Post Malone, Lil Nas X & Billie Eilish Among Leading Billboard Music Award Nominees

Dick clark productions and NBC announced the 2020 Billboard Music Awards nominees on Tuesday. Post Malone leads the list with 16 nominations in 15 categories.

The rapper was nominated for Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Streaming Songs Artist, Top Song Sales Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top Rap Artist, Top Rap Male Artist, Top Rap Tour and Top Rap Song.

Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding was nominated in the Top Billboard 200 Album and Top Rap Album categories, while the collaboration “Sunflower” featuring Swae Lee got a nomination for Top Streaming Song, Top Rap Song and Top Collaboration (Fan Voted).

Lil Nas X received the second best number of nominations – 13. He is followed by Billie Eilish and Khalid with 12 nominations each.

Kanye West‘s album Jesus Is King received nine nominations in Christian categories.