslabon Armado
The governed power
Frontera Group
Best Latin Tour Artist
Yankee Dad
Karol G
RBD
Top Global K-Pop Artist (NEW)
Jimin
New Jeans
Stray children
TOMORROW
TWICE
Best K-Pop Tour Artist (NEW)
BLACKPINK
SUGA
TWICE
Best Afrobeats Artist (NEW)
Burna Boy
Libianca
Row
themes
Wizkid
Best Dance/Electronic Artist
Beyoncé
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Drake
Tiesto
Best Christian Artist
Brandon Lake
Cult of elevation
for KING AND COUNTRY
Lauren Daigle
Phil Wickham
Best Gospel Artist
CeCe Winans
Cult of elevation
Kanye West
Kirk Franklin
Non-conformist city music
Album Awards
Top Album on the Billboard 200
Drake and 21 Savage “His Loss”
Metro Boomin “HEROES AND VILLAINS”
Morgan Wallen “One Thing at a Time”
SZA “SOS”
Taylor Swift “Midnight”
Best soundtrack
“Barbie the Album”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music by and inspired by”
“ELVIS”
“Metro Boomin presents Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (soundtrack inspired by the film)”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
Best R&B Album
Beyoncé “RENAISSANCE”
Brent Faiyaz “DESERT LAND”
Drake “Honestly, It Doesn’t Matter”
Steve Lacy “Twin Rights”
SZA “SOS”
Best Rap Album
Drake and 21 Savage “His Loss”
Future “I never liked you”
Lil Baby “It’s Only Me”
Metro Boomin “HEROES AND VILLAINS”
Travis Scott “UTOPIA”
Best Country Album
Luke Combs “Getting Older”
Luke Combs “Growin’ Up”
Morgan Wallen “One Thing at a Time”
Taylor Swift “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”
Zach Bryan “American Heartbreak”
Best rock album
HARDY “the mockingbird and THE CROW”
“Whitsitt Chapel” Jelly Roll
Noah Kahan “Season of the Stick”
Steve Lacy “Twin Rights”
Zach Bryan “American Heartbreak”
Best Latin Album
Bad Bunny “Un Verano Sin Ti”
Eslabon Armado “REVEALED”
Ivan Cornejo “Dañado”
KAROL G “MAÑANA WILL BE BEAUTIFUL”
“GENESI” very light
Best K-Pop Album (NEW)
Jimin “FACE”
NewJeans “2nd EP ‘Get Up'”
Stray Children “5 STARS”
TOMORROW TOGETHER “Chapter The Name: TEMPTATION”
TWICE “READY TO BE: 12th Mini Album”
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Beyoncé “RENAISSANCE”
Drake “Honestly, It Doesn’t Matter”
ILLENIUM “ILLENIUM”
Kim Petras “Feed the Beast”
Tiësto “DRIVE”
Best Christian Album
Anne Wilson “My Jesus”
Brandon Lake “House of Miracles”
CAIN “Get up”
Adoration of the elevation “LION”
Lauren Daigle “Lauren Daigle”
Best Gospel Album
Jonathan McReynolds “My Truth”
Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin “Kingdom Book One”
Tye Tribbett “All Things New”
Whitney Houston “I’m Going to Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston”
Zacardi Cortez “Imprint (Live in Memphis)”
Awards for music
Best Hot 100 Song
Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage “Creepin'”
Miley Cyrus “Flowers”
Morgan Wallen “Last Night”
SZA “Kill Bill”
Taylor Swift “Antihero”
Best most listened to song
Miley Cyrus “Flowers”
Morgan Wallen “Last Night”
SZA “Kill Bill”
Taylor Swift “Antihero”
Zach Bryan “Something in the Orange”
Best Radio Music
Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage “Creepin'”
Miley Cyrus “Flowers”
Rema and Selena Gomez “Calm Down”
Taylor Swift “Antihero”
The Weeknd and Ariana Grande “Die For You”
Best selling song
Jason Aldean “Try It in a Small Town”
