Taylor Swift Leads American Music Awards Nominations

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The American Music Awards nominations were announced this morning on Good Morning America and, unsurprisingly, Wyomissing’s Taylor Swift leads the pack with six nominations for her latest album, 1989, and a handful of its songs. According to Flavorwire, if she wins them all—and let’s face it, she probably will—she will beat a record held by Whitney Houston for most AMA wins (22) for a female artist. She’ll also be a stone’s throw from Michael Jackson’s most-wins-overall record: 26 wins. Among Swift’s nominations are the highly coveted Artist and Song of the Year.

There’s not much more Philly on the list of nominations. Temple grad Diplo is nominated for Collaboration of the Year for his team up with Skrillex and Justin Bieber on “Where Are Ü Now?” The Lee Daniels-produced Empire is nominated in the Top Soundtrack category. And Swedish electro-pop princess Tove Lo is up for New Artist of the Year. She’s not local, but she’s performing in Philly at Fillmore Philadelphia this week. Check out the full list of nominees below:

Artist of the Year
Luke Bryan
Ariana Grande
Maroon 5
Nicki Minaj
One Direction
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor
The Weeknd

New Artist of the Year (Presented by Kohl’s)
Fetty Wap
Sam Hunt
Tove Lo
Walk The Moon
The Weeknd

Song of the Year
“See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
“Uptown Funk!” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
“Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran
“Blank Space” by Taylor Swift
“Can’t Feel My Face” by The Weeknd

Collaboration of the Year (UnLeashed by TMobile)
“See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
“FourFiveSeconds” by Rihanna & Kanye West featuring Paul McCartney
“Uptown Funk!” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
“Where Are Ü Now” by Jack Ü (Skrillex & Diplo) featuring Justin Bieber
“Bad Blood” by Taylor Swift Featuring Kendrick Lamar

Favorite Male Artist – Pop/Rock
Nick Jonas
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith

Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock
Ariana Grande
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor

Favorite Duo Or Group – Pop/Rock
Maroon 5
One Direction
Walk The Moon

Favorite Album – Pop/Rock
 X by Ed Sheeran
In The Lonely Hour by Sam Smith 
1989 by Taylor Swift

Favorite Male Artist – Country
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Sam Hunt

Favorite Female Artist – Country
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Carrie Underwood

Favorite Duo or Group – Country
Zac Brown Band
Florida Georgia Line
Little Big Town

Favorite Album – Country
Old Boots, New Dirt by Jason Aldean
Anything Goes by Florida Georgia Line
Montevallo by Sam Hunt

Favorite Artist – Rap/HipHop
Drake
Fetty Wap
Nicki Minaj

Favorite Album – Rap/HipHop
2014 Forest Hills Drive by J. Cole 
If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late by Drake 
The Pinkprint by Nicki Minaj 

Favorite Male Artist – Soul/R&B
Chris Brown
Trey Songz
The Weeknd

Favorite Female Artist – Soul/R&B
Beyoncé
Mary J.  Blige
Rihanna

Favorite Album – Soul/R&B
X by Chris Brown
Black Messiah by D’Angelo and The Vanguard
Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd

Favorite Artist – Alternative Rock
Fall Out Boy
Hozier
Walk The Moon

Favorite Artist – Adult Contemporary
Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor

Favorite Artist – Latin
Enrique Iglesias
Ricky Martin
Romeo Santos

Favorite Artist – Contemporary Inspirational
Casting Crowns
Hillsong United
MercyMe

Favorite Artist – Electronic Dance Music (Edm)
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Zedd

Top Soundtrack
Fifty Shades of Grey
Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1
Pitch Perfect 2