Bad Bunny leads American Music Award nominees with eight nods

Bad Bunny could continue his reign with the announcement Monday of the 2022 American Music Awards nominations.

The Puerto Rican “Neverita” singer leads this year’s nominations with eight nods, including for male Latin artist, which he won in 2021. Bad Bunny is also in the running for top artist, music video and pop album. .

Beyoncé, Drake and Taylor Swift, are close behind with six nominations apiece. Each one also received nods for the artist of the year award. Also receiving AMA nominations on Monday were Lizzo, Harry Styles, the Weeknd, Latto and Steve Lacy.

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Monday’s crop of nominations isn’t anything new for Bad Bunny. For the 2021 AMAs, the “Me Porto Bonito” singer received five nominations, also winning the Latin album category.

Fans can now cast their votes on the AMA website. The 2022 AMAs will air live on ABC on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m. Pacific from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

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See the full list of 2022 AMA nominees below:

Artist of the Year
Adele
Bad Bunny
Beyoncé
Drake
Harry Styles
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd

New Artist of the Year
Dove Cameron
Gayle
Latto
Måneskin
Steve Lacy

Collaboration of the Year
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and “Encanto” Cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Elton John and Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart - PNAU Remix”
Future ft. Drake and Tems, “Wait For U”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, “Stay”

Touring Artist
Bad Bunny
Coldplay
Ed Sheeran
Elton John
The Rolling Stones

Music Video
Adele, “Easy On Me”
Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito”
Harry Styles, “As It Was”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “INDUSTRY BABY”
Taylor Swift, “All Too Well: The Short Film”

Male pop artist
Bad Bunny
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
The Weeknd

Female pop artist
Adele
Beyoncé
Doja Cat
Lizzo
Taylor Swift

Pop duo or group
BTS
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
Måneskin
OneRepublic

Pop album
Adele, “30”
Bad Bunny, “Un Verano Sin Ti”
Beyoncé, “Renaissance”
Harry Styles, “Harry’s House”
Taylor Swift, “Red (Taylor’s Version)”
The Weeknd, “Dawn FM”

Pop song
Adele, “Easy on Me”
Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and Encanto Cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Harry Styles, “As It Was”
Lizzo, “About Damn Time”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay”

Male country artist
Chris Stapleton
Cody Johnson
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Walker Hayes

Female country artist
Carrie Underwood
Lainey Wilson
Maren Morris
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift

Country duo or group
Dan + Shay
Lady A
Old Dominion
Parmalee
Zac Brown Band

Country album
Carrie Underwood, “Denim & Rhinestones”
Luke Combs, “Growin’ Up”
Cody Johnson, “Human: The Double Album”
Taylor Swift, “Red (Taylor’s Version)”
Walker Hayes, “Country Stuff: The Album”

Country song
Chris Stapleton, “You Should Probably Leave”
Cody Johnson, “’Til You Can’t”
Dustin Lynch ft. MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ‘Bout You”
Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan, “Buy Dirt”
Morgan Wallen, “Wasted on You”

Male hip-hop artist
Drake
Future
Kendrick Lamar
Lil Baby
Lil Durk

Female hip-hop artist
Cardi B
GloRilla
Latto
Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj

Hip-hop album
Future, “I Never Liked You”
Gunna, “DS4EVER”
Kendrick Lamar, “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers”
Lil Durk, “7220”
Polo G, “Hall of Fame 2.0”

Hip-hop song
Future ft. Drake and Tems, “Wait For U”
Jack Harlow, “First Class”
Kodak Black, “Super Gremlin”
Latto, “Big Energy”
Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby”

Male R&B artist
Brent Faiyaz
Chris Brown
Givēon
Lucky Daye
The Weeknd

Female R&B artist
Beyoncé
Doja Cat
Muni Long
Summer Walker
SZA

R&B album
Beyoncé, “Renaissance”
Drake, “Honestly, Nevermind”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), “An Evening with Silk Sonic”
Summer Walker, “Still Over It”
The Weeknd, “Dawn FM”

R&B song
Beyoncé, “Break My Soul”
Muni Long, “Hrs And Hrs”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), “Smokin Out The Window”
SZA, “I Hate U”
Wizkid ft. Tems, “Essence”

Male Latin artist
Bad Bunny
Farruko
J Balvin
Jhayco
Rauw Alejandro

Female Latin artist
Anitta
Becky G
Kali Uchis
Karol G
Rosalía

Latin duo or group
Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga
Calibre 50
Eslabon Armado
Grupo Firme
Yahritza Y Su Esencia

Latin album
Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti
Farruko, La 167
J Balvin, Jose
Rauw Alejandro, Vice Versa
Rosalía, Motomami

Latin song
Bad Bunny ft. Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito”
Becky G x Karol G, “MAMIII”
Karol G, “Provenza”
Rauw Alejandro, “Todo de Ti”
Sebastián Yatra, “Dos Oruguitas”

Rock artist
Imagine Dragons
Machine Gun Kelly
Måneskin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Lumineers

Rock song
Foo Fighters, “Love Dies Young”
Imagine Dragons x JID, “Enemy”
Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”
Måneskin, “Beggin’”
Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Black Summer”

Rock album
Coldplay, Music of the Spheres
Ghost, Impera
Imagine Dragons, Mercury – Act 1
Machine Gun Kelly, mainstream sellout
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Unlimited Love

Inspirational artist
Anne Wilson
for King & Country
Katy Nichole
Matthew West
Phil Wickham

Gospel artist
CeCe Winans
DOE
E. Dewey Smith
Maverick City Music
Tamela Mann

Dance/electronic artist
Diplo
Marshmello
Swedish House Mafia
The Chainsmokers
Tiësto

Soundtrack
“Elvis 2”
“Encanto”
“Sing 2”
“Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 4”
“Top Gun: Maverick”

Afrobeats artist
Burna Boy
CKay
Fireboy DML
Tems
Wizkid

K-pop artist
Blackpink
BTS
Seventeen
Tomorrow X Together
Twice