Jimin’ like crazy”
Miley Cyrus “Flowers”
Oliver Anthony Music “Rich Men North of Richmond”
Taylor Swift “Antihero”
Better collaboration
David Guetta and Bebe Rexha “I’m Fine (Blue)”
Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage “Creepin'”
Rema and Selena Gomez “Calm Down”
Sam Smith and Kim Petras “Unholy”
The Weeknd and Ariana Grande “Die For You”
Billboard 200 of the best global songs
Miley Cyrus “Flowers”
Rema and Selena Gomez “Calm Down”
SZA “Kill Bill”
Taylor Swift “Antihero”
The Weeknd and Ariana Grande “Die For You”
Billboard’s Top Music Worldwide (Except US)
David Guetta and Bebe Rexha “I’m Fine (Blue)”
Harry Styles “The Way It Was”
Miley Cyrus “Flowers”
Rema and Selena Gomez “Calm Down”
The Weeknd and Ariana Grande “Die For You”
Best R&B Song
Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage “Creepin'”
Miguel “Of course”
The Weeknd and Ariana Grande “Die For You”
SZA “Kill Bill”
SZA “Snooze”
The best rap music
With Leray “Players”
Drake & 21 Savage “Ricco Flex”
Gunna “fukumean”
Lil Durk ft. J. Cole “My Whole Life”
Toosii “Favorite Song”
Best Country Music
Bailey Zimmerman “Rock and a Hard Place”
Luke Combs “Fast Car”
Morgan Wallen “Last Night”
Morgan Wallen “The Proof”
Zach Bryan “Something in the Orange”
The best rock music
Jelly Roll “I Need a Favor”
Stephen Sanchez “Until I Found You”
Steve Lacy “Bad Habit”
Zach Bryan with Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”
Zach Bryan “Something in the Orange”
Best Latin Music
Eslabon Armado x Featherweight “Ella Baila Sola”
Fuerza Regida x Grupo Frontera “Bebe Dame”
Frontera Group x Bad Bunny “a x100to”
KAROL G and Shakira “TQG”
Yng Lvcas x Featherweight “La Bebe”
Best Global K-Pop Music (NEW)
Fifty Fifty “Cupid”
Jimin “Like Crazy”
Jungkook with Latto “Seven”
NewJeans “Ditto”
New “OMG” Jeans
The best Afrobeat music (NEW)
Ayra Starr “Rush”
Libianca “People”
Oxlade “KU KNOWS”
Rema and Selena Gomez “Calm Down”
Vittoria, Rema and Tempoe ft. Don Toliver “Soweto”
Best Dance/Electronic Music
Bizarrap and Shakira “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”
David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray “Baby, don’t hurt me”
David Guetta and Bebe Rexha “I’m Fine (Blue)”
Elton John and Britney Spears “Hold Me Closer”
Tiesto ft. Tate McRae “10:35”
The best Christian music
Brandon Lake “Gratitude”
Chris Tomlin “Holy Forever”
for KING & COUNTRY featuring Jordin Sparks “Love Me Like I Am”
Lauren Daigle “Thank God I Do”
Phil Wickham “This Is Our God”
Best gospel music
CeCe Winans “The Goodness of God”
Crowder and Dante Bowe ft. Maverick City Music “God Really Loves Us”
Cult of Elevation ft. Chandler Moore and Tiffany Hudson “More Than Capable”
Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin ft. Brandon Lake and Chandler Moore
“Fear is not my future”
Zacardi Cortez “Lord Do It For Me (Live in Memphis)”
Source: Terra
Earl Johnson is a music writer at Gossipify, known for his in-depth analysis and unique perspective on the industry. A graduate of USC with a degree in Music, he brings years of experience and passion to his writing. He covers the latest releases and trends, always on the lookout for the next big thing in music.
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