The 2012 MTV AMA nominations were announced earlier today (Mon. Sep. 17th), and leading the nominations is none other than Roc Nations prized position Rihanna with 6 nominations. Other nominees includes Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Rita Ora, Chris Brown, Nas, M.I.A., Drake, and Jay Z to name a few. The award show will air live from Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany, on November 11th. In the meantime check out the nominations below.
Forbes recently released their Powerful Celebrity List which was calculated from May 1st 2011 to May 1st 2012, and the person who came out on top this year was none other than singer/actress Jennifer Lopez. Pop wild child Rihanna also made her debut on the list coming in the top 5. Check out the list along with the earnings below.
1. Jennifer Lopez – $52 M
2. Oprah Winfrey – $165 M
3. Justin Bieber – $55 M
4. Rihanna – $53 M
5. Lady Gaga – $52M
6. Britney Spears – $58 M
7. Kim Kardashian – $18M
8. Katy Perry – $45 M
9. Tom Cruise – $75 M
10. Steven Spielberg – $130 M
11. Taylor Swift – $57 M
12. Tiger Woods – $58 M
13. Angelina Jolie – $20 M
14. Donald Trump – $63 M
15. LeBron James – $53 M
16. Beyonce – $40 M
17. Elton John – $80 M
18. Simon Cowell – $90 M
19. Rush Limbaugh – $69 M
20. Tyler Perry – $105 M
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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
PollStar recently released their annual list of the top 25 tours of the year, and many have went on tour last year but only a few have made the list. Some of the heavy hitters in the game right now were among the ones to make the list including Rihanna, Jay-Z and Kanye West. Other acts that made the list includes Sade, Usher, Katy Perry, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga. To check out the full list and who ranked where continue after the break.
Recently was the 2012 Grammy Nomination Concert to announce the nominees and celebs that were in attendance were none other than Nicki Minaj, LL Cool J, and Tarji P. Henson, with performances by Usher, Rihanna, Ludacris, Lady Gaga, LL Cool J, Common, and Lupe Fiasco. Also the nominees were announced and leading the pack was Kanye West with 7 nominations. Other nominees included Adele, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Kelly Rowland, Nicki Minaj, J. Cole, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Jay Z, and Lupe Fiasco to name a few. To check out the full list of nominees, more pictures and performances, continue after the break.
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The 2011 American Music Awards is scheduled to air live this November 20th from the NOKIA Theatre in downtown L.A. at 8 pm, and the nominees have recently been announced. Leading the pack with 4 nominations is Adele followed by Rihanna, Lill Wayne, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga all getting 3 nominations. Other artists that snab a nomination includes Jay Z, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Kelly Rowland, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, and Trey Songz just to name a few.
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Just messy is what you should call it. Moments ago MTV released this year’s Video Music Award nominations and lest just say a lot of people are livid. Leading the pack with 9 nominations is none other than pop singer Katy Perry, followed by Adele and Kanye West with 7 and Kanye with 5 more for collaborations bringing his total to 12. But what has got everyone riled up is the lack their of for Rihanna even though she grabbed 7 featured nominations and the low amount of nominations both Beyonce and Lady Gaga received (both 3), Justin Bieber who grabbed 1 and Britney Spears who grabbed 2. Other nominators include Bruno Mars, Neyo, Nicki Minaj, Big Sean, Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Drake, Cee-Lo Green, and Lupe Fiasco. Continue after the break to check out the messy list MTV released.
BeyonceBillboard’s newest recipient of the Millennium Award is also covering their magazine’s latest issue while Amber Rose gets sexy for King Magazine, Jill Scott and Meagan Good keep it simple as Jill covers Ebony Magazine and Meagan Black Women. Jumping into the fashion aspect Lady Gaga goes fashion forward for V Magazine and Dawn Richard kept it fashionable as she is featured in a new Fashion Spread for Connect Magazine.
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