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Adele Leads American Music Awards Nominations

by Jason Lipshutz, N.Y.  |   October 11, 2011 3:50 EDT
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In the first development of many expected awards-show sweeps this year, Adele led the nominations of the 39th annual American Music Awards, which were announced in Los Angeles on Tuesday (Oct. 11).

The singer-songwriter -- whose sophomore album, "21," is the biggest-selling album of the year -- was nominated for artist of the year, favorite female artist, favorite album and favorite adult contemporary artist. Adele will compete against Lil Wayne, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga for artist of the year.


Adele Reclaims Hot 100 Throne, B.o.B Blasts Into Top 10

 

Swift, Gaga, Lil Wayne, Perry, Rihanna and the Band Perry scored three nominations apiece. Pitbull and Nicki Minaj, who announced the nominations together this morning, each earned two nods, as did Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown, LMFAO, Kanye West and Jason Aldean.

Perry and Pitbull are the first confirmed performers at the AMAs, which will be held Nov. 20 at the Nokia Theatre in L.A. and air live on ABC.

Here are the full nominees for the American Music Awards:

 

 

Artist of the Year

 

Adele

Lady Gaga

Katy Perry

Lil Wayne

Taylor Swift

Pop or Rock Music: Favorite Female Artist

 

Adele

Katy Perry

Lady Gaga

 

Pop or Rock Music: Favorite Male Artist

 

Justin Bieber

Bruno Mars

Pitbull

Pop or Rock Music: Favorite Band, Duo or Group

 

LMFAO

Maroon 5

OneRepublic

 

Pop or Rock Album

 

Adele - 21

Rihanna - Loud

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

 

Rap/Hip-Hop Music: Favorite 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: Favorite Male Artist

 

Chris Brown

Trey Songz

Usher

 

Soul/R&B Music: Favorite Female Artist

 

Rihanna

Beyoncé

Kelly Rowland

 

Soul/R&B Album

 

Chris Brown - F.A.M.E.

Rihanna - Loud

Beyoncé - 4

 

Alternative Rock Music: Favorite Artist

 

Foo Fighters

Black Keys

Mumford & Sons

 

Adult Contemporary Music: Favorite Artist

 

Adele

Bruno Mars

Katy Perry

 

Latin Music: Favorite Artist

 

Pitbull

Enrique Iglesias

Jennifer Lopez

 

Country Music: Favorite Female Artist

 

Sara Evans

Miranda Lambert

Taylor Swift

 

Country Music: Favorite Male Artist

 

Jason Aldean

Brad Paisley

Blake Shelton

 

Country Music: Favorite Band, Duo or Group

 

Zac Brown Band

Lady Antebellum

The Band Perry

 

Country Music: Favorite Album

 

Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party

Taylor Swift - Speak Now

The Band Perry - The Band Perry

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