Rihanna, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber lead the finalists for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards, which were announced this morning. Makes sense since this group lead the charts as well! It’s no secret I’m a Nicki fan so I’m quite excited to see the HB has received her first nominations as well! It’s way too many pages to skim through for all the categories but off quick glance I see she’s in the Best New Artist category and Top Rap Album (against her fellow labelmates Drake and Wayne!!) so congrats! I’m also excited to see my girl Katy Perry up for a few as well!! Hit the jump for some of the major categories and nominees and a link to the rest. The awards air live on May 22nd at 8pm on ABC.
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Justin Bieber
Susan Boyle
Eminem
Lady Antebellum
Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist
Ke$ha
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Usher
Top Artist
Justin Bieber
Eminem
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Top New Artist
Justin Bieber
Taio Cruz
Ke$ha
Bruno Mars
Nicki Minaj
Top Touring Artist
Bon Jovi
Michael Buble
Lady Gaga
U2
Roger Waters
