Beyoncé, Rihanna, Drake, The Weeknd, Fifth Harmony Lead People’s Choice Awards Nominees
What could ~possibly~ go wrong when the masses get to pick something? We’ll find out again at the 2017 People’s Choice Awards in January. The nominees for America’s 11th Most Important Awards Show were revealed today, and the music categories are unsurprisingly populated by today’s biggest names.
Adele, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Drake, Justin Timberlake and The Weeknd all have multiple nominations. The Favorite Album category will be a showdown between Rihanna, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, Blake Shelton and Drake. Fifth Harmony, who’ll be making their performance debut at the American Music Awards this weekend, are the only ladies up for Favorite Group.
The 43rd Annual People’s Choice Awards air on CBS live from L.A. on January 18. There are roughly 2,000 award categories, so we’ve got just the music nominees below. Head here for the full list.
Favorite Male Artist Blake Shelton Drake Justin Timberlake Shawn Mendes The Weeknd
Favorite Female Artist Adele Ariana Grande Beyoncé Britney Spears Rihanna
Favorite Group The Chainsmokers Coldplay Fifth Harmony Panic! at the Disco Twenty One Pilots
Favorite Breakout Artist Alessia Cara The Chainsmokers DNCE Niall Horan Zayn Malik
Favorite Pop Artist Adele Ariana Grande Britney Spears Justin Timberlake Sia
Favorite Hip-Hop Artist DJ Khaled G-Eazy Kanye West Kendrick Lamar Wiz Khalifa
Favorite R&B Artist Beyoncé Drake Rihanna Usher The Weeknd
Favorite Album Rihanna, Anti Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman Blake Shelton, If I’m Honest Beyoncé, Lemonade Drake, Views
Favorite Song Justin Timberlake, “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” Meghan Trainor, “No” Drake, “One Dance (feat. Kyla and Wizkid)” Zayn, “PILLOWTALK” Rihanna, “Work (feat. Drake)”
Favorite Social Media Celebrity Britney Spears Kim Kardashian Lady Gaga Shakira Stephen Amell
Favorite Male Country Artist Blake Shelton Keith Urban Luke Bryan Sam Hunt Tim McGraw
Favorite Female Country Artist Carrie Underwood Dolly Parton Kelsea Ballerni Miranda Lambert Reba McEntire
Favorite Country Group The Band Perry Florida Georgia Line Little Big Town Lonestar Zac Brown Band