Fresh off the heels of the release of the official remix to her hit single "S&M", Rihanna leads all finalists for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards, announced this morning (Apr. 13) in Las Vegas. The winners will be announced at the Billboard Music Awards show airing on ABC on Sunday, May 22 at 7 pm Dallas time.
Rihanna takes the lead in 18 award categories, including Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Female Artist, Top R&B Artist and Top Dance/Electronic Artist. "Love the Way You Lie," her chart-topping collaboration with Eminem, places her as a nominee in six song categories.
Meanwhile, Eminem is a finalist in 16 categories, including Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Artist, Top Male Artist and Top Rap Artist. Lady Gaga follows as a finalist in 12 categories, with three releases all competing for Top Dance/Electronic Album: "The Fame," "The Fame Monster" and "The Remix."
Pop heartthrobs Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber will each compete for 11 categories, including Top New Artist and Top Male Artist. Other Top New Artist contenders are Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj and Taio Cruz.
Keep reading below for the lead category nominations for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards. See the full list of finalists here.
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Justin Bieber
Susan Boyle
Eminem
Lady Antebellum
Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist
Ke$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
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