It’s almost that time of year again and Billboard have just released their 2012 Billboard Music Awards nominations. Leading the pack is non other than dominating force Adele with 18 nominations which comes to no surprise. Following her is party rock group LMFAO with 17 nominations and Rihanna with 13. Lil Wayne and Lady Gaga also managed to nab themselves 10 nominations while other artists including Kanye West, Neyo, Drake, Bruno Mars, Big Sean, Wiz Khalifa, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj, Miguel, Beyonce, and Cee-Lo managed to get a few.
The awards will be held at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas on May 20th, but for the time being check out the nominees below.
Top Artist
Adele
Lady Gaga
Lil Wayne
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Hot 100 Song
Rolling in the Deep-Adele
Party Rock Anthem-LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
Moves Like Jagger-Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera
E.T.-Katy Perry ft. Kanye West
Give Me Everything-Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack, & Nayer
Top Billboard 200 Album
21-Adele
Christmas-Michael Bublé
Take Care-Drake
Born This Way-Lady Gaga
Tha Carter IV-Lil Wayne
Top Hot 100 Artist
Adele
LMFAO
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top New Artist
Bad Meets Evil
Big Sean
Foster the People
Scotty McCreery
Wiz Khalifa
Top Male Artist
Justin Bieber
Chris Brown
Drake
Lil Wayne
Bruno Mars
Top Female Artist
Adele
Lady Gaga
Nicki Minaj
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Billboard 200 Artist
Adele
Justin Bieber
Michael Bublé
Lady Gaga
Lil Wayne
Top Digital Songs Artist
Adele
LMFAO
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Top Radio Songs Artist
Adele
Katy Perry
Bruno Mars
Rihanna
Nicki Minaj
Top R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Chris Brown
Cee Lo Green
Miguel
Rihanna
Top Rap Artist
Drake
Lil Wayne
LMFAO
Wiz Khalifa
Nicki Minaj
